Punggol Minister Sun Xueling Mistakenly Brought Daughter’s Homework to Press Conference

We’ve all had those days where we’ve forgotten to bring our homework to school. (Whether it was intentional or not, is beside the point.)

You have the archetypal answer “a dog ate my homework”, but we’ve evolved since then and come up with many other excuses, such as:

• a cat ate my homework
• I accidentally deleted it from my iPad (a modern invention)
• I brought my homework, but was too busy taking care of a litter of sick puppies near my house to do it

One child of a politician, however, might have the best excuse of them all: a minister took my homework. 

Punggol Minister Sun Xueling Mistakenly Brought Daughter’s Homework to Press Conference

When Minister of State Sun Xueling took out her files at a recent press conference, she found one sheet of paper didn’t look like the others:

Now, unless Singapore was suddenly struck by another disease that robbed patients of the ability to add numbers, this certainly didn’t belong in her file.

According to a Facebook post by the Punggol West MP, she had accidentally taken her daughter’s homework to work that day.

“When u go for a press conference, take out your files, and realise you have brought your daughter’s homework instead”, she joked.

The worksheet, titled “Teen Numbers”, requires students to count the number of blocks in each section, and write the number down on the line.

Having counted the blocks myself, it seems that all the answers are indeed correct.

Nice!

Netizens Tickled 

Netizens were certainly amused by the post, with Speaker of the Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin joining in the fun:

“I suspect that the homework is tougher than the real work!”, he said, adding a thumbs up and a laughing emoji.

Another commenter wondered if Ms Sun’s daughter had taken her press conference notes by accident, which certainly would have made the incident all the more amusing.

One netizen joked that he wasn’t worried at all about the minister, as she would still be able to “handle the conference”, but was concerned for her daughter, who’d have trouble explaining the matter to her teacher.

Interestingly, the post appears to have been taken down. Ms Sun’s Facebook account was also not accessible at the time of writing.

Whatever the reason, I’m sure all parents will find Ms Sun’s mistake funny, as they would likely have encountered something similar with their children.

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Featured Image: Facebook (Sun Xueling)