I can literally fall asleep within seconds these days simply because of some household chores, work and the kids that I enjoy handling with my wife daily... tiring to the body but refreshing to the soul since I felt that I am finally out of the rat race! My family is living in Singapore but we are able to run at our own pace and not be dragged along and pressurised to do too many things with too little time!

I felt sorry for my nieces and other kids whom I know these days as I see for myself the unnecessary stress that they faced from school. One of them cried on Sun evening because she has to go back to school on Mon to face her fierce and unreasonable teacher! The teacher actually scolded her when she asked for marks that she deserved but was not given because the teacher added it wrongly! One of them wet his pants almost everyday because he was too fearful of asking for permission to go to the washroom! One of them vomited because she swallowed her food in a hurry since there is not enough time to eat during recess. I asked one of them who is in Primary 1 if she enjoyed playing with her friends in school and she said that she has no time to play with anyone as the extra time is meant to be used for spelling revision!

Why not let them grow at their own pace and enjoy the friendship and fun of childhood instead of facts and figures of textbooks!?

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