GEP - General Syllabus Discussion
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GiftedGem:
Hi RachelSmiley,
Personally, I look at it from a different perspective. From macro view, this statistic offers a comprehensive view on individual school's strengths. On top of it, it provides us a view which are the subjects that the kids are having difficulties in coping with as a whole.
From micro view, it instills motivation to my DD. She is putting in concerted effort to strengthen her subject weakness.
Merely comparing of statistic does not serve its purpose which I believe parents in this kaisu forum are not looking purely from this perspective.
Well said, GiftedGem :goodpost:
I have not shown DS the stats yet but looking at the averages of the various schools for maths, then did i realise how high the standard is for Maths :nailbite:
Hence, will definitely do my utmost to improve DS's math :nunchuk: -
I just want to add some comments here, the statistic data didn’t show some background information, for example how many mock tests were done by school before formal test. Some school did a few but some school did nothing, then the result will show you the big difference for that subject between schools, I guess GE office didn’t define the standard here and leave it to each school to decide. So compare within the school is more meaningful. If too much pressure from the parents due to the different results of schools, GE office may change their mind even won’t provide the information which help you identify your child’s weakness among the peers in his school.
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Information is good and especially factual information. How information is used is in your hands. As parents, we have to understand what motivates our child and of course, every individual is different. We aim not to use the information to demotivate or punish! The aim is to provide the necessary support so they will not be demotivated in the journey and to motivate them to have the confidence and believe in themselves.
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Showed my DS the numbers, he does not seem to be affected/motivated by it. Moving ahead is more important.
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just888:
Showed my DS the numbers, he does not seem to be affected/motivated by it. Moving ahead is more important.
Ya, not all kids wanna be at the top of the 1%.
If only all the GEP ctrs have affiliated sec schools...then they can take their minds off the paper chase and really enjoy the curriculum. But then again, many parents are still targetting the handful of TOP schools! :evil: -
Yesterday brought DS to SingaporeDisovery Centre for visit. They are having a small temporary exhibition on "Will Singapore Collapse?" addressing the facts our nation is facing and threatening to our nation. Very informative. On top of that DS enjoyed the 3D movie shows and the F1 remote car play there too.
Science centre also having an exhibition on the past and the present laboratory equipments, thinking should we go for a visit or not as DS going for the science fest workshop this month end. -
just888:
Thx for sharing. Think I will bring my DS there as he cant join the month end workshop as he got Robotic competition to attend on the same day.Yesterday brought DS to SingaporeDisovery Centre for visit. They are having a small temporary exhibition on \"Will Singapore Collapse?\" addressing the facts our nation is facing and threatening to our nation. Very informative. On top of that DS enjoyed the 3D movie shows and the F1 remote car play there too.
Science centre also having an exhibition on the past and the present laboratory equipments, thinking should we go for a visit or not as DS going for the science fest workshop this month end. -
Anyone of you sending yr kid for Debate Association June Holiday Camp next week? It is a 1/2 two days programme and charging rate is $40. The response seems overwhelming. Got my DD to participate. Hope to be an eye opener for her.
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Asked my son and he said Nanhua don’t have debate team. Is it so?
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toxic118:
Asked my son and he said Nanhua don't have debate team. Is it so?
DD's sch circulated this invitation and if parents are keen, register directly with Debate Association. Not sure as well if my DD's school has any debate team too.
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