Hi MM and Poland
Thanks for your enthusiastic replies
MM - regarding science in our primary schools, yes we are teaching too much in our schools. But not mathematics. In life, mathematics matters more than science. I wish they could teach public health in primary schools more.
Poland - regarding Wang Yung Ching & Li Ka Shing , I don't think they had the opportunities to pursue formal studies. If they had, they could achieve maybe even more. I once watched a documentary on éƒå°éŠ˜, Terry Guo Tai Ming and am thoroughly impressed with this man. His tight organized brains reflected his training from Taipei's Naval Academy.
Warren Buffet (who has a Masters in Finance from Columbia University) and Bill Gates (who left Harvard without completing his course but whose parents are a lawyer and universty professor) would disagree that education played only a small part for their success. The Gates probably couldn't care less if Bill did not have a degree afterall they were extremely confident parents. But according to Bill, they gave him a fantastic home library. The world's richest man, Mexican Carlos Slim, is an engineering graduate.
I would not under-estimate the merits of a good education. The problem lies in the perceived merit in obtaining good examination results from education.
If a parent can eliminate this anxiety, it would help.
My 2 cents.