7 New IP schools

[jtoh]

Augmum:

verykiasu2010:

[quote=\"Augmum\"]
does it mean that choosing a \"so called IP school\" but in the end is not a certain/ gurantee to be in the \"IP class\"
then i reckon there will hassles/problems of \"transferring school issues\"

even for the present IP school like RI or HCI, if don't do well, kena transferred to O level track, or worse, get kicked out of school. NOT unheard of.

yes, of course i am aware and heard of them......but these are only the very MINORITY
and the pupils themselves are aware of it long before.......
just like one pupil in my gal's class kena \"warnings\"
what i mean is the initial happiness/ thoughts of getting into a \"so called IP school\" w/o getting into a \"IP class\" [/quote]Hi Augmum,

I would guess that before the IP programme is implemented in the dual track schools, the schools will give an idea of what the COP for IP is. For eg at ACSI, >25? (not sure what the COP is currently) will give you a spot in IB, anything below that is O level track. So students shouldn't be too surprised or shocked that they aren't in the IP track.

[Way2GO]

verykiasu2010:

I recall my CHS friends were also called 'chinese helicopter'......


LOL .... hope don't get sued for saying all these jokes ....LOL

:lol:
CHS gentlemen r more cultured than dat, no?

[kiaaik]

verykiasu2010:

kiaaik:

[quote=\"verykiasu2010\"]
the whole of RI is IP

so one can enter IP via DSC route too

you meant DSA

what is DSC ?[/quote]sori, DSA is what i meant...
so a student can get into IP via DSA

[tanbh]

verykiasu2010:

tanbh:

sorry , i saw your posting and i always assumed since RI and HCI is so high in COP, ALL their sec1 intake are 100% IP students... do you mean HCI and RI have O level track (i.e. classes) to fall back on also??? :? making them dual track schools similar to the new ones?? sorry, i havent been reading much on IP on the 1st batch of IP schools :oops: ... thanks

No. They do not run dual track. All are 100% IP from Sec 1 onwards. However, if they do badly in year 2 / 3....they will be asked to go do O level. May be RI does not create an O level class because the drop out is almost nil, hence the rare ones got transferred out. For HCI, they promised the parents to take care of the kids once they are in HCI regardless how they perform, they are more \"merciful\" to create a small O level class for their own boys. Many parents have noted that HCI is a very caring community. If the HCI O level boys do well, they can get back into the IP...by then JC 1 liao

oh i see... gam-siah x 2

[kiaaik]

reading today's ST report made me feel that Cedar is very lucky....VS brother (VJC) said VS must get a galfren...so VS went to woo Cedar...

Cedar accepted proposal, it is like kena Toto without even buying it..
:lol:

[dunnoleh]

verykiasu2010:

dunnoleh:

[quote=\"kiaaik\"]
does this mean that eg if a girl who scored 250 may not be able to get IP at CGS (if more than half of her cohort at cgs scored above 250), but a girl who scored 240 may get IP at SCGS (no disrespect, just eg) if half of her cohort at scgs scored below 240)?

if cohort refer to students who chose SCGS for their sec1, yes.
besides this, there is dsa, where every wholesaler also keeps a few fishes in his pocket - for sale to preferred customers. the prices of dsa fishes are independent of the normal bidding process.
and also... there is affiliation... which enjoys significant discount in the bidding process.

what is the price of pomfret today huh ? tiger prawn how much ? sometimes when no fish, prawn also ok. so what price ?[/quote]all prices quoted are \"seasonal\".
as you mentioned in another post, it depends on some guy sitting in front of a computer in buona vista.he knows that prawn and pomfret are in constant demand, so prices won't go down much one la.

for the consumer, \"no fish, prawn also ok\" is sometimes a matter of \"no choice\". no more fish, what to do?

[tanbh]

Way2GO:

verykiasu2010:

[quote=\"Way2GO\"]

Wat's CMI? :scratchhead: ....

\"misfit\" because CHS has been a SAP school, while the rest of the Cath schools are not

correct me if i am wrong

Could well be cos' CHS is a SAP school
dat many of d students I met then were effectively biligual
n they were also strong in Maths.
d rest of students from d other mission schools mostly eat katang
though there was a miniority who were good in MT.
They used to laugh at these students n call them 'Chinese helicopters'
d CHS students I met were mostly quite well off
n they carry themselves well.
But they n Maris Stella students were quite a misfit with d rest
cos' d katang eating bulk view them as ching-chong.[/quote]i personally dont find Cath High (or MSHS) boys r Ching CHong types ... but some of Hwa Chong are.....many are from average families just , many are also not catholic in religion, just that some parents hope them to have better command /background in CL... btw HCI is NOT catholic school ok.....

all have similar Chinese style heritage... those silver huge buttons on uniform etc....

just that lesser other races in such schools , hence almost no indians or malays, Eurasian there... if one wish such background that represent whole of S'pore section of population... should consider schools like VS, SJI etc.....if can meet the COP lah and of course RI

[ycpang]

jtoh:

Augmum:

[quote=\"verykiasu2010\"]
even for the present IP school like RI or HCI, if don't do well, kena transferred to O level track, or worse, get kicked out of school. NOT unheard of.

yes, of course i am aware and heard of them......but these are only the very MINORITY
and the pupils themselves are aware of it long before.......
just like one pupil in my gal's class kena \"warnings\"
what i mean is the initial happiness/ thoughts of getting into a \"so called IP school\" w/o getting into a \"IP class\"

Hi Augmum,

I would guess that before the IP programme is implemented in the dual track schools, the schools will give an idea of what the COP for IP is. For eg at ACSI, >25? (not sure what the COP is currently) will give you a spot in IB, anything below that is O level track. So students shouldn't be too surprised or shocked that they aren't in the IP track.[/quote]The COPs for IP or O levels are not prefixed. Last year those who applied for ACSI only knew they were on IP or O levels track after the S1 posting. So this is the risk you have to take unless your T score is clearly well above the historical COP for IP track.

[dunnoleh]

verykiasu2010:

Way2GO:

[quote=\"verykiasu2010\"]
\"misfit\" because CHS has been a SAP school, while the rest of the Cath schools are not

correct me if i am wrong

Could well be cos' CHS is a SAP school
dat many of d students I met then were effectively biligual
n they were also strong in Maths.
d rest of students from d other mission schools mostly eat katang
though there was a miniority who were good in MT.
They used to laugh at these students n call them 'Chinese helicopters'
d CHS students I met were mostly quite well off
n they carry themselves well.
But they n Maris Stella students were quite a misfit with d rest
cos' d katang eating bulk view them as ching-chong.

you more or less summed it up

I recall my CHS friends were also called 'chinese helicopter'......


LOL .... hope don't get sued for saying all these jokes ....LOL[/quote]dun worry la , chinese helicopters don't have the habit of sueing people. I was a true blue \"chainee ellicotter\" until my \"A\" levels, when I was dumped into the company of kentang eating folks. the helicopter crashed in no time.

[Augmum]

jtoh:

Augmum:

[quote=\"verykiasu2010\"]
even for the present IP school like RI or HCI, if don't do well, kena transferred to O level track, or worse, get kicked out of school. NOT unheard of.

yes, of course i am aware and heard of them......but these are only the very MINORITY
and the pupils themselves are aware of it long before.......
just like one pupil in my gal's class kena \"warnings\"
what i mean is the initial happiness/ thoughts of getting into a \"so called IP school\" w/o getting into a \"IP class\"

Hi Augmum,

I would guess that before the IP programme is implemented in the dual track schools, the schools will give an idea of what the COP for IP is. For eg at ACSI, >25? (not sure what the COP is currently) will give you a spot in IB, anything below that is O level track. So students shouldn't be too surprised or shocked that they aren't in the IP track.[/quote]thks jtoh.
yes, there shd be some guidelines of the COP for the IP class set by individual schools....
just that i am quoting forumer kiaaik who have posted an example....
what if the guideline for COP for \"A school\" and \"B school\" a difference of 10 points or so ......
then there'll bound to have some \"transferring of school issues\"