Stress Time

It's the exam period for the students once again, and their tutors get stressed too. Not exactly due to stress from parents, but the level of competition the schools have. It's either you go to a good class, an average class or a lower ability class. What's the difference? Well, the friends you hang around with, the level and amount of class work and homework is different, and the pressure to perform is different. Just too bad that Singapore's education system has a huge emphasis on exams and grades. It's based on the value of meritocracy, that makes us to grades-mad.

In any case, tuition is not a hard-to-pass time, just that it is on me to make sure the student learns something, since their parents entrusts me to do that. Oh well, two tuitions in a row tomorrow...