I was surprised to hear that kids nowadays get into standard 1 at the ripe age of 6.
Heck, even I didn't know about this. Well over lunch today, my mom did mention something about the sending of my nephew to kindergarden. Suddenly she mentioned that their parents havent registered him to any of the schools nearby. Wow, that another thing I dont know. You have to register your kids like 2 years early beofre sending them to school.
So kids going to school at the age of 6. This means that kids a getting smarter and brighter every year. But sadly, the syllabus havent changed that much. OK, maybe it has changed but on the pretext of letting sudents learn what they want to learn it has not.
Just imagine at the age of 16, they will finish SPM. That if, they dont jump classes during primary school. Then, after 3-4 years at university (plus 1 and half year at matrix) they graduate. Age: 21. Then, they enter the job market. Man, these group of people need to be very, very special and talented and not to mention, having damn good grades to be able to enter the ever-challenging job market.
Even as we speak today, many employees are complaining that fresh grads arent 'suitable' enough to hold a position equal to their qualification. They say that 'lack of experience and on-the-job skills' as the culprit.
Well what do you know, come next 10 years, you might be interviewing a bunch of kids for a proffessional job.
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