All Parents of 2009 PSLE kid: Preparing from Sec2 Streaming
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phankao:
this is what my gal said too.....
If it were up to my DD, she would have taken all sciences and no humanities - literature was compulsory.
she wants all sciences and maths, neither of those humanities options.
but EL Lit is compulsaory in her sch. -
Augmum:
this is what my gal said too.....phankao:
[quote=\"zeemimi\"]
If it were up to my DD, she would have taken all sciences and no humanities - literature was compulsory.
she wants all sciences and maths, neither of those humanities options.
but EL Lit is compulsaory in her sch.[/quote]But it is compulsory to take humanities too now. (apart from E-lit, which is the school's criteria, not MOE). -
DadOfGirl:
Whether it is physics or biology, it also depends on the school's recommendation based on student's past performance.
There is alwasy temptation to choose \"Easy\" option. It is human to take option that causes least pain for now without foreseeing \"Gates\" closing on them for future. We are talking about \"Teen\" humans here. That's why My DD's school asked Parent's signature on the forms submitted on-line
If you have \"found\" yourself , by all means go for \"humanities\" , there are range of Social science careers on offer later at Uni. But if you are taking 7 subjects with one humanities , shouldn't science subject be Physics over biology?
In any case, it makes no sense to take subjects just bc they are practical for the future if the student is not interested nor very good at the subject. If he/she doesn't do well in it, it will pull down his/her whole performance portfolio, so may not help in future. Best to do what is in that student's strength/interest, even though it doesn't seem quite as wise, bc good grades would still be better than mediocre ones. -
phankao:
But it is compulsory to take humanities too now. (apart from E-lit, which is the school's criteria, not MOE).[/quote]In the case of schools who offer Lang Arts which comprises Eng Lang + Lit, can't they just split it up into two subjects then Lit becomes the contrasting Humanities subject? So no need for students in these schools to do Lit plus another humanities? Make Lit the compulsory humanities.
this is what my gal said too.....Augmum:
[quote=\"zeemimi\"]
If it were up to my DD, she would have taken all sciences and no humanities - literature was compulsory.
she wants all sciences and maths, neither of those humanities options.
but EL Lit is compulsaory in her sch. -
jtoh:
In the case of schools who offer Lang Arts which comprises Eng Lang + Lit, can't they just split it up into two subjects then Lit becomes the contrasting Humanities subject? So no need for students in these schools to do Lit plus another humanities? Make Lit the compulsory humanities.[/quote]Schools that offer Lang Arts are usually the IP schools so no need to do O-levels. We were talking more in the context of having to do O-levels, I guess. In my dd's school, the e-lit was compulsory for all students. For the humanities, they had to choose either ss/geog or ss/hist. Guess it's sort of like a school-imposed criteria. Either of those were not that great for my dd lah, e-lit being compulsory for one - the only time she passed e-lit was at the O-level exam itself! She failed all throughout even at prelims.
But it is compulsory to take humanities too now. (apart from E-lit, which is the school's criteria, not MOE).phankao:
[quote=\"Augmum\"]
she wants all sciences and maths, neither of those humanities options.
but EL Lit is compulsaory in her sch. -
phankao:
But it is compulsory to take humanities too now. (apart from E-lit, which is the school's criteria, not MOE).[/quote]yes, i know it's mandatory to take at least 1 humanities.....
this is what my gal said too.....Augmum:
[quote=\"phankao\"]
If it were up to my DD, she would have taken all sciences and no humanities - literature was compulsory.
she wants all sciences and maths, neither of those humanities options.
but EL Lit is compulsaory in her sch.
maybe i was unclear, trying to say that besides the mandatory humanities,
the sch also makes it compulsory to take E lit, as it is under lang arts.
how she wishes that there isnt the need to choose another humanities
since there's already an E lit. -
jtoh:
oh....that's what she wishes lorr.....
In the case of schools who offer Lang Arts which comprises Eng Lang + Lit, can't they just split it up into two subjects then Lit becomes the contrasting Humanities subject? So no need for students in these schools to do Lit plus another humanities? Make Lit the compulsory humanities.
told her that in rgs, there 's no need to take E.lit.....she was :rant: haha -
phankao:
Ok. How about IP schools that offer Lang Arts? You only need one contrasting subject at A levels, so why do students have to do Lit (compulsory) plus one extra humanities, as in the case of DHS. Is it the same in NJC?
Schools that offer Lang Arts are usually the IP schools so no need to do O-levels. We were talking more in the context of having to do O-levels, I guess. In my dd's school, the e-lit was compulsory for all students. For the humanities, they had to choose either ss/geog or ss/hist. Guess it's sort of like a school-imposed criteria. Either of those were not that great for my dd lah, e-lit being compulsory for one - the only time she passed e-lit was at the O-level exam itself! She failed all throughout even at prelims.jtoh:
In the case of schools who offer Lang Arts which comprises Eng Lang + Lit, can't they just split it up into two subjects then Lit becomes the contrasting Humanities subject? So no need for students in these schools to do Lit plus another humanities? Make Lit the compulsory humanities. -
Augmum:
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
oh....that's what she wishes lorr.....jtoh:
In the case of schools who offer Lang Arts which comprises Eng Lang + Lit, can't they just split it up into two subjects then Lit becomes the contrasting Humanities subject? So no need for students in these schools to do Lit plus another humanities? Make Lit the compulsory humanities.
told her that in rgs, there 's no need to take E.lit.....she was :rant: haha
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