2023 PSLE Discussions and Strategies (Children born in 2011)

[sky minecrafter]

Thank you, MIG.

[MyPillow]

laughingcat:

wow! Floppy....you one up me ah! :rotflmao:


:udawoman:

My Support ! :rahrah:

[floppy]

janet88:

darlings, this is not kiasu...this is stressful.

for once, there is something positive coming from MOE - no mid year exams. I really welcome this.

\"Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.\"
~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Selye

I'm indifferent towards mid year exams. While I agree that students should be given adequate time and space to adjust to increased curriculum demands at key transition stages (P3 and S1), instead of being exam ready at the half-year mark, I don't see how this is going to reduce the overemphasis on academic results and to nurture a stronger intrinsic motivation to learn.

[sky minecrafter]

https://www.facebook.com/cnainsider/videos/2173265746247912/ (cna insider on fb)

[lee_yl]

sky minecrafter:

https://www.facebook.com/cnainsider/videos/2173265746247912/ (cna insider on fb)

After watching the short clip, I felt really sad. :sad:

There was a period of time when my kids were crazy over Smiggles and I hope it was not a case of wanting to show off in class. I shall let them watch this video later, to tell them how some others may feel, and a timely reminder to always be humble and sensitive.

As for the teens, the heart to heart talk almost made me teared. There was once I told a foreign friend that our primary school system split kids into HA and MA classes for the upper primary. I used to think it was a good because I recalled DD’s P3 teacher having a very hard time handling the class as some HA kids were making a din when the teacher had to slow down for a group of kids who were slower. Parents then went to the principal office to complain. I felt very sad for the teacher and thought that had the class been made up of children of roughly the same academic ability, this wouldn’t have happened. However, my foreigner friend think we should do away with all these as kids of different classes should learn to interact together from young and going to school is not just about academic results. So true on hindsight

[6thisnthat9]

In western countries, uk n oz i gather, they are very careful about not labelling their children as a society, educators and policy makers. Evry child is so precious. Not just yours or mine children. The effort, time and resources have been put in since the day they were born or even before then, prenatal, if 1 or 2 lives have to be sacrificed due to such society pressure or \"class divide\" as a result, is not worth at all, is wrong. Even so in sg, with low birth rate, all the more every child is 100 times more precious. Instead of relying on foreign talents, more should be done to protect our own children. We don't have the info or data, but MOE has, or maybe we as a society is not ready or mature to receive such info. Something must have triggered these changes. From the mindset of motivated in getting ahead by winning over the next child, to self motivation in learning and cheering triump together with the next child, hopefully for some , this is not too late.

lee_yl:

sky minecrafter:

https://www.facebook.com/cnainsider/videos/2173265746247912/ (cna insider on fb)

After watching the short clip, I felt really sad. :sad:

There was a period of time when my kids were crazy over Smiggles and I hope it was not a case of wanting to show off in class. I shall let them watch this video later, to tell them how some others may feel, and a timely reminder to always be humble and sensitive.

As for the teens, the heart to heart talk almost made me teared. There was once I told a foreign friend that our primary school system split kids into HA and MA classes for the upper primary. I used to think it was a good because I recalled DD’s P3 teacher having a very hard time handling the class as some HA kids were making a din when the teacher had to slow down for a group of kids who were slower. Parents then went to the principal office to complain. I felt very sad for the teacher and thought that had the class been made up of children of roughly the same academic ability, this wouldn’t have happened. However, my foreigner friend think we should do away with all these as kids of different classes should learn to interact together from young and going to school is not just about academic results. So true on hindsight

[6thisnthat9]

Do we want eg. in 30 years, a foreign worker caring for the sick in hospital, designing our train and road systems, reaching out to the elderly and needy using our tax money etc, or we rather have our own home grown children, could be the child next door, to hold such pillars ?

[cool_hi]

lee_yl:

sky minecrafter:

https://www.facebook.com/cnainsider/videos/2173265746247912/ (cna insider on fb)

After watching the short clip, I felt really sad. :sad:

There was a period of time when my kids were crazy over Smiggles and I hope it was not a case of wanting to show off in class. I shall let them watch this video later, to tell them how some others may feel, and a timely reminder to always be humble and sensitive.

As for the teens, the heart to heart talk almost made me teared. There was once I told a foreign friend that our primary school system split kids into HA and MA classes for the upper primary. I used to think it was a good because I recalled DD’s P3 teacher having a very hard time handling the class as some HA kids were making a din when the teacher had to slow down for a group of kids who were slower. Parents then went to the principal office to complain. I felt very sad for the teacher and thought that had the class been made up of children of roughly the same academic ability, this wouldn’t have happened. However, my foreigner friend think we should do away with all these as kids of different classes should learn to interact together from young and going to school is not just about academic results. So true on hindsight

Me felt the same..damn sad..that's why whenever i come across NA or NT students, I will counsel them and assure them that as long as they work hard, they can still do well for N levels & go on to PFP, or do well in O levels..
The school environment also plays a big part in letting them see light at the end of the tunnel & feel hope for their future & work hard..(there are some schools in which a whole class of NA students give up on their studies...very very sad..)

AS for the smiggle stuff, makes me recall 1 incident a friend shared..her son was in a SAP school(but not those with majority from rich/upp class type),in 2nd top class,
there was once, her son threw away a black smiggle pencil case into the class dustbin...his classmate quietly picked it up and used it..her son was surprised & my friend commented that it was quite old already..probably for that boy, he had wanted a smiggle pencil case quite badly, but could be too ex for him to ask his parents to buy for him..I felt very sad also when i heard about this incident..& really hope this boy had done well for his psle & coping well in secondary school:)
For us, my girl also liked smiggle for a period of time, but i felt it is quite ex so only allowed her to buy at most once per year & only when there is sale..& i always ask her before she wants to buy something, is it a need, or is it a want??& i feel such values and thoughts has to inculcate from young, it cannot be taught or drilled overnight..nowadays, she automatically think & decide,if is a need then she will ask me to buy..if is a want, she either do not ask, or she will let me know & let me decide whether can buy or with what condition:)

[Estéema]

The younger generation somehow has the propensity to COMPARE whether consciously or unconsciously. In primary school they compare not just Smiggles but which latest design of bags/pencilcases/wallets they possess (frozen clothings, latest lego set, etc); they compare where they go for holidays, tuition centres they go to. I know one of my niece was adamant SIL send her for class bcoz ‘all’ her gff goes there for tuition, even tho it’s not convenient for SIL to ferry with 4 kids in toll.


During the tweens & teen years, kids compare a whole range fr shoes, schoolbags, Ts, to laptops and hp brands & features.

To me, it’s an ill of today’s consumerism society. Once that happens, it’ll subtly alienate ppl in whichever context of society. The haves just pander to their desires & keep acquiring but many don’t just stop there. They start ‘discussing’ the features, some intention is showing off, but that usually makes it diff for the have-nots to participate. Alienation starts unconsciously.

Besides consumerism, I see these as physical possessions as a psychological extension with kids having busy working parents & parents who place meaning in these possessions themselves & kids naturally model after. Some kids must be seen possessing XX brand or nothing, as if w/o it they shld not exist or can’t face their peers! It’s indeed sad coz s’times the kids pushes parents who hv little means to ‘provide’ or tantrums & sulking will fill the air. So, I guess these are societal pressure that causes a lot stresses for some parents in Spore.

Even, we adults do it. We’re seen non-stop upgrading our iPhone & Samsung; upgrading cars & homes; handbags, holidays…

How do we get off this track? I like it when I begin to see a new group of young & socially conscious ppl concern for the earth & the future generation we leave behind. We see a lot of young engaged in reducing, refusing, reusing, recycling and some repairing (still need more community skills sharing activities).

I rmbr a very respected don, Wu De Yao, once said that it does not matter where you stay, but your values and inner being that is important. He’s a Chinese scholar, residing in a Jurong HDB, lectured in our local university in the 70s/80s & ppl fr ard the world wld visit him at his humble abode.

Honestly, I used to ‘despised’ older generation ways of reusing Ovaltine tins & I had to regularly visit my elderly sister in Seremban to ‘instruct’ the maid to throw a roomful of Milo tins coz I want to hel them tidy up those eyesore. Now, I’m beginning to find ways ("in a matching manner") not to throw but reuse items to reduce new purchases.

It started bcoz of a mission project to help a group of poor villages in Mynmar to be self-sufficient. I wld consciously collect the big plastic bottles. We bought soil in Mynmar and with vegetable seeds my local contact provided, we introduced & set up hanging, mini veg farm right outside the villagers’ doorsteps. Those homes were makeshift bamboos that are easily dismantled whenever the local govt chase them off the land. Every family in that district does not own any land & some hand their land robbed off by the military regime previously.

I hope my kids will ask for less, make their possessions last & in the process I hope their relationships with others lasts & become more meaningful.

[MrsKiasu]

I actually feel that is quite ‘normal’ occurrence…all individuals are different…not so good attitude/looking down at others dont just happen and fixed to a ‘status’ class of people. I have met respectable professionals with very down to earth attitude and errr…not to put down any profession arh…just purely own experience, very high class attitude from eg on the road drivers…my dd2 esp is one of the poorest in school as she has zero pocket money…they like alot of things but I dont satisfy them on all just because most are purely wants not needs…they are more towards the ‘deprived’ kids compared to peers…I/we still learning though…in balancing…