National Junior College (Junior High)

[phankao]

Strparent:

BTW, was your boy in the Music Rm volunteer group ; wearing glasses ?

Urgh - the one who dealt unsuccesfully with an uncooperative iron the day before, as you can tell, although it seemed to have worked fine every other time.

[phankao]

For the JH1 parents, do you call your children everyday now that they are in boarding? I’ve seen parents making a trip just bc their child did not answer their call/sms. I personally don’t, maybe SMS every few days or so, and certainly by thur/fri to check what time he’s coming home. haha.

[Strparent]

Hi Phankao,


I am really impressed with your DS independence at this age. Many parents are so different from you. Reminds me of our own time, when we pretty do much what we decided and our parents trust us completely.

I think the yearly one-term boarding stint is very good in team building and independence enhancing. A teacher at the library was telling me ( after I had a nice 15min conversation with some JH1 boys there ) that most of them were basically very shy before the boarding, and they evolved into confident talking machines after 4 to 6 weeks, LOL.

The NJC tour was special on Sat, mainly due to the fact that almost all the stations were manned by JH1 students, with minimal guidance from teachers or seniors. Hardly see the teachers come out to talk to the visitors, the kids pretty much handle everything. :celebrate: :celebrate:

[phankao]

Strparent:

The NJC tour was special on Sat, mainly due to the fact that almost all the stations were manned by JH1 students, with minimal guidance from teachers or seniors. Hardly see the teachers come out to talk to the visitors, the kids pretty much handle everything. :celebrate: :celebrate:

Thank you Strparent. Each of our children is different - and how we approach parenting them is dfferent too.

Yes, they are expected to work independently, even when they represent the school in events outside.

Hey, I'm from RJC too.

[Jennifer]

phankao:

For the JH1 parents, do you call your children everyday now that they are in boarding? I've seen parents making a trip just bc their child did not answer their call/sms. I personally don't, maybe SMS every few days or so, and certainly by thur/fri to check what time he's coming home. haha.

We exchanged more sms during the 1st week, now hardly except for last week when he got back his CL results. Then the usual reminder on Fridays on what to bring back, he's still bit absentminded when it comes to such stuff.

[Jennifer]

verykiasu2010:

As an ex-NJCian, I only wish to see NJC regain its former glory

I cant understand why producing a president scholar is so impt as in maintaining the glory of the sch. Is that really a good measurement of how successful the sch is? What abt producing responsible, honest, honourable young adults who care & contribute to the society, who do no white collared crimes for own selfish gains, etc? Pple like me :lol:

[dunnoleh]

Jennifer:

... I cant understand why producing a president scholar is so impt as in maintaining the glory of the sch. Is that really a good measurement of how successful the sch is? What abt producing responsible, honest, honourable young adults who care & contribute to the society, who do no white collared crimes for own selfish gains, etc? Pple like me :lol:

:lol: really? :lol: but I cannot agree more with what you say here.

A strong academic standing will make earning a living more comfortable, but even more important is to earn a living honourably.

[dunnoleh]

Strparent:

Hi all,


Hope I have not opened a can of worms ...

you did not la.

[dunnoleh]

csc:

Only objective and constructive comments are deemed to be useful.

yup, and will make it easier for kiasuparents to find useful info, without having to wade through countless pages of @#%$@#^% to find that one item you were looking for.

But people are free to post anything here, what to do?

[csc]

Jennifer:

verykiasu2010:

As an ex-NJCian, I only wish to see NJC regain its former glory

I cant understand why producing a president scholar is so impt as in maintaining the glory of the sch. Is that really a good measurement of how successful the sch is? What abt producing responsible, honest, honourable young adults who care & contribute to the society, who do no white collared crimes for own selfish gains, etc? Pple like me :lol:

At least, so far, NJC does not produce 'CEOs' who make headlines for all the wrong reasons ????