A young father's shares have caused controversy among netizens.
Recently, a Chinese father named Tony living in Singapore shared on the Xiaohongshu platform how his son prepared for the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE).
In the photo, his son Long Long stands between two stacks of paper almost as tall as him.
Tony wrote: "How competitive is PSLE? Look at the number of papers he has done this year."
This is the number of practice questions that a primary school boy has to do to take the secondary school entrance exam.
Another photo from the post shows Long Long, a student at Zhonghua Primary School, reviewing last year's tests. He also wears headphones plugged into an iPad.
Next to the boy was — once again — a stack of test papers.
“It was all worth it,” Tony said, adding that his son has been accepted to several high schools.
According to Tony, his son scored an AL10 for the PSLE, which was a marked improvement from the AL16 he scored in the preliminary round. The best score one can achieve for the PSLE is an AL4. A student's PSLE T-score is the sum of all the AL test scores the student receives for the four subjects — English, Mathematics, Chinese and Science.
“Doing previous years’ tests is the most effective short-term solution, especially for maths. My child’s result has gone from AL5 to AL1,” he said. AL1 is the highest level of achievement a person can achieve for each subject when they score more than 90 points in the exam. Meanwhile, AL5 is awarded to those who score between 65 and 74.
In a separate video, Tony also shared that before Long Long received his results, he received an offer of admission to National Community College through the Direct Admissions program for a kayaking major.
However, netizens found the amount of exam preparation "too much" for a child. One netizen commented that it was surprising that Long Long agreed to complete so many exam papers.
"My son was really bored and cried all the time," Tony replied unapologetically.
Tony, who is originally from Hunan (China) and also has a daughter, explained to another netizen that his children "have no choice but to study harder" because they are not Singapore permanent residents. Therefore, the opportunities for children to study in good schools in Singapore are not as great as those of local people.
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