11 Year old passes CAPE (A level) Subjects : Worshipping the wrong achievement

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/featured-news/11-year-old_passes_CAPE_subjects-144314385.html

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Somma Chevalier brought her parents great joy after she wrote the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) at the tender age of 11.

Her mother, Marsha Badri-Chevalier, praised her daughter's efforts after she received four 3s, one 2 and one 4 in the following subjects: Mathematics 3, English Language 3, Principles of Accounts 2, Principles of Business 3, Social Studies 3 and Human and Social Biology 4."

I think this is actually a bad thing... Good for the girl who can achieve so much at a young age but this obsession with 'grades' and paper qualifications is keeping caribbean society back.



To get those grades she would have had to sacrifice socialization , play and activities she should be enjoying as a child. That will have a negative impact on her development..
I had a teacher who started UWI at 16 and had a masters and a PHD very very early in life, he partly regretted it because he was always a social outcast : The youngest in ever class , never had the time to socialize and enjoy life.



Steve Jobs and Gates dropped out of university -no major qualifications. They changed the world and made the world's biggest companies. Grades- Don't- matter. What you can create from nothing is what matters, not what you regurgitate.