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[Champion]

janet_lee88:

It's impossible for some kids not to have no tuition...just met this lady whose daughter in p3 has tuition for all 4 subjects...she works late till 7+ to have dinner and pick her kids before going home. No way she has time to coach daughter and rush home from mum's place at 9 to get younger 2 to bed.

I can sympathies with this type of situation - Yes, as a FTWM, I also fighting for time in the late evenings with the children. Less so asking them to do revision, I have to divide the time to random check homework, sign parents' consent form (seem to have a lot from my DDs' school :scratchhead: ) and some bonding time with my 3-year old toddler.

I have outsourced Sci & Maths to Tuition Centre for P4 DD1 -- she likes the teaching methods and the materials so I kinda of \"go with the flow\" She is doing \"Ok\" in class so will see how it goes before :moneyflies: :moneyflies: for...more tuition??: :faint:

P1 DD2 is the happy-go-lucky type No tuition, No enrichment - the only 2 non-academic activties she has are the weekday Piano lesson at home and the weekend swimming lesson :imdrowning:

Am pretty comfortable with the current arrangement (hopefully that can sustain ) as mummy here is too tired & lazy (maybe this the real reason :siam: ) to do much coaching nowadays.

[BeContented]

Champion:

janet_lee88:

It's impossible for some kids not to have no tuition...just met this lady whose daughter in p3 has tuition for all 4 subjects...she works late till 7+ to have dinner and pick her kids before going home. No way she has time to coach daughter and rush home from mum's place at 9 to get younger 2 to bed.

I can sympathies with this type of situation - Yes, as a FTWM, I also fighting for time in the late evenings with the children. Less so asking them to do revision, I have to divide the time to random check homework, sign parents' consent form (seem to have a lot from my DDs' school :scratchhead: ) and some bonding time with my 3-year old toddler.

I have outsourced Sci & Maths to Tuition Centre for P4 DD1 -- she likes the teaching methods and the materials so I kinda of \"go with the flow\" She is doing \"Ok\" in class so will see how it goes before :moneyflies: :moneyflies: for...more tuition??: :faint:

P1 DD2 is the happy-go-lucky type No tuition, No enrichment - the only 2 non-academic activties she has are the weekday Piano lesson at home and the weekend swimming lesson :imdrowning:

Am pretty comfortable with the current arrangement (hopefully that can sustain ) as mummy here is too tired & lazy (maybe this the real reason :siam: ) to do much coaching nowadays.

Aiyoh. Liddat Cannot be champion liao worrrr. Need to change name to runner-up
Just do your best. I know you are a dedicated mommy :rahrah:

[Picolo]

limlim:

Imami:

VK turns into a porcupine once in a while. I suppose he clicked the \"submit\" button too fast... He usually meant well but can be very pointed sometimes... ok ok, I am a fan of his posts :siam:

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hmmmmm........






picture kope from FB.. http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/c46.0.403.403/p403x403/377618_393602810703873_169907800_n.jpg
Not sure who to credit..

Very endearing animals ... but no, these are not porcupines. They are hedgehogs...

So people, do you mean vk more like porcupine or hedgehog... :siam:

[BlurDad]

Picolo:

limlim:

[quote=\"Imami\"]

VK turns into a porcupine once in a while. I suppose he clicked the \"submit\" button too fast... He usually meant well but can be very pointed sometimes... ok ok, I am a fan of his posts :siam:

http://i45.tinypic.com/237ehe.jpg\">


hmmmmm........






picture kope from FB.. http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/c46.0.403.403/p403x403/377618_393602810703873_169907800_n.jpg
Not sure who to credit..

Very endearing animals ... but no, these are not porcupines. They are hedgehogs...

So people, do you mean vk more like porcupine or hedgehog... :siam:[/quote]
He's a hedgehog that behaves like a porcupine?

[limlim]

Daddy & Mommy need to spend time with each other :evil: :evil:

Champion:

Am pretty comfortable with the current arrangement (hopefully that can sustain ) as mummy here is too tired & lazy (maybe this the real reason :siam: ) to do much coaching nowadays.

[Champion]

BeContented:

Aiyoh. Liddat Cannot be champion liao worrrr. Need to change name to runner-up
Just do your best. I know you are a dedicated mommy :rahrah:

:rotflmao: Yah soon I have to change my nickname soon lioa

:snuggles: I am trying to stay a float in the current situation as next year I will be into what many parents have pre-warned me\"P5 the next BIG JUMP\" in Primary School Education and is really a BIG jump! :nailbite: :scared:

limlim:

Daddy & Mommy need to spend time with each other :evil: :evil:

Champion:

Am pretty comfortable with the current arrangement (hopefully that can sustain :laugh: ) as mummy here is too tired & lazy (maybe this the real reason :siam: ) to do much coaching nowadays.

:hi5: limlim! Yes, am making time for DH too! :thankyou: for the reminder! :celebrate:

[buds]

Champ.. by reading your sharings abt your children and how + what they're doing in school, they sound top notch already in my opinion. Tuition can be a choice and for some others like yourself perhaps a necessity. Don't hafta beat yourself up over the decisions you know would best work for your family lifestyle. Important thing is to try http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/content/make-everyday-count


:celebrate:

[buds]

I now realize that :


1. Picolo is naughty…
2. BlurDad is NOT blur at all.
3. BeContented is definitely addicted to KiasuParents.

[BeContented]

buds:

I now realize that :


1. Picolo is naughty..
2. BlurDad is NOT blur at all.
3. BeContented is definitely addicted to KiasuParents.

Blame Apple for coming up with iPhone & govt for faster bandwidth. Before that, I dislike surfing using all the old phones, no matter how 'smart' they are. Now, while waiting for kids/traffic lights, for kettle to boil/food to cook....every few idle minutes even in toilet, iPhone surfing !! Oops. :oops: better go sanitize my phone first.

[Imami]

BlurDad:

Picolo:

Very endearing animals ... but no, these are not porcupines. They are hedgehogs...

So people, do you mean vk more like porcupine or hedgehog... :siam:

He's a hedgehog that behaves like a porcupine?

So how different does a hedgehog behave as compared to a porcupine?