2012 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[worried parents]

mummy so kiasu:

worried parents:

My son is down with chicken pox and is given five days mc today.

Sorry to hear that. Hope your son recover soon. Make use of this period to have a good rest & do some revision. Take care.

Thanks all. Luckily all the SA1 papers are over. Actually he already had the chicken pox jab when he was two. He is having rashes only on his neck and shoulder, no pus and no fever. Doctor said that is chicken pox and gave him 5 days mc.

[worried parents]

Any one knows of any food to avoid during and after having chicken pox ??


Heard egg will cause bad breadth and cucumber will cause the skin to become rough ???

[Chenonceau]

I have a somewhat different problem now. DS has planned his own revision schedule from now until end-June. After school today, he targetted…

(1) 1 Math Paper 2
(2) 1 Science Paper
(3) Read 1 PRC Model Compo and copy out yummy words (requires 30 minutes)
(4) Self ting xie of the yummy compo words from the previous day.

I tried to tell him that he would not be able to manage the Science Paper on top of everything else. I’m out this evening and when I called home to DS… sure enough… he had not completed the Science Paper. He insisted that by the end of the week, he was confident he could complete everything he planned.

I am not so sure because he seems to have overplanned for every day of the week. I’m thinking that by the end of the week, I’ll have a crying 11 year old on my hands because he will be looking at a whole mound of work that he had wanted to do and couldn’t finish.

He got angry with me when I tried to take out some items from his plan. He said, "Do you think I’ll have time to get in enough practice Mom?" He’s so anxious that he is OVER working. And I can’t buffer him from stress if he won’t let me. Hmmmmm… I didn’t foresee this problem this year.

DD only demonstrated this OVERwork trait in Sec 3. DS is 3 years too early. It just goes to show how stressful the system is.

[fightingmom]

worried parents:

mummy so kiasu:

[quote=\"worried parents\"]My son is down with chicken pox and is given five days mc today.

Sorry to hear that. Hope your son recover soon. Make use of this period to have a good rest & do some revision. Take care.

Thanks all. Luckily all the SA1 papers are over. [/quote]Phew else :nailbite:

worried parents:

Actually he already had the chicken pox jab when he was two. He is having rashes only on his neck and shoulder, no pus and no fever. Doctor said that is chicken pox and gave him 5 days mc.

Hope he has a speedy recovery !

[janet88]

worried parents:

mummy so kiasu:

[quote=\"worried parents\"]My son is down with chicken pox and is given five days mc today.

Sorry to hear that. Hope your son recover soon. Make use of this period to have a good rest & do some revision. Take care.

Actually he already had the chicken pox jab when he was two. He is having rashes only on his neck and shoulder, no pus and no fever. Doctor said that is chicken pox and gave him 5 days mc.[/quote]The chicken pox jab helped a lot...if not for it, kids & i would have big outburst like hubby. I had to throw away the mattress he slept on. Son got it from classmate, he spread it to all of us. It wasn't so bad, just mild rash. We had anti-viral medication. But hubby was worst hit.

This SA1 was a real nightmare. I had a hard time accepting his results compared to CA1. I literally went off track :stompfeet: :mad: :frustrated:

[fightingmom]

janet_lee88:

This SA1 was a real nightmare. I had a hard time accepting his results compared to CA1. I literally went off track :stompfeet: :mad: :frustrated:

:hugs: Janet... Don't lose heart.

[peterch]

worried parents:

Any one knows of any food to avoid during and after having chicken pox ??


Heard egg will cause bad breadth and cucumber will cause the skin to become rough ???

no eggs, seafood, salty food CMIIW

[janet88]

fightingmom:

janet_lee88:

This SA1 was a real nightmare. I had a hard time accepting his results compared to CA1. I literally went off track :stompfeet: :mad: :frustrated:

:hugs: Janet... Don't lose heart.

Thanks for your consolation...appreciate.
Fortunately it's not PMS which caused the gun powder to explode in me.
While trying to find out cause of his poor results, hubby is on my nerves telling him crap, and also telling me to accept Cs for psle. Cannot believe him saying that :slapshead: how could he be so negative ? As a parent, we should have absolute faith and if time management is the cause, we should work on that. I am ok if he can come back with 4 As.

[fightingmom]

janet_lee88:

fightingmom:

[quote=\"janet_lee88\"]
This SA1 was a real nightmare. I had a hard time accepting his results compared to CA1. I literally went off track :stompfeet: :mad: :frustrated:

:hugs: Janet... Don't lose heart.

Thanks for your consolation...appreciate.
Fortunately it's not PMS which caused the gun powder to explode in me.
While trying to find out cause of his poor results, hubby is on my nerves telling him crap, and also telling me to accept Cs for psle. Cannot believe him saying that :slapshead: how could he be so negative ? [/quote]Oh no ... It hurts to hear your hubby said that ! :sad:
Hope your DS wasn't within earshots then. :scared:

janet_lee88:

As a parent, we should have absolute faith and if time management is the cause, we should work on that. I am ok if he can come back with 4 As.

As parents, we would want the best for our children and we do have some expectations. Like I mentioned in the earlier thread, it's almost last lap liao... Work on the sections that your DS is weak in. I have friends whose children went thru past PSLE with low grades range around 50s or 60s in their P6 SA1 but their children put in a lot of hard work during the june holidays and they got As in PSLE. So there is still hope.

[Chenonceau]

slmkhoo:

Chenonceau:

DD only demonstrated this OVERwork trait in Sec 3. DS is 3 years too early. It just goes to show how stressful the system is.

Actually, I think it's better that he learns this now than later. At this age, he will probably exhaust himself sooner, then be more willing to listen to your advice. Teens can last longer, get into worse trouble, then be too proud to turn to mummy for advice. You've already given your opinion, and if he insists on his way, then let him try, but be ready with sympathy and suggestions when he realises that he's over-stretched himself. He sounds like sensible kid and will adjust to a more reasonable pace soon.

I hope so. I do wish there were more certainty in the business of Mommy-ing.