Mother Tongue results out

Yesterday, my students got their mother tongue (MT) results. Most didn't do very well, and I wonder why. Are we no longer focused on MT? I guess I'm slightly different, as I speak MT at home, rather than English, hence English is more acquired for me than my second language.

I pity those who had to retake again, it's just a bloody waste of time. I can imagine how painful it is. Though last time in my O'lvls, I managed to do it in one trial (A2 - dun play a fool with me), I did tried two times in my A'lvl. That took up a lot of time and I could have spent it on better things.

Come to think of it, not a lot of my students can make it in MT. I can only vaguely remember a handful (less than 10) whose MT is as good as their English. Most are just passing standard only. So much to say about Singapore's bilingual system - it seems that it made that effectively single language only.