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I agree with Benjamin who replied with the following. I hate it when people start calling others kiasu when everyone is stuck in the system. who created the system in the first place and where did the stress and problems come from. Just look at the number of kids committing suicide due to exam stress.
Dear Josephine Teo,
OCBC was probably already concerned that a no. of parents were already taking bits of their annual leave to help their PSLE kids. Just because you weren't stressed with your own kids' exams doesn't mean other parents aren't. And if the move encourages parents to spend more time with their children, there is nothing over the top about it.
We should be applauding OCBC's move and not accusing them of playing into parents' fears. If you want to allay parents' fears, look into why the PSLE has been a life and death situation for the last 30 years. You don't have to look far - check out your SAP schools, good schools (although now you are trying to make every school a "good" one), express-stream-only schools and how every year your newspapers make it a point to highlight the highest scoring exam taker.
hi there
1. another sheep with kosong ground sentiments.
2. sitting in some ivory tower passing comments nonchalantly.
3. totally insenstive!