2018 PSLE Discussions & Strategies (Born in 2006)

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2 more hours to submit the S1 Option Form (if not already done)

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mommyNg:

Omg, this is funny (and true)! :rotflmao: Did you draw the image yourself?

This meme has been circulating on facebook for a while

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On this off topic of boys and girls, I used to think that it was better for my son to be in an all boys primary school where teachers understood that boys have shorter attention spans and do better with more physical (tactile) learning. So he spent his first 3 years in an all-boys school. Then he moved to a co-ed school, and while seems to be the case in our experience that teachers generally like the girls better than the boys (who wouldn’t!), my son came to appreciate the reliability of having girl classmates to check homework with and remind him of the things that flew instantly out of his head.

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Hazelmama:

My stats also give back to teacher Liao...as per image


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Hee hee hee. That looks like me. Except I got off the train at basic calculus. Now, the only maths I know come with $ and other currency symbols . Until P6 maths made me learn models and units... :faint:

Uhrmm... what's the median if the population size is even in number, like 1, 2, 2, 6, 6, 6? PAP keeps talking about the median of the top 100 earners... :siam:

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ngl2010:

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Haha. Middle (ie mean) isn’t helpful in this instance since one fellow can spoil the whole market, but thanks for the computation.

I usually leave it to excel to do the job.

Floppy, it is not mean also. For mean, it has to take into account all the students' T-score i.e. add up all the t-scores and then divide by the number of students. I am Maths nerd lah. So, this bothers me

Yah boi! Mean isn't middle[/quote]Shit. You peepz are right.
The middle is just the average of the min and max score (while we still don’t really know the mean)
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Ok. Confirm. Excel will do a better job than me.

[Hazelmama]

Uhrmm... what's the median if the population size is even in number, like 1, 2, 2, 6, 6, 6? PAP keeps talking about the median of the top 100 earners...[/quote]


According to Google search :

Arrange your numbers from lowest to highest and then eliminate them from the left and right, one-by-one. Whichever number remains in the end is the median! Special note: If TWO numbers remain (which happens about half the time), you're supposed to add them together and divide by two.

Answer: 4? :nunchuk:

[Estéema]

fable:

On this off topic of boys and girls, I used to think that it was better for my son to be in an all boys primary school where teachers understood that boys have shorter attention spans and do better with more physical (tactile) learning. So he spent his first 3 years in an all-boys school. Then he moved to a co-ed school, and while seems to be the case in our experience that teachers generally like the girls better than the boys (who wouldn't!), my son came to appreciate the reliability of having girl classmates to check homework with and remind him of the things that flew instantly out of his head.

never thot abt that. Only know of a boy transferred fr Tao Nan bcoz teacher kept betretting him & comparing him with well-behaved, hardworking & organized girls till his self-esteem was crushed but excelled in an all-boys’ sch.

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Hazelmama:

Thanks, this is interesting. I tried to find on mobile version of SIS but clcnt find it. Went to the full site, then can see....


I compiled some schools, sharing in case someone finds them useful!

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Purely conjecture.

I think the numbers indicate that one will need at least. PSLE AL band score (what’s the proper way of saying it anyway?) of between 4 to 7 to qualify for these schools.

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Estéema:

...The difference also has its origin fr the production of estrogen & testosterone which contribute to boys tending to be less inclined to sit still for as long as females and tend to be more physically impulsive and aggressive.


So we mums & teachers hv to learn strategies to help the boys sit still & focus. And we’ve to watch our girls as they grow & learn to handle their emotions & self-worth v peers. It’s a retrenchment proof job!

Oh dear. DD seems to have the worse of both... :slapshead:

[Estéema]

pirate:

Estéema:

...The difference also has its origin fr the production of estrogen & testosterone which contribute to boys tending to be less inclined to sit still for as long as females and tend to be more physically impulsive and aggressive.


So we mums & teachers hv to learn strategies to help the boys sit still & focus. And we’ve to watch our girls as they grow & learn to handle their emotions & self-worth v peers. It’s a retrenchment proof job!

Oh dear. DD seems to have the worse of both... :slapshead:

Why? What happened to yr DD if not too sensitive a subj to share?