(Previously debated: Is it better to give or to receive?)
The company one keeps matters, and your grades are an indirect determiner of that, limiting your secondary school options. We are at our most impressionable in our teens, and, though I wouldn’t say my PSLE score alone led to where I am today, it did mark the start of crucial years of study culminating in me pursuing my passion, language. | Adeline Wong Sub-Editor |
(Previously debated: Just how much should men shave?)
My PSLE score is definitely not a determining factor in where I am or what I do today. Despite the lack of school options I had due to my score, I’m happy with the neighbourhood school I went to. In a society where your schools, grades and education level are still things many people judge you by, I think they are not everything. What school doesn’t teach is a sense of contentment. If you’re able to be contented with what you have, then life is definitely worth celebrating. | Fazlie Hashim Art Director |