I am writing this from recent events and experiences (what happens nearly every day and yesterday’s Mardi Gras event). This is mostly to make myself feel better and let everything off my chest.
I don’t have a very high self-esteem. I rarely see my father as he is either out to work or sleeping when I am up; he works from 3am to 4pm and sleeps at 6pm. My mother doesn’t work. She has very high expectations for my brother and I, since she was a quite successful person when she was a student in China.
As the oldest child in the family, most of the expectations are forced onto me. And as the oldest child, mistakes and experiments will be made since my parents are not familiar with the Australian education system. I’m cool with that. But sometimes things can get quite overwhelming.
In NSW, there are a few exams which students can take to put themselves “on a different level to other students their age”. Two of the main exams are the Opportunity Class exams and the Selective High School exams. As a child from a very traditional family, I took them both.
LilaDays 