YEAR Four pupil Gerald Khoo (not his real name) hopes to be a consultant one day. His mother, Patricia Teng (not her real name either), says: “Gerald is not your average 10-year-old boy. He's always been precocious, especially when it comes to anything about business and finance. He has problems mixing well with other kids since he had started talking. He operates on a different wavelength and it frustrates him that they don't treat profits as a priority.
“Playtime is particularly difficult for him. When joining the others to play house when he was younger, he insisted on being a property developer. Then, they would quarrel over the home prices.
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