Primary 1 pupil's English composition
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Also cannot understand the teacher’s corrections. Anyway, a lot about P1 I can never understand - why draw lines MUST use ruler…never use ruler = wrong.
Was so happy when DSes past that phase, it really drove me nuts. -
hquek:
it's tough being a student now.Also cannot understand the teacher's corrections. Anyway, a lot about P1 I can never understand - why draw lines MUST use ruler....never use ruler = wrong.
Was so happy when DSes past that phase, it really drove me nuts. -
janet88:
Also tough being a parent. I wanna be hands off but seems I can never get away from having to know. :siam:
it's tough being a student now.hquek:
Also cannot understand the teacher's corrections. Anyway, a lot about P1 I can never understand - why draw lines MUST use ruler....never use ruler = wrong.
Was so happy when DSes past that phase, it really drove me nuts. -
Am I the only one who thinks the little girl is wrong... :scratchhead: macham getting stupider by the year...
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The mother, post it online, to shame the Teacher ?
Another irritating parent, who think that she know so much more than the Tr.
This type of thing no need to post online.
If she think she is right and Tr wrong, just clarify and settle internally with English HOD, in charge of P1 MGS primary school curriculum.
No need to make a hooha or fuss, on internet
In so doing, she brought embarrassment not only to the P1 Tr, but also embarrass the school
Her kid only P1
Now the whole school English Tr get alerted : better be careful, when teach her dd. who know next time another complaint made on internet can be another Tr, from another level -
ammonite:
Am I the only one who thinks the little girl is wrong... :scratchhead: macham getting stupider by the year...
then it is two of us :hi5:
The question was in present tense, no? -
Sun_2010:
Phew!!ammonite:
Am I the only one who thinks the little girl is wrong... :scratchhead: macham getting stupider by the year...
then it is two of us :hi5:
The question was in present tense, no?... I thought the mum was embarrassing herself and her daughter, but after a while I wonder if I am embarrassing myself. :rotflmao: Whatever, at least two of us eh?
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If minor thing also complain : then the mother might as well homeschool her daughter
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Sun_2010:
And you are right about the present tense part! :salute: Thank you!ammonite:
Am I the only one who thinks the little girl is wrong... :scratchhead: macham getting stupider by the year...
then it is two of us :hi5:
The question was in present tense, no? -
So it should be present tense?
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ammonite:
Am I the only one who thinks the little girl is wrong... :scratchhead: macham getting stupider by the year...
You are right, the girl is wrong. -
janet88:
Both the teacher and the student are wrong. The word 'plan' here means 'intend'. It is not enquiring how the student would make the arrangements for the birthday.http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/ ... ine-debate
Part C asked: \"If you are celebrating a family member's birthday, how do you plan to celebrate it?\"
Zoe's answer was: \"If I were to plan a birthday, I would plan it for my mother. Instead of a cake I would make cupcakes.\"
The teacher corrected the answer to read: \"If I am to plan a birthday, I will plan it for my mother. Instead of getting a cake, I will make cupcakes.\" -
The MGS Teacher is definitely wrong !
how can she just change the word “were” to “am”
example
if I were to ask you a question …
“If you were the Prime Minister of Egypt, what would you do, to improve the living condition of your people ?”
So, how can the MGS Tr just change the word “were” to “am” ? -
I was talking to a communications professor casually on this and she said that present tenses are usually used for events that are likely to happen. So in this case, planning for a birthday for mother is likely to happen. So the teacher is right.
She also said that in English, the past tense is often used to show hypothetical conditions. For example, “If I were the Queen of England, I would invite you to Buckingham Palace.”
Ha! I really learn something from this. -
If I were to comment on the post, I would say there is nothing wrong with the sentence structure of the little girl in using \"were\" and \"would\".
What's wrong? -
alng:
In this usage, 'were' is not considered past tense. It is the subjunctive mood.I was talking to a communications professor casually on this and she said that present tenses are usually used for events that are likely to happen. So in this case, planning for a birthday for mother is likely to happen. So the teacher is right.
She also said that in English, the past tense is often used to show hypothetical conditions. For example, \"If I were the Queen of England, I would invite you to Buckingham Palace.\"
Ha! I really learn something from this. -
Sun_2010:
Yup. Me 3.ammonite:
Am I the only one who thinks the little girl is wrong... :scratchhead: macham getting stupider by the year...
then it is two of us :hi5:
The question was in present tense, no? -
janet88:
The correct answer should be:http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/ ... ine-debate
Part C asked: \"If you are celebrating a family member's birthday, how do you plan to celebrate it?\"
Zoe's answer was: \"If I were to plan a birthday, I would plan it for my mother. Instead of a cake I would make cupcakes.\"
The teacher corrected the answer to read: \"If I am to plan a birthday, I will plan it for my mother. Instead of getting a cake, I will make cupcakes.\"
If I am celebrating a family member's birthday, I will make cupcakes. -
I think the question is wrong in the first place. If the girl \"is celebrating\" then the 2nd question doesn't follow as it is already under way and time for planning is already past. It should read:
\"If you were celebrating a family member's birthday, how would you plan to celebrate it?\" or
\"If you wish to celebrate a family member's birthday, how do you plan to celebrate it?\"
In either case, the girl's answer is correct because the question began with \"if\". This is an exampleof the subjunctive mood which indicates a hypothetical state or a state contrary to reality, such as a wish, a desire, or an imaginary situation.