First Malay President's Scholar in 44 years
SINGAPORE - Mr Adil Hakeem Mohamad Rafee, 19, is the second Malay to be awarded the President's Scholarship after 44 years.
The first was Mr Ismail Ibrahim who received the award in 1968.
Mr Adil Hakeem was also a Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) top scorer in 2005, when he scored 282 in the exam.
Before that he was studying in Guanyang Primary School, but transferred over to Rosyth when he was accepted into the Ministry of Education's gifted programme.
Last year, he did the Republic proud as part of the national team that emerged as champions in the World Schools Debating Championships in Scotland.
However, his journey to academic success was not always smooth.
He admitted to The Straits Times that he had scored an E in his preliminary exams in A-level Chemistry last year. However, a few months of intense study helped to correct it into an A, and he scored distinctions in all seven subjects.
The former Raffles Institution student also paid tribute to his grandmother for his success. He told The Straits Times that if not for her he would have never studied as hard as he has.
With both his parents at work, he and his younger brother were often left at home alone, and his grandmother would nag both of them into finishing their homework.
Speaking to the paper, he said, "My success has now put pressure on my brother - my grandmother keeps telling him to study harder for his exams."
His younger brother, Arif Izzudddin, 16, is a Secondary 4 student at Chung Cheng High School.
Dari artikel ini, saya dapat tahu bahawa biasiswa presiden ini sangat berharga dan jarang ramai orang yang dapat menerima biasiswa ini kerana Biasiswa Presiden ini adalah biasiswa yang paling tertinggi di antara biasiswa-biasiswa yang lain.
Jika saya adalah adik Adil Hakeem Mohamad Rafee, Arif Izuddin, saya akan menerima tekanan yang hebat dari orang-orang yang terdekat dengan saya seperti keluarga saya, kawan-kawan saya, guru-guru saya dan lain-lain lagi. Ini adalah kerana tentu mereka mengharapkan saya berjaya dan mengikut jejak langkah abang saya. Saya rasa ini memang tidak mustahil kerana kami perlu ada motivasi diri untuk berjaya cemerlang. Jika motivasi diri itu tidak ada dalam diri seseorang, tentu orang tersebut perlu masa yang lebih untuk mengubahkan dirinya untuk berjaya dalam kehidupannya.
Jadi, jika seseorang mahu berjaya seperti orang-orang seperti aband Adil Hakeem, dia harus bertungkus-lumus untuk belajar bersungguh-sungguh dan perlu,...MOTIVASI DIRI! Terima kasih! :3
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