Taking his first academic (MOE) exam in life. Compulsory for homeschoolers from 10 years old onwards.
As a homeschooler, he gets to go for his Karate class, chill in Orchard during the weekend before exams, and he gets to enjoy lunch and play with his friends right after each paper.
***Photo taken after two Math papers while Science and Chinese papers are up and coming.
Academic exams are purely events in life but they are not the proof of life. Life is way more than academic exams.
Real life begins when exams end. Because life encompasses exams which are not events (non-academic) but processes. You get to take them over and over again until you learn to overcome that test of life.
We want our son to walk through the processes needed for his life to become what God wants him to be and do.
Study -> Academic Exams -> Go vacation and play -> Rinse and Repeat every year is NOT the way of life. It might be the general life of a Singaporean child but we have determined in our hearts to give him a purpose in life.
This is why we chose homeschooling to defy the social norms. Challenging, time consuming, yet fulfilling.
Shout out to my wife for teaching him and preparing him for the compulsory event (academic exams) in SG!
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