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“That is the way the world is. I have explained this. I think I lost votes after I explained the awful truth. Nobody believed it, but slowly it dawned on them – especially the graduates – that yes, you marry a non-graduate, then you worry about whether or not your son or daughter is going to make it to the university!”

- Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew

Okay, so my parents aren't graduates. They did not even attend Junior College/Polytechnic. So does it mean that me going to NUS or Stanford or Imperial College is just a pipe dream?