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But are parents the only ones to be blamed?
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By the age of four or five, the child would have already emerged from the shelter of his home to enter into the environment of the school. After that, his waking hours will be spent more
and with his teachers and his peers than his parents, brothers ee sisters. The school has, in more ways than one, taken over his training from his parents Irrespective of his family background, his abilities and potentials, his education will be extremely structured which will produce someone who conforms to others of his
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He will be constantly graded by his teachers so that his yardstick of success is how well he fares in his class in terms of academic achievements.
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The pressure of school work on our youth is a well known
chill fact. It is not uncommon for a ten-year old to have to spend five hours each day after school to finish his home work (taking into account ċertain amounts of daydreaming and distractions in between). Hardwork is not necessarily a bad thing, provided that there is more in our system of education for an all round development of our young people. Apart from the pursuit of knowledge, they must be given the opportunity to be equipped with the right attitude and values to become a well-adjusted and useful. citizen in our community.
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Yes, we can gather from the Report on Youth Policy that opportunities are abound outside of school hours for our young people to participate in all sorts of extra-curricular social and sports activities. But, how many do actually take part? Since these activities are outside of the school system, how many young people, and indeed parents, would consider them worthwhile. activities? After all, these activities do not contribute directly to what they were conditioned to believe as the ingredients of success, namely, academic achievements.