DSA Appeal 2011
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I am not disagreeing that DSAer should keep loyalty to confirmed school.
I also appreciate the parents who are a little upset about the precipitate tighten-up this year.
I would say that MOE should extraordinarily alert this tighten-up, especially stress it during schools’ open-house activities.
A respectful administration runs with more comprehensive consideration.
So, Mr greentree, if you will be complaining moe’s behavior instead of its policy, I support you. -
samontheway:
This is rubbish ... blaming others like MOE for their own fault ... others are always wrong mentality ...I am not disagreeing that DSAer should keep loyalty to confirmed school.
I also appreciate the parents who are a little upset about the precipitate tighten-up this year.
I would say that MOE should extraordinarily alert this tighten-up, especially stress it during schools' open-house activities.
A respectful administration runs with more comprehensive consideration.
So, Mr greentree, if you will be complaining moe's behavior instead of its policy, I support you.
Just ask Mr Greentree to look in the mirror & ask himself \"Am I selfish ?\"
The answer is of cos, \"YES !\" -
Talking Straight:
Totally agreed. :rahrah:When they chose to accept the CO, do they think of other kids who have dreams of going to the same school ?
So, in life, if you have made a decision & it turn out to be wrong later, learn to live with i & move on. Take it as a lesson.
The whole world does not revolve & concern those few selfish parents !
What moral values are these parents teaching their kids ?
All in the name of achieving dreams ? Look, I also have dreams of living in a big mansion & driving Porsche & Lamborgini. I can rob the bank & fulfil the dreams, so if I do that, can it be justified ? Of cos not !
If I am the mother of the thread starter (& all those similar whinners), I am ashamed to have such a kid who passed down wrong values to my grandchildren !
For heaven sake !
But you are in KSP forum which means \"kiasu-ism\" has already made some people to think irrationally. -
Talking Straight, I know you are new to the forum - most welcome! But err... Our forum is to air different views. Everyone is entitled to their stand and views. Hope you can tone down your direct talking thanks very much :please: . It's ok to disagree but kindly put in a *ahem* more cordial way. Our forum is not a quarreling forum. If you are looking for arguments, I am afraid this forum does not encourage that. I am not a KS administrator but juz a peace lover who prefers the forum to be more care and share instead of shouting matches. Thanks thanks
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zeemimi:
Maybe MOE could keep such appeal cases on record and used as reference when the applicant applies for scholarship later.Most of the time is the parents. At the end of the day, what msg are we sending to our children? Is ok to break agreements made for our own convenience or advantage?
Parents should realise that dsa is not a backup plan. If we think there is a possibility that we want another sch, should the results allow, then don't accept the CO. give others who want that co badly.
it is a similar situation as scholarship bond breakers.
Something about leopards and spots, or was it tiger and stripes :? ...
That will give parents another consideration when deciding to accept DSA and later appeal against it fro their DSs and DDs.
Just my 2-cents. -
parentathome:
I have double checked the documents issued to us early this yr and the one that we signed for dsa preference and it WASN'T stated that NO dsa appealing after we accepted. So frens, pls ensure you know abt the entire process and story b4 commenting my unsatifaction. We do not argue with no grounds. We r talking abt an administration mistake that ignored what's going on for yrs and terminate it out of a sudden to our kids.
Hi parentathome, I empathise with you, that you are feeling disappointed and perhaps bitter about the situation you are in.
Just to share with you - my hubby was from RI and when our son was unable to get in, and I felt disappointed, my hubby consoled me and said that his years of studying in RI also never give him any distinct advantage or priviledges that other schools in Singapore cannot give. So he gives his blessings and support to our son to whichever school he is being posted to.
Hope I am not bragging, but over the years, I have learned to appreciate the very sound, wise and far-sighed advice that my hubby gives, and I am now sharing with you one as above. If you do finally succeed in your appeal, congrats, but if not, move on. If you feel bitter about it, your child may also sense it and it is not healthy for the relationship. Merry christmas. -
I too was from the Rafflesian family (6 yrs) and share the same sentiments as pepper spice’s hubby. Sure, we benefited from it, but I have friends who after so many years still remember the pressure and low self esteem they had while there from being in the low end of the cohort. On the other hand, my husband, an ACSian all his life, constantly tells me how the ACS ties continue to help all through his working life. Nowadays when his sons are on the verge of stepping out into the working world, it always amazes me how with a few emails and phone calls, his ex school mates are able to extend help, even if it is just an invitation to send CVs.
The running joke in my family is : I am already the ‘daughter of a better age’ (must be the best, 2nd is not good enough, a message drummed into me in all my years in Raffles), while he and the boys are always improving, since ‘the best is yet to be.’
I was at DHS’s reporting day with DD. What I was most impressed with was the principal’s simple message of, ‘Remember you always have 2 homes, the one provided by your parents, and number 10, Tanjong Rhu. Anytime in your life, if you are in any difficulty, you can always come back here.’ If the school lives up to this, I will consider it good enough for my dd. -
less kiasu liao:
What I was most impressed was the principal's simple message of, 'Remember you always have 2 homes, the one provided by your parents, and number 10, Tanjong Rhu. Anytime in your life, if you are in any difficulty, you can always come back here.' If the school lives up to this, I will consider it good enough for my dd.
This is touching. And yes... it is a quality I find missing from the Rafflesian schools in their quest to be the best. Life's success is so much more than competing and winning. Life's success is better found in mutual support. It's just more pleasant. No doubt, on every objective and measurable criteria, the Rafflesian schools are the best.
But in some instances, the best may not be good enough because one's priorities lay elsewhere. -
If there is a loophole in the system, there will always be people who will use it to their advantage, and there is no right or wrong about it.
And most of us, if not all, will want our best for our child/ children.
The only way is for the relevant authorities to plug the loophole. -
less kiasu liao:
That is so touching!!
I was at DHS's reporting day with DD. What I was most impressed with was the principal's simple message of, 'Remember you always have 2 homes, the one provided by your parents, and number 10, Tanjong Rhu. Anytime in your life, if you are in any difficulty, you can always come back here.' If the school lives up to this, I will consider it good enough for my dd.
So warm! Indeed, know of someone who did not get into RI went DHS instead and make good there, now having a v good career.
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