Raffles Institution (Year 1-4)
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Thank you for all the explanation on batch dance. I watched some YouTube and they only hold hands for a few seconds. But I can imagine the awkwardness during practice
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A friend just showed me a video of 2015 'batch dance'. Wow, will the boys & gals get θ§¦η΅ when their hands touch ?
:evil:
Cannot imagine DS dancing like this. Would love to watch him dance, especially with a gal. Parents can go peep peep ornot ?
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Choco05:
Thanks! That's what I wanted to know. It does seem rather unfortunate for those caught in the situation - who didn't get into council, then have no way to try to join Interact. So Interact is happy to fill it's ranks with those who have no intention to run for council and isn't concerned about the few who obeyed instructions and refrained from applying. My daughter is caught in this situation - she wants to run for council, but would want to join Interact if she is unsuccessful. So it looks like the timing makes it impossible for her to do that as by the time council elections take place, CCA entry is all decided. I suppose there are students caught this way every year!
The rationale is such that you are not allowed to join 2 service CCAs. It's not just interact and council, it's also CA, etc.slmkhoo:
I know that both council and Interact will be too heavy a load. That's not my question. My questions are the \"what-ifs\":
1. What if a student obediently doesn't try for Interact, then doesn't get into council - is there a way to apply later?
2. What if a student doesn't declare that he wants to run for council, tries and gets into Interact, then says that he intends to stand for council and will withdraw from Interact if he gets elected - is there any penalty? (other than a guilty conscience)
1. No.
2. The policy in interact is such that once you decide to campaign for council, you are out of the CCA, regardless of whether or not you are successful in the end. in a sense it's to provide fairness. If you already have the intention of running for council, it's best to sort your priorities out soon, because if you do quit interact halfway and run off, not only does it give a bad impression, it's also unfair to other people because you just took their cca spot. -
Another question: It seems that the no. of RA students for each subject is really small! Fewer than about 20 per subject? Is that normal? Does that mean that itβs really tough?
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slmkhoo:
Another question: It seems that the no. of RA students for each subject is really small! Fewer than about 20 per subject? Is that normal? Does that mean that it's really tough?
I guess it also means that not many people want to go for RA at the Jc stage because it's not really in the A lvl syllabus and requires you to do extra things. Really for those with passion!! RA students are all in the same class, so their class size would be small too. Most people pick H3 over RA at JC. -
Choco05:
NN's DS here.slmkhoo:
Another question: It seems that the no. of RA students for each subject is really small! Fewer than about 20 per subject? Is that normal? Does that mean that it's really tough?
I guess it also means that not many people want to go for RA at the Jc stage because it's not really in the A lvl syllabus and requires you to do extra things. Really for those with passion!! RA students are all in the same class, so their class size would be small too. Most people pick H3 over RA at JC.
The RA intake is pretty much the same as last year. Around 20 per subject, except for chem, which is double that. Don't forget that there are some spaces which will be filled by incoming JAE students. I wouldn't say that RA has gotten less popular/less selective. The RA curriculum DOES cover the H3 syllabus, just faster, so students won't get bored. So if a student is good at and interested in the subject, I don't see a reason not to take RA. RA classes ARE smaller, but I thought that's more of an advantage than a disadvantage, because students can get more attention from the teacher.
It is also untrue that H3 and RA are mutually exclusive. You can do RA and H3. But it IS true that H3 is less selective than RA, so more people take H3. -
naggo-nitemare:
So H3 stuff might already be covered by RA? And can a student take RA in one subject and H3 in another?NN's DS here.
The RA intake is pretty much the same as last year. Around 20 per subject, except for chem, which is double that. Don't forget that there are some spaces which will be filled by incoming JAE students. I wouldn't say that RA has gotten less popular/less selective. The RA curriculum DOES cover the H3 syllabus, just faster, so students won't get bored. So if a student is good at and interested in the subject, I don't see a reason not to take RA. RA classes ARE smaller, but I thought that's more of an advantage than a disadvantage, because students can get more attention from the teacher.
It is also untrue that H3 and RA are mutually exclusive. You can do RA and H3. But it IS true that H3 is less selective than RA, so more people take H3. -
slmkhoo:
Students can take RA in one subject and H3 in another. No problem with that.
So H3 stuff might already be covered by RA? And can a student take RA in one subject and H3 in another?naggo-nitemare:
NN's DS here.
The RA intake is pretty much the same as last year. Around 20 per subject, except for chem, which is double that. Don't forget that there are some spaces which will be filled by incoming JAE students. I wouldn't say that RA has gotten less popular/less selective. The RA curriculum DOES cover the H3 syllabus, just faster, so students won't get bored. So if a student is good at and interested in the subject, I don't see a reason not to take RA. RA classes ARE smaller, but I thought that's more of an advantage than a disadvantage, because students can get more attention from the teacher.
It is also untrue that H3 and RA are mutually exclusive. You can do RA and H3. But it IS true that H3 is less selective than RA, so more people take H3. -
slmkhoo:
So H3 stuff might already be covered by RA? And can a student take RA in one subject and H3 in another?
NN's DS again.
To the first question: it depends on the RA. I believe Math RA covers most of the H3 content. Phys RA covers all the H2 content in a year, which opens up the second year for extra stuff such as H3 content. Not too sure how much of it is covered, though. Chem RA does not cover much H3 content, but there is significant overlap between the Chem Olympiad training and the H3 syllabus. I don't think Bio RA touches the H3 content.
And yes RA and H3 are separate so a RA student can take an H3 in another subject. -
My dd came from mix primary school. Tuition also got boys. Not alarming to see boys lah. She also see her primary sch boys too. Her friends also same. when they met in canteen, say βhiβ to each other, the rest of the group from both will tease
them.
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