Raffles Institution (Year 1-4)

[PiggyLalala]

Will you encourage or discourage yr child fr taking 10 subjects in yr 3?

[verykiasu2010]

PiggyLalala:

Will you encourage or discourage yr child fr taking 10 subjects in yr 3?

be the 18% ? however the GPA for yr 3/4 is only based on core 5 + best 3 subjects

[PiggyLalala]

verykiasu2010:

PiggyLalala:

Will you encourage or discourage yr child fr taking 10 subjects in yr 3?

be the 18% ? however the GPA for yr 3/4 is only based on core 5 + best 3 subjects

Do I take your comment as I should discourage my child from taking the 10 subjects? The 10th subject is usually the electives like music, art or the 3rd lanaguage. For the 3rd language, is there a need to continue if the interest is not very high? What are the advantages of continuing the 3rd lang up to sec 4?

[jtoh]

PiggyLalala:

verykiasu2010:

[quote=\"PiggyLalala\"]Will you encourage or discourage yr child fr taking 10 subjects in yr 3?

be the 18% ? however the GPA for yr 3/4 is only based on core 5 + best 3 subjects

Do I take your comment as I should discourage my child from taking the 10 subjects? The 10th subject is usually the electives like music, art or the 3rd lanaguage. For the 3rd language, is there a need to continue if the interest is not very high? What are the advantages of continuing the 3rd lang up to sec 4?[/quote]Is GPA calculated on core 5 + 3? Thought it was core 5 + 2.

The 10th subject can be an RA subject. If your son is offered an RA and he is passionate about it, he should take it up.

[verykiasu2010]

jtoh:

Is GPA calculated on core 5 + 3? Thought it was core 5 + 2.

The 10th subject can be an RA subject. If your son is offered an RA and he is passionate about it, he should take it up.

the recent briefing say gpa=core 5 + best 3, and looks like no one taking less than 8 subjects

[verykiasu2010]

PiggyLalala:

verykiasu2010:

[quote=\"PiggyLalala\"]Will you encourage or discourage yr child fr taking 10 subjects in yr 3?

be the 18% ? however the GPA for yr 3/4 is only based on core 5 + best 3 subjects

Do I take your comment as I should discourage my child from taking the 10 subjects? The 10th subject is usually the electives like music, art or the 3rd lanaguage. For the 3rd language, is there a need to continue if the interest is not very high? What are the advantages of continuing the 3rd lang up to sec 4?[/quote]if the interest is waning, why force it ? u are right, the 10th is usually the elective

[jtoh]

verykiasu2010:

jtoh:

Is GPA calculated on core 5 + 3? Thought it was core 5 + 2.

The 10th subject can be an RA subject. If your son is offered an RA and he is passionate about it, he should take it up.

the recent briefing say gpa=core 5 + best 3, and looks like no one taking less than 8 subjects

Was this recently introduced? You mentioned 18%. This would refer to the percentage taking 10 subjects or more?

[verykiasu2010]

jtoh:

verykiasu2010:

[quote=\"jtoh\"]

Is GPA calculated on core 5 + 3? Thought it was core 5 + 2.

The 10th subject can be an RA subject. If your son is offered an RA and he is passionate about it, he should take it up.

the recent briefing say gpa=core 5 + best 3, and looks like no one taking less than 8 subjects

Was this recently introduced? You mentioned 18%. This would refer to the percentage taking 10 subjects or more?[/quote]Yes i was referring the 18% as taking 10 subjects, majority 60 plus % taking 9 subjects, the rest 8 subjects

It is interesting to me to note that social studies is a compulsory core subject ...,and I saw the word currygate in the course outline ...

[verykiasu2010]

Did not see the briefing slides of last year, so not sure if this core 5 + best 3 is recent or not

[jtoh]

verykiasu2010:

Yes i was referring the 18% as taking 10 subjects, majority 60 plus % taking 9 subjects, the rest 8 subjects

It is interesting to me to note that social studies is a compulsory core subject ...,and I saw the word currygate in the course outline ...

Currygate? :rotflmao:

That's 20% taking 8 subjects? That's quite a lot. I would've expected all to take minimum 9 subjects and just a few taking 8. I wonder who would be taking 8 subjects - possibly the ones excused from MT?