"branded" sch vs neighbourhood sch

[Funz]

My views for secondary school. If my kids results allow them to go to a so called ‘branded’ school, I will definitely send them there. Kids who can make it to those schools are supposedly of a certain calibre so the influence from their peers in their academic pursuit will be more positive (depending on how you see it).


When I look at a school, academic position will weigh in first before all else. Character influence, elitism or gangsterism, yes, peers do play a part but I believe the stronger influence will always be home and upbringing.

[Augmum]

Chenonceau:

Augmum:

[quote=\"Chenonceau\"]
The teachers aren't necessarily better though. But the curriculum is strong. There are one or 2 very ambitious ones who see the girls as a passport to their own promotions... and there was one who taught NOTHING the whole year, but no one knew because the girls in that class were really very good in that subject already. No need to teach.

my observation is that not necessarily ALL Good results of pupils come from the credit of Good teachers.
pupils gain external help from tuition/enrichment.

Yah lor...[/quote] :hi5:
i remembered when my gal was in primary school, (she was in one of the best class)
during one of the parent-teacher meetings, her FT told me
\"This class no need me to teach wan, all of them already know the topics well b4 i start\".
and the fact is that \"the most lazy teacher\" was assigned to the BEST class...... :lol:

[jtoh]

Augmum:

Chenonceau:

[quote=\"Augmum\"]
my observation is that not necessarily ALL Good results of pupils come from the credit of Good teachers.
pupils gain external help from tuition/enrichment.

Yah lor...

:hi5:
i remembered when my gal was in primary school, (she was in one of the best class)
during one of the parent-teacher meetings, her FT told me
\"This class no need me to teach wan, all of them already know the topics well b4 i start\".
and the fact is that \"the most lazy teacher\" was assigned to the BEST class...... :lol: [/quote]The problem is sometimes the kids know the topics beforehand because they were taught it in tuition centres. So the teacher assumes everyone knows and doesn't teach. And the poor kids who don't have tuition struggle to cope on their own when the teacher should have been teaching.

[Chenonceau]

jtoh:

The problem is sometimes the kids know the topics beforehand because they were taught it in tuition centres. So the teacher assumes everyone knows and doesn't teach. And the poor kids who don't have tuition struggle to cope on their own when the teacher should have been teaching.

:goodpost:

[SAHM_TAN]

jtoh:

The problem is sometimes the kids know the topics beforehand because they were taught it in tuition centres. So the teacher assumes everyone knows and doesn't teach. And the poor kids who don't have tuition struggle to cope on their own when the teacher should have been teaching.

Although it's no excuse for a teacher not to teach, but did we create this situation? My friend was in the branded school 30yrs ago, then tuition was not common, she recalled having lots of interesting lessons. But now the same branded school has students (past and present) saying the teachers do not teach.

[jtoh]

SAHM_TAN:

jtoh:

The problem is sometimes the kids know the topics beforehand because they were taught it in tuition centres. So the teacher assumes everyone knows and doesn't teach. And the poor kids who don't have tuition struggle to cope on their own when the teacher should have been teaching.

Although it's no excuse for a teacher not to teach, but did we create this situation? My friend was in the branded school 30yrs ago, then tuition was not common, she recalled having lots of interesting lessons. But now the same branded school has students (past and present) saying the teachers do not teach.

That's the problem when we have kiasu parents and kids. It's an upward cycle and kids who do not understand the lesson because the teacher didn't teach end up asking the parents for tuition.

[jtoh]

insider:

My son is pleased with his O level results obtained in his neighbourhood sec school.


Tonight over the dinner, he told me he will buy chocolate as gifts for his 'selected' teachers from Sec 1 to Sec 4, to thank them for keep encouraging him (despite he quite 'naughty' kind in school).

He enjoyed himself thoroughly in his sec school life - great friends, sports and society, and quite a group of caring teachers (of course some bad ones too but those bad ones he said just yawn and forget about it).

He definitely has more favourable memories as compared to his sister's 'elite' secondary school life with more snob friends and teachers...

That's great. I have teacher friends who refuse to be posted to the branded schools because they feel that neighbourhood kids deserve good teachers more.

[janet88]

I know of someone who was posted to a girls’school as a teacher…she couldn’t get used to the politics of the principal and her group of ‘pets’. The hours were long and meetings were so frequent. Another friend also faced the same problem, this time had to deal with demanding and snobbish parents as well. They both transferred to a neighbourhood school.

[Yerdua]

Whether branded or neighborhood sch,

they will have their fair share of good and bad teachers.

If you have the chance to enroll in a branded sch,
go ahead.

For many others, including myself,
even if we want to,
we hve no chance, despite writing in to offer services etc…

And in this case, we will then make the best out of
the neighborhood sch our child is in…

[kiasu2011]

IMO , branded school have more resources than neighbourhood school.they have more variety of cca , whereas neighbourhood school have limited choice of cca. nowadays, cca is important when your child go dsa or secondary . so parents also need check wat cca tat the school offer. Branded school or neighbourhood school, they only concentrate on the few class to score well for PSLE . so if your child do well in neighbourhood school ,the child will also have a lot opportunity to go inter school competition and enrichment course.