2012 PSLE Discussions and Strategy
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My dd had been sick the last 3 days and missed 2 of her prelim papers. She’ll need to retake both on Monday. Not sure if she will get well by then. Does anyone know if there’s any repercussion for not taking the prelims?
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i got some challenging questions, which given by my school,>.<
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There is an article about a new batch of teachers-to-be. I wonder how long these new teachers will stay in MOE.
The article mentioned in ST forum is an indication of what students and parents are presently facing. It’s very true.
Of course, it’s not possible for a teacher to teach every child to the same standard. He/she has so much work to be done. A teacher friend of mine told me she has to stay back everyday after school as her students want 1-1 attention for oral preparation. -
ASLMUM:
My boy was sick during SA1. He was having fever when he told his Maths & Science papers. However, he missed his Chinese paper & was not in to retake it. His report book only reflected 3 subjects excluding the Chinese.My dd had been sick the last 3 days and missed 2 of her prelim papers. She'll need to retake both on Monday. Not sure if she will get well by then. Does anyone know if there's any repercussion for not taking the prelims?
Thanks
If she is unable to retake 2 of her papers, then only the other 2 subjects will be reflected on her report book. My boy's Prelim papers only starts on 20th Aug. Since your dd's prelim starts so early, the school should be able to arrange for her to retake. Her health still come first.
PSLE is more important than Prelim. It will determine which sec school she will go. Whereas for Prelim, she will be qualified for Edusave scholarship if her result is among the top 10% of her cohort. Hope your dd recovers soon. -
janet_lee88:
Wow.. your teacher friend is a responsible teacher. Not all teachers go until that extend. My boy's teacher only do that with the weaker ones & not everyone in the class.There is an article about a new batch of teachers-to-be. I wonder how long these new teachers will stay in MOE.
The article mentioned in ST forum is an indication of what students and parents are presently facing. It's very true.
Of course, it's not possible for a teacher to teach every child to the same standard. He/she has so much work to be done. A teacher friend of mine told me she has to stay back everyday after school as her students want 1-1 attention for oral preparation. -
Pen88n:
The exact wordings from the PSLE instructions to candidates: Write your answers legibly in blue/black ink or ball pens. If you need to change your answers, cross them out and rewrite the answers.
Sorry to disappoint your kids, but I was informed no gel pen as the ink will smudge esp. when come in contact with liquid (like sweat) accidentally. Bring your kids to popular and choose the ball point pens they like. Buy some to try out for prelims.
I remembered DS went to popular to try some ball point pens. Being choosy, he dismissed all those with caps as he found that troublesome and might lost it. He insisted must be blue in colour. Ended up choosing this brand Stabilo. I bought 3 for him to try out for prelims and ended up going back before PSLE to buy half a dozen. Well, those landed up at my study table cos he went back to gel pen after PSLE! -
I was quite pissed when son insisted on gel pens…alamak, I lost touch with working world and why he must be so choosy over a writing instrument.
He and his Pilot G2 pen. I told him he isn’t allowed to use gel pens for PSLE.
Fine, he ‘surrended’ those gel pens for now.
As for my teacher friend, she is not young. But she couldn’t bring herself to say no when her students requested 1-1. Of late, she has been sleeping close to 1130 after she is done marking. -
Aren’t ink pens same as gel pens? So gel pens are allowed in PSLE.
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alng:
Aren't ink pens same as gel pens? So gel pens are allowed in PSLE.
My boy's teacher only mentioned about correction tape & nothing about gel pen. It is true that kids are very picky when come to pen. Not like our times, we just used any pen. -
My dd can be pretty fussy over pens....some pens are so expensive :lightrod: :faint:
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