Gd question! I think everyone was under pressure. I think the GEP teachers were under pressure to make sure their kids succeeded- it was a small class (13 kids?) and one kid flunking would’ve been a big smudge on both the teacher’s record, and the system’shttps://twitter.com/burgerrb/status/1058968312351080448?s=21 …
-
Show this thread
-
Interesting to consider then the sheer amount of weight that was on my 13-year-old back - my parents’, my teachers’, the Indian community’s, and arguably the GEP itself, at the time the crown jewel of Singapore’s education system. My failure would hurt *everyone*. Seemed like it!
1 reply 2 retweets 24 likesShow this thread -
The year before that I was called up to the Ministry Of Education HQ and basically interrogated by education officers - and made to sign a “Personal Statement Of Commitment”. It was pretty Kafkaesquehttp://ricemedia.co/tortured-geniuses-gep-kids-on-the-burden-of-being-gifted/ …
1 reply 4 retweets 31 likesShow this thread -
visa is working on his ebook Retweeted visa is working on his ebook
At the time it never really occurred to me that I could say no to any of this. My community needed it, right? I was a *child*. I just happened to like reading books, & got excited and curious about things in my own way. Which is still how I am now, reallyhttps://twitter.com/visakanv/status/986410861039271936?s=21 …
visa is working on his ebook added,
1 reply 1 retweet 28 likesShow this thread -
It’s hard to overstate how much this entire experience has shaped who I am as a person. A part of me still constantly needs to prove that I can be a valuable asset to my community - to any community - and not by jumping through hoops and passing tests, but by being who I am.
2 replies 1 retweet 33 likesShow this thread -
To stand tall and look at society square in the eye, and say with confidence, with love, without anger or bitterness: you were wrong.
2 replies 2 retweets 44 likesShow this thread -
-
-
Replying to @visakanv
Nice try we’re not buying it You can’t deny you tall people look down on the rest of us
2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @vgr
I am too busy confronting demons to look down on anybody
1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.

I’m talking about posture