Having good genes or smart genes does not mean that your children will do well in life. Although most students in top schools such as Raffles Institution and Hwa Chong Institution have parents who are at least university graduates, I believe that to succeed, one must depend on hard work, and not just depend on one’s “smart” genes.
Having “smart” genes gives you a head start in your studies as you are smarter than others and your parents can also help you in your studies. However, from then on, one has to depend on hard work to succeed in life. If one only has the brains, but is not willing to work hard to achieve what one aims to achieve, one will not succeed in life.
I know this as I have faced such a problem before. When I was 10, I decided not to study for my math test as I had always aced the math test. However, when I sat for the examination, I did not know how to do about 25% of the questions. Hence, I did very badly for the examination. My parents are graduates and they hold top jobs in the companies they are working in. However, to be honest, I am not doing very well at school as I had failed my overall end of year examinations last year. I had failed because I was not hardworking enough and did not have the motivation to do my ace and projects day project properly.
Through past experience, I can conclude that having brains and “smart” genes does not nesaccerily mean that you will do well in your examinations and succeed in life.
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