[PSLE MT] PSLE less weightage in Chinese / Mother Tongue
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rains:
Good point, if they are the majority, why is the move taken to benefit the minority? I daresay my child belongs to the minority category because her English is even more powerful than mine at the same age. :lol: I am certain my child will stand to benefit from this change if it happens, but my learning journey tells me that this is a big mistake, a gravely major mistake.
I used to think that children nowadays have better educated parents until I become in touch with the reality when I went into the education field. There are many schools with parents who are not educated, or minimally educated and kids receive nil support at home. They don't even go to kindergartens and only start their real education at P1. So these kids really have zero knowledge at P1. It's very tempting to say that these are the minority, but they really are not. These kids are destined to go Normal stream at secondary schools, and usually, these kids are better at their MT, so now, they are further disadvantaged.. -
jedamum:
but though the weightage reduce but every marks still count right???...so kids still have to put in effort to learn the subject...if the kid don't put in effort he/she will still loose out to those who put in effort to learn the subject .... so at the end of it those who is good in mt still will benefit right :?
i also tend to agree that this intention is already somewhat cast in stone. for the least, i hope that MOE can give a lead time for change (eg 3 to 5 yrs), so that those who opt to 're-strategise' their kids' score for PSLE have the time to do so (eg, those not good in MT can then opt out of MT tuition and spendmore time on E/M/S enrichment, or those strong in MT, can now opt to focus more on E/M/S which has higher weightage).Pen88n:
Some parents will be too concerned about MOE's direction and do all things to \"strategise\" / \"maximise\" the kid's score for PSLE / major exams.
now i wonder how MT teachers will have the motivation to make class more interesting now that the weightage has been reduced; to put in more effort to make it more interesting, yet give less credit/emphasis on the subject? how to feel motivated to teach? -
The real test comes when you work... :idea:
Remember donkey years back, boss gave us a stack of contract doc. in chinese and asked us to produce one in english the next day.
Many of us had problems.
I have been reading chinese daily, so no problem for me. But, I kenna blanket party..... :stupid:
Chinese good also got problem? :x -
rains:
As for roots, just like we should never judge Jesus based on Christians' behaviour, I will not judge our Chinese heritage based on some uncouth mainland Chinese' behaviour. People are people, not infallible unfortunately.
I was thinking about the 'roots' that you people are talking about. And I was wondering what 'roots' you're talking about.
We used to have Chinese-medium schools until the gahmen decided to phase them out, to be more English-focused.
Singapore had an edge over her neighbours becos of the proficiency in English. She was able to progress thus far, also becos of English. And English is the main communication language becos of the diverse population. Isn't these part of your roots?
If you're talking about Chinese roots, how many of us really come from China? I used to be stupidly proud of my Chinese 'roots', until I had first-hand experiences with the real mainland Chinese. They half-coned, half-frightened me into parting with a $10 note and still had the cheek to ask,\"这么少啊？\" I was flabbergasted and disillusioned about how ugly 'real' Chinese were.
From then on, I stopped using the word 'roots' becos my roots are found in Singapore, not in China, even though my grandparents are from China. -
Donkey Kong:
this reminds me of something which my brother told me. During a dinner with his colleagues, he told them that he eat prawn heads (of course the body he also eat la)...so end up his colleagues past him all the prawn heads to eat but not the body :stupid: :stupid: :stupid:The real test comes when you work... :idea:
Remember donkey years back, boss gave us a stack of contract doc. in chinese and asked us to produce one in english the next day.
Many of us had problems. I have been reading chinese daily, so no problem for me. But, I kenna blanket party..... :stupid:
Chinese good also got problem? :x
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ksi:
Aiyo, I never say they are the majority hor. Yes, I did say they are not a minority (as in a small group of people), but I don't dare to assume that they are the majority.rains:
Good point, if they are the majority, why is the move taken to benefit the minority? I daresay my child belongs to the minority category because her English is even more powerful than mine at the same age. :lol: I am certain my child will stand to benefit from this change if it happens, but my learning journey tells me that this is a big mistake, a gravely major mistake.
I'm actually quite optimistic about the change. Like what vlim says, those who are strong in MT will still have an edge even tho the weightage is lower. The move, in my opinion, only artificially removes the mental obstacle of excelling Chinese the way they need to at the other subjects. Like what you people say, the other subjects are of a very high standard. And the marking standard remains very high for these other subjects I thought. If you don't read English storybooks, don't speak English, don't write or don't do Maths practices etc I doubt you'll be able to attain distinctions for these subjects at PSLE or AO level, unlike Chinese.
I hope the change will be in time to benefit my child.
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But there again I also don’t see why there is a need to lower the weightage of any of the subject (not only to mt). If moe would want to make such ‘big’ change…why not they just allocated a few top school to take in students who are excel in particular subjects while a few other top school excel in other subject … then I think, it would be fair and square…that is my opinion…
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agree. more sensible. top schools have their own autonomy to select students they want…
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Way2GO:
http://www.zaobao.com/sp/sp100505_017.shtml
Yesterday's ST reported that the Chinese Clans
are mobilizing to petition the gahmen.
MT is not just Mandarin,
what about Malay and Tamil?
These groups don't care or is it a case of
que sera sera?
Way2GO, The Malay commmunity has also expressed their concerns. Some told their MPs that the reduction in MT weightage is really to their kids' disdvantage because generally, they do not have difficulties learning Malay and score well in Malay. -
Just my personal guess, the implementation of IP in the so called top secondary schools and JCs could have resulted in MOE wanting to reducing MT weightage. As Mr Ng himself said, "For years, parents have complained their children who excelled in all other subjects except mother tongue have lost out on a place in top secondary schools."
IP has made it even more impt for a student to perform well in PSLE so as to secure a place in a top school for 6 yrs as it seems like it’s harder to enter these IP schools based on O level results.
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