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[chl72]

pebble:

chl72:

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Great, your girl must be doing quite well ! What CCA is she in ? Mine is in Gu Zheng .
I am starting to worry for my girl since she will be taking the PSLE next year...

Mine's a boy. :lol: He is doing ok in his class only :oops:
He is in International Chess and GuZheng too! But intend to withdraw from Guzheng next year, he prefer chess.

Oops sorry !
My boy is also in International Chess, what a coincidence :D[/quote]Pebble, it's ok! Looks like our kids have similar interest :lol: Do you know if their guzheng yesterday last lesson already? Or is it next week?

Just curious, how did your P5 girl cope this year? Mine is under a lot of stress Wondering if others also like him.

[underthesea]

Chl72,

How do u find ms zhang? I was quite surprised to hear she is given the top class for p5 at the beginning of the year.

[chl72]

underthesea:

Chl72,

How do u find ms zhang? I was quite surprised to hear she is given the top class for p5 at the beginning of the year.

Hi underthesea, just PM you!

[pebble]

chl72:

pebble:

[quote=\"chl72\"]
Mine's a boy. :lol: He is doing ok in his class only :oops:
He is in International Chess and GuZheng too! But intend to withdraw from Guzheng next year, he prefer chess.

Oops sorry !
My boy is also in International Chess, what a coincidence

Pebble, it's ok! Looks like our kids have similar interest :lol: Do you know if their guzheng yesterday last lesson already? Or is it next week?

Just curious, how did your P5 girl cope this year? Mine is under a lot of stress Wondering if others also like him.[/quote]Yes, my girl said there will be Guzheng lesson next week.
Mine has a happy-go-lucky nature hence her stress came mainly from the assessments I gave and not being able to watch her favourite show 爱 during the exam period. But she did worry that she will get red ink in her report book if she didnt do well.

Your boy is in a very competitive class with high expectation so I believe the teacher must have exerted alot of pressure on them. I have a neighbour's boy who is in 5-8 and he is feeling stressful and worried as well . Just have to keep encouraging them to work hard .. 加油！

[mrswongtuition]

My students from 5-8 and 5-7 are very stressed because of the competitiveness in the class. I’ve witnessed it myself (how they ask each other about results and their reactions). The kids themselves will request for extra challenging questions to work on.


Those from other classes seem more carefree. Some are motivated to do very well so that they will not end up in those classes again. Some are just ‘going with the flow’.

In fact, there are a few classes in which the parents are very upset with the teacher because practically nothing is taught in class.

Pebble, at least your girl is still worried. I have some students who are very proud when they fail papers! Still dare to tell the parents that they are not the worst in class despite failing!

[pebble]

mrswongtuition:

My students from 5-8 and 5-7 are very stressed because of the competitiveness in the class. I've witnessed it myself (how they ask each other about results and their reactions). The kids themselves will request for extra challenging questions to work on.

I know what you meant coz I have seen those reactions on my neighbour's boy face when he compared results with my girl and when my girl's results were the same or even beat him by a few marks in some subjects on a few occassions. But I think it's good if the kid has the kiasuism in him so he will strive to do better the next time round.

[underthesea]

Sometimes i wonder is it the pupils themselves are competitive or the teacher. My girl is in 4-10, her FT is super kiasu type, always compare her class with the top class, 4-11. But the FT for 4-11 never do that. I don’t like this teacher but many parents requested their kids to be with this teacher should their kids make it to 5-11 next year. To me, too much comparison will make the pupils very tired and lost the fun of learning.

[chl72]

Prefer DS's last year's FT... One of DS's classmates also said that she teaches more clearly and made sure they understood her lesson and i can see that DS really enjoyed learning. Unike this yr, my boy like dreaming most of the time. :stupid: Perhaps he did not fine tune his 'frequency' to match his FT's. :lol:

Hopefully, Mrs Aw will teach his class next yr.

[underthesea]

Better pray hard, as far as I know, p5 & p6 will be have the same FT.

My p6 boy got the same FT for 3 years!

[chl72]

Hi all, International chess going to 'close shop' next year!