The day that the UWC won The Arena, was
the day that the traditional S’pore (or should I say Asian)
academic meritocracy system was given a huge slap & punch in
the face. Woooooo!!! This alone shows that scoring abundant A1s or
getting excellent grades prove nothing at all, it doesn’t represent
anything. The traditional Asian (Singapore) academic meritocracy
system doesn’t gives the students an ‘extra’ edge, I dun know what
is that ‘extra’, but I feel that the S’porean students dun have
that something ‘extra’. One very good example: S’porean students
have been consistently topping or scoring very well in the
international math & science olympiad competitions, but I’ve
been waiting & waiting & waiting & waiting &
waiting & waiting & waiting & waiting & waiting for
a S’porean to win a Nobel Prize.
