I was able to get into a good university to earn my degree. However, I had a hard time in school before college. My parents helped me with the sciences by enrolling me with a tutor that provides physics tuition in Singapore. I needed the extra help to pass my classes and get the grades I wanted to achieve in the sciences. I wanted to be more than adequate in the sciences even though I was not pursuing a degree where I would need to build on them or use them to any great degree in my career. I have always enjoyed antiquities and history. I have participated in museum curation since my teenage years interning at a museum of history. Science applies to some of the techniques we use in restoration, but I did not need to be a physics expert.
The school system is highly geared toward academic performance of students. I think it is driven by our culture. Read more