Serious Primary 5 Boy Commit Suicide Over Lousy Results Or Fall By Accident To Death?

[JohnTan]

On 18 May, a primary 5 boy was found dead at the foot of his Sengkang HDB block after he found out that he failed two exams in maths and higher chinese. He was found dead on the day he was due to collect his exam results for his parents to sign. During his first 4 years in school, he averaged 70 marks and did not fail in any exams before.


During the coroner's inquiry into his death, the boy's 45 year old mother was heard to have expected the boy to score at least 70 marks per exam. If he did not meet this standard, she would cane his palm for every mark short of 70 marks. However, she did reward him when he did well for his exams.

His mother believed that the boy had killed himself over his exam results by jumping from his bedroom while his father felt that his son had accidentally fallen to his death.

On that fateful day, the victim's father noticed he was taking a long time to get ready for school and the mother tried to open the door but found it locked. Using a spare key, they entered the room but could not find him.

The boy's sister looked out of the window and saw her brother lying on the grass patch at the foot of the block. The police were called in at around 6.50am.

- More at AllSingaporeStuff.com http://www.allsingaporestuff.com/article/pri-5-boy-falls-death-after-failing-exams-1st-time
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[zhihau]

RIP... death by education.

 

[Pinkieslut]

Who did the parents voted for?

 

[krafty]

thanxs to MOE for coming with curriculum to train book muggers.:oIo:

 

[Cottonmouth]

45 years old is grandmother or mother???

 

[Wunderfool]

In the name of excellence, if one doesn't meet the 70% mark, one has to be caned for every mark short of the standard.

Perhaps, the PAP should think of this in the next election?

 

[syed putra]

At least we now know why they plant grasses next to the blocks.

 

[kryonlight]

There's no joy being a male sinkie. A life of book mugging and exams, and then national slavery, and then competition with foreign talents for limited good jobs, and then retrenched at age 40. Might as well not be born.

 

[JohnTan]

Maybe the boy wouldn't have died if the parents had sent their son for the best tuition like I did. How about Mind Champs?

 

[gongkia]

11 year old ah boy jumped to death after poor examination result, who fault?

http://www.straitstimes.com/singapo...rs-after-failing-his-exams-for-the-first-time

 

[frenchbriefs]

We should celebrate this miserable sinkie males death,hes in a much better place now,better he face a reality now then to endure a lifetime of bitterness just to end it in jc,uni or be accused of molest at 14.let me bring out my flute and play this evetlasting melody of life in death.

[video=youtube;MmZexg8sxyk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmZexg8sxyk[/video]

 

[Cottonmouth]

Every suicide in Sinkiland is known as Fall to Death.

 

[frenchbriefs]

[video=youtube;jKrhPHSuy4Q]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKrhPHSuy4Q[/video]

 

[WujiBo]

Physical punishment for poor grades?

Sadists!

 

[zhihau]

Physical punishment for poor grades?

Sadists!

I'm a sadomasochist, I cried for more when my old woman whipped me good for failing to score full marks for mental sums. "你再打我啦！你再打我啦！”
:p:p:p

 

[eatshitndie]

69 on the scoreshit, oops i mean scoresheet, is good enough for me.

 

[bodycells]

death due to PAP dumbfuck educational policies and sinkie 3rd world cultural.

 

[nato33]

Suicide weeds out the mentally weak

 

[Wunderfool]

We have to ask ourselves ; why does the mother punish his son for failing to meet 70% mark ?

She must have believed that in order to do well in life especially in Singapore, you must be good in your studies. She is not wrong. Hers is a tunnelled vision.

She does not know there is more to life than just doing well in exams.

 

[Wunderfool]

The trouble today is many of our young are not ready for toughness. So, I think our parents need to rethink how they should nurture and bring up their children. In today's highly competitive school system, many young students are stressed by their inadequancy of meeting up to peers, teachers and parents' expectations. As a result, more and more students are turning suicidal over failed expectations.

We need to seriously look at how parent coaches their young today. The archaic method of discipline for results may not be relevant anymore in today's world. What works before may not work today especially when the young are not as mentally tough as before. Parents need to rethink their approaches.