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LeeYeong-eun
school life meets a turnabout when
system,streamingtoseparatestudents
a new teacher, Miss Lee, shows up
into different learning groups has had
AssociateEditorofCultureSection
in their lives. Encouraged by her
certain merits. Definitely, by placing
hy should I study when
idealistic belief that everyone has
students with similar academic ability
I am so stupid anyway?
their own strength, the boys find the
into the same class, the teacher can
Does such a comment
motivation to face the obstacles in
manage the progress of the students
take you down your memory lane?
theiracademicjourney.Thefilmseeks
more or less at similar level. Surely,
Or do you sense familiarity when
to address why Singaporeans favor
the implementation of streaming in
you hear “It’s such an easy question.
academically stronger students while
different educational systems around
Why can’t you do it?” Such remarks
humiliatingandputtingdownstudents
the world emphasizes the confidence
may reverberate with the childhood
who are not performing up to their
educatorshaveinstreaming.
of Koreans. When we are school
expectations.
However, the problem arises when
children, academic performance
The most important message the
society brings its biased viewpoint
seemstodefineourworth.
movie actually tries to bring across is
intothepicture.WhenMissLeeasked
Are we too quick to attach the label
how the expectations of society affect
ahardenedveteranhowtobetterserve
offailureontotherejects?
thestudentsthemselves.Itmaybetrue
the needs of her academically weaker
Three best friends, Terry, Kok
that some students who are expected
students, the answer she received was
Pin and Boon Hock come from
to perform well are motivated to
‘Don’t bother! Focus on the better
an academically inferior class in
perform better. However, for some
class.’ The fate of the students is
Singapore. Through their stories, the
students, this expectation may lead to
already decided the moment they are
Singaporeanhit‘INOTStupid’wishes
pressure that might further exhaust
groupedintotheirrespectiveclasses.
toexplorethesegregationoccurringin
students in their performance. So, is
In my personal experience, having
theeducationalsystem.Burdenedwith
it possible for academically weaker
the good fortune to do well on my
the labels of failure, the academically
studentstoperformwellifpeopletake
test placed me into the academically
inferiorstudentsarenotonlyprovided
the leap of faith to believe in them,
stronger class. My experience was
with fewer opportunities to develop
andwishthemtodowell?
enriching - I was provided with
their potential further, but are often
opportunities such as field trips,
called names and berated for their
student exchanges and competitions.
SegregationthroughStreaming
perceived uselessness. However, their
As for Singapore’s educational
Yet, an educational system can be
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