10/13/2012

As if our children did not have enough pressure




Sinkie parents have gone through so many rounds of pressure cooking to ensure that their wards are as equally good as their neighbours. They are so distraught when their children could not get into good schools, cannot get into gifted programmes, did not get straight As, did not get A stars, did not qualify for IP programmes…etc etc. Life is really traumatic to Sinkie parents and their children.

In order to please all the parents and release some pressure they put on their children, it would be good if MOE could design a system where every student gets straight As. If not, the alternative is for every student to get straight Bs. Then there will be no more comparison on who is smarter or better.
Now why should people be disturbed by which kid is smarter than which kid? Aren’t kids all be gifted differently and are blessed differently? Now what is this Scroolball or Skoolbo, some organization coming here to test and find the smartest kid in Sinkieland. They are organizing an event called, ‘Smartest S’pore 2012 – The Search for S’pore’s Cleverest Children’.

My God, all the poor parents will be up on their toes to prepare their children for this event, to be the smartest kids in the island. They have no choice. And if their children are not, it is going to be hell for both parents and children once again. How can their children not be the cleverest? Why are other people’s children so smart?

To prevent the parents and children from another round of agony, I hope they will cancel this event. It is just so stressful!

Shane Hill, Skoolbo CEO has this to say,  Singapore possesses some of the world’s brightest children and we are looking forward to seeing them show their skills. I think this is bad as the bright ones will put pressure on the not so bright ones, especially the parents.

3 comments:

agongkia said...

I am so sad when I heard a primary school student committed suicide.
Daft sinkies only know how to stress,bully and abuse their children.The should be born as animal.But even animal oso can think better.
Only those dafts ,kiasoo or Erm chai See will get affected by ShaMe thinking.

Anonymous said...

Maybe Mahathir was right after all. We swallowed hook, line and sinker the meritocracy propaganda and now our children and grandchildren are suffering.

Have we done our children justice by exposing them to so much pressure in so short a lifetime. Childhood is no longer a time for fun and play. Life is just one long struggle from the cradle to the grave. Can we really sleep well thinking about it?

No wonder some parents are smart enough not to have kids. Maybe, it is the best decision they ever made.



North said...

I am so sad when I heard a primary school student committed suicide. Daft sinkies only know how to stress,bully and abuse their children.The should be born as animal.But even animal oso can think better. Only those dafts ,kiasoo or Erm chai See will get affected by ShaMe thinking.