Teach Less, Learn More

[buds]

janet_lee88:

BTW, half of my $600 spent liao...pamper myself on a Coach bag as birthday present.

Hope your day was good.
You sure need it since most days
you're onz.. today.. hopefully was offz.

janet_lee88:

My birthday is actually next Tue...son has oral that day, so will go out in the morning to soak in some retail therapy. I will definitely ask him to get me something...hahaha. Something tangible.

Must ask arh? http://www.easyfreesmileys.com/facebook-smileys.html

[smurf]

Erm, boy leh, different from gals hor…boys can be erm forgetful, not so thoughtful, meticulous, etc…

[janet88]

buds:

janet_lee88:

BTW, half of my $600 spent liao...pamper myself on a Coach bag as birthday present.

Hope your day was good.
You sure need it since most days
you're onz.. today.. hopefully was offz.

janet_lee88:

My birthday is actually next Tue...son has oral that day, so will go out in the morning to soak in some retail therapy. I will definitely ask him to get me something...hahaha. Something tangible.

Must ask arh? http://www.easyfreesmileys.com/facebook-smileys.html

Not ask, but remind subtly. hahaha

[teh_oh]

Hi Chenonceau,

I read your blog on your child's chinese language learning journey with interest. Interestingly, in one of your entry, you wrote:
FLAW FOUR
Grandma worked harder than Little Boy. If a student is to learn more, the Teacher must teach less.

Perhaps that is what MOE is trying to achieve? :lol:

[buds]

Wah.. :salute: Teh_oh doing research!

[corneyAmber]

teh_oh:

Hi Chenonceau,

I read your blog on your child's chinese language learning journey with interest. Interestingly, in one of your entry, you wrote:
FLAW FOUR
Grandma worked harder than Little Boy. If a student is to learn more, the Teacher must teach less.

Perhaps that is what MOE is trying to achieve? :lol:

Teh-oh, we have been discussing the idea is good and sound but the implementation is not sound, making a joke of this concept in the end, that's all.. If well implemented, this is definitely better than spoon- feeding style... But before we teach kids to fish, we must still teach the how-to fish even if we don't want to bring fishes to them. GWIM?

[buds]

Yah ksi.. so the teachers must eat the fish first to know which fish is good.


If not, that's where parents give the fishy teachers the FISH! :heresmyfish:


:rotflmao:

[corneyAmber]

buds:

Yah ksi.. so the teachers must eat the fish first to know which fish is good.


If not, that's where parents give the fishy teachers the FISH! :heresmyfish:


:rotflmao:

Yalor....you said it!!!

:rotflmao:

[janet88]

I’m in the midst of deciding on group tuition or one-to-one Maths. Petrol/time and convenience/teaching method play a BIG part in our decision. If school teachers can do their job well, I wouldn’t need to have this headache of outsourcing Maths. :x

[BeContented]

janet_lee88:

I'm in the midst of deciding on group tuition or one-to-one Maths. Petrol/time and convenience/teaching method play a BIG part in our decision. If school teachers can do their job well, I wouldn't need to have this headache of outsourcing Maths. :x

To me, if the child is weak in basics/foundation, 1-1 or class with small ratio is better so that the child can receive sufficient attention and build up his understanding and confidence. However, would need to really check that the teacher/mentor can really teach concept and not just recognizing methods/formulas.

Personally, after my failed attempt with my DD, I saw how DH did it. I was impressed and sold to the idea that must teach concept.....but it's a skill that I could not master. There are simply too many teachers in the market, how good are they I dun know.....hence must really verify properly.