I find the curriculum increasingly difficult, yet good and excellent grades are still "increasing", advanced students can be counted on one hand.

At the end of the school year, parents show off their children’s shiny report cards on social media. Under the posts, some praise and glorify their children’s impressive achievements. But children don’t read those “sugar-coated” comments.

Are parents unintentionally putting the burden of "having to get high scores" and "having a flawless report card" on their children's small shoulders? Or are teachers being too generous in grading, with many students achieving almost perfect average scores, up to 9.8-9.9?

Last school year, my daughter had a GPA of over 9. In my time, it was hard to get an 8, let alone a perfect score like that. Ironically, my daughter “slipped” out of the top 10 highest scores in the class, ranking 40th.

Many people say that students nowadays are no different from superheroes. The more difficult the program, the higher the score, the more brilliant the achievements. Looking at their report cards is really interesting, but I wonder if this is true academic ability. For me, my child getting a 9.0 is already an impressive score, but many students in the class have even more.

"My son tried his best, I'm happy to know that he got the score but it's still not as good as his friends ", my son said while crying. He was so sad that he didn't eat or sleep all night.

My child fell into a deadlock because his initial expectations were shattered. Scores do not say everything, but for children, they can be the embodiment of youthful competitiveness. I was worried when I saw my child torturing himself like that.

In raising children, I put my children's happiness and development first.

When she calmed down a bit, I explained: " To become someone in society, you need to know how to live a kind and devoted life first. The perfect 10s on your report card do not necessarily reflect that you are a good girl in all aspects. You see, I was also in the top of my class, but when I was born, I also had to work hard all my youth to become an adult."

I want my child to see it as an experience to set new goals. In fact, he did very well, I am proud of that. More than anyone, I witnessed the days when he studied all night long with thick exercise books. I acknowledged his efforts but still felt troubled. It is true that children today study too hard, burdened by the burden of achievement.

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Minh Ngoc