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    • phankaoP Offline
      phankao
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      sook:
      phankao:

      [quote=\"sook\"]
      Hhmm, i am concerned that those \"drop-out\" from HCL will be 2nd class citizen. I called Poi Ching before to check whether HCL is compulsory from P1. The person answered in very incredulous tone \"Must take HCL, if not , no point coming to Poi Ching'

      Actually i only meant that my older 2 did not take HCL from p5 onwards. In SAP school, surely need to take HCL from p1. Never heard of any option before. Even the non-Chinese take HCL. Some of them do extremely well too, even though their parents don't know chinese. And they end up continuing to take HCL in p5/p6 and hv good psle scores. Amazing. Put us Chinese to shame. ;(

      Thanks Phankao, for enlightening me. It's time for me dig a hole and hide now. :oops:[/quote]My chinese v bad. But that was one reason i put my kids to SAP schools, hoping that the language environment would not at least make them *hate* chinese like how it is in more english-based schools. Like how I (& all my friends) hated chiense when we were in school.

      My kids all do better in chinese than me, but can't say they love the language though. :roll:

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        sook
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        Hi Phankao,

        How do you help the kids with their homework / home practice? I guess it’s inevitable to hire a CL tuition teacher…

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        • phankaoP Offline
          phankao
          last edited by

          sook:
          Hi Phankao,

          How do you help the kids with their homework / home practice? I guess it's inevitable to hire a CL tuition teacher...
          They have a tutor. So far, not throughout primary school. Dd only had tutor for the 6 mths before her O-level chinese, and CL tuition from p4-p6. Ds1 had CL tuition from p1-p6 tho. He has CL tuition now in sec 1 and taking HCL(not his choice - compulsory).

          Ds2 doesn't want tuition and he's the only one continuing to take HCL in p5.

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            sook
            last edited by

            phankao:
            sook:

            Hi Phankao,

            How do you help the kids with their homework / home practice? I guess it's inevitable to hire a CL tuition teacher...

            They have a tutor. So far, not throughout primary school. Dd only had tutor for the 6 mths before her O-level chinese, and CL tuition from p4-p6. Ds1 had CL tuition from p1-p6 tho. He has CL tuition now in sec 1 and taking HCL(not his choice - compulsory).

            Ds2 doesn't want tuition and he's the only one continuing to take HCL in p5.

            I guess, it's the same with other subjects pa. At least i can teach them other subjects (if my short fuse permit).

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            • phankaoP Offline
              phankao
              last edited by

              sook:
              phankao:

              [quote=\"sook\"]Hi Phankao,

              How do you help the kids with their homework / home practice? I guess it's inevitable to hire a CL tuition teacher...

              They have a tutor. So far, not throughout primary school. Dd only had tutor for the 6 mths before her O-level chinese, and CL tuition from p4-p6. Ds1 had CL tuition from p1-p6 tho. He has CL tuition now in sec 1 and taking HCL(not his choice - compulsory).

              Ds2 doesn't want tuition and he's the only one continuing to take HCL in p5.

              I guess, it's tha same with other subjects hor. At least i can teach them other subjects (if my short fuse permit).[/quote]Other subjects no tuition, they handle themselves.

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                sook
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                phankao:
                sook:

                [quote=\"phankao\"]
                They have a tutor. So far, not throughout primary school. Dd only had tutor for the 6 mths before her O-level chinese, and CL tuition from p4-p6. Ds1 had CL tuition from p1-p6 tho. He has CL tuition now in sec 1 and taking HCL(not his choice - compulsory).

                Ds2 doesn't want tuition and he's the only one continuing to take HCL in p5.

                I guess, it's tha same with other subjects hor. At least i can teach them other subjects (if my short fuse permit).

                Other subjects no tuition, they handle themselves.[/quote]You are blessed with smart children. Hope my two DDs are smart and don't ever make me worry about their studies.

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                • phankaoP Offline
                  phankao
                  last edited by

                  sook:
                  phankao:

                  [quote=\"sook\"]
                  I guess, it's tha same with other subjects hor. At least i can teach them other subjects (if my short fuse permit).

                  Other subjects no tuition, they handle themselves.

                  You are blessed with smart children. Hope my two DD are as smart and don't ever make me worry about their studies.[/quote]Worry, why not worry!???!!! But i've got no patience with them. So I don't coach actually. My ds2 has totally refused help even.

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                    verykiasu2010
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                    sometime the smart children becomes kiasu and hence they ask for tuition to ensure they are ahead, and score

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                      Brenda10
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                      verykiasu2010:
                      sometime the smart children becomes kiasu and hence they ask for tuition to ensure they are ahead, and score

                      九阳真经 already replaced by kiasu 真经 😛

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                      • phankaoP Offline
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                        Brenda10:
                        verykiasu2010:

                        sometime the smart children becomes kiasu and hence they ask for tuition to ensure they are ahead, and score


                        九阳真经 already replaced by kiasu 真经 😛

                        My ds1 is this sort. very ks type. haha! Used to arrange with his chinese tutor for extra sessions everytime there is some test/exam coming up. But now he has no time with his school/cca schedule. And learnt to corner his teachers in school for long long time to ask instead. Buay paiseh now.

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