different targets as the exams get tougher

Recently was talking to a few friends of mine. As it is the test-fever week, we were trying to guess how well could be do in our papers. And every time coming out of the classroom, either going for recess or lunch, we would be discussing bout the papers.

Here are a few commonly asked question:
"How was the paper?"
"Isn't that paper darn difficult?"

And some famous replies:
"Damn hard la wei..."
"So gonna die -la this time..."
"I'm so dead, parents gonna kill me!!!"
"If i could pass also, I'll be super duper happy!!"

Well, those with negative replies, like above, are usually the ones scoring. In fact, they wouldn't only pass but also getting marks near to perfect. And they were talking about a theory : LAW OF ATTRACTION ??? If you think positively, you could do it, it seemed -lah. But how can you prove this then??

The main idea of this post is that when we grow older, we have different targets for ourselves.

For me, as an average student, I could still remember those comparisons my friends and I made, each time after every test and exams.

The question we asked each other was like:

• standard 1 to standard 3 - "How many subjects with 100% have u got??"
  
• standard 4 till standard 6 - "How many A's you have?"
• form 1 till form 3 - "How many A's you managed to score?"
  
• form 4 till form 5 - " How many A1's you have?

You may noticed that almost all the questions are almost the same, right.

BUT, in form 6 , we'll asked

"How many subjects you managed to pass???"

Notice the big huge difference?

1. That shows clearly how tough is STPM.
2. It also shows the major gap between the SPM and STPM.
3. And also proves how screwed up our education system is. [SPM is like one of the easiest exam but STPM is among the toughest exam in the world - top 5 i predict]

A student may continue to study in their pre-u (after SPM) with screwed-up basics. Can he or she survive??

It's just like a tree with weak roots, can the tree continue growing strong or just topple and die???