DSA 2017
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jetsetter:
Then those people should push for it....and maybe electric guitar too!
Recorder is not a DSA domain. -
talents are in-born and needed to be honed…what rubbish to say resources are not invested to hone the skills or talent even for mainstream sports…
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jetsetter:
She must be living under a rock. Yes you first need talent. But if your parents have no money to buy you a piano or any other instrument to practise at home, how are you going to play well?
She not wrong what. If got musical talent and cannot afford classical music training, then can self learning how to play the recorder expertly. :siam:Nebbermind:
[quote=\"lee_yl\"]Watching Channel 8 repeated telecast of 狮城有约 now. DH and I were stunned when we heard Low Yen Ling answered the question whether DSA based on talent would favour those with the resources. She said with a straight face that talent is something inborn, and has nothing to do with training.
Not sure if she is naive or is it simply wishful thinking on her part. Or is that the official public communications line?
Without acknowledging the inherent bias in the system, how can steps be taken to mitigate the effects?
Recorder is not a DSA domain.[/quote]Once in a while, people living in ivory tower should come down to the ground and take a walk. -
Nebbermind:
Yup. Those 6 to 8 schools that Min talked about should be those with low or no COP. Definitely not in the same category as highly sought after branded schools.
Like I said before, they must have consulted all affect parties before arriving at this magic figure. This exercise is just to crystallize it to show that they are attending to the complaints.lee_yl:
Some parents might think this will open up more vacancies to highly sought-after branded schools but I don't think that will be the case as these schools are likely to already satisfy the quota of 20% non-affiliated students.
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In a recent Sunday Times interview that Sumiko Tan had with May Schooling, mama Schooling said this,
\"We want to tell all the kids, no matter what sport you do, if you really train hard at it, you can get to whichever level you aim for. It might not be the Olympics but at least let's try and get into the national teams.\"
She surprises me when she says she believes talent and genes play a very small role in what makes an athlete good. \"I think most people can be trained. Seriously. The only thing the kid has to have is ball sense... Talent is only like 10 per cent of the equation.\"
Hard work, however, makes all the difference.
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/lunch-with-sumiko-singapores-most-famous-mum -
maybe ivory tower too comfy and the pastures not green enough for some to walk on :skeptical:
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floppy:
Yup. Those 6 to 8 schools that Min talked about should be those with low or no COP. Definitely not in the same category as highly sought after branded schools.[/quote]Agreed. I'm sure the Ps of those 6-8 schools are quietly smiling. Finally, the Minister has come to their \"rescue\".
Like I said before, they must have consulted all affect parties before arriving at this magic figure. This exercise is just to crystallize it to show that they are attending to the complaints.Nebbermind:
[quote=\"lee_yl\"]
Some parents might think this will open up more vacancies to highly sought-after branded schools but I don't think that will be the case as these schools are likely to already satisfy the quota of 20% non-affiliated students.
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schweppes:
In a recent Sunday Times interview that Sumiko Tan had with May Schooling, mama Schooling said this,
\"We want to tell all the kids, no matter what sport you do, if you really train hard at it, you can get to whichever level you aim for. It might not be the Olympics but at least let's try and get into the national teams.\"
She surprises me when she says she believes talent and genes play a very small role in what makes an athlete good. \"I think most people can be trained. Seriously. The only thing the kid has to have is ball sense... Talent is only like 10 per cent of the equation.\"
Hard work, however, makes all the difference.
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/lunch-with-sumiko-singapores-most-famous-mum
Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration
Not I said wan hor. Einstein said so -
AppleCrumble:
ACS Barker is a highly sought after 'branded' secondary school meh? Not counting among those who mistake it for ACS Independent, that is. Anybody with T-scores of 250+ actually applied but could not get in? :siam:
In the past, 100% of ACS Barker Road (not acs sec baker) of its Sec 1 students (Express) are from its 2 feeder primary schools - ACS (Primary) and ACS (Junior) based on S1 Posting Exercise. Exception was 1 year where they increased the number of Express classes at the last minute and there were 'outsiders' posted to ACS Barker Road.ksks:
I heard acs sec baker has all students from acs family. No room for outsiders.
But this is not the case for its N(A) and N(T) classes. There are 'outsiders' posted to this school in the S1 Posting Exercise.
So it is not quite right to say 'No room for outsiders'. But with this new MOE policy where 20% of its students must come from non-affiliated schools, those boys from its 2 feeder primary schools scoring low 20x (based on t-score) will face the likelihood of not being able to be admitted to ACS Barker Road Express stream during the S1 Posting Exercise.
Nonetheless, I am aware that there are 'outsiders' who are successful with their appeals to ACS Barker Road at Sec 1. Possibly due some of the ACS boys going overseas (because of parent's job posting) or transferring to international schools to continue their secondary school education. This frees up some vacancies for appeal cases. -
jetsetter:
I think most of them would be happy. However, in the case of ACS Baker Road, I'm not so sure. ACS seems like a case of entrenched principles in wanting their students to move on to the secondary section within the ACS family.
Agreed. I'm sure the Ps of those 6-8 schools are quietly smiling. Finally, the Minister has come to their \"rescue\".
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