2012 P1 Registration Exercise for 2013 In-Take
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hi laughingcat,
compare ACS with NYPS, think there are more phase P2A(1) alumni parents from NYPS, than P2A(1) parents from ACS.
because NYPS is co-ed, whereas ACS strictly admit boys only.
maybe safer to choose ACS.
Thanks car2, for your interesting revelation history sharing in 1990! -
yes that was my thought and that is why relocation to ACS would be a prudent choice in getting into the alumni school. BUT! Property around ACS is no CHEAP lor.
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Anyway, one of the parents who were unsuccessful was my own mother. She was terribly terribly disappointed. I was in RGS then, and my sister was not able to gain entry into NYPS. My mother had to scramble for an alternative at the last minute.
The story turned out alright though. My sister went to a neighbourhood school, got into the GEP programme at P3. My mom, still remembering the slight during the P1 registration process, chose RGPS over NYPS for my sis. And she emerged one of the top scorers for her year at RGPS with an aggregate score of above 280.
My mom always said that she pushed my sis extra hard to show Mdm Ho Chin Geok what she had missed.
Till today my mom is still sore about the whole incident. :mad: -
Cars2:
My mom always said that she pushed my sis extra hard to show Mdm Ho Chin Geok what she had missed. Till today my mom is still sore about the whole incident. :mad:
you girls did a great job and make your mum so proud.
but does mdm ho knows what she missed? if no, send her or school a letter. -
Cars2,
Thanks for sharing with us your valuable, precious first hand experience. Your mom is a great, wonderful, loving, supportive mom! She put in so much precious effort & time, to ensure that her 2 daughters receive good education, all the way through!
wow! your younger sis and you are both so bright. Both of you are blessed! :rahrah:
laughingcat,
your DS1 is very bright.
at K1 so young now, he can read 'Chalotte Web' storybook independently by himself. Think he has the 'make' of a potential scholar. He's way beyond his peers of the same age. Wont be suprised if he's offered GEP at end of P3. Then you can switch him back to NYPS.
30 yrs later, your grandson having attended both ACS and NYPS - can choose either school again. You'll be blessed, dear! :imcool: :rahrah: -
phtthp,
Don’t say that leh. Nowadays, literacy skill in children are not so surprising compared to my time. If you look around, most K1 kids are already reading very well. My DS1 is not surprising at all.
Getting into GEP is not important to me. To me character building is more important. Don’t want my boy to end up like Brandon Wey, the ex-PSC scholar. What sort of character is that. -
LOLMum, i can imagine what MOE would say if we send them a letter after all these years! MOE would say - look, this is another real life testimony that all schools are the same! It doesn't matter which school the child is registered in!
Phtthp, my mom is indeed an amazing woman, she didn't have much education herself,couldn't read any English (being Chinese educated) and my dad didn't earn much (with my mom being a SAHM). But that didn't stop her from scrimping and saving, and gave her all and her best to her two children. Anyway, now that her precious grandchild is going through the P1 registration process next year, she is starting to get worried all over again. Deja vu...
Having said that, all mothers are amazing people. Whether their kids turn out smart, successful or of good character does not make them any more or less amazing and self-sacrificing.
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Cars2:
Having said that, all mothers are amazing people. Whether their kids turn out smart, successful or of good character does not make them any more or less amazing and self-sacrificing.
:goodpost: Well SAID! -
After reading all ksp’s views on schools. I can only say that while we know that all schools are the same, as a parent, we just want to ensure that we do whatever we can to send our kids to a good school. This is so that when the kids grown up, and for some reasons they did not make it big, they cannot blame us for not trying but only themselves for not working hard enough.
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laughingcat:
Agree! :rahrah: :rahrah: :rahrah:phtthp,
Getting into GEP is not important to me. To me character building is more important. Don't want my boy to end up like Brandon Wey, the ex-PSC scholar. What sort of character is that.
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