Pat's Schoolhouse

[LOLMum]

zeezzen:

I thought I was kiasu to want to enroll for my 6 months old baby. But I was not.... zZzzz... Most of the centres are full already Left me with only Raffles. Sad, preferred Halifax but they can only take in siblings and toddlers from Baby Haven...

same here. mine was six months old and the waiting list was longer than a roll of toilet papers. :faint: and i thought i was kiasu too at that time but realised i wasnt the only one.

if you want to put your child in a popular school, better check to see if u are able to register and put her on waiting list even if she is still in your tummy.

getting a place in popular schools, be it high end or neighbourhood, is getting very very difficult now and going forward.

[verykiasu2010]

:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: looks like the queue will start with the first ultra sound scan report ...... not six months after birth.


true to form, kiasu. please don't complain !! :stompfeet: :stompfeet: :stompfeet:

[LOLMum]

aiyoh, complain also must take queue no. cannot suka suka just complain.

with a certain group of firends, i realise that i need to give out q no. so that we could all take turns to complain and grumble........ otherwise i can wait till the cow comes home and still have yet to get a word out of my mouth.

:dancing: :dancing: :dancing:

[Kabby]

LOLMum:

aiyoh, complain also must take queue no. cannot suka suka just complain.

with a certain group of firends, i realise that i need to give out q no. so that we could all take turns to complain and grumble........ otherwise i can wait till the cow comes home and still have yet to get a word out of my mouth.

:dancing: :dancing: :dancing:

:rotflmao: :rotflmao:

[zeezzen]

i’m not complaining at all what! zZzzzzz…

[LOLMum]

zeezzen:

i'm not complaining at all what! zZzzzzz....

we know, relax lah........................ :evil: :evil: :evil:

[zeezzen]

okay okay... chill chill...

so where are your kids studying at? praying hard there's vacancy for us at buckley / halifax / claymore.....

[LOLMum]

mine already passed that stage - phew -


it was easy to get dd into a school but for ds who is 7 now, the waiting list was a :yikes: . now if i know a friend has a bun in the oven, my first advice is look for a school now. dont wait.

pat's was on our list too but decided to stick to another that put more emphasis on chinese.

all the best.

better start looking at primary school too. very kiasu.............

[zeezzen]

Oh, I know where I want to put him liao. I will need to do voluntary work at Nanyang Pri when he turns 4 years old… kiasu kiasu… haha! but no guarantee a place.

[Un-Kiasu Singaporean]

As Singaporeans would say "Wah-Lau" you all damn kiasu sia." What’s next do volunteer work at Pat’s Schoolhouse before you fall pregnant to guarantee ourselves a place. Talk about money can’t buy us everything. National pastime…queueing and complaining.


(Quoting Pink Floyd’s Song Another Brick In The Wall)

You, Yes You, Stand Still Laddie!
When we grew up and went to school, there were certain teachers who would hurt the children anyway they could by pouring their derision upon anything we did
exposing every weakness however carefully hidden by the kids.
But in the town it was well known that when they got home at night
their fat and psychopathic wives
Would thrash them within inches of their lives!
We don’t need no education
We don’t need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teacher! Leave them kids alone!
All in all it’s just another brick in the wall.
Wrong, Guess again!
If you don’t eat yer meat, you can’t have any pudding.
How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat yer meat?
You! Yes, you behind the bikesheds, stand still laddie!"

C’mon guys we didn’t have the posh, luxury strollers and boutique preschool education in our generation and we didn’t turn out so bad did we? The education system nowadays has turned our kids into book-smart but not life-smart kids with no resilience to handle daily life. So what if we’re number 1 in mandarin? Local kids can’t think outside the box and it’s a trait we continue our spoon-feeding and mugging through to our uni days.

If you can show me a local preschool that can rival the international systems I would like to see for myself. Finland for example is the No.1 in the World in Education. They value the importance of early childhood education and their early childhood educators have Masters degrees not O/A Level students on holiday jobs. Teaching is a noble profession that truly requires a calling. Get it right!!