It's the mentality that students in the Science stream are supposed to score better than the students in Arts/Commerce that make some teens drop out of school.
Say you have potential, and you know it. But because of a few alphabets on a slip of paper, you're forever doomed to be looked down upon in life.
It's not just me-everyone these days seem to look up upon those who are in the Science stream and shun those in Arts/Commerce. Go ask your uncle or auntie.
The potential you thought you had is in you, but because you're in the A/C stream, no one can help you bring it out. I hear the teachers bad mouthing those in Science Four like they have no future and I hear them saying how they wish they'd never been assigned to those in the A/C stream.
I don't blame anyone for how these kids have turned out-it's a blame we all have to shoulder. We were the ones who said or thought, "No wonder you're in A/C stream! You only got 2 As for PMR,". We were the ones who look shiftily at them in the library when all they wanted to do was to get some knowledge. We were the ones who said those in A/C classes will not be successful in life unless they encounter some dumb luck.
We were the ones who sit in our gold-gilded chairs comfortably listening to SPM tips and leaks while those in the A/C work their butts off to get some praises. We are the ones who HAVE EVERYTHING we NEED to SPEAK out for them, but we choose to indulge ourselves in our whims and fanices.
"Whateverlah"
the chatbox is going away soon. and shannon, i want to relink you back. ;)
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Hey, that's me!
on another note, I have a friend in S4.
She studies way more than me and is way more hardworking than me. And neater too.
But she's not really smart and not really good in English and did not do too well in PMR. So she was sent to S3.
But she works really, really hard.
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