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Of expectations, acceptances, disappointments and contentment!

So, it has come this. Two girls who obtained 10As and 8As-2B respectively in the recent SPM (O-levels) examinations sobbing away because they did not manage to squander 10A+ in it. And the guy at the tail end of the form, is screaming in rapturous delight with his Cs and Ds! Looks a scene from Lat's (Malaysian legendary cartoonist) Kampong Boy comic! For those who are in the dark about Lat, (where were you?), Lat is our favourite cartoonist who draws caricatures of our leaders, pokes fun at them and draws flak at our style of doing things and gets away with it. In fact, he is held in high esteem and had been honoured with various medals. There is even a musical extravaganza in the pipeline of his 'Kampong Boy'. In one of his books, he was reminiscing his school days. A school teacher had challenged one of his boisterous students that the student would surely fail in his LCE examinations, promising to eat his shoes if the results showed otherwise. By twist of fate and sheer luck (the student depended on his dice to guess the answer!), he actually passed! In the next scene, the student was seen asking the teacher if he would like chilly sauce to go with his shoe!
Lat's favourite depiction of a teacher
The fight at the top is always combative. If earlier, students were fighting to pass with flying colours in as many subjects as they possibly can, now they are dying to be the creme ala creme by obtaining not only As but A+s! It is a good attitude as life in real world is not easy. You ought to be tough to face the eventualities. Anyway these two girls are fairly well rounded academically, extra-curricular activity wise and leadership qualities. In other words, both the right and the left brain have been put to work. If educational development is a gestation, they are now about to enter the third and final trimester. Hopefully at the end of this tumultuous  journey, they would be happily sauntering home with their bundle of joy with smile gleaming on their faces! All the best....

P.S. As predicted, the Minister of Education announced on radio that there were more passes than previous years whilst patting himself and his department on the back for this success as they had put their foot down on limiting the number of subjects that can be taken by students which they allege had been the reason for this improvement. Yeah, right!
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  1. Anonymous24 March 2011 at 10:56

    Whatever it is we have to give moral support to both of them.

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