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    All Schools are GOOD Schools

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    • NebbermindN Offline
      Nebbermind
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      kiddo:
      We all ---- be it knowledgable or less knowledgable parents

      need a more LEVEL PLAYING FIELD so we do not leave behind the
      less endowed child or parents due to watever reasons beyond
      their grasp.
      The Authority - be it MOE OR School with such power can
      and should do so because they can if they put their heart to that.
      When we allow an unequal distribution of better resources
      for some and not for others -- some children will be deprived
      - this gradually move towards the route of Elitism.

      Education should not be a priviledge ,it should be the basic for all citizen.
      Level the playing field - this is what we are asking for.
      :hi5:
      You need not be a lone voice....gather enough concerned parents from your school, join or form the PSG and speak to the P and see how the PSG and school can work things out.

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      • W Offline
        wonderm
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        verykiasu2010:
        at the beginning of every year during the meet the parent session at the cohort level, it has been clearly spelt out the mark allocation for each paper each section


        at the subject level briefing, the HOD / teacher-in-charge for the subject will go into details how each type of questions are being marked, how marks are allocated, which key words will get marks, which words if left out will not get marks even if the child writes the answer at book length without those key words .... for MA & SC, and for EL & MT, areas of focus are clearly pointed out, which type of questions allow direct lifting of answers and which type of questions call of overview of the passage etc....and the kids are given ample practices in these areas....and orals, they are so many dry run ......

        as for strategy, some students are warned not to be 'commando' not to do unfamiliar topic....etc etc

        it is recognised that not all the parents attend all the meet the parents sessions even if subject briefing were given notice, with valid reasons

        it is recognised that not all the parents absorb and remember everything mentioned in the briefing

        it is recognised that not all parents diligently digest the info / handout given out during the briefing

        it is recognised that not all parents will go to the school website to download the briefing slides even if posted

        it is recognised that not all parents will follow through with teachers' recommendation of improvement - eg go practice more essay writing to improve skills, speed, structuring, and organised thoughts..,

        not all kids really revise the mistakes made during test and exams

        not all kids really practise under exam conditions for all the trial papers given

        and of course not all schools practice what is written above, some teachers and principals just 'get by' with day to day duty, some teachers take pride in their work, some teachers take pride to prepare the students well to score well as a personal goal even there is no promotion

        yes, not all schools are equally good, not all principals are equally good, not all teachers are equally good and passionate

        some parents sneer at popular schools as being 'elite' or 'exclusive', some will say all kinds of things in the name of calling for justice for the less fortunate and under-achieved.....some are simply presumptious in making comments

        between the good and the bad in the school system is a whole spectrum stretching from one end of rainbow to the other end

        no system is perfect, as long as it is left to human to run and operate, until such time when every policy and direction is run by robots.

        Mr Heng must recognise that some schools are more popular for some valid reasons, for which he should not brush aside and say all schools are good and parents must change perception of neighbourhood schools. The fact is, some neighbourhood schools are just better than other neighbourhood

        my two kids eat sleep breathe the same through out their life thus far, equal scolding and equal love, same schools, same system, different results, not bad, but different. We are part of the normal distribution.
        VK2010, I thought you just started a new thread, \"Are all the PARENTS same good?\" :siam:

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        • C Offline
          Chenonceau
          last edited by

          verykiasu2010:
          Mr Heng must recognise that some schools are more popular for some valid reasons, for which he should not brush aside and say all schools are good and parents must change perception of neighbourhood schools. The fact is, some neighbourhood schools are just better than other neighbourhood
          Well said!!

          We are all together in a very hot room. Minister Heng sits there coolly looking at us and says \"It's not hot. It's all your perception.\"

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            limlim
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            PiggyLalala:
            limlim:

            [quote=\"KSP\"]

            But why not just ban it like firecracker or chewing gum? Short and sharp.

            Can ban, ban..

            cannot ban.. ban advertisement.. :evil:

            Maybe the banning of tuition advertisement will work. Tuition centres usually list down their top scocers in PSLE in their advertisement. This gives a wrong impression to some parents that in order to do well in PSLE, one has to go for tuition. One has to realise that by going to XXX tuition centre does not mean excellent results in the PSLE. There are pupils going to XXX tuition centre but score only so so results in the PSLE. Just that it is not reflected in the advertisement.[/quote]Juz like MLM.. they ask to to join seminars and ask their top earner to give inspirational talks etc.. how they made millionaires, drive big cars, go on holidays to exotic locations, no need work got $$$$ passive income etc..

            They will spare no efforts to introduce their top guys who \"made it\". What they'll never tell you is the 99.999999999999% who never made it and is rearing (养) the few who \"made it\"..

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            • V Offline
              verykiasu2010
              last edited by

              Chenonceau:


              We are all together in a very hot room. Minister Heng sits there coolly looking at us and says \"It's not hot. It's all your perspiration.\"

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                verykiasu2010
                last edited by

                wonderm:


                VK2010, I thought you just started a new thread, \"Are all the PARENTS same good?\" :siam:
                All Parents are GOOD Parents :rotflmao: :evil: :evil:

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                • K Offline
                  KSP
                  last edited by

                  verykiasu2010:
                  wonderm:



                  VK2010, I thought you just started a new thread,ore interest \"Are all the PARENTS same good?\" :siam:

                  All Parents are GOOD Parents :rotflmao: :evil: :evil:

                  How about All Parents are KIASU Parents or All Parents are equally KIASU? More interesting....

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                    verykiasu2010
                    last edited by

                    KSP:


                    How about All Parents are KIASU Parents or All Parents are equally KIASU? More interesting....
                    emmm, some parents are kiasi

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                    • laughingcatL Offline
                      laughingcat
                      last edited by

                      Some parents also kia lai kia ke. šŸ˜†

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                      • K Offline
                        KSP
                        last edited by

                        laughingcat:
                        Some parents also kia lai kia ke. šŸ˜†

                        walk here, walk there... too free or too busy to bring their children for enrichements?

                        better than kong lai kong ke.... :rotflmao:

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