is it possible to make it without tuition

[Quintessential Mum]

phankao:

Quintessential Mum:

Dorcas Ang is good. He also has books on Vocabulary too. Look out for it.

Hmm... Dorcas is Female.

Thanks!

[sleepy]

Quintessential Mum:

lauren:

what is 'what's up‘？

thot reader digest is for adults?

It is a newspaper for school kids.
We introduced reader's digest in lower primary, Newsweek in upper primary and The Economist in secondary school. It is important to have an understanding of current global issues.

How to subscribe to that newspaper?
My dd's school only introduce red dot

[csc]

phankao:

Quintessential Mum:

Yes Yes Yes!!!! If you make sure that they have a good foundation in their core subjects from the start, it is possible! I refrained from jumping on the bandwagon and giving my DD tuition! It worked out fine for her - 4Astars at PSLE! One exception is Ch as my DH and I do not speak/write/read the language at all. Other than that, no tuition for Eng/Maths/Science. I do not want my DD to rely on tuition as i prefer her to set out her own study schedule, develop good study habits, learn to make her own notes, identify her own weak areas and look for ways to overcome it etc. She needs to develop these thinking and decision making skills now and it will be useful for later in life. :lol:

How about no tuition and no help from parents? Just rely on the school to prepare them for PSLE .... can excel too, I hope!

It works for my children's case...but I must qualify...minimum help from parents..

However, it depends on how proactive the school is in helping to prepare the students for the psle..

In my children's primary school, the teachers even went to the extent of preparing them for the oral...they had oral practice for ten weeks
I am truly grateful to them!

[24hr-mum]

wow. so gd. i realised even in the same sch, it depends on which teacher ur child get. some teachers are lousy even if in a top sch


i thot just get them read the straits times or new paper can already

[corneyAmber]

I think it is possible too…and it depends on the expectation of "make it"

[janet88]

Hi Quinessential Mum,

It’s very scary looking at how popular tuition/enrichment centres are.
I find it hard to speak or read CL at home…so son has tuition for that subject since K2. It’s best not to rely on tutors but I don’t have a choice.
However, I’m the one who is making notes & planning time-table for my son…though I hope to pass this responsibility to him slowly.

His teachers do help them prepare for Oral…for how long, I have no idea. Very grateful for that.

[csc]

ksi:

I think it is possible too...and it depends on the expectation of \"make it\"

agree with this. first, we have to define the meaning of 'make it'... it may be different for individual parents :lol:

[atutor2001]

csc:

ksi:

I think it is possible too...and it depends on the expectation of \"make it\"

agree with this. first, we have to define the meaning of 'make it'... it may be different for individual parents :lol:

Just to share. The needs of our kids changes as they grow. In Pr, we gave 100% coaching and guidance. At Sec and JC, they were totally on their own (I also no no how to teach). After JC, I made a big mistake in not providing guidance on uni application. To get to good uni, good results alone is not enough. Because of that my poor eldest kid suffered. For my 2nd kid, 100% coaching on uni application and interview - luckily we did that.

[corneyAmber]

atutor2001:

csc:

[quote=\"ksi\"]I think it is possible too...and it depends on the expectation of \"make it\"

agree with this. first, we have to define the meaning of 'make it'... it may be different for individual parents :lol:

Just to share. The needs of our kids changes as they grow. In Pr, we gave 100% coaching and guidance. At Sec and JC, they were totally on their own (I also no no how to teach). After JC, I made a big mistake in not providing guidance on uni application. To get to good uni, good results alone is not enough. Because of that my poor eldest kid suffered. For my 2nd kid, 100% coaching on uni application and interview - luckily we did that.[/quote]Hmm...current day kids have it easy for parents to coach. During our time, we find out everything and coach ourselves to gain admission. By uni, I hope I can let go and let her fend for herself. If not, if she does not work in a good company, she may think I do not coach her for the interview. Just my 2 cents on when I will let go....

[Trapwithin]

verykiasu2010:

lauren:

is it possible to make it to good psle grades without tuition, if the mum is homemaker, can teach, and just buy gd bks to work on?

maybe just go for compo class only cos hard to teach compo

possible

but you need to understand the following :

based on day to day teaching and the topics at hand, you may be able to get by and showing good / high marks

assuming everyone in the class is equally good, then how to differentiate between them who is ahead ? extend this to the larger cohort in Singapore instead of the class in school -- there will be many equally good !!! so it boils down to how many careless mistakes one makes during the PSLE exam day.

hence the kiasu syndrome of tuitions to hopefully help the smart kids to master enough skills and experience (all types of questions on the same topics) to score high high / full marks at PSLE - as it is a placement exam and your hope is to be placed ahead of others.

tuition is thus a necessary evil for the purpose of placement, not for the purpose of learning a subject for a reasonably smart kid

Well said :goodpost: