Life Beyond Grades

This doesn’t mean a bachelor’s degree has no value! It means every employer should be open to hiring people who are motivated and skilled through alternative routes—apprenticeships, internships, associate’s degrees, training programs, and self-teaching. See the research by , and chapter 9 of Hidden Potential.
In a survey of 800 employers, 45% said they would no longer make bachelor’s degrees mandatory for some positions, 39% said no, and 16% weren’t sure. (Source: )

So much emphasis is placed on getting good grades, landing that internship, scoring that scholarship, and getting into a "good" college that we've lost sight of what really matters in life.

Getting along with others, handling conflict, being kind and compassionate, learning how to control and harness their emotions, and learning how to take care of themselves so they know and can react when the pressure gets to be too much - this is what we need to be teaching our kids as well.

If we don't teach our children these valuable skills, who will?

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Another step forward! 👏🏼 The removal of mid-year exams will not be replaced by more school-based assessments. Schools must also not administer more than 1 weighted assessment per subject per term.

"The time saved from preparing for examinations can be channelled towards deeper student engagement and learning through more varied experiences," said Education Minister Chan Chun Sing.

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📸: Kevin Lim

A progressive move to relocate an ‘elite’ school into a new neighbourhood. A bold and interesting change from a societal perspective- Since everyone wants “branded schools” let’s have more branded schools (what if there were 10 MGS, 10 SCGS and 10 Nanyangs islandwide?) and move them into younger estates. Hopefully, this takes some of the demand and pressure off the ‘desirable’ school to make network and education more accessible for everyone in Singapore

Let’s break some negative cycles.

“Research shows that hopefulness can dramatically reduce childhood anxiety and depression. Hopeful kids have an inner sense of control. They view challenges and obstacles as temporary and able to be overcome, so they are more likely to thrive and help others.

Yet despite its immense power, hope is largely excluded from our parenting agendas. The good news? Hope is teachable. One of the best ways to increase this strength is by equipping children with skills to handle life’s inevitable bumps.”

Here are nine science-backed ways to help kids maintain hope — especially during tough times

1. Stop negativity in the moment
2. Use hopeful mantras 3. Teach brainstorming 4. Share hopeful news 5. Ask ‘what if?’ 6. Celebrate small gains 7. Boost assertiveness
8. Create gratitude rituals 9. Embrace service

For the full article, click the link in my profile :RAISING SUCCESSFUL KIDS: The No. 1 skill that sets mentally strong kids apart from ‘those who give up’—and how parents can teach it (CNBC.com)

What’s your worth kid? 🌟 such an important share today (Keep reading!)

Caught up in the rat race, women value themselves on brands they wear, size of their bling, section they sit at on a plane, size of their homes, people they know, vacations they take, name of the universities their children are in, amount of socializing they have a week, quality of their social media photos… 😕

You get what I mean. But when we strip all that away, what are we left with? Are we still polite, kind, caring, loving, genuine, grateful, authentic? We need to measure this. This is our worth. 👌

For the little people in our lives, we need to teach them their worth, and it has nothing to do with the material things you buy them, but all the wonderful-ness that IS them. 🤩

Happy weekend! Good one from

Truly, Life Beyond Grades 💚 Straits Times: Schools will remove mid-year examinations for all primary and secondary school students by next year (2023), in an ongoing move to shift the focus from academic grades and tests.
Announcing this in Parliament on Monday (March 7), Education Minister Chan Chun Sing said that this builds on earlier efforts to give students space to develop their interests, and focus on their learning and less on marks.

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