Originally posted by Loh
and my daughter just missed the cut
Hi Legal strike
I'm sorry to learn that your daughter can't make it to the Sports School. What could be the reasons?
Is it because the applications far outnumbered the places (for badminton I assume) available? Or is because they required a higher skill level? Is your daughter tested? How is she tested? By just playing with another girl or also on many other aspects. What are these?
Incidentally, why did your daughter apply for the Sports School? What made you support her application? Or is it your decision, not hers, that she should go for the Sports School? Is she strong in badminton? Has she represented her school?
I hope you don't mind giving me your frank answers so that we are made aware of the situation and the seemingly 'high' demands of the SS.
Thanks [/B][/QUOTE]
wow it's going to be a long story, so i am going to tackle your enquiry one at a time.
u got to bear with me that i do not speak good english.
firstly yes my daughter represented her school in badminton. i would say that she is the best in her school for she was the only girl that was given the form to submit in order to attend the presentation at the s'pore expo.
is she that good? will i dunno how to judge her.
she was very impressed with the presentation, and was really hoping to be selected. so it was not daddy's idea

, but daddy gave the green light (but deep in my heart i know that she does not stand a chance)
before the presentation, some already were chosen from the recent pilot pen open. and the rest was open for selection.
there were 60 (girls) and 100+ boys hopeful, but only about 4 vacancy for boys and about 6 for girls, but later i found out that the number was increased to 8 girls.
venue for selection was done in SAFRA Toa Payoh, i think there are 3 courts. 4 girls to a court, and each court there's a person giving point. girls were told to perform certain stroke at each court.
what i'm going to say may be like sour grape to some, but that's my opinion.
many of this girls cannot play. and they were told to lop or serve high in order to let the other girl smash or drop.....so u get my point ? sigh......