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| Friday, November 24, 2006 |
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The PSLE results were released to the Primary 6 pupils on the big day yesterday. Since it's probably their most important exam b4 the 'O'/'A'levels more than 4 years later, it's not hard to see why they're always extremely emotional. Fortunately, my younger brother is only in Pri 1 next year, so we'll be spared of this bittersweet eventfor another 6 years to come. My grandfather was fetching me back from work today, and i was listening to the radio, where the deejay was interviewing listeners over the phone about their children's results. There was this mother who was sharing her story about her poorly performing kid, and she left quite an impression on me. This lady's son failed the PSLE not once, but twice, and had to retake Pri 6 for antoehr 2 years. But she was not furious with her child, even going so far as to encourage him by saying that staying in pri 6 for an extra 2 years was good, since it allowed him to enjoy primary school life for another 2 years, and also strengthened the "foundations" of his knowledge. Eventually, he scored 162/300 for the PSLE, which is barely a pass. However she was, again, very supportive, and saw him through secondary school. Yet she says that there was a change in her son over the years. In primary school, he was extremely playful and lazy to learn. But as he matured, his performance just kept improving and his grades simply rose each year. At the end of secondary school, he scored well enough to go to Juior College. But against his mother's wishes, who said that he would not get a job if he did not go to JC, he entered polytechnic instead. What was even more surprising is that after he had completed his studies there, he begged his mother to let him go to University. She initially objected because the family did not have the money for it. But her son went as far as to get a job just so he could fulfil his dream. Now, he is studying overseas in an Austrialian university. And such is the transformation from a boy who failed his exams, to one that surpasses many of those around him to study to a university, under the support and encouragement of his mother. Years later, one of that mother's friends called her to say that her son had scored terribly, achieving only a score 167/300 for his PSLE. Her reply? "Hey, that's better than my son, he only scored 162!" Such is a mother's pride. |
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