Chinks are kiasu and test oriented, rich urban ones have many tutors at beck and call. That a lot of advantages which is where affirmative action comes in, not say msia is racist or what.
Let this a lesson we cannot see things on face value.
Better be so called discriminated when there are actually many options available than be so called no discrimination when actually there is no option available.
Or worse so called No discrimination when actually you are badly discriminated because you don’t fit the government definition of Singaporean or Singaporean household.
Wow so easy to get overseas scholarship in mudland? 9A+ for SPM in 2010 ie 9A1 for GCE O level in 2010 can expect to get overseas scholarship already? That’s not possible for Singaporeans even during my time in 1980s lol. You need GCE A level and at least two special papers distinction even during then. Malaysians are so lucky.
I will opt for such discrimination anytime.
Oh ya I have 8A1 and 1 A2 in my GCE O level. Can kpkb pap no give me overseas scholarship?
I didn’t even qualify for spore government overseas scholarship because I didn’t take special papers at all.
Why I didn’t take special papers? Because I am not good enough.
And I am not being humble or anything. The fact is I failed - can’t remember it’s E or F - in my further maths subject in my first year of junior college.
Not sure about now but at that time you take four A level subjects in the first year but you can drop one subject if you want as university only need scores of three A level subjects.
But if you take only three A level subjects, it’s considered as no good and as good as zero chance for any scholarship.
Which means it’s no point to take special papers at all if I drop one A level subject. S paper is like accolade while four A level subjects with A is like basic requirement for scholarship.
So I decided not to drop any subject and just concentrate my efforts to improve my F maths score.
Don’t forget I was also very busy with part time tuition during my JC time as I was not sure about my ability to secure any scholarships at all.
And my efforts to concentrate - mugging F maths ten year series - and stopped all part time tuition in the last half year of my junior college paid off - with my F maths turned around from E or F to A and that’s why I got a scholarship but of course not an overseas scholarship since I didn’t take any S papers.
So my point is it’s not easy for Singaporeans like me with 8 A1 and 1 A2 to get even a local scholarship back then. Malaysians are so lucky to get overseas scholarships with much lesser results and can kpkb if can’t get.
And Malaysian government is so good to give 1% interest study loan for ALL Malaysians to study university worry free. Not sure but I don’t think Singapore government even have it now not to mention back then.
If spore government have such good PTPTN program back then, I won’t have to suffer four years of anxiety and worry - from age 15 secondary three - and spending much time giving part time tuition in junior college and unable to concentrate on my studies. PTPTN program is such a blessing to people like me, unfortunately no such good luck of Malaysians.
