[Novena] Primary Schools

[magic8ball]

Ninja Turtle:

Good luck to you magic8ball.. I'll see you on the 7th. I'm sure you'll be fine.

Same here - we'll both have daughters going to the same school!

[jass]

yesterday when I went to fetch my girl at scgs. it was drizzling and i witnessed how a mum nagged and scolded the guard (Not in his face).


I was standing at the guard post. I could hear her "cursing" and scolding, as she walks from the zebra crossing to the guard post. She was talking to her p5 or 6 daughter: "the guard so dumb-headed, there are so many school buses, why didn’t hold the zebra crossing and let you cross? So stupid. the guard so stupid so dumb headed."

My p3 girl who was behind this mom heard everything, managed to squeeze past her and ran to me.

the first thing she did was to whisper to me "mom, did you hear that? the mommy can’t stop scolding the guard, when it is not his fault. she scolded him dumb. why did she do that? and her daughter is listening to all the rubbish. she is setting such a bad example for her girl."

i hope we dont step on toes of girls of such p1mummy or the zebra crossing mum. hopefully the kids are not influenced too.

And for scgs drivers out there or soon to be (next yr). let’s be more considerate. when we drive to pick our kids up, pls queue closer to the car in front. I often see big gaps betwn cars and usually re female drivers. we cause a huge jam all the time and i wish we could set a better e.g. for our kids. a little consideration will make it a better place for everyone else.

[MMM]

edgrace:

:celebrate: Cheers to that! I am in MOE myself,( no, not as a teacher either) and i can assure you that MOE has better things to do and ARE very careful with how personal information is handled. Principals in general have a code of conduct to adhere to (DUH?!)

Great to see that we've someone from MOE.

Is MOE putting in stringent controls on address cheats? It's really not that difficult to track for some. Eg. check with the school bus uncles as I believed they are good informants/ 1st trigger point. Are they going to do anything about it rather than just have a lay back approach which is perceived by the public now???

I don't mean to target you (pls do not take this personally) but seriously.... if MOE has better things to do and they are not clamping on address cheats, does that mean it's not a serious offence at all :?

[bagconomics]

Received call to go balloting next tuesday at SJI

[jummo]

This is so true. When my girl was in P1 in year 2009, all the parents were so considerate. Giving way and parking nearer to each other in order to give more parking space. But, in year 2010 onwards, the parents are so selfish and only think for themselves~making sure that they can turn out easily. This is so KS!

[phtthp]

MMM:

Great to see that we've someone from MOE.


Is MOE putting in stringent controls on address cheats? It's really not that difficult to track for some. Eg. check with the school bus uncles as I believed they are good informants/ 1st trigger point. Are they going to do anything about it rather than just have a lay back approach which is perceived by the public now???

I don't mean to target you (pls do not take this personally) but seriously.... if MOE has better things to do and they are not clamping on address cheats, does that mean it's not a serious offence at all :?

dear edgrace,

if parents wish to report on genuine address cheaters < 1 km (be it SCGS or any other popular, hot school in Singapore), may we inquire which is the right MOE department that handle this, or to report to ? Or is there any specific email address one can write to ?

is it possible to help find out ?

Thank you for kind co-operation -
to create public awareness, let public know the clear procedure for handling genuine address cheaters transparently.

[jummo]

Oh please!!! Why all the drama about catching cheats…blah blah blah… Dont you have better things to do? Example: trying another school, or perhaps applying for a transfer to SC in year 2. It is not the end of the world and not that other schools are so bad that your girl cannot survive at all. Please be more sensible and think for your daughter and not the status of the school she will be in. You are giving unnecsssary stress to everyone and most of all- yourself.

[meekfreek]

Phtthp, that’s a good comment and worthy of a letter to the ST. Why not open it up for MOE to respond publicly on this matter. How and in what circumstances does the MOE handle "address cheats"?

[muffin]

Good luck to all balloting at SJI!

[Ninja Turtle]

jummo:

Oh please!!!! Why all the drama about catching cheats.....blah blah blah.. Dont you have better things to do? Example: trying another school, or perhaps applying for a transfer to SC in year 2. It is not the end of the world and not that other schools are so bad that your girl cannot survive at all. Please be more sensible and think for your daughter and not the status of the school she will be in. You are giving unnecsssary stress to everyone and most of all- yourself.

Nobody has to stress unless they have something to hide ofcos. Sounds to me that P1 mummy is cool as a cucumber Lol! Notice how she doesn't respond to every pathetic get dig at her?