Parents, not enrichment centres, are key to result

[concern2]

The last few posts on this thread reminds me of my P6 year when mom wanted me to take up tuition to make sure I passed. Guess what, my tuition teacher marked me wrong for a science question which I distinctly remembered was what my science teacher taught me in school. Even the assessment given by the tuition teacher had the wrong answer. I argued with my tuition teacher but was laughed at. Soon, I had the same question in my test papers and I got it right. I showed it to my mother and tuition teacher and that was the last time I attended any home tuition lessons. Mom was still worried since I had no extra help, but I proved to her I pay attention in class, and understood my work - but most importantly, I learnt not to fully go by model answers and not everyone who call themselves teachers are reliable.

[jedamum]

concern2:

The last few posts on this thread reminds me of my P6 year when mom wanted me to take up tuition to make sure I passed. Guess what, my tuition teacher marked me wrong for a science question which I distinctly remembered was what my science teacher taught me in school. Even the assessment given by the tuition teacher had the wrong answer. I argued with my tuition teacher but was laughed at. Soon, I had the same question in my test papers and I got it right. I showed it to my mother and tuition teacher and that was the last time I attended any home tuition lessons. Mom was still worried since I had no extra help, but I proved to her I pay attention in class, and understood my work - but most importantly, I learnt not to fully go by model answers and not everyone who call themselves teachers are reliable.

tuition in your generation is luxury ah! :rahrah:
i always envy my classmates who had tuition.
i only had 1 thin science guidebook and 2 assessment books (compulsory needed by teacher) for my PSLE. by the time it reaches my turn to take psle (3rd kid) my parents said assessment books were waste of money.

[Suz855]

... U still have assessment books. I don't even know then they exist.

:oops:

[concern2]

jedamum:

tuition in your generation is luxury ah! :rahrah:
i always envy my classmates who had tuition.
i only had 1 thin science guidebook and 2 assessment books (compulsory needed by teacher) for my PSLE. by the time it reaches my turn to take psle (3rd kid) my parents said assessment books were waste of money.

Ya, I suppose so. Each generation is so different. Really not fair to kids these days - it is not as if they are spoilt for choice either. Now, maybe don't want must also take..

[2ppaamm]

Suz855:

... U still have assessment books. I don't even know then they exist.

:oops:

Ya, I also have never seen assessment books during my days, only 10 years' series. Come to think of it, the story books I owned were book prizes for topping the school, and that's about it. My sister had a dozen, but I had none. I also didn't like to read story books. But my father was wise enough to invest in some great encyclopedias. I wagged those. Loved reading factual stuff. That's all the enrichment I got, I suppose.

[kitty2]

Suz855:

... U still have assessment books. I don't even know then they exist.

:oops:

Me too :rotflmao: What're assessment books?

[LadyInBlack]

They were good old days werent they? I only remember memorising my index number for psle…nothing else…ahahah…

[toddles]

jedamum:

concern2:

The last few posts on this thread reminds me of my P6 year when mom wanted me to take up tuition to make sure I passed. Guess what, my tuition teacher marked me wrong for a science question which I distinctly remembered was what my science teacher taught me in school. Even the assessment given by the tuition teacher had the wrong answer. I argued with my tuition teacher but was laughed at. Soon, I had the same question in my test papers and I got it right. I showed it to my mother and tuition teacher and that was the last time I attended any home tuition lessons. Mom was still worried since I had no extra help, but I proved to her I pay attention in class, and understood my work - but most importantly, I learnt not to fully go by model answers and not everyone who call themselves teachers are reliable.

tuition in your generation is luxury ah! :rahrah:
i always envy my classmates who had tuition.
i only had 1 thin science guidebook and 2 assessment books (compulsory needed by teacher) for my PSLE. by the time it reaches my turn to take psle (3rd kid) my parents said assessment books were waste of money.

yah so weird huh. I asked my dad for chinese tuition. we weren't rich. had no other tuition. my dad thought for a long while, said 'i give you a little more pocket money every week, you study harder by yourself ok?'

and so i did. not too bad lah, higher chinese still managed to scrape an A2.

[Nebbermind]

toddles:

yah so weird huh. I asked my dad for chinese tuition. we weren't rich. had no other tuition. my dad thought for a long while, said 'i give you a little more pocket money every week, you study harder by yourself ok?'

and so i did. not too bad lah, higher chinese still managed to scrape an A2.

wah! u A2 calibre still dare to ask for tuition!

My time, if the grades still blue, no tuition!!

[toddles]

Nebbermind:

toddles:

yah so weird huh. I asked my dad for chinese tuition. we weren't rich. had no other tuition. my dad thought for a long while, said 'i give you a little more pocket money every week, you study harder by yourself ok?'

and so i did. not too bad lah, higher chinese still managed to scrape an A2.

wah! u A2 calibre still dare to ask for tuition!

My time, if the grades still blue, no tuition!!

aiyah u donch know my grades before I asked for tuition, before I put in the extra extra effort mah.