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Looks like it hasn\u2019t changed much. <\/p>

https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/singapore\/comments\/o0f5kw\/whats_the_academic_stress_situation_here_in_sg\/<\/a><\/p>

They\u2019ve changed some of the worst bits of the system, but basically we had life-defining examinations since we were 10. Yep, 10. <\/p>

When you were 10, you sat for a super important series of exams. If you weren\u2019t academically inclined at that time, you got put on a less academically intensive track. It\u2019s supposed to be more vocational, but <\/p>

Who the fuck knows what you\u2019re doing at 10? Doing poorly here (known as the primary 4 streaming exam) also puts people into a sorting hat. I got put into an academically intensive track but people who were in \u2018EM3\u2019 basically have a near impossible path to getting into good programs later in life. At 10.<\/p>

WTF<\/p>

There\u2019s a whole movie about this called I Not Stupid. It\u2019s about the kids who are deemed not academic (and therefore worthless in our society). <\/p>

It\u2019s not surprise that this society is full of untreated mental illness (we also don\u2019t believe mental illness exists, or if it does you\u2019re weak for not just ignoring it). <\/p>

Things are changing but very slowly<\/p>","statusnet_conversation_id":6567448,"statusnet_in_groups":false,"attachment_error":{"code":500,"message":"No result found on File_thumbnail lookup.","file":"\/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/classes\/File_thumbnail.php","line":185,"trace":"#0 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/classes\/File_thumbnail.php(110): File_thumbnail::byFile()\n#1 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/classes\/File.php(601): File_thumbnail::fromFileObject()\n#2 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/local\/plugins\/Qvitter\/QvitterPlugin.php(609): File->getThumbnail()\n#3 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/lib\/util\/event.php(89): QvitterPlugin->onNoticeSimpleStatusArray()\n#4 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/lib\/api\/apiaction.php(382): Event::handle()\n#5 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/lib\/api\/apiaction.php(271): ApiAction->twitterSimpleStatusArray()\n#6 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/lib\/api\/apiaction.php(622): ApiAction->twitterStatusArray()\n#7 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/actions\/apistatusesshow.php(137): ApiAction->show_single_json_status()\n#8 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/actions\/apistatusesshow.php(114): ApiStatusesShowAction->showNotice()\n#9 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/lib\/action\/action.php(211): ApiStatusesShowAction->handle()\n#10 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/lib\/action\/action.php(98): Action->execute()\n#11 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/public\/index.php(340): Action::run()\n#12 \/virtual\/senooken\/public_html\/gnusocial@gnusocial.jp\/public\/index.php(343): main()\n#13 {main}"},"external_url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/notice\/12929017","in_reply_to_profileurl":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@skinnylatte","in_reply_to_ostatus_uri":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/skinnylatte","attentions":[],"fave_num":0,"repeat_num":0,"is_post_verb":true,"is_local":false,"favorited":false,"repeated":false}