2011-05-17, 05:07 AM
Haseo Wrote:I know people who have to get up earlier to travel from Malaysia to mine. I don't understand why they don't just apply for a school nearer to their homes.
It's about the dignity, or actually pride, of having to study in a more "prestigious" or "well-known" school. It is the fact that people care more about appearances or status in the world now. It still doesn't make sense that they would be willing to use up extra money, in which could be used to fund for more appropriate uses, but used on little things like "status". Though this isn't always true, considering that some of the schools that are "prestigious", justify themselves with the appropriate, or good education system. Though seeing the education here in my country, I doubt that it is the case, as education is main-streamed in Elementary and High School.
Thing is, parents, especially Asian parents, want to show off their kids as "trophies". It has, and always been.