Good academic results = Good future ?

[Busymom]

tankee:

Busymom:

In my case, the compound of my primary school was taken over by the secondary school from across the field.

I think a condo is built on the ground where my primary school is used to be.

hard that won't happen to my secondary school, would be real sad if that happens... :nunchuk:

[jedamum]

schellen:

I can use them to show my kids that you don't have to be good in everything; you will be good in something, so just find what that is and excel in it.

:celebrate:

[peapot]

I think good results is one thing but having the passion for the things you are interested in will mean higher chances of success for a bright future. Eg, the person may not do well in school but has a passion for repairing things. Having the passion drives him to upgrade himself, to learn more about the trade and perhaps he could even excel in it for him to start his own business.

[MMM]

peapot:

I think good results is one thing but having the passion for the things you are interested in will mean higher chances of success for a bright future. Eg, the person may not do well in school but has a passion for repairing things. Having the passion drives him to upgrade himself, to learn more about the trade and perhaps he could even excel in it for him to start his own business.

This reminds me of my nephew who is sitting for PSLE this year. He is a computer game addict and is having issues with his results now. In this case, I wonder his passion for computer game will some day do him good :?

[KSP]

I remember talking to a friend who is a PhD and work as a Principal Designer in a MNC about children education here. He said "Yes, there are very successful people like Sim Wong Hoo (Creative) and Bill Gate (MS) who did not complete their degree. But do you want to place the same bet on your child?" This friend of mine is one who takes children education seriously by sending to them to good schools and pay a lot for tuition/enrichment classes. The reason is he does not want his children to be left behind. If the children can succeed in life then is a bonus for them.


I feel this statement "Good academic results = Good future" is already engraved in most parents mind. Just ask any parent at those branded tuition/enrichemnt center in the weekends why they want to send their child there. The answer would most likely be - to get better result -> then can get better job -> then can get better pay -> then can have better future.

These parents will not hesitate to withdraw and change to another tuition/enrichemnt center if they can’t "perform" (cannot help their children to get better result).

Sad to say but the truth is I’m sure most of us belong to this group too.

Maybe one should ask if "Good academic results = Good future" then is "Poor academic results = No future"?

[mummy of 2]

I think we need to ask how we define "good’? If it’s in dollars and cents then I would say "good academic resullts = good future" is generally true, as in graduates generally earn more than diploma holders. Having said that there are other factors that affect one’s earning ability, such as interpersonal skills, luck, knowing how to grab opportunities etc.


If you are prepared to measure success by other means, than this equation does not always apply. While it is good to push our kids so that they do not under-perform, we also have to be aware of our kids’ abilities and limitations. For instance, there is no point pushing your child to be in GEP if he/she is only of average or slightly above ability.

[Funz]

MMM:

peapot:

I think good results is one thing but having the passion for the things you are interested in will mean higher chances of success for a bright future. Eg, the person may not do well in school but has a passion for repairing things. Having the passion drives him to upgrade himself, to learn more about the trade and perhaps he could even excel in it for him to start his own business.

This reminds me of my nephew who is sitting for PSLE this year. He is a computer game addict and is having issues with his results now. In this case, I wonder his passion for computer game will some day do him good :?

Professional gamers can make a decent earning.

This thing about passion...

Seriously how many of us are luck enough to be able to make a living out of our passion? I have a passion for cooking but do I have the talent and the personality to be a chef. And I love books, when I was younger, one of my dream jobs was to be a librarian. That was before I found out that as a librarian, a large part of the job was cataloging books and not reading them.

[vlim]

I also still have my pri and sec school report book... my boy like to ask me, ' mum which university u studied in last time?' and when I told him is XYZ, he would shake his heard and insultly replied,'huh..then I wouldn't want to go to that university'... :x ....he is wondering with my 'standard', how could I have graduated from university.... :clubmyself:

[vlim]

lovekidsverymuch:

vlim:

I also still have my pri and sec school report book... my boy like to ask me, ' mum which university u studied in last time?' and when I told him is XYZ, he would shake his heard and insultly replied,'huh..then I wouldn't want to go to that university'... :x ....he is wondering with my 'standard', how could I have graduated from university.... :clubmyself:

I am confused is he saying u graduated from bad uni or u r bad but uni good :?

emm...he meant that the 'XYZ' university is no good as I, with lousy standard, can also get in... so it also means i no good = the uni also no good.

[Blobbi]

Funz:

My results when I was in school were so so. Got into the top class but ended up being at the bottom of that class. But what I excelled in were projects and organising activities and fund raisers. And oh yah, debate. The comments that were in my report books were the same year after year. They were all along the lines of 'have potential', 'delightful student with leadership qualities', 'need to apply herself academically' and the ever famous 'room for improvement'.


Did not go to a local U cos could not get into the discipline that I was interested in. Basically my results were really borderline. My dad went ballistic when I chose not to go to Uni. I thought I will end up in some boring 9-5 job. Never dreamed that I will be able to own a car much less a pte apt.

Call it luck or whatever, but I remember going for 4 interviews when I started looking for a job and I got offers from all 4. I consulted my Dad on which to go for and he told me local large conglomerates more stable. But I chose a Japanese MNC instead. From then on it was 1 MNC after another. Worked and furthered my studies at the same time. And by the age of 25, I was earning a 5 figure salary, at 26, I bought my 1st apartment. At the age of 32, I burned out and left the corporate world to start my own business and this is where I am now. Happy, contented, satisfied but not resting on my laurels yet.

I believe there are those that simply cannot study but will excel in the working world. While working, I have seen my bosses hiring based on academic credentials (PHD, Scholars, etc) only to have this person being a NATO. And seriously, a lot of us hate to run projects with such people as they tend to have a lot of hindsight and very little realistic foresight. (no offense to the PHDs and Scholars here hor)

So in short, I do not think good results = a successful career. I think it has a lot to do with the attitude and the mindset of the person.

Wow Funz, hats off to you. You're really gutsy!

I had a much smoother, very vanilla, safe path. Straight through to accountancy, was working as an accountant but didn't like the job. So I switched careers. Tk goodness I did! I loved/love my career! I even won awards in my field. Now I have a second go at it after a hiatus and am loving the excitement the second time around. Was I a great student? Average, I think. I did well enough to get where I wanted, but putting in the effort to get straight As just wasn't my thing. Not enough passion for studying, probably.

You're right about the NATO bit. In fact, these guys don't seem to know that flashing a big wig university name, Ivy league or not, is not going to help them get the job done. My team had to turn away so many interns from \"Hahvard\" who tell us they know what they're doing cos they wrote a paper about in school, *snort*.