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A NUMBER of Primary 6 pupils seem to think that the PSLE is the end of the world.
The main reason for this mindset is usually their own parents.
What may come out from a typical parent's mouth is: 'Do well for PSLE. If you score more than 250 marks, I'll buy you a PSP, an iPod and take you to Tokyo for the holidays.
'If you don't, you will have a really hard time in secondary school. Trust me! You will live a much better and easier life if you do well.'
My parents go further and say: 'If you don't get 258 marks and above, you can jolly well go to a lousy secondary school and live with your grandma!'
All this causes some of us Primary 6 pupils to think that if we don't do well, we will never get into a good school, never succeed in life, never find a job in the future and live a miserable life.
So seriously, what's the point?
If I were a parent, I think a simple sentence, 'Just try your best, son' would suffice.
Also, as actions speak louder than words, I would help him with his assessment books and also his time management, no matter how busy I am.
For example, I will help him revise for a certain amount of time and tell him to sleep early.
What I am trying to say is that we students are sometimes coping with more than we can handle and wrestling with stress every day.
We have to resist the temptations of the computer, the TV, the mobile phone and other devices.
If our parents can help us overcome the stress, life would be so much better.
The main reason for this mindset is usually their own parents.
What may come out from a typical parent's mouth is: 'Do well for PSLE. If you score more than 250 marks, I'll buy you a PSP, an iPod and take you to Tokyo for the holidays.
'If you don't, you will have a really hard time in secondary school. Trust me! You will live a much better and easier life if you do well.'
My parents go further and say: 'If you don't get 258 marks and above, you can jolly well go to a lousy secondary school and live with your grandma!'
All this causes some of us Primary 6 pupils to think that if we don't do well, we will never get into a good school, never succeed in life, never find a job in the future and live a miserable life.
So seriously, what's the point?
If I were a parent, I think a simple sentence, 'Just try your best, son' would suffice.
Also, as actions speak louder than words, I would help him with his assessment books and also his time management, no matter how busy I am.
For example, I will help him revise for a certain amount of time and tell him to sleep early.
What I am trying to say is that we students are sometimes coping with more than we can handle and wrestling with stress every day.
We have to resist the temptations of the computer, the TV, the mobile phone and other devices.
If our parents can help us overcome the stress, life would be so much better.
