Strong family support and self-discipline seem to be the recipe for success for most of this year’s SPM top scorers.
Although Ashley Leow’s life has not been a bed of roses, she emerged as one of SMK (P) St George’s top scorers.
The Penang lass has always kept her spirits high despite her family not being able to provide the best for her.
Ecstatic: (From left) Yeoh, Leow and Chan showing off their results to principal Shariffah Afifah in Penang Thursday.
Leow, who scored 9 A+s, said her family was not well-off and there were times when she wished she had what her friends had.
“My mother is a housewife. My father got retrenched last year and is now helping a relative with his business.
“Sometimes I wish I could afford some nice things like what my friends had, but I didn’t let it get me down,” the bubbly 18-year-old said.
She said she did not expect to do so well, especially in Mathematics since it was her weakest subject.
Leow was also active in many co-curricular activities, namely judo, bowling and the Interact Club.
The Sukma 2008 bronze medal winner said her passion for judo helped instil discipline in her and taught her many of life’s lessons.
Fellow 9 A+s scorer Stephanie Chan said that although she, Leow and another top scorer Yeoh Jin Ming were not in the same class, they had discussions whenever they were not clear about something.
Yeoh said she was surprised when she scored 9A+s as she only started revising in the few months leading up to the exam.
“But it’s important to pay attention in class and to concentrate in your lessons,” she added.
Principal Shariffah Afifah Syed Abbas attributed the success of the school, one of the first 20 high performance schools in the country, to the students, teachers and parents.
In Ipoh, news of Hu May Khei being one of the country’s top SPM scorers did not come as a surprise to her principal Che Su Mahamud.
Che Su said Hu, of SMK Convent Taiping, had scored in all public examinations.
Hu is studying in Singapore now.
“She is a pleasant girl who is an all rounder,” Che Su added. In Malacca, Lai Yin Kwin, who attributed his top-scoring success to strong family support and self-discipline, is among the top 10 students in the country.
Lai, who is from Malacca High School and scored 9As, thanked his parents, in particular his mother Ng Gek Choo and two elder sisters who had also previously scored straight As in their SPM.
In Klang, it was an early birthday gift for Siti Aisyah Mohd Ramli as she emerged as one of the top scorers in Selangor.
Siti Aisyah, who is going to celebrate her 17th birthday on March 14, said she believed the key to her achievement was from sharing knowledge and helping others in their studies.
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