Maris Stella High School
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blitz:
Ask your ds to look at the list on the notice board in the classroom.He may find the time allocated to the students for the PTM. As for the Geog notes, I agreed with you. Some sections are so... dark that I decided to throw them aside and asked my boy to read his own guide book before the CT. Furthermore, my boy told me that the Geography's teacher skipped some topics in the textbook and asked them to do the workbook which contained questions that the teacher has not teached. So now, we don't know whether these topics that the teacher skipped are included in the syllabus.
Havent gotten any timing yet. And ds told me to go between 2.15-3.30pm. I won't be able to make it any earlier, coz on half day leave. MSHS don't seem to dissapate their info properly.
One peeve I have is the Geography notes. The photocopied notes have certain sections that are so dark, you can't even read anything. And mind you, these are notes we pay for. -
S-H:
Ask your ds to look at the list on the notice board in the classroom.He may find the time allocated to the students for the PTM. As for the Geog notes, I agreed with you. Some sections are so... dark that I decided to throw them aside and asked my boy to read his own guide book before the CT. Furthermore, my boy told me that the Geography's teacher skipped some topics in the textbook and asked them to do the workbook which contained questions that the teacher has not teached. So now, we don't know whether these topics that the teacher skipped are included in the syllabus.
My DS said Fri classes dismissed at 12.05pm. Our PTM timing is 2.50-3pm. Form teacher has extended 2 min for the 30 parents coming. I hope parents keep to their 10min time slot. There was a PTM I attended at kids' pri sch where a parent took a whole 45min to talk of her grievances.. I had to walk up to break it up and the teacher even thanked me for it cos she didn't feel good to stop the parent! They should make separate appointments for such things and not waste other parents' time.
DS also mentioned Geography teacher never got to finish teaching her topics before CT. So he found many questions in CT that were not even taught to them. This seems unfair. I heard many failed this subject. Seems Chemistry is another subject that many didn't do well. Is it because the questions were tough or these subjects are still new to them? I hope this is just a \"welcome to sec 1\" type of wake up paper. Hope subsequent tests won't be this tough. -
I am definitely going to bring up the Geog notes on Friday.
The teachers somehow don’t seem to be teaching much - I wonder if they are taking the literal approach to Teach Less, Learn More. If they are, they are definitely getting some concept wrong here!
Skyjuice, your PTM timing is 2.50-3pm? How come mine is too? I wonder if the teacher got the timing right? -
blitz:
Oops! Made a mistake. Mine is 3.50pm.I am definitely going to bring up the Geog notes on Friday.
The teachers somehow don't seem to be teaching much - I wonder if they are taking the literal approach to Teach Less, Learn More. If they are, they are definitely getting some concept wrong here!
Skyjuice, your PTM timing is 2.50-3pm? How come mine is too? I wonder if the teacher got the timing right?
I wonder can the Form, who is only the Math teacher, know the boys well. DS says it seems he doesn't even know all their names since he only comes in a few times a wk, given that many subjects. -
skyjuice:
Hmm...you got a point there. One thing I know though, the form/Math teacher dont have very good handwriting. I have to decipher some of his words. Can qualify to be a dr based on handwriting. :lol:
Oops! Made a mistake. Mine is 3.50pm.
I wonder can the Form, who is only the Math teacher, know the boys well. DS says it seems he doesn't even know all their names since he only comes in a few times a wk, given that many subjects.
Sidetrack a little, I saw Singtel's ad today. Free Macbook when you sign up for broadband. Today last day. ARRGGHH!!! -
Did anybody check on the HMT during the PTM? I spoke to my boy form teacher this afternoon and he said that it is not easy to take up HMT. The boys must not only have excellent results in Chinese but also all the other subjects. I wanted to check with the Chinese teacher but he was not in school today. I don’t understand why students in other Sec sch such as VS can try for 1 year on HMT but not MSHS. My cousin’s boy is in VS and he is allowed to try 1 year on HMT even though he did not study HMT in his primary school!
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My DS is in Sec 1.
I had a shock when I saw the results of his Art. He had a F9.
At the parent-teacher mtg, the teacher said he did not hand up his work. Then I said, why wasn’t this alerted to the parent the entire term?? You mean wait for the student to fail and see his results then let us know? Her reply was that she was too busy, and she showed me that on her record book alot of students also had this problem. I was not surprised. After all, art is not part of the common test, and students were not told explicitly that their art exercises were included as part of the CA grades.
After that, I went to check on my DS art holiday homework. To my horror, he had 3 assignments! And they were not easy. Not only must show end product, must also produce development pieces, etc… I think it is asking too much from the students. Frankly, I have no idea why the expectations for this subject is so high … the type of assignments given are almost like those from NAFA or SOTA projects. Not much of a school holiday, considering that practically every subject has holiday homework (but 3 assignments for Art is just plain ridiculous)
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This is SO STUPID!!! THis is in Admin Breeze which we are to print and sign.
FUTURE MARIS STELLA@SINGAPORE
User Policy Undertaking
Your son/ward will be issued a Macbook on a daily basis for him to participate in the lesson activities developed for the 1-to-1 learning environment. With the Macbook and the new wireless Internet infrastructure, he will have full access to the 10Mb broadband bandwidth
throughout the school day.
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We BOUGHT the Macbook, the boys are not ISSUED. Issued means the school provides, and end of the day, the boys have to return.
Good grief, simple English and MSHS principal can get it wrong!! -
Hi Parents of 1C.
Did anyone look at the student’s result in the admin breeze? I was shocked to see my DS result for the Maths chapter 1-4 practice paper. He told me that the paper is still in his bag bcos the Maths teacher never ask them to hand in! When he wanted to hand in, the Maths teacher did not want to accept anymore! I just wonder whether my DS did not concentrate what the teacher say in class or did the Math teacher never mention when to hand in the paper?? -
S-H:
My DS did the work on the worksheet itself and handed it in, but it was returned with a 0 and a note to do it on foolscap! But the 0 mark had been given! I wonder is this part of the SA weightage? Seems really unfair. DS also said he didn't hear need do it on foolscap.Hi Parents of 1C.
Did anyone look at the student's result in the admin breeze? I was shocked to see my DS result for the Maths chapter 1-4 practice paper. He told me that the paper is still in his bag bcos the Maths teacher never ask them to hand in! When he wanted to hand in, the Maths teacher did not want to accept anymore! I just wonder whether my DS did not concentrate what the teacher say in class or did the Math teacher never mention when to hand in the paper??
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