EDUCATION ! boasting proud dad.

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so proud , just have to post this , my daughter is in year 7 and a pure studier , i have always regarded her as very smart , of course a dad will be byist . anyhow , she tried out for a selective school in our area , after getting many academic acheivement awards throughout primary ( the academic acheivement award ) is like DUX of the year .
she get a horrible result , in the entry exam and failed to get in , we were baffled at her low score , but , didnt really dwell on it , as i tell her there is much more to life than school and education , and how high IQ , doesnt gaurantee success , or wealth or happiness as we are taught to expect .
anyhow she goes to a public school in an advanced class there , and many of our friends and neighbours wouldnt dare send thier children to a public school , we were surprised at peoples reactions when we told them this . anyhow i have always tried to tell my girl that life is a mixed bag , and your parents paying a school exhorborant fees wont make you more clever , or a better person .
today she travelled to the said select school that she failed to get into , to attend a debate with her debating team against the select schools debating team .
the debating topic was given 10 minutes before the actual debate , so no studying or prep allowed .
she was the 3rd speaker in her team . and they won !!!!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: . i was just so proud and belated .
she studies hard on her own , she has taught herself how to read music and play keyboard , she writes novels that are like grown up authors novels , she participates in art and has had awards for art , is great at maths , and recently i have been looking at her self selected projects , she chooses topics like the brain , blood pressure, anxiety, depression, genetics , and writes explanations on how things work, medicines and chemicals etc etc .
i speajk to her like my little girl , then see she understands some things broader than i do .
just had to post and have a rant . i told her today i was so proud of her , she failed an entry exam to a select school , then went back and kicked thier rrrrs in a debate . hehe . her principle and teachers are ectstatic .