Twice a year
there comes a time in my school of wealthy kids where the majority of them
actually consider picking up their books and reading. It’s ‘affectionately’
referred to as Exam Time. Don’t get the idea that any of them have very lofty
goals; most are just trying to pass their subjects (50%). For some reason, the
word ‘exam’ carries much more importance with them than the common test, even
though both add up to give them their final grade.
Of course,
their studying isn’t all that helpful. Most of it is just patchwork
memorization. The kids learn formulas, but don’t really understand what they
mean. One kid could easily rattle of the formula for acceleration, but couldn’t
supply a simple definition of the same. Yet, even when the flaws in their revision
methods are revealed, they just shrug it off. For most of them, these grades
don’t matter. Their fathers have saved spots for them in the family business.
The rest, those without businesses, are too ignorant to realize they have
followed their wealthy friends into a trap that will mar them with regret for
the rest of their lives.
Obviously, a
large amount of the blame lies with the parents, who don’t bother to correct
their child’s ways and mindsets. Yet a lot of it also has to do with the
school’s culture…
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