P5 student commited suicide

QX179R SG

kindly state the news article or source if you know..
thanks..

Positive Parenting SG

It's a personal contact from Facebook, who is a teacher of that student...

It may be in the news, we'll see..

limpper SG

why commit?

youyayu SG

don't be sad for the family, they really deserve it.

this is what you get when you force a kid...

YOUR KID IS NOT YOU. you can claim everything that is the best for the kid, but have you ever ask what he/seh WANT?

Positive Parenting SG

From the source, She committed suicide due to exam stress.. that is the tragedy of it...

I'm sad coz it's one innocent child, a kid, a life lost, for what? for the self worth that is tied to a piece of paper..

It's just one too many wake up calls, yet as an educator myself, I still see many parents stuck to this one track thinking that "You're doomedn if you fail"...

I have 2 kids myself and certainly won't want them to live life thinking its all about the marks they get in school... I love them whole and complete with or without the paper qualifications..

~N3RD~ SG

don't be sad for the family, they really deserve it.

你真的没有人情咯…

~N3RD~ SG

From the source, She committed suicide due to exam stress.. that is the tragedy of it...

I'm sad coz it's one innocent child, a kid, a life lost, for what? for the self worth that is tied to a piece of paper..

It's just one too many wake up calls, yet as an educator myself, I still see many parents stuck to this one track thinking that "You're doomedn if you fail"...

I have 2 kids myself and certainly won't want them to live life thinking its all about the marks they get in school... I love them whole and complete with or without the paper qualifications..

I think the mindset of some parents(usually parents who have no/low education background) rather conservative...

If you fail, future is doomed...

I still see children kena whack in the ass if they don't do well...

nightzip SG

Dont get it wrong, it has nothing to do with the mindset of parents.

Its the self-expectation of students, and partially the wrong of MOE. MOE indirectly caused depression and suicides of the kids. More still, the schools didnt have lessons or subjects dealing with handling of stress. Then set some tough questions which are made up by some idealistic question setter I suppose.

Googooboyy SG

Kena whack is no problem, but do it moderately. Reward when brilliant. Punish when wrong.

Sad to see such a young thing leave this way, if this story is any true.

Anyway, children shouldn't be made to lose out on their childhood.

Dear Parents: Rmb this, that paper chasing can only get you so far. There's more to the currency of life than just dollars and 'what-have-you's.

CannyOng SG

I think the mindset of some parents(usually parents who have no/low education background) rather conservative...

If you fail, future is doomed...

I still see children kena whack in the ass if they don't do well...

I think is the other way round leh.. Those highly educated parents(manager/doctor/engineer). Imagine yr children fail PSLE, how will u react?

HUGE expectation is placed on their shoulder to emulate their parents.

Positive Parenting SG

"Your children are not your children.

They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.

They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you."

~ Khalil Gibran

Fantagf SG

Sad case.

Rooney9 SG

people who commit sucide is depression. so what triggered depression? alot of factors played a part also.

~N3RD~ SG

Dont get it wrong, it has nothing to do with the mindset of parents.

Then I don't quite agree with you liao leh... If self-expectation~ then why most of the kids are always playful~ Ask them to study also got problem...

MOE is always trying using us as experiment one la...

youyayu SG

你真的没有人情咯…

nono..

i feel sad for the kid.. not the parents.

QX179R SG

people who commit sucide is depression. so what triggered depression? alot of factors played a part also.

there's a show earlier on ch8 iirc about depression..

~N3RD~ SG

Rong Rong Time ago, I have a classmate who cut herself on the wrist when she faced the great depression of examination... Cut until rail way track is formed...

Mybluemoon SG

waa... P5 got wat stresss

DarkByte SG

waa... P5 got wat stresss

hanor i last tiem p5 or p6 oso no stress.

i never study for psle oso still can pass

but anyway seriously i think parents shud not push their children or expect too much to the extent of suicide.my dad once stopped a student who almost commit suicide when he failed his exam cuz his parents push him too much.

Angel7030a SG

Source of information also don't know reliable or not, already coment and comment. Funny leh.