2014 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[GiftedGem]

rains:

I just happened to barge into this thread. I am done with psle for the next 6 or 7 years, but I read with interest about the t-score comparison.


The general consensus seems to be: getting A* in languages gives you a higher t-score than when you get A* in Maths and Science. For some reason, I have a different observation. During the year that my elder kid was taking her psle, I noticed that those who get A* in Maths and/or Science had higher t-scores than those who got A* in languages. I did a very simple analysis: languages, especially Chinese (national average of more than 80% A and A*), has more people doing well in them, so the difference in scores is not great, but Maths and Science see greater difference in the ability of students, so if you get A* for Maths and Science, your t-score is much higher than the average kid.

Hi Rain, thanks for sharing and this contribution comes timely to many parents here who have 1st time PSLE children taking the exam. :snuggles:

[janet88]

Effort put in...that's the one thing parents have to remember and recognize.

Mid year is over...have fun and recharge. :rahrah:

[Champion]

janet_lee88:

Effort put in...that's the one thing parents have to remember and recognize.

Mid year is over...have fun and recharge. :rahrah:

:goodpost: :celebrate:

Ultimately, we should always remember to focus on the effort, NOT the result. If your child meets the targets, I encourage you to reward him. It's just a gesture showing that his effort is appreciated and recognised.

[janet88]

Son tells me he put in effort for his tests/exams...I usually tell him I will know whether he puts in effort or not :evil:

So far so good lah.
As for reward, it must be practical.

[zbear]

How are you going to reward him?

[janet88]

zbear:

How are you going to reward him?

maths paper 2 flunked...told me it was difficult and haven't seen such questions before...geography, literature and rest of papers still don't know results yet.
sorry off topic...son in sec 2.

[Mumflower]

rains:

I just want to encourage the psle parents to soldier on. I haven't read through the whole thread but I read that someone is tired and disappointed. I remember feeling anguish and disappointed at different points of that psle year. However, I tried my best to suppress my anger and disappointment in front of my kid (she may have a different story to tell tho). I exploded in front of my parents, telling them how horrible my kid was, how she was wasting my time, my money (I took no pay leave), my effort etc bcos she wasn't putting in her best effort. But even then, I believed that as long as she hadn't stepped into the exam hall, she still had time to prepare, and if I wanted to rest, I could rest for all I wanted after psle, so I soldiered on.


It was really a very stressful year, especially when your child was in her lala land most of the time. Other girls would gloat over her lacklustre effort and hoped she continued to be like that so that they would do better than her.

For the whole year, I had only one t-score (and anything above that) in mind. Towards the day of getting her result, I had to come to terms with 'what if she gets (this and that) t-score?' so that I wouldn't suffer a nervous breakdown on the actual day. On the day when we went to get her result, it dawned on me that I would accept any result bcos she would have done what she could. No result is worth breaking our relationship down

:goodpost:

[janet88]

Parents, please remember one thing…the BIG picture. PSLE.

Also, don’t ruin the parent-child relationship over education.

[KarlG]

Do you think it’s too late to suggest a PSLE boot camp?


I think a PSLE boot camp will help now. Hovering around As, but he needs the A*.

Or is it too late now?

[SoBlessed]

KarlG:

Do you think it's too late to suggest a PSLE boot camp?


I think a PSLE boot camp will help now. Hovering around As, but he needs the A*.

Or is it too late now?

The one by MediaCorp? From their website:

* Update on 27th May: Tickets are sold out for PSLE Boot Camp 2014. Thanks for all the support!