'A' Levels results out: A perfect 9 for 9

[jtoh]

Daddy

Funz:

What difference does it make if they are local born or not? It still just shows that RI churns out more people good at aceing exams.

No difference... It's merit-based mah... So local kids just not good enough?
Yes I agree.... \"Just shows RI churns out more people good at acing exams\"... only

:siam:

Au contraire. RI students excel in much more than just exams.

[naggo-nitemare]

Aiyah I wouldn’t bother to counter the skeptics. After numerous int’l science Maths awards, competition victories tt cover almost every category imaginable, countless accomplished sportsmen, businessmen, leaders in the arts scene, drs, lawyers, community leaders, playwrights, so on n so forth, people still make sweeping statements tt ri is good at producing only exam smart people. Oxbridge n ivy leagues n scholarship panels must be blur for the past couple of decades then, to time and time again believe in the potential of rafflesians.

[verykiasu2010]

naggo-nitemare:

Aiyah I wouldn't bother to counter the skeptics. After numerous int'l science Maths awards, competition victories tt cover almost every category imaginable, countless accomplished sportsmen, businessmen, leaders in the arts scene, drs, lawyers, community leaders, playwrights, so on n so forth, people still make sweeping statements tt ri is good at producing only exam smart people. Oxbridge n ivy leagues n scholarship panels must be blur for the past couple of decades then, to time and time again believe in the potential of rafflesians.

LKY said before : untruths repeated enough will be taken as truth for those who do not know the background or those without first hand knowledge

[Zanonbu]

jtoh:

Tuition at uni? Oh dear!

Yep, times are a-changing

[Daddy D]

aiyo... \"only joking\" .... quote from Mr V...

no wonder no one laughing... :slapshead:

I was answering above query on nationalites... so happened the zaobao article only got RI...

Talk about A level also can become RI topic... :slapshead: :slapshead:

[phankao]

Chenonceau:

doodbug:

Sorry I am quite suaku here...how do we count distinctions? And how to obtain 9 distinctions? 2 H1, 4 H2, and 3 H3s or is it 3 H1, 4 H2 and 2 H3s? Lost touch with the times, heh.

Chinese
GP

4 X H2

Project Work

2 X H3

Congratulations Mummy Chenonceau on your girl's fantastic results! She must've taken 1 or 2 H3, is it??
:congrats:
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[Chenonceau]

phankao:

Congratulations Mummy Chenonceau on your girl's fantastic results! She must've taken 1 or 2 H3, is it??
:congrats:
.

:thankyou:

She took 1 H3 only lah... 2 H3 is a lotta work and she is playful. Now my poor son even more stressed :nailbite: . Next year CNY, my son will have a hard time again.

[phankao]

Chenonceau:

phankao:

Congratulations Mummy Chenonceau on your girl's fantastic results! She must've taken 1 or 2 H3, is it??
:congrats:
.

:thankyou:

She took 1 H3 only lah... 2 H3 is a lotta work and she is playful.

Even being selected to take 1 H3 is quite a feat already!!!! She must've done super-well in that subject in JC1.

So she did take chinese in JC. My girl just got her CL results. Not good, but she's not going to retake bc she doesn't foresee jumping 3 or 4 grades in it for it to matter re-taking.

[Chenonceau]

phankao:

Even being selected to take 1 H3 is quite a feat already!!!! She must've done super-well in that subject in JC1.

So she did take chinese in JC. My girl just got her CL results. Not good, but she's not going to retake bc she doesn't foresee jumping 3 or 4 grades in it for it to matter re-taking.

Ohhhhhh... :oops: :oops: Not everyone takes 1 H3 hah? I was under the impression that everyone takes 1 H3 nowadays. Are you sure not everyone takes 1 H3?

She did so badly in her CL earlier that the school MADE her retake in JC. And she did jump like 5 grades... but that was because she has a group of very loving friends who took turns to coach her and when she got her A, we were all so shocked. So... never say never.

[phankao]

Chenonceau:

Ohhhhhh... :oops: :oops: Not everyone takes 1 H3 hah? I was under the impression that everyone takes 1 H3 nowadays. Are you sure not everyone takes 1 H3?.

Your girl must be in some very top JC if \"everyone\" takes 1 H3. Nope. Very few take H3 where my girl is. She wants to save the extra 5hours of Chinese lessons each week too, to concentrate on her content subjects bc except for 2 subjects, the rest are at the standard of \"crawling along the ground\".