Child Underperforms Because Tested Above Cognitive Level

[buds]

I dunno abt other schools but the teachers in both schools my girls were/are in share resources with one another all the children benefit from it. They are the schools during my DD's registration phase which were the least popular... schools nobody wanted to be in.


I don't see them wanting to be competitive but can really feel their hearts n all their work/efforts are for the children collectively. :love:

[Chenonceau]

buds:

I dunno abt other schools but the teachers in both schools my girls were/are in share resources with one another all the children benefit from it. They are the schools during my DD's registration phase which were the least popular... schools nobody wanted to be in.

Aaaaaaaaaaargh... we are back to talking about individual schools/trees again... *hyperventilate*

Never mind, my love... still love you. We dun have to agree to love each other :snuggles:

[kitty2]

Chenonceau:

buds:

:shock: Gasp! Autumnbronzee... this is really why then MOE hadn't budged much for years. The ideal passionate ppl are not in there. They're on the ground working with the children. If they are up there, they be able to revamp n help even more children. One teacher I know does not give a hoot to even get there.. she says she enjoys her work most where the children are.. not with the adults. Her satisfaction came solely from teaching. This same teacher was known (by children) throughout all levels n not just the ones she was teaching. I wrote to P commending her extraordinary teaching AND mothering efforts for my girl as a thank you note before we left n complimented her in when I had a last chat with P. I told her, she had many hidden gems amongst her team n that teacher was one of them. :love:

THAT IS WHY WE MUST SPEAK UP!!

But they're DEAF!!!!

[Chenonceau]

kitty2:

Chenonceau:

[quote=\"buds\"]:shock: Gasp! Autumnbronzee... this is really why then MOE hadn't budged much for years. The ideal passionate ppl are not in there. They're on the ground working with the children. If they are up there, they be able to revamp n help even more children. One teacher I know does not give a hoot to even get there.. she says she enjoys her work most where the children are.. not with the adults. Her satisfaction came solely from teaching. This same teacher was known (by children) throughout all levels n not just the ones she was teaching. I wrote to P commending her extraordinary teaching AND mothering efforts for my girl as a thank you note before we left n complimented her in when I had a last chat with P. I told her, she had many hidden gems amongst her team n that teacher was one of them. :love:

THAT IS WHY WE MUST SPEAK UP!!

But they're DEAF!!!![/quote] :rotflmao: :rotflmao: Aiyo... tak boleh tahan.

[Sun_2010]

kitty2:

Chenonceau:

[quote=\"buds\"]:shock: Gasp! Autumnbronzee... this is really why then MOE hadn't budged much for years. The ideal passionate ppl are not in there. They're on the ground working with the children. If they are up there, they be able to revamp n help even more children. One teacher I know does not give a hoot to even get there.. she says she enjoys her work most where the children are.. not with the adults. Her satisfaction came solely from teaching. This same teacher was known (by children) throughout all levels n not just the ones she was teaching. I wrote to P commending her extraordinary teaching AND mothering efforts for my girl as a thank you note before we left n complimented her in when I had a last chat with P. I told her, she had many hidden gems amongst her team n that teacher was one of them. :love:

THAT IS WHY WE MUST SPEAK UP!!

But they're DEAF!!!![/quote]No they aren't deaf. Just hard-of-hearing .
Low voices are drowned out as they are busy singing praises of being the best of best.
So we have to speak up.
And use the election as a microphone if needed. :evil:

[doodbug]

Chenonceau:

buds and AB, you are, from every indication, intelligent and wise Mommies. You are going to sit silent and keep quiet KNOWING that the people in MOE who have passion are those with the LEAST power? They're those who are STILL working with kids and have no say on policy because they are supposed to be too stupid?


You are going to SILENTLY let these MOE big shots dictate the suffering of our children and mould the future of our country?

Speak up.

This is our country. Those are our children. Teachers are our friends, our sisters, brothers, cousins, aunts. They BELONG to US. If we care, we must speak or else nothing will change because from every newspaper report, we are told that MOE is world class by Minister Heng.

Is it? Ask your conscience. Is it?

Not only is MOE world-class, MOE is a MONOPOLY, and almost a DICTATOR on the entire school education for Singaporeans

[kitty2]

They're DEAF & BLIND,how many people had feedback in the ST forum????Chenonceau also wrote to MOE and had Kopi with the SAINT!!!

[Chenonceau]

kitty2:

They're DEAF & BLIND,how many people had feedback in the ST forum????Chenonceau also wrote to MOE and had Kopi with the SAINT!!!

Emmmm... I had lunch with a very nice person with the heart in the right place. I would be sorry that this person get flamed because of me. The person has become a friend... but it is not this PERSON. It is the whole machinery... and I realise I cannot just press this one person. It won't help.

[smartmummy]

U can wake up a man who really sleeping, but u can’t wake up a man who pretending to be sleeping.MOE pretending to be deaf!!!

[doodbug]

I am not trying to defend MOE here, but perhaps they do need some help not just in identifying the problems with the system (it’s easy to rant off a list of problems), but deep and concrete suggestions on how to improve the system. For example, I feel very strongly about testing within syllabus too, but if we were to advocate this for the PSLE, then there are other ramifications - there will be many high scoring kids and many kids will be differentiated on their carelessness and on trivial mistakes, instead of whether they are able to tackle the exams.


We want more flexibility in the system, more sharing within the system, but how to implement these?

Just some random thoughts.