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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Expectations

It's like a curse. You start a new life in a new school in a new country somewhere under a government-paid education regimen.

"Hi! My name is Matthew, and I'm a foreign student from Malaysia."
"Oh? So you're a scholar?"
"Um......yeah."
"So that means you're damn smart, right?"

And from then on, it all goes downhill.

"Your values and answers were wrong!? Of all the people I would have expected you to get it all correct!"
As if scholars could do every problem or sum ever created.

"He's Matthew. He's a scholar. The smartest guy in our class!"
As if only scholars are smart.

"Matthew, that was lame. Was it some kind of scholar joke?"
I know it's not meant to discriminate, but different countries are bound to have different senses and ideas or humour.

"Matthew! Stop acting like a nerd!"
But wasn't that what you've been wanting me to do all along?!?!?!?!?

Rowland has been complaining about this for a long time, but never have I felt it so hard until now. Now I fully understand what Rowland was saying.

Must we always get every answer correct, no matter the circumstance? Must we always 'be intelligent'? Must we not 'be intelligent'? How can you have both? Must we always meet your expectations of 110%? Must we only laugh along with the scholars but get laughed at by the locals? Is it too much to ask to just LAY OFF AND TREAT ME LIKE A NORMAL PERSON?!?

You ask too much of me.
I ask too much of you.

Labels: asean, education, iq, scholar, scholarship, singapore, smart

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