Guys?

mmm, spicy

Welcome to the Kampong News Station, with me, Dick Loong

Tonight, with rising pressures on our Singaporean children

more and more parents are opting to send their kids

to tuition centres, so that they can stay on top of their class

with even the Prime Minister warning against an overreliance on tuition,

the question remains

Do children have time to be children?

I don't see what's the big deal

I didn't go to school

why can't they be perfect, like me?

now we're here with self-professed kiasu parent, Madam Ling Chope Seet

Now she placed her son in tuition when he was just 3 years old

Now, Mdm Ling?

That's right ah

My son ah, is fluent in English, Chinese and Latin

and Spanish, and also Java Chip

Javascript

He's very clever you know?

Last week, he wrote the theory of rela -

relativ -

relativity!

In crayon!

Blindfolded somemore!

Why did you make him go to tuition at such a young age?

Parents "nowsadays" are very busy you know?

I'm a good parent!

I'm trying to make sure he pass his exams!

You mean he's studying for his PSLE?

My dear, he's no longer taking his PSLE

Now he's taking his PhD

In molecular science

I choose one

I closed my eyes and I took and I choose

That's amazingly kiasu!

I tell you ah

You people "nowsadays" you all don't know

it's the kiasu spirit that got us to a First World Country

Eh this one on TV right?

Anybody want to employ my son

felel free to call me

6555 8888

Call ah call ah!

Do you think Singaporean parents are too busy to teach their own children?

Yeah, I think many are, because of the high cost of living

Some of my kids from St. John

I see that they

their parents didn't really spend much time, or quality time with them

To them, its tuition, and tution

and tuition, enrichment classes and so on?

Uh..

And because of those, do you think that the kids in Singapore

lack in certain areas such as

um, you know, EQ skills

like communication skills, you know, expressive skills, and so on?

I think sometimes it's abit too much in my opinion

because you know, sometimes you still have to study at the same time

on top of this enrichment class

so it's abit taxing on the children

Yes, majority of Singaporeans now, especially kids nowadays

they do lack of uh...

I mean compared to overseas

I don't think parents are like that

Especially Caucasian kids.

You can see even in the Singapore environment

they don't send them to enrichment classes that often

they are finding a balance now

I think the youth is finding that's important too

as they go along

Street-wise I think Singaporeans are about 90% smart

I won't say for the rest

Now I understand your company has a unique perspective on toddler tuition?

What?

Oh.

It's definitely given them a leg up on the competition!

They're smarter and more in demand

More so than foreign talents!

Our company has..

Recently hired a toddler!

He's our CEO

So, sir, would you say that toddler tuition has real world applications?

There you have it

The shocking truth

You are fired!

What?

But, but Sir, I have a wife

and two Filipino mistresses to support

Just go

Win liao lor you all! Win liao!

So, there you have it

Are tuition sorts of...

kinds of..

little bit...

possibly does work

I'm Dick Loong for the Kampong News Station

Until next time, stay awesome Kampongers!

Toddlers, what the hell do they know?

Stupid crybabies

You are fired!!

But sir, I was only joking!

Please, please, I have a family to feed!