Alycia’s sat for the last SPM paper (Economics) on Wednesday, 24 March 2021 after a month-long major exam. She and I can finally heave an euphoric sigh of relief that it’s all over after several postponements with almost the entire year away from school last year.
I don’t even care how many As she will be getting. It does not really matter to me anymore but it would be great if she does well so that she gets a full or even a partial scholarship to ease our financial burden.
But it’s not going to be the end of the world if she doesn’t fare well as I had hoped for her to. Learning is a lifelong journey and the SPM is a very small part of that adventure. And she’s going to have another exciting adventure ahead of her when she goes to college in July this year. I hope that her relatives and society will not look at her differently if she does not fare as well as they had expected her to. The past 1 year has been filled with nothing but anxiety and stress for her and the SPM 2020 cohort aka the Covid batch of SPM candidates.
So, when the results are finally out, instead of asking, “how many As did you score?”, please be kind to her and me and do not give disparaging and hurtful remarks like “why no As?” or “why so few As?” . This is the last thing we ever want to hear. Give the SPM 2020 cohort a chance to proof their worth when they are in college, university and out in the big corporate world.
Tomorrow will be an exciting day for the girls and I. We’re going to University of Wollongong @ Glenmarie for a visit. Cass is more excited than Alycia of the university visit 😄.
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