Raffles Institution (Year 1-4)

[blessedmommy]

Welcome, Sha !

[sembgal]

http://themiddleground.sg/2016/01/18/32412/


:yikes:

[pirated]

sembgal:

http://themiddleground.sg/2016/01/18/32412/


:yikes:

Not surprising

They spent most of their time training for their sports and competition. They are sportsmen first student second

Furthermore, they are from the bottom of the RI cohort, because they couldn't be promoted to year 3 IP like their friends. Won't be surprised if they are even from the bottom of the Singapore cohort

Isn't this what people are clamoring for ? More diversity, less elitist, have a mix of ability ?

[randwick]

pirated:

sembgal:

http://themiddleground.sg/2016/01/18/32412/


:yikes:

Not surprising

They spent most of their time training for their sports and competition. They are sportsmen first student second

Furthermore, they are from the bottom of the RI cohort, because they couldn't be promoted to year 3 IP like their friends. Won't be surprised if they are even from the bottom of the Singapore cohort

Isn't this what people are clamoring for ? More diversity, less elitist, have a mix of ability ?

Indeed not surprising.

There is always an opportunity cost to everything. In the real world, it is very difficult to be all-rounder for everything. But it is quite \"sad\" for the boys, they went all out for bringing medals and glory to the school and to the nation even, but there is nothing the latter can do for the former, in terms of their education advancement.

[Dnls_mum]

randwick:

pirated:

[quote=\"sembgal\"]http://themiddleground.sg/2016/01/18/32412/


:yikes:

Not surprising

They spent most of their time training for their sports and competition. They are sportsmen first student second

Furthermore, they are from the bottom of the RI cohort, because they couldn't be promoted to year 3 IP like their friends. Won't be surprised if they are even from the bottom of the Singapore cohort

Isn't this what people are clamoring for ? More diversity, less elitist, have a mix of ability ?

Indeed not surprising.

There is always an opportunity cost to everything. In the real world, it is very difficult to be all-rounder for everything. But it is quite \"sad\" for the boys, they went all out for bringing medals and glory to the school and to the nation even, but there is nothing the latter can do for the former, in terms of their education advancement.[/quote]That's why we have the sports school which is better able to allow the kids to train and still get a decent educational cert. But frankly parents who sent their kids to elite schools through sports should know what they are getting into. If the child already at the bottom of the cohort, and spend all time at sports , how they expect the child to do well? But some just want the kids in elite school at all cost, so they have to pay the price lor

[ACSip]

RI shouldn’t have taken so much of their time then. Yes, they have to do sport but requiring too much of their time in sport is not acceptable when the results are as this. Don’t just blame the kids. More diversity, yes, but not at this expense. Totally no empathy!

[zulu]

ACSip:

RI shouldn't have taken so much of their time then. Yes, they have to do sport but requiring too much of their time in sport is not acceptable when the results are as this. Don't just blame the kids. More diversity, yes, but not at this expense. Totally no empathy!

RI's training requirement is very very manageable. Students that train daily are competing at a higher level e.g. national level. Students who compete overseas represent Spore, not RI.

[ACSip]

zulu:

ACSip:

RI shouldn't have taken so much of their time then. Yes, they have to do sport but requiring too much of their time in sport is not acceptable when the results are as this. Don't just blame the kids. More diversity, yes, but not at this expense. Totally no empathy!

RI's training requirement is very very manageable. Students that train daily are competing at a higher level e.g. national level. Students who compete overseas represent Spore, not RI.

What's your basis for saying it's very, very manageable?

How can RI's O level results be justified or acceptable? And also the following from the article \"One student, who played hockey for the school, said he was surprised by his results because he did fairly well in school, scoring 12 points for his mid-year examination and 17 points for his preliminary examination. Teachers had been assuring the class that the preliminary examination was meant to be tougher than the ‘O’ level papers. But his final ‘O’ level results were a far cry from what he had expected. He scored 24 points. He wondered if the school lost out because teachers were unfamiliar with the ‘O’ level syllabus: “When we were doing the paper, we all knew that something was wrong.”\"

[pirated]

There are many more in RI who train and compete together with these sports DSA boys, equally intense, bring back same medals, but still manages GPA above 3.xx and doing well in acad studies


If the same bottom cohort students were to be in other less well known schools and you think they can do better in both sports and acad studies ? But then nobody care a damn because the boys are not in "elite" school

[zulu]

ACSip:

zulu:

[quote=\"ACSip\"]RI shouldn't have taken so much of their time then. Yes, they have to do sport but requiring too much of their time in sport is not acceptable when the results are as this. Don't just blame the kids. More diversity, yes, but not at this expense. Totally no empathy!

RI's training requirement is very very manageable. Students that train daily are competing at a higher level e.g. national level. Students who compete overseas represent Spore, not RI.

What's your basis for saying it's very, very manageable?

How can RI's O level results be justified or acceptable? And also the following from the article \"One student, who played hockey for the school, said he was surprised by his results because he did fairly well in school, scoring 12 points for his mid-year examination and 17 points for his preliminary examination. Teachers had been assuring the class that the preliminary examination was meant to be tougher than the ‘O’ level papers. But his final ‘O’ level results were a far cry from what he had expected. He scored 24 points. He wondered if the school lost out because teachers were unfamiliar with the ‘O’ level syllabus: “When we were doing the paper, we all knew that something was wrong.”\"[/quote]The requirement is no more than non-DSA teammates and quite comparable to other non sports CCAs. Those that train everyday are competing at a much higher level and are doing so on their own volition. I am not making any justification, merely stating that RI does not expect such rigorous training for those who DSAed sports.