I used to slog in my secondary school studies, mostly because i've got a terrible memory (and just too lazy to improve it). For a Malaysian student, this is death: with everything being exam oriented, if you couldn't remember stuff well enough to regurgitate them on exam day, you were sunk.
Poor exam results = fewer (or none) scholarship opportunities, derision from peers and parents and a general feeling of low self-esteem.
Now, the Education Minister, Musa Hamid, tells the nation that "things are going to be less exam oriented":http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/asia/story/0,4386,187632,00.html. Damn, i should have been born 10 years later.
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