NUS High School of Mathematics and Science (Diploma)

[kohjl]

Jennifer:

#1 had taken the bad new quite well.


.... playing with a makeshift yo-yo he came up with using lego parts.

Look on the bright side...he is very creative. May become an inventor one day!
Glad he took the news quite well. That's a relief for us parents.

Jennifer:

Kids being smart but not motivated is a deadly prescription for parents :x

Couldn't agree with you more. Hope this experience will give my son the internal motivation to work hard. He hates to memorise and basically lives on his wits and logical mind.

Sigh...how I wish he was like my eldest, but each child is different, and we just try our best to help them reach their individual best.

[MdmKS]

daisyt:

Fairy:

How I envy those of you with a child so self motivated and matured in his thinking!


I am very sad , I have been patiently waiting for my daughter to 'wake up' from her nonchalance towards such an important milestone in her life. Until today, she is not willing to put in effort in her study....she continues to take long afternoon naps and did not make any effort to revise for the PSLE, only doing school homework. Even then, she would be very restless and 'can't sit still' and continue to make very very careless mistakes that goes to show she is not focus when doing the work. :x
All the nagging & 'counselling' from us fall on deaf ears. :stupid:

There must really be something not right in my parenting style. Perhaps, I have been too laissez faire in the management of my kids. It's only about 1 month to PSLE...Though blessed with intelligence, she did not make good use of it, sigh...God only help those who help themselves.

Hi Fairy, pls don't be sad, for at least you have a backup plan -NJC. Did your daughter go for the camp? How is it ? have you heard from them?

[daisyt]

Jennifer:

Kids being smart but not motivated is a deadly prescription for parents :x

Maybe he has been motivating himself secretly in his heart without your knowing ? Slowly, I have been discovering that in my girl. One eg. there is this fried food day once a week in school canteen. Once she told me, the fried chicken was very nice but she won't eat it everytime. She would only eat it to reward herself if she has achieve something good for the week. Maybe your child is motivating himself through yoyo.

[Jennifer]

daisyt:

Maybe he has been motivating himself secretly in his heart without your knowing ?...Maybe your child is motivating himself through yoyo.

hope so, but hardly likely.

[Tranquility8706]

Jennifer:

daisyt:

Maybe he has been motivating himself secretly in his heart without your knowing ?...Maybe your child is motivating himself through yoyo.

hope so, but hardly likely.

Hi Jennifer,

You are not alone... so is my dd.
Although she only P3.. but I am worry sick. :stupid:
My dh use to say.. 皇上不急 太监急。

[luckystar]

My friend’s son had recieved offer letter from NUSH today.

[mathsparks]

Results were already out online on 19 Aug. Heartiest congratulations to all who got in! :celebrate:

[cwk30]

NUS high school was a school that i too aspired to go. i am now currently studying in year 1. b4 deciding on NUS high school, 1 must be very sure and it is advisable to try and have a strong grasp of chemistry and physics skills. as it’s modules are accelerated, year 1 students would take bio( human alimentary canal and the digestive system [the complicated 1, not the 1 u learn in primary school.]), physics( prefixes and units etc.), foundational mathematics( algebra is a bit hard). note that although third lang is available, japanese and french require an extra 100 in school fees, unlike moe’s, which is free.

[mathsparks]

hi cwk30,

Thanks for sharing yr experience. But how would a P6 student have a strong grasp of chemistry? They’ve only done the basics so far. What if, they realise at the end of yr1 that chem is beyond their grasp? How are the weaker students helped?

Dr Hang did mention though, that those kids who have been selected are the best in maths/sciences so they need not worry abt being unable to cope.

If distance is not a factor and a child has offers from hci/ri/nush and he loves maths/science but hates chinese, what is yr opinion on where he should go.

I feel that 12 is too young for the kid to really know what he wants to do in future. According to Dr Hang, the latest batch of grads include a few students who went to smu doing business n law. That seems a big switch from what they’ve been doing for 6 years.

I guess to go to nush, you must be extremely sure yr future and passion lies in the maths/sciences/engineering fields.

PS: The principal did such a convincing job at the briefing that a kid I know with various offers is undecided which school to indicate as 1st choice.

[JHFMum]

mathsparks:

hi cwk30,

Thanks for sharing yr experience. But how would a P6 student have a strong grasp of chemistry? They've only done the basics so far. What if, they realise at the end of yr1 that chem is beyond their grasp? How are the weaker students helped?

Dr Hang did mention though, that those kids who have been selected are the best in maths/sciences so they need not worry abt being unable to cope.

If distance is not a factor and a child has offers from hci/ri/nush and he loves maths/science but hates chinese, what is yr opinion on where he should go.

I feel that 12 is too young for the kid to really know what he wants to do in future. According to Dr Hang, the latest batch of grads include a few students who went to smu doing business n law. That seems a big switch from what they've been doing for 6 years.

I guess to go to nush, you must be extremely sure yr future and passion lies in the maths/sciences/engineering fields.

PS: The principal did such a convincing job at the briefing that a kid I know with various offers is undecided which school to indicate as 1st choice.

My thoughts are different. At this young age, children should receive a more broadbased education and not be so specialised. That can come later when they are more certain of what they want.