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Mivec9

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I received an email from a freaked dad, some mass mail kinda thing, what do you think of this Dad?:

 

For those who might have kids who were 12 years old, it was definitely

an exciting day for many yesterday, especially the Mom and Dads out

there. Why was it so? It was the release of results for PSLE (Primary

School Leaving Examination).

 

I was there with my son Brandon to collect his PSLE results. Guess

what, he had an amazing result. He managed 178 points. For a moment, I

nearly freaked out. He did not manage to get into the Express Stream as the

cut off point was 188. As for me, I was kind of stunned initially as I

had managed 4As and an aggregate of 241 when I took my PSLE 22 years

back.

 

As Brandon stared at the result slip, tears started dropping from the

side of his eyes. He was devastated but deep inside his heart, he knew

that he had not made the necessary effort. Of course I felt a little bad

as well as I had been really busy with my business and had neglected

him.

 

If your kid had scored 178, I think you wouldn't be sleeping well at

night. You must be probably preparing the cane and planning a whipping

session. You would probably be hurling abuses at your kid or telling him

or her how disappointed you were...not me.

 

Guess what I told him?

 

I said, "Brandon, welcome to the real world. You hadn't suffered any

setback in life yet. This is the harsh reality of life. What you sow is

what you reap and you should stare hard at the reactions of the other

pupils. Many of them are enjoying the success of their efforts while you

were distracted by the games and tv. It is better for you to suffer the

setback now than later."

 

This is not the end, I told him. I then asked him, "Are you a loser?".

He said No and I told Brandon, "You are a loser now! You have a choice,

you can choose to be only a loser now or you can be a loser for life.

I was a loser once but I changed myself and got back onto track."

 

In life there will be a lot of setbacks. When you encounter them, just

look at the bright side. Overcome your setbacks and you will end up

into higher ground. Get swallowed by it and you will be a goner.

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Chemz

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but the truth is, most 12yr olds wouldn't be concerned other than the next 3mths ahead of them.. especially if they're living a sheltered life with nothing to worry about, ie bills, water, food, a bed.

 

when i was 12, i didn't even project myself 10yrs down the road or what i wanna be in the future.

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Mivec9

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becos this dad is a marketing person with his own business...hence he talked like he was talking to his client "be positive, look at bright side, plan ahead, sow what u reap...blah blah"

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Silver_blade

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Agree. It's often quite pointless to keep telling kids about their future. Better to tell them about something nearer.

 

I don't find the email inspiring or anything of that sort at all. Maybe it's just me...I find the word 'loser' a dirty word. i don't like to use such word on a 12yrs old.

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Nutty

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At least he didn't whack his son for doing badly. [thumbsup]

 

 

and he's a young dad! Imagine he did PSLE 22 yrs ago. So he must have got married or shot-gun at 21.

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Albeniz

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I have a friend who went to primary 8, scored well in PSLE to get into Maris Stella (SAP school)and then into National Junior College.

 

PSLE is not really the end.

 

Paper qualification is not the most important. Even if one has Masters/Ph.D, his life could not be guaranteed to be much better than others.

 

Street-wisdom, EQ, AQ are also very important in real-life.

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Jho0001

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"You are a loser now! You have a choice,

you can choose to be only a loser now or you can be a loser for life.

I was a loser once but I changed myself and got back onto track."

 

 

Cant believe he called his son a "loser"...a better way of communicating would be "you didnt do well but at least you can strive perform better and achieve better results next time"....lessons learned.

 

Glad he's not my dad.

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Porker

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Last time I scored 214 for my PSLE and my lao peh also called me a loser.

 

I told him... When I grow up, I wanna be like him also... throw him into the old folks home

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Sony

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ahh.. I like this line:

 

You hadn't suffered any

setback in life yet. This is the harsh reality of life. What you sow is

what you reap..............it is better for you to suffer the

setback now than later.

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Sony

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but the truth is, most 12yr olds wouldn't be concerned other than the next 3mths ahead of them.. especially if they're living a sheltered life with nothing to worry about, ie bills, water, food, a bed.

 

when i was 12, i didn't even project myself 10yrs down the road or what i wanna be in the future.

 

 

the key word is "most".. thus there's a distinct classification for some that can really think ahead vs some that really dunno what will happen 3months down the road

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Mivec9

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no one really said much when i received my results. I made my own choice since young to make own decisions. I chose normal [:p] over express then.

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