SPM 2010 result has just been announced. As usual pictures of emotions are splashed on the news. Tears of joy...tears of disappointment.
It seems that every year the results are getting better - hopefully it is so - and not because of some hidden agenda. It ceases to amaze me what these students are capable of. I mean that girl Amelina score 17A1 and then there was that guy with 20A1.
Our nephew - Aiman - scored (as expected) 9As. Another nephew also scored 9As last year - and is now pursuing medicine in Egypt. All of our nephews and nieces scored 5As in their UPSR.
I am a bit worried for my son, as he is expected to perform as well. What with his father (hubby dearest) having scored 9As as well and was named Pahang's best student for SPM back then. It will be a big shoe for him to fill.....pity him.
Our education system is very exam oriented. My only concern is that we are producing students who are memorizing and regurgitating the info back into the exams. Sometimes the parents are too stressed up over exams - more than the kids itself - that the kid is denied opportunity to be just kids.
It's school and after that tuition and music class and more tuition. Weekend means more tuition and pages and pages of past years papers.
What about just being kid, enjoying the idiot box (I mean, tv), a bicycle ride and a walk in the playground - running around with family and friends ?
I was a 'late bloomer' - not sure whether that is the right term. I studied in a small school in a rural town - no fancy boarding school. I had loads of fun when I was growing up. There was little pressure from my parents - and with typical distractions of teenagers (read : boys, crushes and the like) - I actually did okay.
By late bloomer I am referring to my achievements during college which far exceeded my SPM result. I graduated top of my class while doing Diploma. And I was the only Malay to graduate with Second Upper in Chemistry in my University - in 12 years - yup in the pass 12 years before I graduated, there was no Malay with Second Upper!
So, no worries - if you don't get that 9As or 11As or 15As....it is not the end of the world. You can still excel. Have a balance life, it is much more rewarding in future.........
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