River Valley High School [*IP]
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WeiHan:
It is true. RV's HC standard isn't high. Have also heard somewhere that, in general, the HC teachers isn't top notch. Not putting in heart in the teaching and marking. Some good teachers (not advertising any school) will write lenghty comments for the students' essay and that inspire much interest in the subject. But then, we cannot expect this as the teacher is over working. I can only say that that teacher has a passion for what he did.
Wei Han, thanks for asking, my son is coping fine this year.onemore:
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Do you have any idea how many were asked to leave by sec 4?
How is your son doing in RV? Didn't hear more complaint from you ever since Mr Koh left.
Since you asked, last year his HCL GPA dropped drastically from high 3 to low 2; it is really bad as he is on HCL all the way from primary and always maintain high score, never has such low score!
He was very unlucky to have a non-inspiring and absolutely slack HC teacher by the name Ms TEO MUI LI. Always slow to cover the topics compared to other classes. Lots of homework and work sheets not marked and not gone through with the class; she can keep it for a long time but then returned to the students completely unmarked.
I spoke with her during meet the teacher on those issues, she claims that she has gone through with them in class, blah blah,.., but I know it is not true, all just excuses!
no point arguing with the teacher or elevate the matter to the HOD or VP or P – BELIEVE me, would just make the matter worst for my son. No choice but to find outside help.
it’s a pathetic situation, such a famous SAP school and cannot inspire the student to do better in HCL – with such teachers, if parents do not find outside help, I think their CL standing would be shameful.
Anyway students of RVHS are very lucky this year, I was told Ms TEO MUI LI has left RVHS and moved to the top school in Bishan.
Students from that school are already well known for disliking CL and with Ms TEO MUI LI being there, she would simply kill whatever remaining tiny flames in those boys for the CL! :sad:
I really pity those RI boys, whoever would be damn unlucky to get her as their HCL teacher for this year!
You are right that good tuition teachers can help in any subject alot.
I don't think the Bishan JC bothers much about HC's results. Going to Ivy league university, or getting prestigious scholarship don't require a stellar HC result.[/quote]It is unfair for you to assume the Bishan JC boys are belittling CL because it is not needed in wherever they are going…moreover that would unjustly associate the problem of their bad CL standing to the students themselves alone and not the teacher’s responsibility.
many RVians too are heading to ivy league institutions and are you implying that it is therefore justifiable that CL teachers could have a laissez-faire attitude towards teaching CL to our children? Therefore it is ok for the teacher Ms TEO MUI LI to slack??
this kind of thinking is extremely detrimental to the learning of CL – especially it is still a graded subject. -
Who can advice for Year 2, how many percentage of kids achieve above GPA 3.2? Top 30%, 40%, 50%, 60% or what?
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mba354:
Who can advice for Year 2, how many percentage of kids achieve above GPA 3.2? Top 30%, 40%, 50%, 60% or what?
There is not much such info, possibly to reduce unnecessary competition and stress.
In fact, I dont know how my girl fared as compared to her classmates in her class.
Otoh, it is ok as long as she has tried her best, I accept whatever results she obtained. -
onemore:
I am not just assuming that the boys belittle CL. I am stating that the whole society, in general, think that if you need to sacrifice a subject for better grade in other areas, mother tongue will be the one.
It is unfair for you to assume the Bishan JC boys are belittling CL because it is not needed in wherever they are going…moreover that would unjustly associate the problem of their bad CL standing to the students themselves alone and not the teacher’s responsibility.
many RVians too are heading to ivy league institutions and are you implying that it is therefore justifiable that CL teachers could have a laissez-faire attitude towards teaching CL to our children? Therefore it is ok for the teacher Ms TEO MUI LI to slack??
this kind of thinking is extremely detrimental to the learning of CL – especially it is still a graded subject.
I am not pushing for the schools or society to change in this aspect since it is a trend beyond my ability to change.
Clearly, I didn't use the trend as an excuse for TEO MUI Li to slack too. Why should I help her or MOE? Well...but the trend is connected to the quality of the teachers you will get. I am just stating an observation. How much effort you are willing to put into changing the trend or complain about that particular teacher also depend on how important the issue affects you.
Perhaps, the school can implement a student feedback system on the teachers which will includes questions : \"is the syllabus covered on time\", \"are assignments marked and graded?', etc... -
WeiHan:
I am not just assuming that the boys belittle CL. I am stating that the whole society, in general, think that if you need to sacrifice a subject for better grade in other areas, mother tongue will be the one.onemore:
It is unfair for you to assume the Bishan JC boys are belittling CL because it is not needed in wherever they are going…moreover that would unjustly associate the problem of their bad CL standing to the students themselves alone and not the teacher’s responsibility.
many RVians too are heading to ivy league institutions and are you implying that it is therefore justifiable that CL teachers could have a laissez-faire attitude towards teaching CL to our children? Therefore it is ok for the teacher Ms TEO MUI LI to slack??
this kind of thinking is extremely detrimental to the learning of CL – especially it is still a graded subject.
I am not pushing for the schools or society to change in this aspect since it is a trend beyond my ability to change.
Clearly, I didn't use the trend as an excuse for TEO MUI Li to slack too. Why should I help her or MOE? Well...but the trend is connected to the quality of the teachers you will get. I am just stating an observation. How much effort you are willing to put into changing the trend or complain about that particular teacher also depend on how important the issue affects you.
Perhaps, the school can implement a student feedback system on the teachers which will includes questions : \"is the syllabus covered on time\", \"are assignments marked and graded?', etc...
not advocating change here, just a parent sharing an RVHS issue.
Not sure if you are in academia or a staff of this school, but thanks for sharing your perspectives on the trend.
Do you seriously think a student feedback system would work for this school? – have my doubts after these few years.
Feedback from parents or students has to permeate through the deep culture and politics within the school system to be heard.
Ms TEO MUI LI is well known to have a cozy relationship with the CL HOD; does not matter how bad or slack her teaching standard is - negative feedback would not shake her performance rating….or improve her work for that matter.
fact is we parents are a pragmatic and passive lot, last thing we want is to antagonize the teacher or school; we are actually more worried about the undesirable attention drawn to our children then bringing up problems with the school.
my ds used to say, everyone in class just pray hard that they don’t get Ms TEO MUI LI as their teacher for the next year…no choice mah..
So, last resort is to pay for outside tuition for band-aid; an irony, this helps the bad teacher to stay bad – we are all guilty of aiding and perpetuating the badness – all resigned to the fact that the subject HOD/school would not be lifting a pinky to do anything to change Ms TEO MUI LI.
Or wait!, perhaps the HOD did take actions - by strongly recommending her to teach in RI... :evil: -
I dont know who is the teacher concerned. But am surprised if he/she is that non-professional, the P or VP takes no action.
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onemore:
I thought this kind of teachers are quite common in the Singapore educational system. I remember that I use to have bad teachers more often than good teachers throughout my school years. Not marking school work is your child experience. One of my chemistry teacher only did some scribbling on the board with bad explanations-no notes-don't follow text book. The geography teacher gave no notes while the other geography teacher of the other class had notes with rich contents that can be used for answering essay type question. And that geography teacher likes to play politics with the chinese teacher who was not happy with that geography teacher also etc....etc...Physics teacher just know how to deduct some points from your answer without explaning the reason. We all prayed not to get the same teacher in the second year. Sounds familiar?
not advocating change here, just a parent sharing an RVHS issue.
Not sure if you are in academia or a staff of this school, but thanks for sharing your perspectives on the trend.
Do you seriously think a student feedback system would work for this school? – have my doubts after these few years.
Feedback from parents or students has to permeate through the deep culture and politics within the school system to be heard.
Ms TEO MUI LI is well known to have a cozy relationship with the CL HOD; does not matter how bad or slack her teaching standard is - negative feedback would not shake her performance rating….or improve her work for that matter.
fact is we parents are a pragmatic and passive lot, last thing we want is to antagonize the teacher or school; we are actually more worried about the undesirable attention drawn to our children then bringing up problems with the school.
my ds used to say, everyone in class just pray hard that they don’t get Ms TEO MUI LI as their teacher for the next year…no choice mah..
So, last resort is to pay for outside tuition for band-aid; an irony, this helps the bad teacher to stay bad – we are all guilty of aiding and perpetuating the badness – all resigned to the fact that the subject HOD/school would not be lifting a pinky to do anything to change Ms TEO MUI LI.
Or wait!, perhaps the HOD did take actions - by strongly recommending her to teach in RI... :evil: -
There is am accident this afternoon just outside the school main entrance and a Chemistry teacher was injured.
Please remind your kids to be extra careful when crossing the roads.
http://news.omy.sg/News/Local-News/Li-Hua-Xiao-Men-Wai-Huo-Che-Zhuang-Fei-Nu-Jiao-Shi-218644 -
daisyt:
Very upset to hear that... This is my ex-colleague's wife. If any of you to be there and has taken a video from the time it happened, pls pm me. Helping this ex-colleague to seek evidence on what happened. She's still in High Dependency Ward.There is am accident this afternoon just outside the school main entrance and a Chemistry teacher was injured.
Please remind your kids to be extra careful when crossing the roads.
http://news.omy.sg/News/Local-News/Li-Hua-Xiao-Men-Wai-Huo-Che-Zhuang-Fei-Nu-Jiao-Shi-218644 -
Is 3.5 for a 2013 year 1 RVHS overall GPA (term 1,2,3,4)good?what percentage got higher than 3.5?
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