Some students fail to thrive on Integrated Programme scheme
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Funx3:
If I think I know where she is going, she will enjoy. That spirit built stays with her eternally, something many cannot understand unless you are part of it, and it is NOT about elitism which sometimes people mistaken.
Ha Ha .... ksi, U Always Managed to Put your Fingers on ....ksi:
:celebrate: :celebrate:
Glad that your dd has found the balance and enjoying every moment of schooling life. It was probably easy for me then cos everything back then seemed easier but in today's context, your dd and Chenon's dd have it harder and yet they cope well....I have to ask my dd to look up to them as role models instead under 20xx conditions!
The Key Word -
Found the balance and Enjoying school life ....
So Far, Think My Gal has Managed to Do that in Her Pri Sch (Esp .... the Enjoy Part!)
Sure Hope She Continue to Do so in Sec Sch, As Well!
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Hi busy mom, we hv already OT a lot from the IP students struggling discussion so I am going to stop here… Kekeke.
I think I need to split off the BGR discussion to a BGR thread once it is rounded up. -
jtoh:
So funny! I have friends who do exactly that, seek out CCAs which have no possibility of interaction with students of the opposite sex. But really, in this age of Facebook and other social media, kids have friends from the opposite sex even in a single-sex school. Don't forget tuition centres. Good meeting grounds. :D[/quote]Busymom:
[quote=\"Belle2011\"]Would BGR issue more prevalent in a mix sch than a single sex sch? Or simply no correlations at all?
My first instinctive reply to your question: Yes.
On second thoughts, much depends on the child and who he/she mixes with. Even in an all-girls school, you get to meet other boys through CCA. I find this particular true for uniform groups. Certain CCAs did not have that \"exposure\"... or at least during my time. So parents who do not want their children to be distracted by potential BGR issues, don't forget to look at the CCA that your child signs up for... :lol:
yah, these days more complicated. -
ksi:
You started it...Hi busy mom, we hv already OT a lot from the IP students struggling discussion so I am going to stop here.... Kekeke.
I think I need to split off the BGR discussion to a BGR thread once it is rounded up.
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jtoh:
Yes, my son starts young. Maybe too much chicken meat that has been fed with growth hormones.
Primary school - so young!looking4Tutor:
Maybe, i'll ask my ds to read it. I'm really concern of the new frontier of cyber BGR brought about by Facebook and sms. Can't believe what i incidentally read in my ds facebook - words like hug-hug, nite love; really sent me to a culture shock. Now I'm at a lost of how to help him deal with cyber infatuation with some girl-girl out there in the cyber world (btw some are from rgps, nyps - could be your dd hor) -
ksi:
Wait!!! Looking4tutor, this story needs parental guidance for either censorship or put things in perspective, at least the movie came across like this. So please read the book first. The love inside was puppy love but the other things done by the boys needed guidance. What is good in this story is the love was very pure n innocent type in the BGR and the guy had an ambition to do something to impact the world before he has anything to offer the girl... So they take things slowly n no rush into BGR..they were in their teens. However as a movie, it has somewhat the american pie flavour to create the laughing moments, GWIM?
OK. Maybe a separate BGR thread will be good. -
dovetail:
:goodpost:SAHM_TAN:
I'm wondering what's education all about...
what is primary education about?
what is secondary education about?
what's post-secondary education about?
To me, it's about
1.learning to developing a questioning an exploratory mind
2.learning to learn
3.learning to make decisions
4.developing socio-emotional competencies.
5.learning to compete which should come say upper sec and later.
It's not just about exams and grades.
This requires a lot of trust and faith in our children.
This story from my dd's GEP teacher. His ex-student from GEP was then a photo journalist came back to visit.
Student: Are you proud of me? (meaning I'm not some high flyer that they expect of a GEP kid)
Teacher: Are you happy?
Student: Yes, I love what I'm doing and I'm happy.
Teacher: Then I'm very proud of you.
I think at the end of the day, we hope our kid will find something he love to do for his living. Something that he feel can help him fulfill his purpose. A good education environment should help him to discover his purpose. -
Chenonceau:
I dunno about others, but many years ago, we had to sign something, whatever it is called.
Is there a DSA Letter of Undertaking to sign? I'm not aware of that. Or is that only for Sports DSA?phankao:
[quote=\"Chenonceau\"]
,,,<snip>... We talked it over and decided to sign the letter whose strongest stipulation was that she would not quit the CCA in her 4 years there. This was reasonable and easy to do because DD did love her sport.
My interpretation of the DSA Letter of Undertaking did not include missing 2 hours of classes every day for training, and training 7 days a week stretching all the way to 8pm on weekdays and from 9am to 7pm on weekends.
<snip>....
In all, I must say our entire experience in the school has been great. DD loved her time there. She got into a niche accelerated program, took part in research, won research competitions, published a book... but she still trained 3 times a week minimum and everyday plus half day Saturday when leading up to competitions.
It takes some management. Instead of waiting for school to teach, DD studied ahead on her own. She had no tuition but she and I planned a YEARLY schedule where we locked in competition days and then made sure that
(1) she negotiated her involvement in projects such that she would do a lot more before the time came to run up to competitions
(2) she studied ahead
(3) she identified and approached people who took good notes who would help her by photocopying their notes for her when she had to miss class
(4) she had at least 3 sets of notes for each subject to compare and contrast[/quote]Great tips! -
Chenonceau:
Absolutely agree with above in red. A champion is a champion in mind first. With self-discipline and time management, sportsmen and sportswomen are able to do well in both. I have meet a few personally. :celebrate:
I'm not surprised at this. For DD, we had no idea that there was such a thing as DSA. It was the early days of the DSA construct. So we experienced something that was half formalized only. We didn't actively APPLY to DSA, we received informal invitation via competition officers we knew that such and such a coach from such and such a school is interested... and that we could apply to DSA. Then it just rolled on by itself.phankao:
Even so, the sports boys were getting into RJC with points like 15, 17, 18, while the rest of the students had points around 6 to 9. So, even with RI bonus points, these sports boys would never have made it into RJC if not for their sports.
I am guessing that previously to formalized DSA, this informal invitation helped many sports people get into top schools.
The thing to note is that you don't rise to the top of your sport if you have low IQ. A high IQ child may however have the wrong type of body or may be physically lacking somehow. If you have a high performing sports child, that child has necessarily high IQ.
If you believe this, it is only a matter of wise resource planning and time management from primary school onwards so that the child can manage both sport and studies reasonably well. It CAN be managed. Just because you have a DSA sports child does not mean he/she cannot be good academically. I know many sports people with stellar results too. -
My dd is not disciplined in studying ie mugging but displayed high interest in out of classroom learning. So should she go into a IP school ?
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