All Schools are GOOD Schools

[limlim]

Chenonceau:

Helloooooooooooooo... I would make more money going The Learning Lab way!! I think I'll do that instead... :rubhands:

That's why, must ban all the enrichment centers... ban ban ban ban.....

So that talents will return to the teaching profession in govt schools..

[metz]

limlim:

Chenonceau:

Helloooooooooooooo... I would make more money going The Learning Lab way!! I think I'll do that instead... :rubhands:

That's why, must ban all the enrichment centers... ban ban ban ban.....

So that talents will return to the teaching profession in govt schools..

How about tuition? Can don't ban tuition? Thinking of embarking on tuition to supplement household income leh...

[vicki]

English! I still rem the advice that was given to me when I was young.


Key to Good English is to be: Clear, Complete n Concise!!

[Chenonceau]

limlim:

Chenonceau:

Helloooooooooooooo... I would make more money going The Learning Lab way!! I think I'll do that instead... :rubhands:

That's why, must ban all the enrichment centers... ban ban ban ban.....

So that talents will return to the teaching profession in govt schools..

:pokeeye:

I ban your ban...

[Chenonceau]

vicki:

English! I still rem the advice that was given to me when I was young.


Key to Good English is to be: Clear, Complete n Concise!!

In the words of my son \"If I have nothing to say, I keep quiet.\"

[Chenonceau]

chamonix:

limlim:

[quote=\"Chenonceau\"]

Helloooooooooooooo... I would make more money going The Learning Lab way!! I think I'll do that instead... :rubhands:

That's why, must ban all the enrichment centers... ban ban ban ban.....

So that talents will return to the teaching profession in govt schools..

How about tuition? Can don't ban tuition? Thinking of embarking on tuition to supplement household income leh...[/quote]Good idea! I sat next to this lady in the coffee shop near the school. She tutors and her son got into RI. Tutoring helps you keep in touch with syllabus so it'll earn you money and help your kids. Good deal!! :rahrah:

[phtthp]

:siao:

Parent pays $5,800 a month in tuition fees.
Her son is a straight A student in a top Sec boys' school.

a mom pay $200 or $250 per hour for people to do son's homework from a top school:- :yikes:
http://www.edvantage.com.sg/edvantage/news/news/983628/Parent_pays_nearly_6_000_a_month_in_tuition_fees.html

http://www.tnp.sg/content/parents-why-so-kiasu

[Chenonceau]

phtthp:

:siao:

Parent pays $5,800 a month in tuition fees.
Her son is a straight A student in a top Sec boys' school.

a mom pay $200 or $250 per hour for people to do son's homework from a top school:- :yikes:
http://www.edvantage.com.sg/edvantage/news/news/983628/Parent_pays_nearly_6_000_a_month_in_tuition_fees.html

http://www.tnp.sg/content/parents-why-so-kiasu

This kind of reports just try to shift the blame to parents again. Parents send kids for tuition so MOE cannot do anything. It's the parents' fault. In reality, a large proportion of parents (many here in this forum) are against tuition, and wouldn't spend on it if schools...

(1) had better textbooks
(2) marked students' work more conscientiously
(3) gave enough skills practice
(4) shared their resources across the nation

How many people so rich exist in Singapore? 90% of the population don't have this kind of money so they would much rather NOT spend it on tuition. It's quite amazing that instead of reforming the system intelligently, the people should focus so much effort on COMMUNICATION and ADVERTISING and using the media to shift the focus yet again to parents, when really, system changes will mould a whole new set of parent behaviors.

The tuition industry has really grown with the introduction of Teach Less Learn More. Just admit that the implementation Teach Less Learn More was a failure because
(1) in the past, primary school teachers weren't recruited for the level of competence that the PSLE requires today
(2) the level of difficulty in each subject requires EMS subject specialization
(3) schools compete like gladiators in the Roman arena for talent, resources and results. They guard their resources so jealously that if you're a kid (in a school that tests HARD and provides NO resources) but with equivalent calibre as another kid (who is in another school that provides good resources), you won't reach your full potential.

Divide and conquer. Get parents to accuse each other and think each other at fault, and the system can quietly slip away with its culpability unnoticed. Of course crazy parents like this $6000 woman exists. But they are few enough. Very simply, few of us can afford that kind of money. In fact, if I have to spend that kind of money and my DS has to spend that kind of time in order to stay afloat, then I think it is better just to migrate to somewhere more sane.

Pushing for the above changes benefit all parents who come after us (so it isn't just 2012 PSLE parents' issue alone)... and I hope they will benefit my grandchildren. Younger parents stand to gain MORE if these changes go through. My DS now has to contend with more of the crappy Teach Less Learn More in secondary school History and Geography.

[doodbug]

phtthp:

:siao:

Parent pays $5,800 a month in tuition fees.
Her son is a straight A student in a top Sec boys' school.

a mom pay $200 or $250 per hour for people to do son's homework from a top school:- :yikes:
http://www.edvantage.com.sg/edvantage/news/news/983628/Parent_pays_nearly_6_000_a_month_in_tuition_fees.html

http://www.tnp.sg/content/parents-why-so-kiasu

whoa I very suaku .... but this was completely shocking to me!! :yikes:

[doodbug]

$6000 a month? That's a holiday every month hohoho. :idea:


More than enough to send a child to international school for sec school, and child may have a saner and more fun life. Plus a ton of extra leftover to pursue interests and hobbies.

Hmm maybe only lazy mamas like me think this way.