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[ksme]

Zann:

Mine feedback :


EL - easy. finished in 20 mins. Classmate finished in 10 mins :?
HCL - easy
SS -easy

Whenever his give this kind of feedback I'm always doubful. Result always so so , guess he does not want me to feel worry. :lol:

Aiyo, my DS has similar type of strange reponses all the time. Anyway, last week, he found HCL ok, EL \"dangerous\" and SS should be ok.

[vlim]

Zann:

Neko:

Erm, \"between good and no good\" ? Kids have very strange descriptions! My dd sometimes say 'the paper was a bit good, a bit not good' or \" 70% easy, 40% hard\" (doesn't even add up to 100%) and I'd go :?



She finds EL and SS \"ok-ok\" but HCL was a definite \"very hard er!\"

No, I will not be attending the workshop.

Mine feedback :

EL - easy. finished in 20 mins. Classmate finished in 10 mins :?
HCL - easy
SS -easy

Whenever his give this kind of feedback I'm always doubful. Result always so so , guess he does not want me to feel worry. :lol:

thats why I said no need to be too worry for SS. It would not a difficult paper by looking at the no of topics they need to revise for the exam

[vlim]

hi how do your kids think of today's paper? Today p5 gep was having SS...my ds' remark is 'ok la....' So I am still wondering is it easy or difficult

[Way2GO]

cluelessmama:

Hi, have not been here for a long time. Hope you ds (hope i didn't remember wrongly) is coping well with the common tests.

Ah cluelessmama, long time no hear
My DS answered OK when asked about the CTs on CL/HCL, EL & SS
but we never really know till we see the results :slapshead:

Said the same thing about Maths CT Part 1,
and results show otherwise. :faint:

Hope your DD is coping well and doing fine. :celebrate:

[Blobbi]

Article: Many Gifted Children Fail Academically


http://www.nouvelles.umontreal.ca/udem-news/news-digest/many-gifted-children-fail-academically.html

\"It may seem contradictory, yet many gifted children struggle academically. Some 33 to 50 percent of intellectually precocious children will fail at least once in their academic career. According to a 2003 study, a mere 40 percent of gifted children will complete an undergraduate degree or pursue graduate studies. The rest drop out. ...\"

This article was pointed out to me on another forum. The statistics quoted may be more applicable in the West where they have lower funding for gifted education in schools. This is true of the US although it doesn't explain Canada, where there is supposed to be better support. Anyway hopefully, Singapore's statistics are more positive. As parents, we have to be more proactive and aware as well.

Food for thought.

[vlim]

Blobbi:

Article: Many Gifted Children Fail Academically


http://www.nouvelles.umontreal.ca/udem-news/news-digest/many-gifted-children-fail-academically.html

\"It may seem contradictory, yet many gifted children struggle academically. Some 33 to 50 percent of intellectually precocious children will fail at least once in their academic career. According to a 2003 study, a mere 40 percent of gifted children will complete an undergraduate degree or pursue graduate studies. The rest drop out. ...\"

This article was pointed out to me on another forum. The statistics quoted may be more applicable in the West where they have lower funding for gifted education in schools. This is true of the US although it doesn't explain Canada, where there is supposed to be better support. Anyway hopefully, Singapore's statistics are more positive. As parents, we have to be more proactive and aware as well.

Food for thought.

I think, in Singapore, with all the education-concern young parents, we would not allow such thing to happen but of course, there will be a few exceptional... :lol:

[Blobbi]

vlim:

I think, in Singapore, with all the education-concern young parents, we would not allow such thing to happen but of course, there will be a few exceptional... :lol:

I think so too. I was very lax before (not consistently too!), and in my own way, thought it was healthier for DS. Anyway, maybe I've woken up, and DS has become more demanding as he is older, so we are happily doing a whole lot more in areas that he likes. Except for writing, aiya. I'm still convinced that his nervous system will be more mature by 9-ish yo, so his problems can only diminish. But need practice also lah.

BTW, you mean your kids don't fight back? Mine, when it comes to writing (and I mean just school work), always kpkb!!

[Way2GO]

Blobbi:

BTW, you mean your kids don't fight back? Mine, when it comes to writing (and I mean just school work), always kpkb!!

Hiya Blobbi, mine just do what's required.
No self motivation to do more.
Sometimes need to kick his butt to get him moving.
Imagine, he received the best pensmanship in school in P1
and his handwriting just goes downhill to its atrocious state from P2.
:frustrated:

[vlim]

emm....sometime he will..I am a working mum so when near to exam I will usually write down what I want him to revise in the afternoon..but of course not too much lah...must know his usual speed also. If I give too much thing or things he doesn't want to do, he would protest sooo I would usually ask him ' then when do u want to do it?' Sometime he will give me a positive answer like 'tomorrow' and some time he will say ' neverrrr....' :stupid:

[Way2GO]

I shared with him why he need to learn to

do certain things on his own without any prompting.
Me: \"You understand?\"
DS2: \"OK\".

But things still don't get done
When queried, \"you said OK\".
DS2: \"OK means I hear you\" :stupid: