Life Beyond Grades Initiative By Parents

[Saplings]

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This campaign serves no purpose other than a circle jerk for upper-class successful parents on the \"in\" way to raise a child. And getting these elite \"influencer mommies\" aren't helping either. When you got 27x for your PSLE and say your grades don't matter it's like a billionaire telling you money doesn't matter in life. I'm sure your success did not stem from the system or the environment you grew up in. I'm sure your beautiful life of a nice house, nice family and financial freedom did not come from that doctor's degree.
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<< Good parents, good early education, good primary school, good environment- GOOD GRADES - good secondary school, good connections (from other elite kids), good junior college, good university degree - free to do what you want in life with no financial burden >> This is the mantra that most parents live by or aspire towards simply because it works statistically and obviously breeds significant personal success (as demonstrated by all these influencers photographed above).
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Seriously, everyone wants their kids to be free to do whatever they want in life, to break free from society's meritocratic chains- but in reality, how many families can afford to do so? So my son with a PSLE T-score of 180 and who studies in Chai Chee Secondary plays DOTA for hours everyday, should I therefore encourage him to become a professional gamer because grades don't matter and he should follow his \"passion\"? How about that family of 7 living in a 3 room flat with a granny who requires kidney dialysis? Should the parents tell ah girl to just pursue her dream of being a KPOP star?
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Look, I'm all for a life beyond grades- I'd want my kids to be free and creative. But creating a campaign asking parents to alter their mindsets is just over-idealistic, narrow minded and to some extent elitist. I really feel grades still do matter to develop basic discipline, language skills and critical thinking, not least to help an individual achieve realistic personal goals later in life.

More at https://www.domainofexperts.com/2018/09/something-about-this-lifebeyondgrades.html

[jadebean]

To sum it up, the initiative should not be started by a bunch of high SES parents who doesn’t understand the struggles of lower income families where an education is perhaps the only way to break out of poverty, besides the alternative way of marrying into a rich family.


It creates controversy. Aptly pointed out as a billionaire telling people that money is not important.

If you want the initiative to be successful, my advice is to find the right people with the right background to push it through. Otherwise, it is just hypocrisy in disguise.

[zeemimi]

For Low-SES Students, Not Focusing on Grades is an Impossible Dream

http://ricemedia.co/current-affairs-commentary-low-ses-students-not-focusing-grades-impossible-dream/

[Joyymum]

From what I see The campaign is just another platform for these celebrities and parents to show off their good PSLE scores haiz.... :roll:

[sharonkhoo]

Today’s ST featured a couple of people with scores <200. What I hope is that they also feature those with low-ish scores who are content with being "ordinary", rather than those who have managed to become "successful" in fame or money terms.

[jtoh]

I saw a post with someone having a grade of 281. Hers was a story of how despite having an excellent PSLE grade, didn't do too well later on. Good to put things into perspective.


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