Singapore Chinese Girls' Primary
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there are lots of rich tai tai’s daughters studying in SCGS.
early morning, you can see a number of luxurious cars dropping off girls at the front porch.
this girl A most likely come from a rich, pampered family.
she’s treated like a spoit princess at home.
may have > 1 maid in the house. From young grow up in this kind of home environment, with maids are at her disposal, order & command.
no need to wash own bowl /cup after eating - got maid(s) wash for her.
so when she goes to school, it display her natural self.
Unless her own mother & father, grandmother teach her basic character values and proper mannerisms at home like - how to respect fellow peer classmates’ dignity, be responsible for one’s own personal belonging, etc , if from young all these not corrected & pointed out to her esp. when she so young at P1, when she grow up one day work in society, she can’t be a team member. All her pampered behavior will surface, she’ll encounter problems at work. Basic parenting job begins at home.
many parents so busy working outside earning extra $, no time to teach children basic core values at home, so turn out like that, so young at P1 … -
Hi, so what did u tell your daughter after she shared her experience?
cyberpie:
My daughter is in Pri 1 this yr. Despite my hesitation, we eventually sent her there. I still have concern on some of the elitist mentality of some of the girls there. Let me relate the following
A week ago, my daughter misplaced her water bottle. Every day she will go to the general office lost and found and try to see if someone had returned it. While there, she saw her classmate's purse with money there (let's call this student A). Out of goodwill, she excitedly went to inform A about it. A's response was nonchalant, and then casually told another classmate, B, to collect for her. Then a few days ago, my daughter managed to find her water bottle at the lost and found. While there, she noticed that A's purse was still there. She then went to inform A. Guess what was A's response? She blamed it on B. A openly shouted at B and said, \"I told you to collect for me, how come you didn't go?\". My daughter was shocked ... but she did not say anything. She came home to relate to me this incident and said that A is like that and treats everyone around her like a maid.
I conclude that student A must, firstly, come from quite well-to-do family. Losing her purse is small matter to her I guess. She probably has half a dozen of cute purses at her disposal. Secondly, her irresponsible attitude is alarming. Not bothering to claim her own property is one thing; but instructing others to do it and then blaming them when they fail to fulfill their task is the maid mentality. Good grief. This is the kind of students I fear will promote all these wrong values and mentality. I can't help but think that only students who come from such elitist households behave in such an appalling manner.
I know some of you will say that student A is the exception rather than the norm. But to be honest, my son spent 6 years in a neighbourhood school and I have never remotely heard such stories from him. My daughter has been in SCGS for less than a year and I am already hearing such horror stories. -
I didn’t really have to tell much to my daughter. She was also quite disgusted with student’s A behaviour, as evident by the fact that she told me "she’s always like that". We don’t have any maids/domestic helper at home, so she certainly doesn’t understand this sort of overly-pampered and irresponsible behaviour.
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Cyberpie/Phtthp
Personally I don't think it's fair to make a sweeping statment that all rich kids = spoilt/rude kids (I'm not defending the rich and I grew up in a 3-room HDB flat). These days not only the rich can afford maid, many HDB heartlanders have maids too. I do know of people that are filthy rich but are very humble and unassuming. On the other hand, I've also seen kids staying in HDB flats that are very spolit and order their maids around (cos their parents spend all their time working and just leave the maids to handle their kids). At the end of the day, it really depends on the parents and what type of kids do they want to bring up. If it's me, I'll explain to my girl such behaviour is rude and unacceptable and will ask her to disassociate herself from that girl. We can't control the behaviour of other kids but at least we can teach our kids the type of friends that is worth keeping
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Children are a reflection of their parents. While a child can pick up values from the parent, values can be also taught.
REFORM their parents / families first...
the core values of Chinese culture :
忠孝仁义 礼仪廉耻
Loyalty, filial piety, benevolence , righteousness
Courtesy, honesty and integrity, sense of shame.
also politeness, well manners, responsibility towards self & others, showing compassion and mercy.
I feel that many young school kids lack these values.
SCGS school should also incorporate this into educating young kids. -
Can anyone advise the sch hours and recess time/durationm for SCGS Pri? Can’t seem to find the info from the sch website except the Sec Divison. Thanks in advance!
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agree that we shld not make sweeping statement. It is impossible to find a sch tat is so perfect as in w/o any black sheep.
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Recess for P1, 3 & 5 is from 10.10 to 10.40. Recess for P2,4 & 6 is 9.40 to 10.10. And there’s a 1 hr recess on Wednesdays fr 10.10 - 11.10 for all Pri levels.
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floyap:
Totally agree. There are two sides of a coin.Cyberpie/Phtthp
Personally I don't think it's fair to make a sweeping statment that all rich kids = spoilt/rude kids (I'm not defending the rich and I grew up in a 3-room HDB flat). These days not only the rich can afford maid, many HDB heartlanders have maids too. I do know of people that are filthy rich but are very humble and unassuming. On the other hand, I've also seen kids staying in HDB flats that are very spolit and order their maids around (cos their parents spend all their time working and just leave the maids to handle their kids)..........
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Laura02:
Recess for P1, 3 & 5 is from 10.10 to 10.40. Recess for P2,4 & 6 is 9.40 to 10.10. And there's a 1 hr recess on Wednesdays fr 10.10 - 11.10 for all Pri levels.
Hi Laura02,
Thanks for the info. Do u know what time does sch starts and ends?
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