P5 student commited suicide

nightzip SG

who drilled them?

can't blame society if the parents make the choice not to let them be pressured..

can't blame the school because they are not surrogate parents to the children

We have to see what makes the parents that kiasu or kiasi, it all boils down to society right? And also the MOE's system, the system's based on meritocratic system where poor grades are look down by companies, people wont employ you or look you down.....

Its all that shlt that makes parents kiasu......the goverment didnt quite do their job in "educating" the industries, system, society etc to be more baring towards one another and to see everyone as the same and give everyone opportunities.

the Bear SG

nope.. the parents are ADULTS

they make their own decisions...

no one put a gun to their heads to pressure their children or to chase the lies of materialism

nightzip SG

Yup...you may be right. But we know that parents would want the best for their child I believe. They would want them to be successful in their life and thus deem such work is required for them to do well.

But if even society condones this, then this is truly partial fault of the Singaporean Society.

What I mean is that.....what has MOE (or the government) done to alleviate this predicament or issue? The only time they did was to do away with Pri3 streaming which helps. Other than that? What did MOE do to alleviate exam stress? Do they have pre-exam stress counselling? seminar for students to prepare mentally and psychologically for examinations? How to mitigate the stresses? Do they have parents/students/teacher gathering to also brief and work with parents on stress management?

There is a whole shlt out there that MOE can do to prevent/reduce such sad incidents from happening. So, is the parent more experience or the school more experience with kids? A school with teachers having more than 20 over years experience on teaching and working with students or a parent where his/her only experience is his/her first kid where he/she has the only single experience of bringing up 1 single kid.

youyayu SG

apparently you are still a kid yourself, parents raise children, naturally it hurts them most....to be blaming parents for adding stress is also totally unwarranted...good parents want their children to lead better lives and good education provides for that. not all children are made the same, some require more discipline than others..

you want to see stress free kids, there are plenty who roam around chilling out, dropping out of schools and getting into trouble, that's stress free...

hey kid, but obviously stress till commit sucide?

i believe the kid need to have stress but not all kids can take stress, not all kids can reach the standard their parents want and yet the parents force them.

stress your kid also need to be at balance!

nightzip SG

hey kid, but obviously stress till commit sucide?

i believe the kid need to have stress but not all kids can take stress, not all kids can reach the standard their parents want and yet the parents force them.

stress your kid also need to be at balance!

Yes, so the school/MOE should take the lead to provide counselling - what I mean is PRE-counselling, not Post-counselling when something has happened already.

As busy parents it will be difficult for them to take the lead, schools should have pre-exam seminars or talks conducted etc to educate and teach them the proper methods of motivating kids, not using wrong methods etc that stress them with less improved outcome.

nightzip SG

Primary 5 boy falls to his death

An 11-year-old boy fell to his death yesterday afternoon.

The Primary 5 pupil from Sengkang Primary School is understood to have gone to a nearby block of flats after school and fallen from the 16th floor.

He was found in his school uniform at the foot of Block 241, Compassvale Walk at around 4.15pm. MediaCorp understands that he lived at Block 236. His parents could not be reached for comment, but some who knew the boy described him as being stressed by impending exams.

When MediaCorp visited the school at 9pm, the principal and several staff members were still there. Principal Lew-Lim Lau Chin said: "We can't comment further because police investigations are ongoing. But he was a good student. We are all very sorry for the loss." Police are investigating the unnatural death. TEO XUANWEI

http://www.todayonline.com/Singapore/EDC091015-0000121/Primary-5-boy-falls-to-his-death

youyayu SG

poor boy...

=( just gone like that..

Sunwukonga SG

My parents in law live in that block, one unit over from where he fell. He went over at the rubbish chute, but really it was no fall, as the wall is almost two metres tall at that point. Had to climb up first.

Poor kid. Stress is the impetus for these kinds of acts, but the blame rests solely on poor communication.

As has already been stated, one level of stress can bring out the best in one person, whilst decreasing performance in another. It is the responsibility of the parent to teach their child moderation in all things.

Relying on the State to look after your children is like handing them scissors and asking them to go for a run. The State only looks after one thing; the State. Utopian's who believe that the State can ever perform any other function are sadly mistaken.

Jianye SG

Add another point:

1) Be realistic in your expectations of your child

This will save tons of trouble

Jiani SG

lol

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