Raffles Institution (Year 1-4)

[sharonkhoo]

snowlotus:

Have a feeling that many boys who like or were good in math & science when in primary school, changed to like humanity subjects after 1~2 years study in RI, wonder why???

I have no son in RI, but would like to comment. I think many students, both boys and girls, develop a greater interest in humanities as they grow older. The reason is likely that the appreciation of humanities requires greater maturity and critical thinking skills which develop faster in the teen years.

[seaglass]

naggo-nitemare:

The prize presentation for SJCHO was conducted yesterday at biopolis. RI is the top team with 54 medalists, NUSHigh is 2nd with 51 medalists (which is really impressive considering the smaller cohort size) and HCI is 3rd with only 15 medalists.


The top 3 individuals for Theory are RI pupils.

Congratulations to the winners and a big thank you to the science department for a job well done in guiding these RI boys in their chemistry pursuits!

Congrats to All the winners!! :rahrah: :rahrah:

ds oso got a gold..

[seaglass]

slmkhoo:

snowlotus:

Have a feeling that many boys who like or were good in math & science when in primary school, changed to like humanity subjects after 1~2 years study in RI, wonder why???

I have no son in RI, but would like to comment. I think many students, both boys and girls, develop a greater interest in humanities as they grow older. The reason is likely that the appreciation of humanities requires greater maturity and critical thinking skills which develop faster in the teen years.

Agree with slmkhoo. For some maybe also because subjects like Literature & History are formally introduced only in secondary schools?

[snowlotus]

Hi slmkhoo & seaglass, thanks for enlighten me, now I have some clue to explore…

[snowlotus]

Hi,

Any idea for science subjects, all year 2 students are studing the same topics at the same time or different time, eg. some classes study chem & phy in the 1st half of this year and bio in the 2nd half of this year, but some classes do vise versa?

[iFirefly]

seaglass:

naggo-nitemare:

The prize presentation for SJCHO was conducted yesterday at biopolis. RI is the top team with 54 medalists, NUSHigh is 2nd with 51 medalists (which is really impressive considering the smaller cohort size) and HCI is 3rd with only 15 medalists.


The top 3 individuals for Theory are RI pupils.

Congratulations to the winners and a big thank you to the science department for a job well done in guiding these RI boys in their chemistry pursuits!

Congrats to All the winners!! :rahrah: :rahrah:

ds oso got a gold..

Congrats to you & DS too, seaglass !! :rahrah:

I like your avatar.. Gives me a peaceful feeling..

[seaglass]

firefly38:

Congrats to you & DS too, seaglass !! :rahrah:

I like your avatar.. Gives me a peaceful feeling..

gee thanks firefly38 for your nice words! it's a photo I took at Punggol Park.

[walterp]

naggo-nitemare:

The prize presentation for SJCHO was conducted yesterday at biopolis. RI is the top team with 54 medalists, NUSHigh is 2nd with 51 medalists (which is really impressive considering the smaller cohort size) and HCI is 3rd with only 15 medalists.


The top 3 individuals for Theory are RI pupils.

Congratulations to the winners and a big thank you to the science department for a job well done in guiding these RI boys in their chemistry pursuits!

So RI and NUSH with the most medalists are the two top notch Science school. I'm sure this will be about the same for the physics, maths or informatics Olympiads too. HCI only 15.

What about RGS ? HHmm they are less competitive.. or not even in the picture ..

When I said the National Science Challenge 2013 is so skewed (or screw-up ) in the format and the winning team is the least convincing team honestly, can do well in showmanship and presentation but where it really matter (actual maths and science open challenge), they are an absolute no no ... some folks here are not happy. Jxxx ? :?

[naggo-nitemare]

I heard RGS has 6 medalists for SJCHO 2013.

RI also successfully defended the SMO 2013 jr n senior titles.
I feel tt the core aim of NSC is to promote science amongst our s’pore teens. If the same sch keeps winning, the level of interest in this competition will dip. Maybe that’s why over the years, less emphasis is placed on the buzzer round, and more on presentation n showmanship, to enable greater chances of victory for other schools.

[walterp]

naggo-nitemare:

I heard RGS has 6 medalists for SJCHO 2013.

RI also successfully defended the SMO 2013 jr n senior titles.
I feel tt the core aim of NSC is to promote science amongst our s'pore teens. If the same sch keeps winning, the level of interest in this competition will dip. Maybe that's why over the years, less emphasis is placed on the buzzer round, and more on presentation n showmanship, to enable greater chances of victory for other schools.

You made a relevant point here. If not school like BPGHS would not have won twice. Judging by medalists for Math, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Informatics Olympiads and looking at the national representatives for various international Olympiads (mostly RI and NUSH rep), if NSC goes by buzzer round only 2 school will dominate the NSC.