[PSLE MT] PSLE less weightage in Chinese / Mother Tongue

[daisyt]

25hourmaid:

Some of you may want to write directly to Mr Ng?


[email protected]

Thanks!!

[cascada]

Granny wrote :

\"The one who was lucky got into the school of his choice only after appealing. He had scored A-stars in English, Maths and Science but managed only a B in Chinese.

Despite devoting most of his time to studying Chinese, it was this language which dragged his aggregate score down to 240 - and into the bottom classes of secondary school. Reason: the classes were divided according to PSLE scores.\"

Can anyone advise if it is possible to score 3A* and a B to get only 240 aggregate score?
Personally I find it quite puzzling.

With a score of 240, he appealed successfully to his choice of school. This granny still not happy & remains uncontented, blaming the school system in dividing the class according to PSLE. What does she expect? Put her 'bright sparks' in the top class of this school. She obviously has forgotten that this 'bright sparks' barely made his way into the school.

[cascada]

ihavethingtosay:

ah. despite my not-up-to-standard English, hey i still got into top school after top school! :celebrate:

Well done! Congrats!

[Way2GO]

ihavethingtosay:

ah. despite my not-up-to-standard English, hey i still got into top school after top school! :celebrate:

Well done! n :congrats:
Can u share with d ppl here
wat motivates u despite ur
struggle with English?

[daisyt]

Way2GO:

ks2me:

[quote=\"Way2GO\"]
Which SAP school is dat?
This is d school's policy?
Or just an individual(s) opinion for certain kids?

Actually this happens in every SAP school. By P5 they will decide to proceed with hcl for PSLE or drop to normal Chinese. However majority will continue like what someone mentioned 75% in NYPS will do it.

Dats y I thot if snowz suggest
it is dat SAP school's policy
it doesn't sound rite nor fair
to d kids.[/quote]My dd's SAP pri school, they encourage the students to take HCL.

[corneyAmber]

I have this personal experience to share. Truly bright sparks can be trained to be exam-smart too to score. My straight \"A\"s friend was very weak in Chinese too and he had tuition for this subject only. Inthe end he was trained to be exam smart to score \"A\" for Chinese too. But he could not hold a conversation in Mandarin nor could he write a topic he had never come across. And he landed himself a good scholarship n went to ivy-league schools. Today he does not speak mandarin at all but he overcome his barriers for a purpose. That, to me, is truly bright sparks. :lol:

[ihavethingtosay]

Way2GO:

ihavethingtosay:

ah. despite my not-up-to-standard English, hey i still got into top school after top school! :celebrate:

Well done! n :congrats:
Can u share with d ppl here
wat motivates u despite ur
struggle with English?

:lol: thanks for those compliments. actually i just wanted to suan some people.

i agree English is important, just as any other MT. linguistic skills do develop different parts of the brain unlike sci or math etc. it is a cruel fact that grades matter a lot in the education system over here. so you have to keep up or you lose out. perhaps that is the greatest motivation as you call it.

despite that, my English grades have been B-ish all along. but that did not hinder me much in that sense of getting into top schools or achieving good grades in other subjects.

just wanted to point out that to the group who thinks that their kids are highly disadvantaged merely due to MT. that is quite nonsense. main issue is to maintain a line of fairness for everyone. some are good in this some are good in that. you do not ask for people to suit you in areas which you are good in.

please spend some effort in inculcating the right attitude towards learning and in life. instead of demanding the world to accomodate you, which along the way, disadvantage the rest.

equal weightage is good. they show you who actually shines in all areas. if you cant beat that, dont complain. i have friends in less-than-top schools. but they still remain respectable and are strong in their personal areas.

[Way2GO]

cascada:

Can anyone advise if it is possible to score 3A* and a B to get only 240 aggregate score?
Personally I find it quite puzzling.

This is possible since T scores, n not raw scores
r used in PSLE results.
A bad grade in one subject,
esp if d cohort does well in dat subject,
can drag down d overall T score.

[Way2GO]

ihavethingtosay:

...

please spend some effort in inculcating the right attitude towards learning and in life. instead of demanding the world to accomodate you...

Well said despite ur youth.
Do u learn dis at home or in school?

[snowz]

daisyt:

My dd's SAP pri school, they encourage the students to take HCL.

Actually this should be the case for SAP school. In non SAP schools, some kids even appeal to take HCL in P5.