2009 GEP Screening And Selection

[KSP]

It is 67 pages now. Can we hit 100 pages before Friday?


Keep going!!!

[glchua]

This could be one of the most active thread here. And the results are not even out yet!


Can’t imagine the traffic here when the results are out…

[KSP]

When the result are out. Nobody would bother to comment anymore bcos the dust always settled. Nothing to speculate anymore and nothing look forward to anymore. Those got in already got in and those could not … well try harder in PSLE to get into your dream school.

[leeven]

this is one place all mums are pouring their frustrations of long wait to the RESULTS. so sure it might go to 100....Hatrc :grphug:

[vlim]

KSP:

When the result are out. Nobody would bother to comment anymore bcos the dust always settled. Nothing to speculate anymore and nothing look forward to anymore. Those got in already got in and those could not .... well try harder in PSLE to get into your dream school.

those new gep mums will be asking qns like 'which gep school is good hah??)

[glchua]

KSP:

When the result are out. Nobody would bother to comment anymore bcos the dust always settled. Nothing to speculate anymore and nothing look forward to anymore. Those got in already got in and those could not .... well try harder in PSLE to get into your dream school.

I can foresee congratulations, consolations, advices on schools, advices on preparations, advices on what to eat for breakfast etc

Friday is so far away....

[KSP]

You guys are counting down in second.

2 days = 172,800 sec

[rains]

I feel that this thread really lives up to the name of ‘kiasu parents’. I’m totally amazed and impressed by mothers who actually call up moe to ask about the date of release of results. It gives me the ‘Why didn’t I think of that?!!’ moments.


After looking at my kid’s less-than-satisfactory SA2 results, I’m at peace with myself now. Earlier on before she went for the 1st round, I told myself that I would be totally satisfied if she ever got in the 1st round. I knew the papers in the first round were already very difficult and I was very grateful when she told me she cleared the 1st round.

Just a couple of days ago, I sat her down and told her I wanted her to throw GEP out of the window becos it’s starting to bother her - she shook another tooth off in class bcos she was too nervous, thinking that her teacher was going to release the results. I told her that GEP is meant for kids who are genuinely gifted and are bored by the current lessons in school, so if she’s not bored with the lessons, then GEP is probably not for her. Plus GEP kids love Maths while she doesn’t. I think she sort of understands it better now.

I want to thank the generous parent who contributed the reading list. The books look interesting. My kid will enjoy reading them. Thanks!

[rosicky]

sometime we put so much stress on our kids. i cannot remember myself ever being stressed for any exams. maybe time have moved on, and it is a more competitive society now. but kids are still kids, let them be kids.


This song probably reflects some of the tots of our kids....

童謠1987
詞曲：梁文福

親愛的爸爸，給我一個窗口，給我留一片還沒有，污染的天空。
在層層的重重的鐵窗後，讓我望一望草地上，綠色的自由。

親愛的媽媽，給我哭鬧的時間，讓我遲一些才學會，標準的笑臉。
其實你可以先給我一點空間，讓我喜歡自己，才接受文明的訓練。

親愛的老師，不要那麼緊張，不是所有的歌曲，都要規矩的唱。
一切的ABC 可以慢慢的學，不要教我爭先，讓我從容一點。

親愛的世界，給我一個黑板，讓我快樂地畫一幅自己的響往。
其實你不該教會我太多黑白，讓我長大後不會，對著灰色無奈。

[Kiasu101]

Totally agree. When I asked my son if he was anxious about the GEP results, he said "mummy, this is only one of the many exams in my life…". I was totally stunned.