FollowAlycia’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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Hey, please I still in everyone around u who say less than flattering comments about your family that it is not warranted and not welcome. I fought this for years with my own mother and it got to the point I would sort of lie and make up horrid stories so she backed down. I still do not know why people feel it is their right to disparage others. Sometimes I think it may be an Asian thing ( here I go being racist🙄). We have friends and family with kids who are on the autistic spectrum disorder and that makes one so mindful of our own blessings! We celebrate everyone’s accomplishments, be it being potty trained or learning to write your name or being able to feed oneself independently.
Yes I think it’s an Asian thing to gossip and say disparaging things about other people. Maybe by doing so they feel more superior? I don’t know. I just wish some people can be more sensitive to the feelings of others 🙂