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    "branded" sch vs neighbourhood sch

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    • enneE Offline
      enne
      last edited by

      mommyNg:

      Ha ha, like dat I have to go around many brand name schools and start looking whether their management carry handphones or not !!!

      😉
      hahahaha :lol:

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      • janet88J Offline
        janet88
        last edited by

        KSP:
        Angelight:

        I'm currently in a dilemna whether to send my DD to an elite or neighborhood primary school.


        If the parents are old boy/girl of an elite pri sch it is almost certain to get a place there.

        By putting your child there your grandchildren will have the advantage over others as well (provided the system remain unchanged).

        Yup, if this Phase 2A system doesn't change, then our grandchildren will get to enjoy the privilege of extending the 'legacy' of going to the schools their daddy and mummy once attended.

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          Chenonceau
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          mommyNg:
          Chenonceau:



          I am not comfortable sharing with people I don't know personally. So sorry. You can make your own assessments by looking at school management.

          So very sorry....

          Ha ha, like dat I have to go around many brand name schools and start looking whether their management carry handphones or not !!!

          😉

          😄 :lol: No need lah... go check out THE ONE you are affiliated to, and if it's bad, then check out the neighbourhood ones. Look at their PSLE results and feel the mood of the teachers, and look at the various school initiatives. Observe the Principal.

          Besides, the last I heard, the dinosaur has been retired (but not before inflicting lasting damage on at least 6 generations of PSLE cohorts) and left a management mess, and low staff morale for the next person to clean up.

          I'm not saying brand name schools are bad. I am saying that there is no difference. A brand name school can be lousy. It depends on the management at that point in time... and there are many excellent neighbourhood schools (there are also bad ones) which would go to great lengths to help your bright kid get into RI, if only because they wanna prove that they can. Some brand name schools dun have to prove anything because they're living in the past... and are always asking for donations of one sort or other.

          In secondary school, my daughter was put in an accelerated talent development program. More than half her class came from neighbourhood schools. If brand name schools are so good, then why are the best in a top secondary school from neighbourhood primary schools with weird names?

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          • M Offline
            Mum1113
            last edited by

            Chenonceau:


            Most parents go for brand name primary schools without looking at school management. There are at least TWO brand name primary schools that are AWFUL because they had dinosaurs in management. People who didn't even carry handphones. This sort of management damages teacher's morale, and when teachers are unhappy, your child will be poorly educated.
            chance upon this thread....dinosaurs :rotflmao: ....sorri no offense....but will my ds be called one as he's also in the same category...

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              Chenonceau
              last edited by

              Mum1113:
              Chenonceau:



              Most parents go for brand name primary schools without looking at school management. There are at least TWO brand name primary schools that are AWFUL because they had dinosaurs in management. People who didn't even carry handphones. This sort of management damages teacher's morale, and when teachers are unhappy, your child will be poorly educated.

              chance upon this thread....dinosaurs :rotflmao: ....sorri no offense....but will my ds be called one as he's also in the same category...

              You mean he doesn't carry handphone? :dancing:

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                Chenonceau:
                Mum1113:

                [quote=\"Chenonceau\"]

                Most parents go for brand name primary schools without looking at school management. There are at least TWO brand name primary schools that are AWFUL because they had dinosaurs in management. People who didn't even carry handphones. This sort of management damages teacher's morale, and when teachers are unhappy, your child will be poorly educated.

                chance upon this thread....dinosaurs :rotflmao: ....sorri no offense....but will my ds be called one as he's also in the same category...

                You mean he doesn't carry handphone? :dancing:[/quote]Yap, that makes him one right :rotflmao:

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                • janet88J Offline
                  janet88
                  last edited by

                  Hi Mum1113/Chenonceau,

                  Not all kids carry handphone lah…that doesn’t mean they are dinosaurs…but if adults don’t carry one, then I think they are. HaHaHa.

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                    Chenonceau
                    last edited by

                    Mum1113:
                    Chenonceau:

                    [quote=\"Mum1113\"]
                    chance upon this thread....dinosaurs :rotflmao: ....sorri no offense....but will my ds be called one as he's also in the same category...

                    You mean he doesn't carry handphone? :dancing:

                    Yap, that makes him one right :rotflmao:[/quote]

                    :rotflmao: It's ok to be a dino if you're still drinking Milo (and not in management). :rotflmao:

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                      Mum1113
                      last edited by

                      Chenonceau:

                      :rotflmao: It's ok to be a dino if you're still drinking Milo (and not in management). :rotflmao:
                      :laugh: ....at least he doesnt complain ...so I'm more than :dancing:

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                        INNOVATE
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                        At primary level, literally there’s no difference btw a branded one and a good neighbourhood. Leave out the argument for sec level as posting is based on merits.


                        In fact over the last decade, a number of popular primary schools have been pawned by the top neighbourhood ones consistently.

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