All Schools are GOOD Schools
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laughingcat:
simply coz we parents are the BIGGEST stakeholders!!Ahh......now all these gel afterall. All the responsibilities of the educators and MOE are now throwing back to committed parents.
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Interesting comment from a parent, "It is ok to have set high standards for our children - but please also ensure you have the means to help them achieve that standard."
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atutor2001:
Not just peer pressure....perhaps motivation.
Students who are not rich will be driven to improve in branded schools because of peer pressure.
Somewhere in our school life we probably have been banded with a good class and not so good class...you will notice the difference in attitude...
and like the chinese saying, 近硃者赤，近墨者黑 -
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I would like to see a breakdown of schools the our top civil servants attended…
If ALL SCHOOLS are well represented, I will be convinced that ALL SCHOOLS are good schools. If most of the senior government come from a few BRANDED SCHOOLS, then I guess our current perception is accurate. -
Let me share my conversation with my P2 dd’s english teacher during the meet-the-parents session. Please note that this teacher really meant well - that she was sincerely telling me that that’s the state of education right now.
Me : How’s my dd doing?
Teacher : She is doing well, among the top 5 but if you want her to do well in the top class in P3, she will need to improve her English especially composition.
Me : What can be done to improve her English? The stuff taught in school are very basic and not challenging.
Teacher : While I would like to give different worksheets for students of varying standards, parents may complain. The standard of the students in the class is too varied. Why don’t you try sending her to TLL? With her scores, she will definitely get in.
Did I send my daughter to TLL? No, not yet… and hopefully never. I view it as a failure on my part if I show my daughter that if one could not do well, enrichment/tuition is the way to go. I am encouraging her to try to learn from friends and ask the teacher. On my part, I know I need to guide her towards where to find help (on an adhoc basis so that they learn to explore what is learning!) since she is still so young.
Proper resources for the students is so critical to encourage self learning! -
try:
Thank you for the unequivocal statement.Let me share my conversation with my P2 dd's english teacher during the meet-the-parents session. Please note that this teacher really meant well - that she was sincerely telling me that that's the state of education right now.
Me : How's my dd doing?
Teacher : She is doing well, among the top 5 but if you want her to do well in the top class in P3, she will need to improve her English especially composition.
Me : What can be done to improve her English? The stuff taught in school are very basic and not challenging.
Teacher : While I would like to give different worksheets for students of varying standards, parents may complain. The standard of the students in the class is too varied. Why don't you try sending her to TLL? With her scores, she will definitely get in.
Did I send my daughter to TLL? No, not yet.... and hopefully never. I view it as a failure on my part if I show my daughter that if one could not do well, enrichment/tuition is the way to go. I am encouraging her to try to learn from friends and ask the teacher. On my part, I know I need to guide her towards where to find help (on an adhoc basis so that they learn to explore what is learning!) since she is still so young.
Proper resources for the students is so critical to encourage self learning! -
Last year during my boy’s ptm, I heard his teacher discouraged a parent from sending her kid for science tuition because she said if the tuition centre or tutor do not know what is expected in psle answering technique, it’ll do more harm than good. She said leave it to sch to teach. She is the same teacher who told me that so long kids focus in class , kid should know how the answeing technique. It iscommendable that she discourages tuition n such, but the amount of notes n guided answering worksheets, I still think if withouty guidance at home on answering techniques, my boy would not have done as well. So no matter what the teachers said, don’t we still have our own intepretation of whether our kids need tuition.
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Try… you have PM… Don’t delete your post!! Bring it back!! I want it back. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez.
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jedamum:
Last year during my boy's ptm, I heard his teacher discouraged a parent from sending her kid for science tuition because she said if the tuition centre or tutor do not know what is expected in psle answering technique, it'll do more harm than good. She said leave it to sch to teach. She is the same teacher who told me that so long kids focus in class , kid should know how the answeing technique. It iscommendable that she discourages tuition n such, but the amount of notes n guided answering worksheets, I still think if withouty guidance at home on answering techniques, my boy would not have done as well. So no matter what the teachers said, don't we still have our own intepretation of whether our kids need tuition.
No one said parents cannot still want tuition. The parents who dun want would now have a choice if resources and teaching are sufficient for exams. Fix these lacunae FIRST before saying parents have the wrong perspective about tuition.
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