2019 PSLE Discussions and Strategies (Children born in 2007)

[Iluvmygals]

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[quote=\"Arise SG\" post_id=1921900 time=1563870582 user_id=179794]
As a teacher, I would like to tell all parents here, once you're placing so much emphasis on grades and T score counting, you have already lost. Not that grades are not important. Grades should only be used as feedback to help our children improve themselves. Also, if you spent less time counting T scores and use this few extra hours to think about how to create a more ideal environment (like specific positive praise, or rethinking achievable goals for your child to aspire towards) for your child to feel more motivated and confident, I assure you that you return on investment of time would be way higher.
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Don't disagree with what you say but you are preaching to the wrong crowd here. This is KSP, where every points and every advantage counts

Moreover, most of the KSP kids are high achievers (not mine ). Discussion about scores in the 250s, 260s and securing DSAs make such endeavours look like a walk in a park. I don't think there's a lack of motivation or fear here (ok, maybe fear of not entering their dream R / HC school)

Unfortunately reality is that the school placement exercise places the emphasis solely on grades henceforth the outcome only.[/quote]While grades are reality...how parent deal with it makes a difference. Some parents set a target and ask kids die die must get that grade. Others tell kids do their best and they accept whatever the score is. Which method works for which kids.....nobody knows.

For my own kids....I always told them focus on effort and how to improve oneself. No need to compare against other. Kid came back after PSLE and say she think she's gonna get 240+....we told her no problem at all cause we saw her effort!

Kids are naive....when they go to exam...they will always do their best...no one will stop the paper after he think he get an A...surely will finish the whole paper.....so when parents set target of 90 etc...I always ask...why not 100? They gonna do their best and get as many marks as they can anyway....

[phtthp]

Arise SG:

MyPillow\" post_id=\"1921861\" time=\"1563868269\" user_id=\"70594:

can b important coz
it is the last decimal/number that determine who is the last kid to get into the sch mah - under current system

Depends on how you define the parameters for regret.

For that, it all boils down to perspective. Perspective will make or break a person. If you made the conscious effort to maximise every good or bad controllable situation in your life and leave the rest to fate, there will be no regrets and you will lead a happy life. But if you choose the see the glass as half empty, you will never be full satisfied/happy. I just wish for all children to lead happier lives. So many of them are unhappy/stressed/not motivated these days. It worries me.

Honestly, upon reflection after so many years of teaching and seeing how hundreds of my students turn out. I'd prefer if my son is a 250 happy student than a 270 unhappy student. There are too many intangible skills that schools don't teach. I'd rather he put in the effort to pick up these intangible skills than to spend countless hours pushing for that extra 20 marks. There was once where my student's classmate told him that he couldn't teach my student how to do a question because his parents told him if his friends got better grades the bell curve will push his own grades down. Do we really want to raise a generation of such people?

Tscore already sunset lah !

2019 is 2nd last batch, becoming obsolete, entering historical record fast, Tscore become dinosaur issue,
don't worry, never mind about what \" 250 happy student vs. 270 unhappy student \" anymore, or the number of trailing decimal points behind


Out, exit Tscore

In, enter AL

Hail the new promising sunrise : AL PSLE system,
2021, Akan datang

[Berlykiasu]

Is tscore system really going to be obsoleted or it’s just not going to be shown on the psle result slip?

[floppy]

Berlykiasu\" post_id=\"1922226\" time=\"1563940112\" user_id=\"179855:

Is tscore system really going to be obsoleted or it’s just not going to be shown on the psle result slip?

Obsolete.

Other than the purpose of assigning a student to a school, it has no other meaningful usage.

[Berlykiasu]

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Berlykiasu\" post_id=\"1922226\" time=\"1563940112\" user_id=\"179855:

Is tscore system really going to be obsoleted or it’s just not going to be shown on the psle result slip?

Obsolete.

Other than the purpose of assigning a student to a school, it has no other meaningful usage.

Ic... as such grades still matters and it equates to freedom of choice. I seriously dnt see the diff

[zac's mum]

Berlykiasu\" post_id=\"1922235\" time=\"1563941361\" user_id=\"179855:

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[quote=Berlykiasu post_id=1922226 time=1563940112 user_id=179855]Is tscore system really going to be obsoleted or it’s just not going to be shown on the psle result slip?

Obsolete.

Other than the purpose of assigning a student to a school, it has no other meaningful usage.

Ic... as such grades still matters and it equates to freedom of choice. I seriously dnt see the diff[/quote]The difference is under the new AL system, kid A and kid B will not be compared right down to 0.0000000000000001 of a T score point.

[Beloved3]

Hi can I check if the results of PSLE oral will it be told to the student earlier only in Nov? Thanks

[Dino]

Beloved3\" post_id=\"1922340\" time=\"1563956931\" user_id=\"179743:

Hi can I check if the results of PSLE oral will it be told to the student earlier only in Nov? Thanks

Will only know the grades for the subjects with the overall aggregate score on results day (which will be announced only later.) No breakdowns of components by subjects will be given.

[Beloved3]

Dino\" post_id=\"1922351\" time=\"1563958520\" user_id=\"6726:

Beloved3\" post_id=\"1922340\" time=\"1563956931\" user_id=\"179743:

Hi can I check if the results of PSLE oral will it be told to the student earlier only in Nov? Thanks

Will only know the grades for the subjects with the overall aggregate score on results day (which will be announced only later.) No breakdowns of components by subjects will be given.

Thanks for your reply!

[Arise SG]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"1922040\" time=\"1563887498\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1922040 time=1563887498 user_id=53606]
In case you have not yet noticed, MOE has already changed the system and our P3s, P2s, P1s are all benefitting from the less stressful system now.

It’s a little too late to be whacking the parents or the kids in this 2019 PSLE thread. Let them focus on their revision now since they can’t change what policy/system they were given.[/quote]

You will be sorely disappointed. Yes they took away \"exams\" officially. But streaming still has to occur at the end of p2. So guess what, schools insert all sorts of \"performance tasks\" or whatever other names they want to hide it under. By the way, no intention to whack. Just sharing a POV for parents who are interested to see a new perspective.