What Kind of PSLE Parent Am I?
There are at least 3 types of PSLE parents, from kan cheong to lassez faire.
Watching I Not Stupid 3 as a family, I realised that there were at least three different types of PSLE parents.
The Kiasu Parent who is singlehandedly lifting up the tuition industry.
The Hands-on Parent who coaches her kids herself.
The Chill Parent who is easy going and isn't going to let an exam break her.
#1 The Kiasu Parent
The Kiasu Parent is the type you find lurking at the Kiasu Parents forum, either giving “hacks” regarding PSLE preparation or absorbing these “hacks” like a sponge. Except that all of these hacks involve giving very large sums of money to tuition centres.
The villainess of Jack Neo's movie, I Not Stupid 3, is a mother exactly like this.
#2 The Hands-on Parent
The Hands-on Parent is usually a stay-home mother or a working mother who takes time off for PSLE.
She peruses assessment books and their answer sheets, draws up study timetables and sometimes thinks about whether she should either open up a tuition centre or write a book on How to Survive PSLE.
Many kids with a parent in this category do very well in school.
#3 The Chill Parent
This Parent is so busy with work or other matters that she regards PSLE to be just another exam her kids have to survive.
In busy, achievement-oriented Singapore, this parent is a rare thing, a chill mother who does not suffer from exam anxiety. She is the Whatever will be, will be parent. You would want this type of parent to be your friend because she is fun and chill to be around.
Which PSLE Parent Am I?
Since my family were all gathered in the den watching I Not Stupid 3, I took the opportunity to ask my family which kind of PSLE parent I was.
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