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49 sats \ 3 replies \ @Bell_curve 5 Aug \ on: Don’t Care About Others ideasfromtheedge

This got me to reflect on my own country. In Singlish, we actually have a phrase called spoil market. We use it disparagingly on people who set the bar so high that the rest of us commoners cannot keep up. Sometimes, it’s said in jest, but other times, it is said as a warning for over-zealous associates not to supersede everyone else.

What is a common example of spoil market?
People who set the bar of material possessions too high?

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 5 Aug

So I made this poster to encourage some boys who might just make it into the national finals. My colleagues might think that I spoil market because it’s something novel that no one else in my school has done

https://m.stacker.news/43666

49 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 5 Aug

Does spoil market apply to grades or test scores in school?

Are students ranked in Singapore 🇸🇬?

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 5 Aug

If a nerdy student declines all social outings because he wants to hit the books, we can jeer at him and say how he spoil market.

Yes we are ranked. All sixth graders take a national exam, after which the top students gain entry to the best secondary schools. There has been a concerted effort to lessen the stresses arising from such competition in recent years, but parents who grew up under a competitive system find it hard to let go of grades