DSA 2011

[Augmum]

phankao:

Otah:

Yesterday, went to help pick up my sec2 nephew from a prominent tuition centre. This is a class cater for IP I guess, since I can identitfy them from their uniform. Did a count , 6-RI, 1-HCI, 1-NYGH, 1-RGS, 1-DHS, 1-?(in home cloth). It seems like RI students need tuition the most. Is it because their courses are tough or they don't really teach (heard from a RI parent). But we are seeing parents rushing for RI every year. Do select school which is most suitable for your kids and not just becos of \"虎父无犬子“ saying or heirtage...

No NJC student? ;D Guess they have no time.

Yeah, I meant a parent during CNY and asked where their very smart girl was. They said at tuition. I was surprised that their RJC girl needed tuition. The girl was from RGS. They said cannot \"not have tuition! How to cope without tuition?!\". Ah....really surprising to me, since I thot kids in Raffles group of schools would all be able to cope without need for tuition.

Actually, i am not surprise to hear students fr RI or RGS
having tuition despite they belong to the high ability pupils......
i ever asked my niece (who was then in sec2 RGS) what is the ave GPA for her class ??
she told me ard 3.6 .....BUT added that most of her frens whom she know
do have tuition for 1/2/3 subj as they can't bear to see a \"B\" in any subject.

[phankao]

vlim:

phankao:

[quote=\"Blur Dad\"]
I really admire those top students for PSLE, O-Level and A-Level who appeared in newspaper said that they do not have any tuition at all. With good time management and teachers help they are able to achieve good result and become the top students in Singapore. Some more there was one student last year in RPS, he not only top in PSLE but also able to skip one level. He is real gifted manz!!!

And that Sheldon Tan also has Diploma in both Piano & Violin!!! And he's so cute compared to that top scorer compatriot of his.

I found him v cute too with a charming smile.. Read from newspaper his mum got phd?... He is my ds idol [/quote]His mum was PSLE top scorer during her year. Also o-level, or something like that, I think.

[verykiasu2010]

vlim:

Hi vk2010,

Did your ds pick up any 3rd lAnguage and if yes what is it? Heard many students drop 3rd Lang after a yr or two right?

He is doing German. He likes it

[Pen88n]

phankao:

vlim:

[quote=\"phankao\"]
And that Sheldon Tan also has Diploma in both Piano & Violin!!! And he's so cute compared to that top scorer compatriot of his.

I found him v cute too with a charming smile.. Read from newspaper his mum got phd?... He is my ds idol

His mum was PSLE top scorer during her year. Also o-level, or something like that, I think.[/quote]So good genes play a part too . Wait till my DS hear this, he's gonna tell me if he doesn't do as well, it is due to our genes :frustrated:

[Blur Dad]

RSS:

Hi blur dad, did your friends ds with sa 79.x and maths award eventually get into ri from wait list status? My ds same case above 79.5 below 80 with platinum snips and grade 8 piano achieved two years back. Looks like he will be on waitlist. I will prepare him for waitlist status after the interview. But would like to know chance if on wait list. His p5 was 83%. Thanks

Hi RSS

Don't worry, I have not finished the 2nd part of the story yet.

Yes, my friend's DS has placed RI-WL as his 1st choice in the DSA form(not sure what is the form call), eventually got into RI. Only knew the result on the day when he received the PSLE result. I guess due to his DS result was in high end of 79.x%, therefore his WL ranking is very high, would be the first few to consider when someone give up the place. While one of his DS classmate, who score was lower then him, also on WL but did not get into RI even he selected RI-WL as first choice.

Base on your DS result and awards, I guess he stands a very good chance to get into RI. Not to worry....

All the best.

[vlim]

verykiasu2010:

vlim:

Hi vk2010,

Did your ds pick up any 3rd lAnguage and if yes what is it? Heard many students drop 3rd Lang after a yr or two right?

He is doing German. He likes it

Ok good thks. I also like my ds to learn German as Germany is good in technology like?... He often tell me he wants to learn Latin .... He try to be funny ..... :siao:

[TwaTau]

vlim:

verykiasu2010:

[quote=\"vlim\"]Hi vk2010,

Did your ds pick up any 3rd lAnguage and if yes what is it? Heard many students drop 3rd Lang after a yr or two right?

He is doing German. He likes it

Ok good thks. I also like my ds to learn German as Germany is good in technology like?... He often tell me he wants to learn Latin .... He try to be funny ..... :siao:[/quote]Guten tag!
The German language is indeed a nice language to pick up.
Vlim, your DS may be right about Latin as well. Spanish language might be the future with the development of South America. Latin and spanish are related and maybe his interest is from the latin name for most of the scientific names.

[vlim]

My ds also keen in Spanish … He said Latin is the ‘first’ created language so he wants to learn … But say say only now no time for him to learn… Maybe after psle will buy book for him to learn …

[Blur Dad]

vlim:

verykiasu2010:

[quote=\"vlim\"]Hi vk2010,

Did your ds pick up any 3rd lAnguage and if yes what is it? Heard many students drop 3rd Lang after a yr or two right?

He is doing German. He likes it

Ok good thks. I also like my ds to learn German as Germany is good in technology like?... He often tell me he wants to learn Latin .... He try to be funny ..... :siao:[/quote]Hi

May I know what are the 3rd languages offer in RI? Japanese?

[Pen88n]

I thot 3rd languages are standard offers from MOE, not by school. The languages offered (from what I know) are Japanese, German, French and Malay.