{"id":2012,"date":"2016-12-06T17:50:38","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T09:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/baharinmesir\/?p=2012"},"modified":"2016-11-28T17:52:56","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T09:52:56","slug":"singaporeans-fight-exam-shaming-by-sharing-scores-and-careers-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/baharinmesir\/singaporeans-fight-exam-shaming-by-sharing-scores-and-careers-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Singaporeans fight &#8216;exam-shaming&#8217; by sharing scores and careers &#8211; BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-38126966\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/baharinmesir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/654\/2016\/11\/92687510_gettyimages-101001747.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-38126966\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/baharinmesir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/654\/2016\/11\/92687508_4250e9ce-c961-4d21-8770-6676921603bd.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>Singaporeans share their marks on a high-stakes exam and current careers to fight stigma over poor scores.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Singaporeans have been sharing their exam results and current careers, in an effort to fight stigma over &#8220;mediocre&#8221; scores.<\/p>\n<p>The results of the high-stakes primary school leaving exam, which students sit aged 12, came out last week.<\/p>\n<p>The test determines a child&#8217;s path in the competitive school system and has become a source of stress for many.<\/p>\n<p>But <a class=\"story-body__link-external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/the-psle-post-that-scored-with-netizens\">a call<\/a> for people to share stories to show how exams don&#8217;t need to decide your future has sparked an outpouring.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend <a class=\"story-body__link-external\" href=\"http:\/\/mothership.sg\/2016\/11\/adults-reveal-psle-scores-what-theyre-doing-now-as-encouragement-for-primary-school-leavers\/\">hundreds responded<\/a> to Khairudin Aljunied, a local university professor who said the move would give young children &#8220;hope and motivation&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My PSLE score is 221. I am now an Associate Professor in a University,&#8221; he wrote. Athletes, teachers, engineers, entrepreneurs and a member of parliament all followed suit.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-38126966\">Singaporeans fight &#8216;exam-shaming&#8217; by sharing scores and careers &#8211; BBC News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singaporeans share their marks on a high-stakes exam and current careers to fight stigma over poor scores. Singaporeans have been sharing their exam results and current careers, in an effort to fight stigma over &#8220;mediocre&#8221; scores. The results of the high-stakes primary school leaving exam, which students sit aged 12, came out last week. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7436,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[64,339],"class_list":["post-2012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-news","tag-singaporean"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/baharinmesir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/baharinmesir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/baharinmesir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/baharinmesir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7436"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/baharinmesir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/baharinmesir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/baharinmesir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/baharinmesir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/baharinmesir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}