Are All Primary Schools The Same?

[janet88]

Not all top schools have teachers who really teach. Very simple, teachers in branded schools presume (usually the case) that parents will send their little ones to enrichment centres, so their job is relaxed.


Non-popular schools have teachers who have to deal with weak students, give remedial classes and deal with disciplinary issues their students give. Different set of problems compared to those in popular schools. However, each teacher is given only 1 stack of plain paper. So which teacher is willing to set worksheets to help weaker students at their own expense ?

[jesschan]

I think most teachers (if not all) have their hands full - they have to deal with weak and bright students, handle class displinary, satisfy parents, run cca/projects etc… regardless of which school they teach in.


Having said that, other jobs in private and public sectors - be it nurses, policemen, accountants, engineers, sales persons etc… are equally stressful and have to work long hours too. It is just that teachers are sort of "public" figures that deal with our children, that’s why they are always in the limelight.

[tankee]

ultimately it is the passion and attitude that make a difference.

[mrswongtuition]

janet_lee88:

Non-popular schools have teachers who have to deal with weak students, give remedial classes and deal with disciplinary issues their students give. Different set of problems compared to those in popular schools. However, each teacher is given only 1 stack of plain paper. So which teacher is willing to set worksheets to help weaker students at their own expense ?

you are right about the plain paper. It's another reason I dislike the school management. Grrrrr....

\"Teachers, print more worksheets & notes for the weak students to help them\"
*but no paper given & if you print too much (tracked thru how many print jobs/pages one sends from computer & our ID for the photocopying machine & written records with the photocopy lady), you will get warned for not being \"environmentally friendly\"
if I upload online, the weak students also can't be bothered to go print or don't hv resources to do so.

[janet88]

Teaching is a passion, just like every other job. But with teaching, it involves children. But being a teacher isn’t easy now, with all the administrative work and endless meetings.

My son’s former tutor had to bring the kids to the swimming pool for CCA when she was almost due to give birth.

[RRMummy]

tankee:

ultimately it is the passion and attitude that make a difference.

totally agree.. :hi5:

[janet88]

A teacher friend of mine told me she got fed-up having to print worksheets to help her weaker class improve…how to do so when the HOD set rules about saving environment ? 1 rim of paper is definitely insufficient. After school hours, lights/air con have to be switched off to save electricity.

[corneyAmber]

All schools are the same in the following areas:


1. They are given same MOE guidelines on how the school is run but they can be creatively different
2. All teachers are NIE-trained but again they can be creatively different to be good, mediocre or bad teachers.
3. All teachers are empowered on lesson plans to a large extent, they can be creatively different.
4. It depends on your luck what kind of teacher you get regardless of school
5. Teachers are distributed to schools not based on their results, so they are randomly placed. Even with stellar grades, MOE will only consider request with valid reason to teach in a certain school and not looking at the NIE results.
6. Their goal is the same as in they aim to produce the top PSLE students or top CCA achievements but how is different
7. They are the same as in they accept entry to the school via social network, it is a known and accepted fact and usually it is a win-win situation.

I believe of all the similarities and differences, the main one that will directly affect the child is point 4 which you have no control over. So bottomline is support your child to the best that you can cos whatever you do, there will always be this element of uncertainty called luck.

[jesschan]

ksi:

So bottomline is support your child to the best that you can cos whatever you do, there will always be this element of uncertainty called luck.

Agree. Unfortunately, some parents do not have the resources or lack the knowledge to help their kids when they do not get the good teachers....

[ter_wen]

osakachan:

tankee:

[quote=\"qms\"]....MOE believes that all schools are the same. Parents do not think so, though.

:goodpost:

maybe government, e.g. MP should start to send their kids to neighbourhood school to convince us that all schools are the same ;-)[/quote]alot of MPs stay in bt timah right? :roll:
chey....

also, they are MP lei.
the school dare to reject them mei?