Release of O'level results:

From the article, we can see that upon the release of this year’s O’level results, twelve of the twenty-five students with nine A1s come from outside Singapore. This shows that foreigners here are indeed scoring well and achieving good grades. They are excelling in their studies. Ask any students and they will say or have a mindset that says that those foreign students, especially some Chinese students, do exceptionally well in their academics. Most of the time, they will have straight A’s for their exams.
Why is this so? The English standard of Chinese students when they just arrive in Singapore is relatively poor. To be able to hold a basic conversation with some of them is actually a great feat what more calling them to read and write. The language medium of any paper is English. Perhaps for various subjects, language does not play a big role. But it more or less affects the level of comprehension of questions for the various subjects. Thus it also can affect their answers. The worst of all is the English paper. Yet they still did well. Perhaps most of them being a few years older have a better grasps of various concepts with only the different language terms to overcome. That is why they start doing well in the various subjects after they had adapted to their new environment.
However, I feel that most importantly, it is their perseverance that matters. They give in all that they have for the English papers. They put in a lot of hard work just to score well. Judging the fact that they left their homeland to have education here, by scoring well will be the best thing that makes this trip here a worthwhile one.
This is needless to say the push factor which had motivated them to do so well. Some Singaporeans on the other hand does not seem to have such a strong drive in them. Having a good education system and sufficient facilities, it made them more laid back. Thus, they are not as motivated. Perhaps if they are willing to push themselves a little bit more, there might be a higher percentage of local students getting nine A1s. Nevertheless, these foreign students had indeed done well in their O’levels and they really deserve their credit.