Petition to Review the Singapore Education System
-
Hi Brenda10,
You’re welcome. I think what’s most important in Sec 1 is the support and encouragement from parents and the determination of the child. Parents have to help the kid in time management and also to assure him that it is normal to see a drop in grades. That will happen with the leap from primary to secondary school, regardless of which school you’re in. The child also has to learn to ask when in doubt. Secondary school teachers aren’t going to spoonfeed and they expect you to take responsibility for your own actions. If you don’t want to study or hand up your homework, they’re not going to hound you. So be responsible for your own studies, ask and clarify when in doubt. -
jtoh
Yes. If unsure, 0-level route in a 2-track IP school is the most ideal.
Popular courses require sparkling A-level grades. -
Thanks edureach.
-
jtoh:
Just wondering if they are doing this with normal efforts or sacrificing a lot to achieve this? I know many kids are able to pull out stellar results but at what price? If the price is nothing, then I would say there is no issue at all, case closed.
I agree. The majority are able to adjust and thrive. In fact, I would say that most of the kids have no problems adjusting to the system and some of the top scorers continue to pull out top scores from their hats, scoring GPAs of 3.8-4.0.sall:
Well said! Jtoh.
But only a very small minority has this problem. The rest will adjust to the new way of learning and thrive in it.
-
hi jtoh, I believe that many educators will agree with me when I say that all learning programs especially IP program and those genius programs at primary level are largely dependent on if your child is willing to enter as well as the learning style of the child.
If he/she has been resistant to study and spend most of his time "mugging" for those grades, then as parents you must seriously consider opting out for the child. These programs tend to expect the students to be self-motivated independent learners who find joy doing research and engaging in lengthly in depth discussions. -
Chenonceau,
just read ur petition n brief.
Whilst I support d sentiments u expressed, in particular dat children shd hv a childhood besides studies, I don’t get where u r going with chasing d bell curve.
For d purpose of PSLE results computation n sec school placement, d normal distribution curve seems like d most appropriate statistical model to use. D computed T scores do not matter across PSLE cohorts, but only distributes within each cohort , so why do u say it’s chasing d bell curve? Each cohort's bell curve is self limiting.
Maybe u can re-phrase dat to put ur idea across clearer?
:celebrate: -
\"I think it is necessary for teachers to teach, whether the students have tuition or not.\"
I totally agree.... it seem now it is a norm that most students have tuition & they go to school knowing most of the stuff & they are not shy to tell the teacher that they already know but what about the small minority that do not go for tuition (my gal is an example) & are keen & attend school to learn ............The teacher or at least, my gal teacher or puting it correctly in our case, a trainee teacher choose to listen to the mass and do minimum teaching or teaching at 'light speed' ... like covering (not even teaching) 3 Maths topics in 3 wks... she came home more confused than enlightened :frustrated: so what to do .... have to take up the teaching job ourselves ....
Well, I am crossing my fingers :xedfingers: that now we have a new Education Minister & with the petition, some change will be underway and she can still benefit in our world class education system.
-
Chenonceau:
Chenonceau, could it be that the student from the \"premium\" school did better during the interviews or had better CCA/leadership record? I remember reading one of your posts regarding your god-daughter. If not mistaken, you said she did not do as well as she had hoped for her exams, but managed to win a scholarship due to her performance at the interviews. Sorry to bring this up, but that does show academic results is not the only factor considered by the selection panel.What about the current situation where a student from \"not premium\" school has a Perfect Score but is pipped for a scholarship by a student from a \"premium\" school with a less than perfect score? I have seen it happen.
Not a few non-premium schools produce perfect scores too. How come they are not best compared to the perfect scores from premium schools? The scholar selection process has some degree of subjectivity, and when you come from a premium school and take part in the opportunities provided by the premium school, it plays in your favour.
In some cases, family background would also determine which 2 candidates get the scholarship. All things equal, the less well-off one is more likely to get scholarship. -
ksi:
Students put in a lot of time and effort, but they learned a lot during this process, and as long as they enjoy it, it is worth the sacrifice. IP schools also prepare them for the working world.
Just wondering if they are doing this with normal efforts or sacrificing a lot to achieve this? I know many kids are able to pull out stellar results but at what price? If the price is nothing, then I would say there is no issue at all, case closed. -
MummyThreeStreams:
In my DD's case, I have seen her teachers calling out to parents not to get their children to complete worksheets that were given out but not yet taught in school. I presume there are some parents who do that... so who is stressing who up? :lol:
My cousin's daughter who studies in a highly competitive primary school faced the same problem. most of her classmates had tuition so the teacher didn't teach! My cousin's daughter kept begging her mum for tuition. My cousin stood her ground, spoke to the teacher, and her daughter ended up having one-on-one \"tuition\" from her teacher.zeemimi:
I've come across teachers who ask their students whether they have tuition or not. More often, they don't teach much, giving the excuse that their students already know. However, there are students who do not have tuition (like mine) and these suffer to some degree because their peers already know the stuff and hence their teacher don't teach them.
I do not send my kids for tuition because i believe the school teachers should be teaching. During my \"era\" more than 20 years ago, only weaker students go for tuition. Going for tuition was not something to boast about. I believe that should still be the case today, but alas it is not so. :slapshead:
I think it is necessary for teachers to teach, whether the students have tuition or not. This is a vicious cycle. I resist sending my kids for tuition, but if the school teachers are not going to teach properly, i'll have to send them for tuition or teach them myself. \"Hello teacher, can you share your pay with me?\" :evil:
So what are our school teachers doing? :? If they teach properly, I don't have to send my kids for tuition.
Hello! It looks like you're interested in this conversation, but you don't have an account yet.
Getting fed up of having to scroll through the same posts each visit? When you register for an account, you'll always come back to exactly where you were before, and choose to be notified of new replies (either via email, or push notification). You'll also be able to save bookmarks and upvote posts to show your appreciation to other community members.
With your input, this post could be even better 💗
Register Login