Competition among primary schools
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How about this argument…
Kids in competitive schools are so tied up with catching up with school work and performing better than their peers that they don’t have time to idle around and mix in bad company?
i don’t know about pri school, but i sure believe that it happens in secondary schools. -
cloudy:
I know that my neighbourhood school West Grove, have a change of principal this year. I assume that MOE does rotate the principals.
How long will a principal stay with the school ? Are they rotated on regular basis ? How does MOE assign the principals... ?
Will good principals be assigned to good schools, to keep the schools in \"good\" ranking ??? -
When applying for a job, employer would look at paper qualification first as this is stepping stone. Working backwards, to chase after paper, one would have to be exposed to difficult questions and these are found in good schs.
Though all schs teach the same syllabus, it is the exposure to the difficult questions that is lacking in neighbourhood schs. Of course, one can buy good sch papers outside but who is doing the coaching? What if parents do not know how to attempt?
Principals rotate for their career exposure / advancement. Some teachers teach for passion, some for money, some for annual leave. Policies / programmes are directly or indirectly set by MOE & schs. Look at the programmes: EM1/2/3, Foundation vs Normal vs Enrichment, Streaming, Modular etc etc, aren’t all these promoting elitism? If not, standard MOE replies on identifying cream of the crop when parents complain of tough PSLE questions.
Parents have to catch up with the rats’ race, it is natural that we don’t want to lack behind, at least not too far off. It is a cycle.
Let’s be truthful. How many of us sincerely feel or say to our children, it is okay if you don’t do well? Are these parents rich enough and have already set aside a sizeable amount of money for their children to set up their own business?
It is noble to say have interest in arts, character development. But these can’t put food on the table. Things are so expensive. Last night news on many old folks can’t cope with inflation that they approach CDC for jobs. -
lol hi BlueBells
i am curious to know which is the school uniform that u like so much :oops: -
Hi Parents,
Thanks for sharing your sentiments and not to forget Chief, thanks for your wise comments (enjoy reading that
).
It sadden me when I see that today children lost their \"innocent\".
They are buried under tonnes of homework and attend so many tuitions & enrichment courses.... and they put the blame on their parents for being KS.
Every child only goes through one childhood and I will want mine to have memorable one that they can share with their offsprings.
Its a learning process, we learnt to be a better parent and understand the child better as they grow, isn't it ? -
Having been to a good school in my younger days, here are my thoughts on what a good school means.
A school is invariably a community and an environment. What it means to me is
1) Peers with similar academic standards and we motivate/guide each other. For sure, there is competition but I see it as the motivation to stretch myself.
2) Good teachers who perhaps know better techniques and can motivate better. After completing my PSLE in a neoghbourhood school, I was placed in the last class in sec 1. I struggled and slogged my way thru. In sec 2, I had a few extremely good teachers who happened to be old boys who returned to teach. They were genuinely passionate about teaching and contributing to the school. In that year, I came within top3 and went to the top class in sec 3. All credits to my teachers! In sec4, the same thing happened again, I scored <10 pts for '‘O’ level which was beyond my imagination then.
3) The history, culture and glory of the school makes me proud. I felt compelled and motivated to uphold its traddition to do well in what we do. We were taught to be loyal not only to the school but friends, country etc. We were drilled that nothing can be achieved without putting in effort. The fact that it is a boys school also highlighted the element of brotherhood and comradeship beyond just teamwork. The teachers I mentioned above are clear role models of what loyalty means.
That said, there are of course blacksheeps but very few and they are more like educated ah bengs. LOL -
heutistmeintag:
bt i admire these educated ah bengs...can afford to be bengs and still get good results...some of my frens r such~~ bt of coz, they are nt the extreme bengs...just trying to be mischievous... :lol:Having been to a good school in my younger days, here are my thoughts on what a good school means.
A school is invariably a community and an environment. What it means to me is
1) Peers with similar academic standards and we motivate/guide each other. For sure, there is competition but I see it as the motivation to stretch myself.
2) Good teachers who perhaps know better techniques and can motivate better. After completing my PSLE in a neoghbourhood school, I was placed in the last class in sec 1. I struggled and slogged my way thru. In sec 2, I had a few extremely good teachers who happened to be old boys who returned to teach. They were genuinely passionate about teaching and contributing to the school. In that year, I came within top3 and went to the top class in sec 3. All credits to my teachers! In sec4, the same thing happened again, I scored <10 pts for ''O' level which was beyond my imagination then.
3) The history, culture and glory of the school makes me proud. I felt compelled and motivated to uphold its traddition to do well in what we do. We were taught to be loyal not only to the school but friends, country etc. We were drilled that nothing can be achieved without putting in effort. The fact that it is a boys school also highlighted the element of brotherhood and comradeship beyond just teamwork. The teachers I mentioned above are clear role models of what loyalty means.
That said, there are of course blacksheeps but very few and they are more like educated ah bengs. LOL -
cloudy:
Why are you sad that today's children lost their 'innocence'? As long as you let your kids enjoy their childhood and not be pressured to join the ranks of KS parents who buried their kids under tonnes of homework, why you feel sad for them?Hi Parents,
It sadden me when I see that today children lost their \"innocent\".
They are buried under tonnes of homework and attend so many tuitions & enrichment courses.... and they put the blame on their parents for being KS.
Every child only goes through one childhood and I will want mine to have memorable one that they can share with their offsprings. -
raysusan:
Hi RaySusan,lol hi BlueBells
i am curious to know which is the school uniform that u like so much :oops:
It's a certain primary school founded by HKHK in teh northeast corner of Singapore.
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BlueBells:
beats me
Hi RaySusan,raysusan:
lol hi BlueBells
i am curious to know which is the school uniform that u like so much :oops:
It's a certain primary school founded by HKHK in teh northeast corner of Singapore.
i am only familiar with Pschool in north and central area :oops:
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