What are children really having to endure these days?

A young father's post has sparked debate 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 is standing between two stacks of papers almost as tall as him.

Tony wrote: "How competitive is the PSLE? Just look at the number of exams he's taken this year."

These are the practice questions a primary school boy has to complete to prepare for the entrance exam to secondary school.

Another photo from the post shows Long Long, a student at Zhonghua Elementary School, reviewing past year's exams. He is also wearing headphones plugged into his iPad.

Next to the boy was — once again — a stack of test papers.

"It all paid off," Tony said, adding that his son had been accepted by several high schools.

According to Tony, his son achieved an AL10 score for the PSLE, a significant improvement over the AL16 he scored in the preliminary round. The best possible score for the PSLE ​​is an AL4. A student's T score on the PSLE ​​is the sum of all the AL scores the student receives for the four subjects—English, Math, Chinese, and Science .

"Doing past-year tests is the most effective short-term solution, especially for math. My child's results improved from AL5 to AL1," he said. AL1 is the highest achievement a person can attain in each subject, scoring over 90 points on the exam. Meanwhile, AL5 is awarded to those who score between 65 and 74 points.

In a separate video , Tony also shared that before Long Long received his results, he had already received an offer of admission to National Community College through the Direct Enrollment program for the kayaking major.

However, netizens found this amount of exam preparation "too much" for a child. One netizen commented that it was surprising that Long Long agreed to complete so many practice exams.

"My son was really bored and cried constantly," Tony replied without remorse.

Tony, originally from Hunan (China) and also a mother of a daughter, explained to another netizen that his children "have no choice but to study harder" because they are not Singaporean permanent residents. Therefore, the opportunities for these children to study at good schools in Singapore are not as numerous as for native Singaporeans.

Source: 8days

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