SINGAPORE - When my son asked to learn the piano at the age of seven, I decided to find him a teacher who was willing to teach him without focusing on exams.
Having learnt the piano when I was a child, I felt I gained more in the alternate years when I did not sit examinations as I did not have to spend most of the year honing my skills in playing the three exam pieces.
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