NTU letter bluntly seeking to feature students whose parents are politicians

By Joel Chong


So according to NTU, an 'inspirational story' or achievement is having overcome great personal odds to do well in school, being a child prodigy, having received many job offers before graduation... or just being a politician's child.


Yay, meritocracy is real and working, how dare we plebeians doubt it!


This first appeared as a post on the Facebook wall of Mr Joel Chong on 4 April 2017. Do join in the discussion over there if you have thoughts to share.

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