Since it’s over just let it be. Don’t blame MOE for setting ‘difficult’ papers. Exams are to differentiate the calibre of the breeds. If he can’t score, that means your kid isn’t what the system has defined as the cream of the crop. So spare your wishful thinkings that he should go to a good school, when he’s not even qualified. What parents should do now, after the science exam, is to give their kids a nice break. Comfort and assure them that they have had a tough time and deserve a good rest. I think kids at this age aren’t really bothered by the grades for getting into a good school, as they wouldn’t even know wad a good school is! They are upset because they failed to meet their parents’ expectation. And here on the other hand, parents are blaming this and that. They point fingers at everyone else except themselves.

No wonder nowadays the kids I taught blame everyone else for not getting good grades, except themselves. I see effective parenting here; learn from the parents.