This Father's Viral Open Letter To Parents Of #SPM2015 Is Everything A Child Needs
The world could certainly use more parents like Asrul.
By Sadho Ram — 04 Mar 2016, 04:01 AM
The SPM 2015 results are out. While this year 9,721 candidates achieved excellent results (Grade A+, A, A-) in all subjects, the number fell by 0.25 percent from 11,289 candidates in 2014.
As the results were announced, the hashtag #SPM2015 - with thousands of Malaysians tweeting together - trended on top.
55 straight As #SPM2015 students from SMK (P) Sri Aman. Congratulations! pic.twitter.com/lYS89XWxkT
— afterschool.my (@afterschool_my) March 3, 2016
However, amidst a torrent of tweets and Facebook updates, one particular post - an open letter from a father to parents of SPM 2015 students - stood out (and went viral) for its very important message
First posted on Facebook and later tweeted, the 'Open Letter' by Asrul Muzaffar Mohammed, who said he wrote it after looking at the anxious, nervous look on the face of one of his daughter's friend who was afraid of how his parents may react to his SPM 2015 results, or how he may disappoint them, draws attention to how a child's future victories are shaped by how parents react to their children's success or failures.
At the time of writing this, the open letter had been tweeted for more than 2,600 times and had over 400 Likes on Facebook, with hundreds of Malaysians responding positively to it:
One of the replies received for this post. You'd never realise how much you'd get with unconditional love#SPM2015 pic.twitter.com/chy4SHC9hC
— Asrul Muzaffar (@asrulmm) March 3, 2016
No matter what I get (sampai zaman uni pun) my parents will always tell 'tahniah' to me. Now now, am all teary now. https://t.co/8vp3iFqCq1
— AmiraZairi (@miramohdzairi) March 3, 2016
I only got 5As and my dad congratulated me. He said he was so proud of me. I was totally surprised. :) Be grateful. https://t.co/7ifn6oGL2x
— Zahrah. (@marspetal) March 3, 2016
Masih ingat lagi aku sampai je mozac nak ambik result abah msg "whatever you get, you're still my son. I love you" https://t.co/wKvuFZr4Ly
— Danial Sharom Nizan (@Danialsn) March 3, 2016
The best part is. Once i bring back my result to home. My mom told me 'Tahniah, lepas ni usaha lebih lagi' https://t.co/f6XWBBmy62
— ADANG (@adang_12) March 3, 2016
I'm sending this to my mum https://t.co/2Qz0WrAnnD
— mai (@boyyoutrippin) March 3, 2016