Tuition centers should not force parents to accept digital learning at full fees.

[deardear07]

is it just my kids or are more facing the same issue of their kids putting in sooo many hours in front of the laptop? Mine will glue to the laptop, on SLS, koobits from 7am+ till evening… i said to stop but they said still have work to complete… so far no teachers called to complain work undone etc… but i worry the load n time taken is too slow… like double sch hours. some schs like mine, had no live lessons n teachers recorded everything… only checking on the class once a week… wow v brave of the teacher i think…


honestly, if the platform can work as well, then what are teachers for? I’m sure children who can understand the topics themselves won’t have an issue… but if unable to cope or understand, it’s then a lot of self learning during HBL…

[deardear07]

6thisnthat9\" post_id=\"1969117\" time=\"1585478571\" user_id=\"145858:

Serendipity\" post_id=\"1969111\" time=\"1585478058\" user_id=\"9658:

[quote=6thisnthat9 post_id=1969110 time=1585477934 user_id=145858]

No, unless you have no other choice. Is your child taking exam soon? Thats why she cannot defer?

Yeah was intending to take exams this year... though with the cancellation of the upcoming July tests also donno whether it'll happen

Is it Abrsm? I called ABRSM sg on the cancellation of theory exam. They give a few options. You can call to clarify w them

1. Full refund now
2. Full refund later if replacement date is not suitable for the child
3. Top up for a higher grade to be taken later.

Pls verify with them directly.

Now, the next thing is to find a teacher to continue lessons if your child is still taking exam. Is the tr good? Not near your house?[/quote]on ABRSM postponement.. what if the child is taking exams this yr n the pcs are up till 2020? any info on the pcs being extended into 2021? I assume the following pcs from will all have to be postponed too?

[zac's mum]

deardear07\" post_id=\"1974267\" time=\"1588767246\" user_id=\"1429:

zac's mum\" post_id=\"1968968\" time=\"1585392801\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1968968 time=1585392801 user_id=53606]If your kids are at higher grade for piano, they can download popular songs or simpler music scores to play for fun. Sight-reading for them should be manageable, especially if they come with audio clip demo for them to listen to.

Or they can play duets to make things more interesting.

Personally I would let my kid use the music instrument playtime as an outlet for de-stressing during this shut-in period. He doesn’t really need external push regarding violin. We listen to other players on YouTube for leisure too.

any platforms that u use to get the scores? mine resorted to those piano keys on youtube, which i'm not too fond of.. end up learning to play the song but the 'wrong' way.

our music teacher also requested to do e-lessons.. place the screen facing the keys but i wonder how to fully view the fingering etc? when it came to theory, also alot of taking photos n sending on the spot. waste alot of time there trying to figure out how to coach the child on the topic. if have to take down notes on book, child also writes himself so time spent there coz sometimes abit lost..[/quote]

What kind of songs do they want to learn? For example the piano score for “Perfect“ by Ed Sheeran is easily available online. Eg from websites such as this: https://musescore.com/user/18938226/scores/4651056

I adapted it a little bit for violin.

They have Chinese pop songs piano score too, Eg 有点甜 https://musescore.com/user/108296/scores/5623765

Violin score a bit more troublesome because many Chinese scores are written in numeric notation. I have some music background myself, so I usually transcribe/translate the notation into “towgay”.

https://www.jellynote.com/en/piano-sheet-music/by2/a-little-bit-sweet-you-dian-tian

[zac's mum]

deardear07\" post_id=\"1974270\" time=\"1588767734\" user_id=\"1429:

is it just my kids or are more facing the same issue of their kids putting in sooo many hours in front of the laptop? Mine will glue to the laptop, on SLS, koobits from 7am+ till evening.. i said to stop but they said still have work to complete... so far no teachers called to complain work undone etc.. but i worry the load n time taken is too slow.. like double sch hours. some schs like mine, had no live lessons n teachers recorded everything.. only checking on the class once a week.. wow v brave of the teacher i think..

honestly, if the platform can work as well, then what are teachers for? I'm sure children who can understand the topics themselves won't have an issue.. but if unable to cope or understand, it's then a lot of self learning during HBL..

Mine took extremely long too. If there’s no “live” lesson (which has its own problems I tell you), the subject teacher (Eg Maths or Science) will upload multiple videos of her explaining the topic, step by step...kid supposed to watch the video tutorial, then stop and go do the workbook questions, then go back to SLS to watch the teacher go thru the answers...kid has to self-mark based on the video. Then do any corrections. Literally just teach himself. Own self teach own self, mark own worksheet, do own corrections.

I wondered why some classmates could complete so fast huh...is it becos they all take shortcut, just skip directly to the answer video & then copy down all the correct answers? All correct then skip corrections step also????!!!

[deardear07]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"1974277\" time=\"1588770055\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1974277 time=1588770055 user_id=53606]

deardear07\" post_id=\"1974267\" time=\"1588767246\" user_id=\"1429:

[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1968968 time=1585392801 user_id=53606]If your kids are at higher grade for piano, they can download popular songs or simpler music scores to play for fun. Sight-reading for them should be manageable, especially if they come with audio clip demo for them to listen to.

Or they can play duets to make things more interesting.

Personally I would let my kid use the music instrument playtime as an outlet for de-stressing during this shut-in period. He doesn’t really need external push regarding violin. We listen to other players on YouTube for leisure too.

any platforms that u use to get the scores? mine resorted to those piano keys on youtube, which i'm not too fond of.. end up learning to play the song but the 'wrong' way.

our music teacher also requested to do e-lessons.. place the screen facing the keys but i wonder how to fully view the fingering etc? when it came to theory, also alot of taking photos n sending on the spot. waste alot of time there trying to figure out how to coach the child on the topic. if have to take down notes on book, child also writes himself so time spent there coz sometimes abit lost..[/quote]

What kind of songs do they want to learn? For example the piano score for “Perfect“ by Ed Sheeran is easily available online. Eg from websites such as this: https://musescore.com/user/18938226/scores/4651056

I adapted it a little bit for violin.

They have Chinese pop songs piano score too, Eg 有点甜 https://musescore.com/user/108296/scores/5623765

Violin score a bit more troublesome because many Chinese scores are written in numeric notation. I have some music background myself, so I usually transcribe/translate the notation into “towgay”.

https://www.jellynote.com/en/piano-sheet-music/by2/a-little-bit-sweet-you-dian-tian[/quote]haha i think mine went the shortcut way... straightaway look at how others play, fingering, then follow, without looking at scores. Ed Sheeran is definitely in their list n already learnt 1 song..

will try musescore again.. used to have it but only if we know what songs they want. for now, it's abit like browsing the 'nice music' to learn..

[deardear07]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"1974280\" time=\"1588770421\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1974280 time=1588770421 user_id=53606]

deardear07\" post_id=\"1974270\" time=\"1588767734\" user_id=\"1429:

is it just my kids or are more facing the same issue of their kids putting in sooo many hours in front of the laptop? Mine will glue to the laptop, on SLS, koobits from 7am+ till evening.. i said to stop but they said still have work to complete... so far no teachers called to complain work undone etc.. but i worry the load n time taken is too slow.. like double sch hours. some schs like mine, had no live lessons n teachers recorded everything.. only checking on the class once a week.. wow v brave of the teacher i think..

honestly, if the platform can work as well, then what are teachers for? I'm sure children who can understand the topics themselves won't have an issue.. but if unable to cope or understand, it's then a lot of self learning during HBL..

Mine took extremely long too. If there’s no “live” lesson (which has its own problems I tell you), the subject teacher (Eg Maths or Science) will upload multiple videos of her explaining the topic, step by step...kid supposed to watch the video tutorial, then stop and go do the workbook questions, then go back to SLS to watch the teacher go thru the answers...kid has to self-mark based on the video. Then do any corrections. Literally just teach himself. Own self teach own self, mark own worksheet, do own corrections.

I wondered why some classmates could complete so fast huh...is it becos they all take shortcut, just skip directly to the answer video & then copy down all the correct answers? All correct then skip corrections step also????!!![/quote]

haha i feel ur plight coz mine also the same. didn't get much physical exercise.. except for the eye finger coordination toggling websites.

[pipiyap]

JIang education looks the worst among Chinese enrichment, replacing all classes with pre-recorded online training and no discount, rebate on the fees paid nor follow up classes. A lot of complaints online at ipetition that the general manager ignores parents’ feeeback.

[pipiyap]

JIang education looks the worst among Chinese enrichment, replacing all classes with pre-recorded online training and no discount, rebate on the fees paid nor follow up classes. A lot of complaints online at ipetition that the general manager ignores parents’ feeeback.

[deardear07]

I m surprised Tien Hsia being such a wide establishment has no intention of e-lessons for the entire CB period… only free video recordings n worksheets for April and discount for May. Whereas, there are so many other centres that have gone online. any idea?

[sembgal]

pipiyap\" post_id=\"1974783\" time=\"1589027194\" user_id=\"54922:

JIang education looks the worst among Chinese enrichment, replacing all classes with pre-recorded online training and no discount, rebate on the fees paid nor follow up classes. A lot of complaints online at ipetition that the general manager ignores parents’ feeeback.

Then it is up to parents to change ship.