All Schools are GOOD Schools

[huanghou]

It is a no brainer that we should not have tuition n enrichment centres as an integral part of our lives but the question is can we? After reading these threads about some schools not teaching but merely testing, before we ban tuition centres we should ban exam papers that test students beyond what they r taught in school. Seriously we should question the effectiveness of "teach less learn more".

[phtthp]

"teach less learn more" nowadays means school teachers "teach very little" but "test more, expect more", expect external hired tuition teachers to teach in detail.

[Nebbermind]

I go to the academic section once in a while…some of the math looks very complicated but guru such as tianzhu makes it look so simple coz he could draw the models, albeit a bit more complicated…


Is this testing beyond??

[LOLMum]

Nebbermind:

BeContented:

At 50s, hmmm I haven't figure out how. Any suggestion?

we'll squat here for your update!!!

huh squat ah.... very difficult to get up hor. change position lah.

[smartmummy]

If u prepare kid for sci exam u will know what is " teach less learn more"

My son said he learnt already.then i asked him qns he didn’t know any concept.

[naggo-nitemare]

Haha my DS said tt in animal farm, all men are equal but some are more equal than others. Likewise, all schools are good but some are better than others.

[limlim]

Nebbermind:

BeContented:

At 50s, hmmm I haven't figure out how. Any suggestion?

we'll squat here for your update!!!

Alcohol..

[Nebbermind]

limlim:

Nebbermind:

[quote=\"BeContented\"]

At 50s, hmmm I haven't figure out how. Any suggestion?

we'll squat here for your update!!!

Alcohol..[/quote]Now I understand why the kopi shop nearby is always full of old men with MANY bottles of Carlsberg every night!!!

[limlim]

huanghou:

It is a no brainer that we should not have tuition n enrichment centres as an integral part of our lives but the question is can we? After reading these threads about some schools not teaching but merely testing, before we ban tuition centres we should ban exam papers that test students beyond what they r taught in school. Seriously we should question the effectiveness of \"teach less learn more\".

Not necessarily..

nowadays Teacher can afford to teach less and less because parent go to enrichment classes.. and the vicious cycle repeats..

If enrichment classes are banned, then students hv nowhere to go to but to reply on the school teachers (except some with private tutors). Then the teachers have no choice but to teach properly, and adjust the exam papers accordingly.

A few student who can afford tuition and maybe stay in front (but not too far away) is ok and acceptable. but not the masses like 90% of the class ahead of the school's pace..

Once enrichment classes are banned, majority of abled students will stay at the school's pace. There is little pressure to get tuition to stay ahead of the classes.. And tuition will be seek by the few minority who need the extra help.. just like the old days.. everything will fall back in place.

So.. the first step to take is.. ban enrichment centers! who agrees?

The key point is.. most of the time, most kids go enrichment classes not to be the top few.. but to take up with the schools pace which gotten faster and faster.. which is a result of students going for enrichment classes and so on....

Take out the root of the problem.. and set things right.

[Singfrench]

Nebbermind:

I go to the academic section once in a while....some of the math looks very complicated but guru such as tianzhu makes it look so simple coz he could draw the models, albeit a bit more complicated....


Is this testing beyond??

Definitely testing beyond for the sake of it...

we are the only place in the world where kids who are NORMAL are not good enough must be EXPRESS or GEP, IP etc. so definitely must push beyond all reasonable limits.