Destiny's child: creating the perfect child through astrology

Singapore parents go to extreme lengths to ensure that their children will excel academically. They believe a child that does well academically will also be successful in their future, allowing them good jobs and be able to earn a lot of money. As such, children become seen as a form of commodity t...

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Main Author: Nur Hasanah Affendi
Other Authors: Jesvin Yeo Puay Hwa
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/75495
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description Singapore parents go to extreme lengths to ensure that their children will excel academically. They believe a child that does well academically will also be successful in their future, allowing them good jobs and be able to earn a lot of money. As such, children become seen as a form of commodity that will allow families to climb the social ladder. So much societal pressure has been placed on children that stress levels in Singapore are much more higher than that of the world. is vicious cycle has created citizens with great grades but questionable mental health. Question remains, how far will parents go to push their kids to excel in academia?
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spelling ntu-10356/754952019-12-10T13:02:01Z Destiny's child: creating the perfect child through astrology Nur Hasanah Affendi Jesvin Yeo Puay Hwa School of Art, Design and Media DRNTU::Visual arts and music::Visual arts Singapore parents go to extreme lengths to ensure that their children will excel academically. They believe a child that does well academically will also be successful in their future, allowing them good jobs and be able to earn a lot of money. As such, children become seen as a form of commodity that will allow families to climb the social ladder. So much societal pressure has been placed on children that stress levels in Singapore are much more higher than that of the world. is vicious cycle has created citizens with great grades but questionable mental health. Question remains, how far will parents go to push their kids to excel in academia? Bachelor of Fine Arts 2018-05-31T09:05:10Z 2018-05-31T09:05:10Z 2018 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/75495 en Nanyang Technological University 29 p. application/pdf
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