Teach Less, Learn More

[Chenonceau]

Funx3:

Chenonceau:

Now, can we go back to goofing around? I need to goof around with someone 'cos I am still stressed by SA1.

The brighter side of things though... is that I have made it to Brown Belt. That's a little closer to Grandmaster :lol: .

Ha Ha ....
It's Good To See U Back to Good Spirit Again!
Congrats to Reaching Brown Belt ....
Am Sure in a Short While U'll Be knocking on the Door, to be Welcomed with :grphug: into the GrandMaster Club!
Cheers!
:lol: :lol:

:celebrate: :thankyou:

[Chenonceau]

QuiteKSMum:

Hi All,


A sudden idea occurred to me - those who are afftected by schs' \"policy\" of setting tests/papers on as yet \"unlearned\" topics - instead of feedback to MOE ( still can do concurrently thou), why not give feedback to the school advisory board first...much closer to home ground...

Just my 2 cts again...

:celebrate:

Hmmm... this makes sense eh? Maybe this is not every school's practice. I had thought every school the same... but that really may not be. Hmmm... a thought. :idea:

[Chenonceau]

Vevey:

Oh ya, shld merge the threads. Think I'd missed THAT \"stimulation\".

You're roaming the forum looking for stimulation? :politebleah: Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Vevey:

However, I know of a friend who 1 2 engage a pte, 1-1 tutor to improve her P1 kid's Maths from 93/100 to ??? & another parent who send his kid to 3 prestigious tuition centres for the SAME subjects. (No joke! I also tot I heard wrongly the 1st time, when my friend who is 1 of his tutors, told us. :lol: )

*Gulp* :faint: :siao: Poor kid!! Yeah... I think balance is important too. Sundays are play days. Lately, with the volume and the difficulty of the syllabus, I have had to give occasional unplanned play days just for him to de-stress. Now that we are nearing exams, we're getting less and less intense. After Saturday, we prolly won't be working anymore on school stuff. Whether prepared or not prepared, the 2 days before exams are play days too.

Otherwise, I may have an academically excellent son but he may be a mental case too.

[QuiteKSMum]

Chenonceau wrote :[quote]He is a very serious and conscientious boy and is used to scoring in the 90s. He is not used to 70-ish kind of marks... and so he cried after he marked his practice exam. That upset me...

[/quote]Rem for P6 Maths SA1, son didn't do as well as he expected (low 80s - he's used to 90s for Maths). Even before I knew the marks, I alrdy knew something was not right - on that day, when I reached his sch to pick him up, saw his body language was not the usual one - his shoulders were slumped; he looked defeated. As a mother, when I saw this, my heart alrdy \"pained\"... When he told me his results, I reassured him....how to \"scold\" when you see that your child was alrdy so depressed himself...? In the end, DH (as his Maths tutor) had to comfort him....& he cheered up after a while...but this \"incident\" made him work even harder for his Maths... :celebrate:

[Chenonceau]

QuiteKSMum:

- his shoulders were slumped; he looked defeated. As a mother, when I saw this, my heart alrdy \"pained\"...

Yes... oh yes... oh yes... This is exactly what I find hard to cope with too. I can't help remembering him as a toddler so carefree and cheeky and always happy... always with a plane in his hand zooming away. That was the background noise in our house for a few years.

[janet88]

QuiteKSMum:

Chenonceau wrote :[quote]He is not used to 70-ish kind of marks... and so he cried after he marked his practice exam. That upset me...

Rem for P6 Maths SA1, son didn't do as well as he expected (low 80s - he's used to 90s for Maths). Even before I knew the marks, I alrdy knew something was not right - on that day, when I reached his sch to pick him up, saw his body language was not the usual one - his shoulders were slumped; he looked defeated. As a mother, when I saw this, my heart alrdy \"pained\"... When he told me his results, I reassured him....how to \"scold\" when you see that your child was alrdy so depressed himself...? In the end, DH (as his Maths tutor) had to comfort him....& he cheered up after a while...but this \"incident\" made him work even harder for his Maths... :celebrate:[/quote]Mummies have to become motivational speakers and use more TLC (tender loving care) when kids move to upper pri. Told my son if I don't see effort put in for his exam, I will be very mad :rant: but if he works hard and results are still poor, we will understand.

[Funx3]

janet_lee88:

QuiteKSMum:

Chenonceau wrote :[quote]He is not used to 70-ish kind of marks... and so he cried after he marked his practice exam. That upset me...

Rem for P6 Maths SA1, son didn't do as well as he expected (low 80s - he's used to 90s for Maths). Even before I knew the marks, I alrdy knew something was not right - on that day, when I reached his sch to pick him up, saw his body language was not the usual one - his shoulders were slumped; he looked defeated. As a mother, when I saw this, my heart alrdy \"pained\"... When he told me his results, I reassured him....how to \"scold\" when you see that your child was alrdy so depressed himself...? In the end, DH (as his Maths tutor) had to comfort him....& he cheered up after a while...but this \"incident\" made him work even harder for his Maths... :celebrate:

Mummies have to become motivational speakers and use more TLC (tender loving care) when kids move to upper pri. Told my son if I don't see effort put in for his exam, I will be very mad :rant: but if he works hard and results are still poor, we will understand.[/quote]Yeah, Think Our Kids R Quite \"Auto\" Already.
My Gal's Maths Drop from 80's to High 60's from P5 SA2 to P6 CA1.
But that's OK, as Long as She put in her Best Effort.

Can See that the Sch is already loading them with many Revision Exercises, Apart from teaching New Topics this Term. Am Sure She can Pull Her Socks up ....

I Only Provide Guidance, upon her Request.
I Don't See Anything Wrong in my Gal Getting A Few Big X on her Practice Papers, or HW.
Afterall, to Me, This is Part and Parcel of Learning in School ....
Make A Few Mistakes Here and There, Learn Why Got it Wrong, Do the Correction ....
That's How We Parents learnt in the PAST, Too, Right?

[smurf]

It’s sad right…a child with NO childhood…sigh…is this the kind of life we want for the kids??

[Chenonceau]

smurf:

It's sad right...a child with NO childhood...sigh...is this the kind of life we want for the kids??

Oh man! Here I go again! EXACTLY!!!!!

[Brenda10]

For us, after some hard work last year and thing is getting more smooth and easier this year