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[verykiasu2010]

beware of what you guys are asking for ...... this ksp website may get banned, terminated, chief ks got jailed, forumers get interrogated and jailed for sharing ks tips ....... we are in for cultural revolution .....ooops, anyone spying me being ks ? :evil: :evil: :evil:

[Strparent]

PiggyLalala:

What about banning better students from attending tuition, haha, get rid of the kiasu mentality in parents and students. Students must show poor school results ( say below 65) to be eligible to attend tuition. In that case, the good ones learn to be independent learners and the weaker ones have more help to improve on their weaker subjects. No more tuition centers accept good ones and boast abt their excellent results.

unlikely to happen, but I LIKED THE IDEA :celebrate:

in the past, tuition as for children who fall behind, who couldn't catch-up.

Now the re-branding is called enrichment, normally associated with eca like music, etc. Now it is learning ahead, and staying ahead, me, myself, self-focus, etc.
Please do not get sensitive, nothing wrong with parents wanting the best for their kids, and for sure those who can afford, has the right to do so. But the issue is NATIONAL education for all, or at least most and majority of, our children in Singapore.

imho, eg LL is becoming too brand conscious, they already doing intake tests to qualify, next time how ? Only top tier sch students allowed ? only household income above 10k allowed ? only GEP allowed ? what happened to the learning ? more like elitist, imho.

I have to hand it to their management though, they learnt well from our govt, and they are reaping good financial returns as well as brand bragging rights. maybe in future GEP education will be outsourced to them as well ? :scared:

[verykiasu2010]

Strparent:

PiggyLalala:

What about banning better students from attending tuition, haha, get rid of the kiasu mentality in parents and students. Students must show poor school results ( say below 65) to be eligible to attend tuition. In that case, the good ones learn to be independent learners and the weaker ones have more help to improve on their weaker subjects. No more tuition centers accept good ones and boast abt their excellent results.

unlikely to happen, but I LIKED THE IDEA :celebrate:

in the past, tuition as for children who fall behind, who couldn't catch-up.

Now the re-branding is called enrichment, normally associated with eca like music, etc. Now it is learning ahead, and staying ahead, me, myself, self-focus, etc.
Please do not get sensitive, nothing wrong with parents wanting the best for their kids, and for sure those who can afford, has the right to do so. But the issue is NATIONAL education for all, or at least most and majority of, our children in Singapore.

eg. Learning Lab is becoming too brand conscious, they already doing intake tests to qualify, next time how ? Only top tier sch students allowed ? only household income above 10k allowed ? only GEP allowed ? what happened to the learning ? more like elitist, imho.

I have to hand it to their management though, they learnt well from our govt, and they are reaping good financial returns as well as brand bragging rights. maybe in future GEP education will be outsourced to them as well ? :scared:

this is the result of the information and internet age

it is the same phenomena every major city in the world

you are left behind if you are not forging ahead

however, normal distribution curve still prevails; so, fret not

[Chenonceau]

verykiasu2010:

beware of what you guys are asking for ...... this ksp website may get banned, terminated, chief ks got jailed, forumers get interrogated and jailed for sharing ks tips ....... we are in for cultural revolution .....ooops, anyone spying me being ks ? :evil: :evil: :evil:

:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: You need to change your nick lah...

[limlim]

PiggyLalala:

What about banning better students from attending tuition, haha, get rid of the kiasu mentality in parents and students. Students must show poor school results ( say below 65) to be eligible to attend tuition. In that case, the good ones learn to be independent learners and the weaker ones have more help to improve on their weaker subjects. No more tuition centers accept good ones and boast abt their excellent results.

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[janet88]

PiggyLalala:

Students must show poor school results ( say below 65) to be eligible to attend tuition. In that case, the good ones learn to be independent learners and the weaker ones have more help to improve on their weaker subjects.

tuition centers are taking in those good ones to boost their reputation...that is totally idiotic and stupid :rant: whole idea of kids attending tuition is because they are weak and need help !!!
Did you all see the half page ad by Learning Lab last Sunday...top 3 PSLE 2011 students attend that centre. Many students have to attend tuition centers...bcos schools are not doing their part to get their students to pass exams. Our dear minister should not study the education systems of other countries...focus on problems at home first. We are perspiring, not bcos weather is hot but bcos our kids are suffering.

[limlim]

verykiasu2010:

this is the result of the information and internet age

it is the same phenomena every major city in the world

you are left behind if you are not forging ahead

however, normal distribution curve still prevails; so, fret not

Academic results is not everything..

And we must not give the young the wrong impression by focusing so much on results.. until they get the wrong idea that academic results is everything..

consider.. if

Everyone is charging forward.. they invest in expensive running shoes, they eat steroids, they sacrifice sleep/rest, they don't slow down to look at the scenery.. just to keep ahead of the pack..

To them, being in front is everything.. But.. are they missing something? childhood.. friends, empathy.. etc.. will the scholars end up saying things like \"Get out of my elite uncaring face\"(sorrie to repeatedly use this..) to those who are left behind? because since young, they are trained to view academic achievements as everything.. as they see their parent do everything to make sure they get good scores/results.. and the tuition centers are like adding fuel to these fiery obsession....

....

is it better to have an effective system, and an environment where the gifted will naturally prevail.. or a defective system and a pressure cooker environment where scholars are artificially created (via cooking in the various tuition and enrichment centers) and the less privileged are marginalized and forgotten..?

forging ahead, yes.. but not towards academic excellence only..

churning out exam smart scholars in large quality is not necessarily good for the nation..

worst if some by-product like the sun something(xu?) is spawned..

[linden2000]

Not sure how prevalent the practice of setting killer papers from P5 onwards is but this practice results in such young kids experiencing failure frequently and really shatters their confidence and self-esteem.

[KSP]

verykiasu2010:

beware of what you guys are asking for ...... this ksp website may get banned, terminated, chief ks got jailed, forumers get interrogated and jailed for sharing ks tips ....... we are in for cultural revolution .....ooops, anyone spying me being ks ? :evil: :evil: :evil:

:rotflmao: before this website get banned, chief will get a notice from the MOE and banned us first.... apparently none of the official is reading this .... or maybe not yet... :evil:

[Singfrench]

CRAZYBANANA:

Instead of doing away with PSLE, they should have nation wide examination at all levels from P3. Parents can bench mark their child better instead of waiting for a surprise check at P6 :yikes: . It saves a lot of resources for each school to set their own exam papers too since all schools have SA1 & SA2 from P3 on.

i get where you're coming from with this suggestion...as in all schools set differing levels of papers etc.
But parents being KS as we are, will tend to compare and it will become like having PSLE stress every year...can die liddat