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janet_lee88:

Brenda10:

[quote=\"Chenonceau\"]It is possible that only P5 and P6 parents can understand me... The gap between exam requirements and school teaching (or lack thereof) becomes really obvious in P5 and P6.

Yes, we can understand. :hugs:

Yes, I believe only parents of P5 and P6 will understand exactly what you mean...the jump is that great at this level. The lack of teaching in schools is really making me very frustrated. Hey MOE, are you there ? If you are, please listen to our problems and do something !!![/quote]Janet,
Quickly Hop Down to See MP at the RC's Meet the Residents Session!
Still Can Make it Before the Election ....
Sure to Listen to U One!
Think Mrs Yu-Foo is in on the 3rd Week of Every Month at Toh Yi Gdn ....
Can't remember if it's Wed or Thu ....

Maybe Can Check with Bro php ....

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Brenda10:

Funx3:

[quote=\"Brenda10\"]Ha Ha. So long as the \"toto\" number announce is between 26- 30 then quite safe lah. :rotflmao:

Ha Ha ....
U Mean Total is 30 Marks for MCQ -ah? Never Register in My BLUR Mind ....
I Actually Just Ask, \" How Many WRONG?\"

We talk in 'number of questions' lah. If number '30' come out, then can :dancing: :dancing:[/quote]See How BLUR I am ....
Must :salute: U!
So KSP out there, Better Not Follow Me Bad Example ....
Ha Ha ....


By the Way, Me And My Gal Often Goes :dancing: :dancing:
As Long As the Score for How Many Wrong is 5 or Less ....
If Strike Toto 30, Both of us Will Close Shop for the Day and Waltz out to MacDonald's for Ice Cream -liao!
Ha Ha ....

[Chenonceau]

insider:

When my daughter has her own kid going to primary school, the maths are likely to be taught in a different pattern again. She just has to re-learn and then move on instead of thinking about 'why so different from my time', 'why so drastic changes' and 'why so difficult'. Kids are getting smarter and so the difficulty level may also therefore increase.

Ummm... we pay taxes. Taxes fund schools. If standards go up, then MOE needs to up the standards of pedagogy. Why should it be acceptable that parents pick up the slack to bridge the difficulty levels? Of course... we can do it. I have no doubt that our family can manage Math... not sure about Chinese but we will try. We help him... it can be done. But not every daddy or mommy is educated enough to pull this off. Schools must pick up the slack, not parents. Else, it won't be a level playing field.

Should we now become a nation of homeschoolers because parents need to learn so we can teach? What are schools for?

For me, this is a hot election issue. Whichever the politician can relate to this, has my vote. The system cannot assume that kids have help from parents/tutors. Smart kids from poor families with uneducated parents will no longer have their ticket out of poverty.

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Chenonceau:

insider:

When my daughter has her own kid going to primary school, the maths are likely to be taught in a different pattern again. She just has to re-learn and then move on instead of thinking about 'why so different from my time', 'why so drastic changes' and 'why so difficult'. Kids are getting smarter and so the difficulty level may also therefore increase.

Ummm... we pay taxes. Taxes fund schools. If standards go up, then MOE needs to up the standards of pedagogy. Why should it be acceptable that parents pick up the slack to bridge the difficulty levels? Of course... we can do it. I have no doubt that our family can manage Math... not sure about Chinese but we will try.

We help him... no sweat. But not every daddy or mommy is educated enough to pull this off. Schools must pick up the slack, not parents. Else, it won't be a level playing field.

Should we now become a nation of homeschoolers because parents need to learn so we can teach? What are schools for?

For me, this is a hot election issue. Whichever the politician can relate to this, has my vote.

Wah, Should Announce BIG-BIG in Straits Time ....
KSP Parents' VOTES R Very Wide-Based -le!
Then Somebody in Power will DROP in for Special Appearance?

[Sun_2010]

Chenonceau:

Mine only did 4. Worse, the compo comes back without marks for English... And without comments for Chinese. He doesn't know what he did wrong or can improve.

Chenonceau, but just wanted to comment on this as it may be the reason too
DD'd teacher would do this too. No marking for compos done at home. The reason being - there are some who take generous help from tutors, some who take their own sweet time to do etc. So marking would not be a proper reflection.

Maybe you followed up with the teacher...

[JRLam]

Chenonceau:

smurf:

Hi Chenonceau,


Very well said. I hope the people (gar men) get to read your post. You write really very well.

HaHa, Can u represent us to put our view across to who-and-who in MOE? What is the lady MP's name who is chairing the topic about reviewing school education system?

You have the best EL to put across the points clearly. We will be more than willing to sign the petition!

[JRLam]

insider:

The first time I came across using models to solve maths was about 17 years ago when my eldest nephew began his primary school. I learnt the 'new' maths during that 6 years while coaching him in his studies (he stayed in my house taken care by my parents).


I don't remember teaching him unit transfer at that time, but when my daughter and son were in primary school (graduated 7 years and 5 years ago respectively), both definitely been through the 'unit transfer' system coz my daughter 'taught' me this first that later I taught my son.

So I think maybe is some schools teach and some schools don't...

Yes, I am sure some Ts teach these 'extra but very efficient methods' in more details than others, who may not teach them at all. As per every other topics, Ts are also fighting against time to finish teaching everything before exam. However, these extra methods are NOT that straightforward to comprehend, or at least, the questions could be designed in many different ways that just pure comprehension of the concept is just INSUFFICIENT to tackle all questions. So, yes, we are talking about to have enough time for TUTORIAL practices here, which sadly, is hardly there.

I must say for those cleverer/higher IQ students, or those who can grasp concepts very well + apply them, the short amount of time spent in teaching by their Ts is probably sufficient. Pity those who are the slightly above average, average or below average kids (anybody who is not GEP or in top 1-2 classes in the sch, or maybe 80% of total cohort!) TOTALLY catch no ball and even worse when there's insufficient time to practice :stupid:

[sleepy]

Chenonceau:

Should we now become a nation of homeschoolers because parents need to learn so we can teach? What are schools for?


For me, this is a hot election issue. Whichever the politician can relate to this, has my vote. The system cannot assume that kids have help from parents/tutors. Smart kids from poor families with uneducated parents will no longer have their ticket out of poverty.

:goodpost:

[Chenonceau]

Sun_2010:

Chenonceau:

Mine only did 4. Worse, the compo comes back without marks for English... And without comments for Chinese. He doesn't know what he did wrong or can improve.

Chenonceau, but just wanted to comment on this as it may be the reason too
DD'd teacher would do this too. No marking for compos done at home. The reason being - there are some who take generous help from tutors, some who take their own sweet time to do etc. So marking would not be a proper reflection.

Maybe you followed up with the teacher...

Hey... thanks for your perspective. I didn't think of this. So I worried. You have really helped set my mind at rest.

[Chenonceau]

JRLam:

Chenonceau:

[quote=\"smurf\"]Hi Chenonceau,


Very well said. I hope the people (gar men) get to read your post. You write really very well.

HaHa, Can u represent us to put our view across to who-and-who in MOE? What is the lady MP's name who is chairing the topic about reviewing school education system?

You have the best EL to put across the points clearly. We will be more than willing to sign the petition![/quote]Hah... really ah... But I very chicken one leh... Only can write. Can't do much else... Need to consider this a bit.