Should my child drop to combined science?
-
Hello all,
Many parents are lost when come to this question. I uploaded my views at my blog: http://chensciencetuition.blogspot.sg/
Please note that this is purely my opinions after many years of teaching.Hope it helps especially during this critical period. -
In the end, it depends entirely on the student’s objectives and assessment of what he/she wants. Ultimately, they are going to reap what they have sowed, and I am affirmative that if they put in hard work consistently, for real, scoring A1 for a pure science subject would not be a bane at all. Some students tend to think that it is a stigma to drop to combined science. They know themselves well, and if they do not think that they have the aptitude to do well in this abstruse subject, then it would be apt to relinquish the subject.
In a nutshell, education is similar to gambling, but it does not involve massive sums of money of course, unless if you consider tuition, enrichment courses, etc. If you choose this subject out of your own volition, you take it and excel it. Yes, there is a way to drop the subject, but you can do so after a year studying the subject. After that, there is no way Cambridge is going to reimburse your exam fees. -
Combined science is not a bad thing. I have one student taking combined science but using the assessment books for pure physics and chemistry instead. In this case, student has a higher chance of getting A for combined science, and yet she would still not lose out if she choose to continue to do science in JC or University levels because of the pure science tuition I’m giving her.
-
what is difference between combined science and pure science??
-
germalux:
what is difference between combined science and pure science??
Combined science generally covers less scope and is usually easier than pure physics or chemistry. -
Is it possible for my son to promote from sec 3 combined sci to pure science if he gets 80 percent overall and 1r5 of 9 .Have there been any such cases?
-
Therealknight\" post_id=\"1900661\" time=\"1551499213\" user_id=\"175702:
Not possible. Syllabus is different.
Is it possible for my son to promote from sec 3 combined sci to pure science if he gets 80 percent overall and 1r5 of 9 .Have there been any such cases?
Doing well in combined science does not guaranteed that the student will be doing well in pure sciences (combined sciences have lesser depth compared to the pure science subjects). Plus, time is short if he is taking his O Level at the end of sec 4. He probably won't be able to catch up the missing components and school is unlikely to help him make up (the missing components from sec 3) during regular classes. -
If the child is going JC, I think pure science is important
-
Icylin\" post_id=\"1902778\" time=\"1552603691\" user_id=\"175959:
If going Art stream, pure science is not important.
If the child is going JC, I think pure science is important -
Pure science will give depth to the student. The student can engage a tutor to exist him or her.
Either way, scoring in combined sciences should be not much of an issue in my honest opinion.
Cheers
Hello! It looks like you're interested in this conversation, but you don't have an account yet.
Getting fed up of having to scroll through the same posts each visit? When you register for an account, you'll always come back to exactly where you were before, and choose to be notified of new replies (either via email, or push notification). You'll also be able to save bookmarks and upvote posts to show your appreciation to other community members.
With your input, this post could be even better 💗
Register Login