River Valley High School [*IP]

[starlight1968sg]

Felicia09:

starlight1968sg:

[quote=\"Felicia09\"]Can someone advise why Y1 booklist does not have any science subject? Thanks

Notes will be provided

So students do not need any textbook and just depend on the notes? It is sufficient? need to get other enrichment book?
Thanks[/quote]Yes. Don’t think u need to buy enrichment books

[Felicia09]

So students do not need any textbook and just depend on the notes? It is sufficient? need to get other enrichment book?

Thanks[/quote]
Yes. Don’t think u need to buy enrichment books[/quote]
ok. thanks for your advise.

[starlight1968sg]

No prob, enjoy your days in RVHS

[Jinglebells]

Actually Im a student from rv and I just wanna say that rv isnt really good.First of all, the notes are quite bad and other schools have better notes that even we use to study.Secondly, the teachers arent really good except for a small handful and they just have really high expectations of students in their tests and most of them have \"pets\"(obviously Im not one, in fact Im a certified pest)Oops back to topic, which is that teachers also dont really care about students' feelings I feel?My teacher actually made fun of me before.Also, triple sci classes are very stressful and competition is intense.And when you add awful classmates...ugh.Plus the school counsellor is a guy with a creepy smile (ohmygawd help) which doesnt help any bit with counselling.The sch principal is also always taking credit for the achievements of students and praising the school but whatever(handshake anyone?photo?).Well I just get remedial everyday other than cca days which is a waste of time and teachers look like they are as done with us as we are with them.Which is a lot.Now I also have a mental illness which I cant help but attribute it to the school.Year 3 is also awful with so many common tests every week(mostly twice) and eoys which there seems to be no lack of.Wheres the break?Holidays are a hoax cos its packed with loads of hw and remedial(too bad cos im dumb) and cca.Im so done.

Bottom line:Rv sucks(sorry for the long post)

[Jinglebells]

ccas also have high standards and if you arent good enuf you get kicked out(not ug) or for performing arts ccas I got kicked out from syf cos i wasnt good enough.Cough cough.Where did all those syf distinctions even come from huh?Teachers are also mostly boring and sometimes noone understands their lessons and just look at textbooks or other material(but they still score better than me despite complaining about how hard tests are)

Why did I lose that one mark?I was so careless I could have gotten full marks!
Me:I need one mark to pass.Just give me that one mark!
Also, smart kids are usually popular with both classmates and teachers.They have lots of friends and teachers like them.Everybody wants to befriend them.
I cant wait to go poly or ITE…anywhere but rv.

[pandafam]

How did you survive so far? What year are you in now? Don’t give up.

[Jinglebells]

Year 3 imao.Conditional promotion lorh.Cos my chi sucks and my gpa not v good.

[Morinosuke]

Jinglebells:

Actually Im a student from rv and I just wanna say that rv isnt really good.First of all, the notes are quite bad and other schools have better notes that even we use to study.Secondly, the teachers arent really good except for a small handful and they just have really high expectations of students in their tests and most of them have \"pets\"(obviously Im not one, in fact Im a certified pest)Oops back to topic, which is that teachers also dont really care about students' feelings I feel?My teacher actually made fun of me before.Also, triple sci classes are very stressful and competition is intense.And when you add awful classmates...ugh.Plus the school counsellor is a guy with a creepy smile (ohmygawd help) which doesnt help any bit with counselling.The sch principal is also always taking credit for the achievements of students and praising the school but whatever(handshake anyone?photo?).Well I just get remedial everyday other than cca days which is a waste of time and teachers look like they are as done with us as we are with them.Which is a lot.Now I also have a mental illness which I cant help but attribute it to the school.Year 3 is also awful with so many common tests every week(mostly twice) and eoys which there seems to be no lack of.Wheres the break?Holidays are a hoax cos its packed with loads of hw and remedial(too bad cos im dumb) and cca.Im so done.

Bottom line:Rv sucks(sorry for the long post)

The points that you mentioned seem rather similar to what is mentioned in the attached article. It describes about the constant pressure and competition as typical challenges faced by students of the rigorous IP program. It also mentions about alternate paths to consider in future.


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[Jinglebells]

Oh thanks for sharing.Glad to know im not alone.is the article new?

[Morinosuke]

Jinglebells:

Oh thanks for sharing.Glad to know im not alone.is the article new?

Yes the article was published yesterday. My daughter also says IP is tough as it’s not like PSLE where the results are only concentrated on major exams. All the group work and projects mean that your results also depend on the team members you work with, and there’s constant competition. And RV is autonomous, not an independent school like most IP so there’s a limit to the funding to work with.

If there’s difficulties you are facing, try to consult a trusted mentor on how to progress forward. Just don’t give up on progressing your education to a higher level, no matter which path you take.

Here’s another relevant article:
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/education/i-flunked-the-ip