Stress of P1 registration (2022)

Every year, K2 kids' parents would be very anxious about the P1 registration which occurs around this period.

This year, my SIL is enrolling her daughter for P1 too. Despite my advice for her to try for Nan Hua Pri, she took the route of enrolling her daughter into Pei Tong Pri (our alumni) instead. (I guess you guys could also guessed where we are staying lol)

My SIL's logic was:

1. She wants her daughter to have a carefree childhood without any stress and worrying about results.

2. She don't want to stress herself when it comes to exam period (and the though of balloting terrifies her).

It led me thinking, "Who are the ones being stressed up here? The parents or the kids?"

I was in the above-mentioned neighbourhood primary school and to be honest, I didn't had a good experience there.

Example: When I finished my exam papers early in P1, I was accused of cheating because I fidgeted and looked around! (On hindsight, it was such a stupid accusation as the rest were still doing their papers.)

Over the years, there were many of such instances and punishments that followed, such as making me sit in the corridor for not paying attention to class and secretly reading a book under the table (because the teachers were forced to go at a snail pace to cater to the slowest learner)

As a result, my mum managed to switch my younger brother out to Nan Hua Pri as he managed to get to the 2nd selection of the GEP. (But I heard the mgt there were a bitch too as they favour well-to-do families, which we weren't.)

Taking my experience into account, it is true that there is no stress for me when I was in primary school, which aligns to her first logic. It would probably be a different story if the school is Nan Hua, since the standard is higher.

Her second logic is pretty interesting, since most parents would clamber to attempt to get a slot in a GEP primary school, especially since she is staying within 1 km of the school. Apparently, she is the rare species who prefers to just let nature takes its course instead of nurturing her kid, to the frustration of the grandparents.

In another 3 years' time, it would be our turn to worry about it. It's quite an exciting and terrifying thought, when there are so many uncertainties.

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