2013 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[fanren]

ngl2010:

DS just told me that his Arts teacher told them to bring paint and brush on Wednesday next week. However, DS doesn't want to paint. He wants to revise for PSLE during that time so he said he will purposely leave the paint and brush at home.


I was brought up to always follow teacher's instruction so I feel unease when DS told me his plan. If you are me, what will you do?

Why do you even need to ask? I will not agree if my son suggests that... And luckily he will not do that.... That time spend can make big difference meh? Why dun you ask him back... BTW my son also P6 tis year...

[ngl2010]

fanren:

ngl2010:

DS just told me that his Arts teacher told them to bring paint and brush on Wednesday next week. However, DS doesn't want to paint. He wants to revise for PSLE during that time so he said he will purposely leave the paint and brush at home.


I was brought up to always follow teacher's instruction so I feel unease when DS told me his plan. If you are me, what will you do?

Why do you even need to ask? I will not agree if my son suggests that... And luckily he will not do that.... That time spend can make big difference meh? Why dun you ask him back... BTW my son also P6 tis year...

You are right. Thank you.

[JohnYeo]

ngl2010:

DS just told me that his Arts teacher told them to bring paint and brush on Wednesday next week. However, DS doesn't want to paint. He wants to revise for PSLE during that time so he said he will purposely leave the paint and brush at home.


I was brought up to always follow teacher's instruction so I feel unease when DS told me his plan. If you are me, what will you do?

I will follow teacher's instructions. To me, doing well in school and psle also means respecting teachers.

[BeContented]

JohnYeo:

ngl2010:

DS just told me that his Arts teacher told them to bring paint and brush on Wednesday next week. However, DS doesn't want to paint. He wants to revise for PSLE during that time so he said he will purposely leave the paint and brush at home.


I was brought up to always follow teacher's instruction so I feel unease when DS told me his plan. If you are me, what will you do?

I will follow teacher's instructions. To me, doing well in school and psle also means respecting teachers.

I probably will ask DC to follow teacher's instruction....i believe it should be 1-2 periods at most, won't make much difference One is respecting teacher like what JohnYeo mentioned. Two is to avoid any possible issue eg. kena scolded then spoil DC day or mood. I think the teacher could be trying to let them relax a little before the big day........

[ngl2010]

JohnYeo:

ngl2010:

DS just told me that his Arts teacher told them to bring paint and brush on Wednesday next week. However, DS doesn't want to paint. He wants to revise for PSLE during that time so he said he will purposely leave the paint and brush at home.


I was brought up to always follow teacher's instruction so I feel unease when DS told me his plan. If you are me, what will you do?

I will follow teacher's instructions. To me, doing well in school and psle also means respecting teachers.

Thanks, John. At least he still communicates to me on what is in his mind. He said some of his friends are planning the same thing too because they think the Arts teacher's decision to have art lesson on the day before PSLE is unwise. Instead the Arts teacher should give the time to Maths/Science/English teacher. Currently Music teacher and Social Studies teacher are already doing that.

[icy_mama]

ngl2010:

DS just told me that his Arts teacher told them to bring paint and brush on Wednesday next week. However, DS doesn't want to paint. He wants to revise for PSLE during that time so he said he will purposely leave the paint and brush at home.


I was brought up to always follow teacher's instruction so I feel unease when DS told me his plan. If you are me, what will you do?

ngl2010, tread this carefully. fact is, your ds trusted you, that's why he told u his plan. he could have simply \"forget\" to bring paint and brush and brush it off, and you'd be none the wiser. if your ds is like my ds who can't paint to save his life, painting and colouring to him is a colossal waste of time. which i believe, your ds may think the same too.

however, i agree with john that instructions should be followed, and with becontented too, that being punished may spoil his day. but most importantly, your ds must understand fully your reason for asking him to follow teacher's instructions.

[StudyRoom]

happyheart:

PSLEguru:

listening comprehension exams this friday. wrote up some tips- hope this helps

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/content/get-perfect-score-your-listening-comprehension

PSLEguru,thumbs up!

:thankyou:

No problem guys! Hope it's useful.
Re:cool_mummy- I also like the kiasu tip cos that's how I was brought up. Haha

[icy_mama]

PSLEguru:

Re:cool_mummy- I also like the kiasu tip cos that's how I was brought up. Haha

i'm not just cool, i'm icy.

[ammonite]

icy_mama:

ngl2010:

DS just told me that his Arts teacher told them to bring paint and brush on Wednesday next week. However, DS doesn't want to paint. He wants to revise for PSLE during that time so he said he will purposely leave the paint and brush at home.


I was brought up to always follow teacher's instruction so I feel unease when DS told me his plan. If you are me, what will you do?

ngl2010, tread this carefully. fact is, your ds trusted you, that's why he told u his plan. he could have simply \"forget\" to bring paint and brush and brush it off, and you'd be none the wiser. if your ds is like my ds who can't paint to save his life, painting and colouring to him is a colossal waste of time. which i believe, your ds may think the same too.

however, i agree with john that instructions should be followed, and with becontented too, that being punished may spoil his day. but most importantly, your ds must understand fully your reason for asking him to follow teacher's instructions.

I will give my input in passing but not give overt instructions or make it a big deal. This is one instance when I will give the child ownership of the decision and consequence. Especially if the child is generally a sensible one and I believe ngl2010's son is. If he decides to do so, he has his own reasons too. Any consequences will inform his future decision making process and help him understand himself better.

[ngl2010]

BeContented, icy_mama and ammonite,


Thanks for the input. I spoke to DS about it and he agreed that he will be unhappy if he is in the Arts teacher's shoe. So, he said he will gather his classmates and persuade the Arts teacher to allow them to revise for PSLE during that 2 periods and in exchange they will spend one whole day doing Arts for the Arts teacher after PSLE. I am so relieved now

I think I will use this method in the future. I will ask him to think how to make everybody have a win win situation and have discussions with relevant parties to achieve his objective