Maris Stella High School

[blitz]

skyjuice:

DS told me his friends in 2A, whose compo usually not so great, got 18 and 21!! Before the CT, DS said the seniors had warned that Mrs Jeya marked stricltly but this is overboard.


In DS's primary school, compos were marked by 2 teachers and an average mark given as the final mark. Does anyone know is this the case in MS or sec schs for that matter? I wonder should we request for it? If not our boys' overall grade will suffer in this streaming year!

Skyjuice, did your ds pass his compo? My gripe is this thing about GCE standard of marking for English compo, and till now, no one has been able to give me an answer as to whether it is true that for single title topics, personal recounts are not allowed.

[skyjuice]

Hi Blitz,


Nope. DS did not pass. Teacher said he used too many techniques and wrote too long. DS committed the same mistake and wrote a personal recount too. You might want to email HOD EL abt the GCE standard.

Just PM you too.

[blitz]

Hey Skyjuice. Have PMed you back.

[headache1969]

Heard about MSHS macbook programme. The students flip their macbook during classes and the teacher are able to interact with the students Mac screens as part of carrying out the lessons.

[S-H]

blitz:

Skyjuice, did your ds pass his compo? My gripe is this thing about GCE standard of marking for English compo, and till now, no one has been able to give me an answer as to whether it is true that for single title topics, personal recounts are not allowed.

My DS did pass but only passed at boarder line! His compos usually are not bad and he is upset with his mark. I think Mrs Jeya is really overboard, we must do something before is too late!

[blitz]

S-H:

blitz:

Skyjuice, did your ds pass his compo? My gripe is this thing about GCE standard of marking for English compo, and till now, no one has been able to give me an answer as to whether it is true that for single title topics, personal recounts are not allowed.

My DS did pass but only passed at boarder line! His compos usually are not bad and he is upset with his mark. I think Mrs Jeya is really overboard, we must do something before is too late!

At least your ds passed.

I spoke to Mrs Jeya to clarify about the comment on GCE standard of marking, and she said she didnt want the boys to write out of context, which is why she said for single title topic cannot do personal recount.
She also mentioned that she was upset by my email, that I was harsh in my email.

I went through my email and found nothing harsh about it. It was a straightforward query on the standard of marking for GCE O level for english compo, of which I also sent the same email to MOE.

[S-H]

blitz:

S-H:

[quote=\"blitz\"]Skyjuice, did your ds pass his compo? My gripe is this thing about GCE standard of marking for English compo, and till now, no one has been able to give me an answer as to whether it is true that for single title topics, personal recounts are not allowed.

My DS did pass but only passed at boarder line! His compos usually are not bad and he is upset with his mark. I think Mrs Jeya is really overboard, we must do something before is too late!

At least your ds passed.

I spoke to Mrs Jeya to clarify about the comment on GCE standard of marking, and she said she didnt want the boys to write out of context, which is why she said for single title topic cannot do personal recount.
She also mentioned that she was upset by my email, that I was harsh in my email.

I went through my email and found nothing harsh about it. It was a straightforward query on the standard of marking for GCE O level for english compo, of which I also sent the same email to MOE.[/quote]She said your email was harsh and made her upset, then what about the nasty comments she made on the boys compos, didn't she think that these comments also will make the boys discourage and upset :x

[jtoh]

blitz:

S-H:

[quote=\"blitz\"]Skyjuice, did your ds pass his compo? My gripe is this thing about GCE standard of marking for English compo, and till now, no one has been able to give me an answer as to whether it is true that for single title topics, personal recounts are not allowed.

My DS did pass but only passed at boarder line! His compos usually are not bad and he is upset with his mark. I think Mrs Jeya is really overboard, we must do something before is too late!

At least your ds passed.

I spoke to Mrs Jeya to clarify about the comment on GCE standard of marking, and she said she didnt want the boys to write out of context, which is why she said for single title topic cannot do personal recount.
She also mentioned that she was upset by my email, that I was harsh in my email.

I went through my email and found nothing harsh about it. It was a straightforward query on the standard of marking for GCE O level for english compo, of which I also sent the same email to MOE.[/quote]She was probably upset with you sending a copy of the letter to MOE.

[cimman]

The Macbook is just a tool. A Windows notebook would do just as well. If your child has an interest in computers, as long as it’s a computer, he will pick up the interest. I personally feel that a Windows computer is more appropriate because in the corporate world, Windows is widely used.

The Apple computers are only used in specialized industry like the Media industry.

Best to train our kids on what the corporate world uses.

[silver88]

I managed to request for a meeting for PTM on Thursday and went to DS school on Friday. I overheard a lot of parents complaining that the meeting being very disorganize. I guess the teachers are interested to see only parents whom DS is not doing well and not interested about the rest. Apparently, the teachers don’t even know the boys. I was shock to learn about this because if the teachers have no idea who the boy is, how is he/she going to feedback about the boy?