Newspaper Article: Sorry, your child is not bright enough

[Chenonceau]

Nebbermind:

a ex-teacher friend ever told me that the schools see themselves less of an educator...and more as a facilitator now....it was 6 yrs ago when he said it. Not long after, he left MOE. :evil:

If so... why still call themselves educators?

The way I see it, it would be more accurate to just call them TESTERS. You know... like GMAT or SAT testing centres?

[pepper spice]

coast:

Agree. Some parents underappreciate the value of play. They think that primary school kids are \"big\" enough that they do not need to play much especially outdoor activities. I feel that play is critical for healthy development for children.

Fully agree, this is such an understatement. Not only play, CCAs are also equally important. On CCAs, I used to think that it is the schools that choose certain students with potentials to help win medals etc, but recently, I realised that there are parents who advise their children to sign up for CCAs which the school already had won many golds and medals instead of choosing one that the children have interest in.

[Nebbermind]

pepper spice:

Fully agree, this is such an understatement. Not only play, CCAs are also equally important. On CCAs, I used to think that it is the schools that choose certain students with potentials to help win medals etc, but recently, I realised that there are parents who advise their children to sign up for CCAs which the school already had won many golds and medals instead of choosing one that the children have interest in.

But from what I know, if the students are winning at zone or national level, most of the time they r already attending special training outside the school, unless superduper talented. So if u r so-so only, u may not even get to join those CCAs

[corneyAmber]

pepper spice:

coast:

Agree. Some parents underappreciate the value of play. They think that primary school kids are \"big\" enough that they do not need to play much especially outdoor activities. I feel that play is critical for healthy development for children.

Fully agree, this is such an understatement. Not only play, CCAs are also equally important. On CCAs, I used to think that it is the schools that choose certain students with potentials to help win medals etc, but recently, I realised that there are parents who advise their children to sign up for CCAs which the school already had won many golds and medals instead of choosing one that the children have interest in.

This clearly demonstrates how we are gravitating towards a wrong value system for the children, both parents and schools. Schools only want ready-made kids to win medals and parents only want medal-winning CCA......everything ready-made.....

[Mychildren]

Sad to say some CCA, choose you instead of you choose them. One mummy told me his son wanted to join badminton in p3 but was not selected. They chose those that are already good at it.

[HAPPYH]

kiddo:

Chenonceau:

My DD's boyfriend was identified for Math Olympiad training in primary school. He said he purposely failed his eval so that he would have time to play. The really smart kids dun mind breaking Dad's ego to protect playtime!!


:rotflmao:

Ego extension!! :rotflmao:

Our future 'thinking out of the box' smart boy :boogie: :boogie:

Bravo !!! SG .........got hope liao :hi5:

Kids are really smart

[HAPPYH]

jtoh:

Then you have the students (and parents) who really want to get into certain classes like GEP. And when they don't, they tell everyone that they purposely fail it because they don't want to get in. Too much face-saving going around.

Yes, I heard it quite a few times.

[HAPPYH]

pepper spice:

coast:

Agree. Some parents underappreciate the value of play. They think that primary school kids are \"big\" enough that they do not need to play much especially outdoor activities. I feel that play is critical for healthy development for children.

Fully agree, this is such an understatement. Not only play, CCAs are also equally important. On CCAs, I used to think that it is the schools that choose certain students with potentials to help win medals etc, but recently, I realised that there are parents who advise their children to sign up for CCAs which the school already had won many golds and medals instead of choosing one that the children have interest in.

This is quite common. Credit goes to DSA pregramme.

[HAPPYH]

Mychildren:

Sad to say some CCA, choose you instead of you choose them. One mummy told me his son wanted to join badminton in p3 but was not selected. They chose those that are already good at it.

yes, my friend experienced this in P2. She sent her DD for extra enrichment for a year. Last year, her DD managed to join this CCA and she was in school team now.