This is what a primary 2 kid told his mum...
Kid: Mum, I've got something to tell you. But please don't be surprised ok? (Gives the impish smile)
Mum: What Yang Yang (the kid's nickname)?
Kid: The teacher say I did very well already. She say the test very difficult so I'm considered above average already. (Gives the proud look)
Mum: Yang Yang I'm getting lost. Are you talking about your test? How much did you get?
Kid: Yes yes. I think I did very well already! (Gives the serious look)
Mum: Yang Yang stop being so naggy. So how much did you get?
Kid passes his mum the a set of maths test paper.
Mum: WHAT?! 8/20 for a P2 test???
Kid: (Gives the shocked face) Mum, it's the teacher's fault! She told me I can skip a few topics! Then at last all I don't know how to do.. But those I studied I got correct leh! (Gives the proud look again)
Mum: (Looks just stunned and loss for words..)

This happened just after dinner when my neighbour came over to my house for a chat. Although my neighbour kid failed the test, no one actually scolded him. Instead we were so amused by him! Haha. I don't know what will happen back home, but I could confidently conclude that this kiddo neighbour of mine is far from stupid. Haha. What's wrong with the kids nowadays? They are so adorably fluent in their speech. It's damn funny I must say. Hahahaha. When I was a kid I never ever thought that I could say something like this to my mum. This was probably because one, I didn't fail any test until I was in secondary school, and two, my mum was super strict then. It was like in a communist state - restriction of speech. Hahaha. Thinking bad, I really thought that my mum was pretty harsh then, but looking from a parent's perspective, I thought that it should be the right thing to do. Hahaha. I still can't stop smiling whenever I thought of my kiddo neighbour's facial experession. Hahahahaha.