yes, but then in primary school, you get in via luck at the
ballot, or the parent's kiasuism ... not your marks or smarts ....
I think everyone's pretty much the same in primary school ....
I think the real stratification starts after PSLE.
I believe that being in neighbourhood schools taught me a
lot...and it didn't necessarily impede my progress to a degree.
Moreover sometimes being the big fish in the small pond
potentially does more good than harm at times as opposed to being
the average fish in the big pond.
I was the small fish in sec school since my PSLE
score coincided with the cut-off. My sec sch days went on
to be less happy, and when I ended up in a JC that was rising back
then and my L1R5 was very much above average (I was rejected by the
better JCs because I failed Higher Chinese 
), I
became the big fish and it did wonders for my self-confidence.
Today, I am on track for a 2nd upper honours and I owe it very
much to my experience as being both a small and big fish at the
same time.
