2012 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[yukilei]

mummy so kiasu:

My boy just have fever. I think the school hours is too long (supplementary lesson till 5.30pm) & he does not have enough sleep (too much homework to clear) Have to let him stay at home next week to get sufficient rest.

mummy so kiasu, hope your DS will recover soon.
My DS also have slight fever yday, but insists on going to school this morning.

[Neko]

moonee:

Nebbermind:

How come no brand's chicken essence?

HAVE !! I just bought another 6 today , didnt want to add to the list cos already sound too kiasu. OK... theres more... shes kind of anaemic so I bought Feroglobin B12 ( for red blood cells) she really needs the iron but cant give daily and only during her period days... dd does nt take herbal stuff so I recently bought Enveron with ginseng, I do hv Enveron C but since it contain only only Bs, I add on GNCs Teen Mega multivite but only one to 2 tablets cos im afraid may be too potent.
Since dd hates vege, I bought blackmores..NutriMulti, (contains wheatgass, spirulina and reshi) err.. I give only on holidays and weekends cos tablets rather big. Im quite careful how i rotate the vitamins on different days cos am also afraid some ingredients may be toxic.

Brands essence is given after her period, actually now that u mentioned Brands, Ive often wondered if I could give Brands same time I give her vitamins in the morning or do i wait 2 hrs, btw do u give ur child brands regularly?
Well, for now i can only say my dd has the most expensive urine :rotflmao:

:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

[janet88]

I give my son Brands chicken essence when he needs to be alert and focused…for eg during exams.

[mummy so kiasu]

NewMum 2012:

On that note, I have a related issue to raise. I bought a set of Math/Science 2012 Prelims which was recently released. To my utter surprise, I learnt that the Science Papers had very darkened images which was hardly discernible.
To make matters worse, the Answer Keys behind has full of errors.

I wasted my $30 on those 'rubbish'. Will never want to order from Jeremy again!

My son's Science teacher told the class that past year papers' answer key might not be right as those answers are not provided by the school teachers. Vendors get their own people to come out with the answers.

[janet88]

HI Mummies,

Thanks for informing us the SOURCE of the answers.
When we buy past year papers, it’s bcos of the questions. But we need to know how to answer/mark them.
But we still need them to allow our kids to understand how a question can be ‘twisted’.

[24hr_mum]

Any mummies would like to post one of the answer from the vendor? Seem likes all got it from j vendor. I got if from another vendor , till now experience still good

[24hr_mum]

Any mummies would like to post one of the answer from the vendor? Seem likes all got it from j vendor. I got if from another vendor , till now experience still good

[a child]

Dropping in once again to wish everybody all the best! But also remember to take care of yourself, and don’t stress so much - because PSLE is not life, it is only part of life; marks can be changed, your health cannot. I am not your child, but if my mother were to be sacrificing her health for me to succeed, I would tell her - no - it’s just not fair to her. Also remember that life is a journey, and PSLE is not the end - there are still many more major exams, scholarship interviews, job interviews - and if we tell ourselves to work to enjoy tomorrow all the time, we will never enjoy. Make PSLE revision a sustainable lifestyle. If your don’t usually carefully calibrate your child’s diet, then there’s no reason to do so now. If you cannot live for a long time with this amount of stress, then just cut down. We are not preparing for life, we are living life. Think of what you want your life to be. Most things, in retrospect, especially after having gone through them - are not as important as they first seem. Also, being over worried tends to be the recipe for disaster. There is nothing much you can do now. Remember that you have done your best, you and your child, and it will be alright. Whatever it is, work on from there. It’s okay, it really is.


Also, just a personal anecdote. I took the PSLE two years ago. Then, we were also piled with paper after paper. I wasn’t very motivated - I rushed all the papers before morning assembly, I did those same questions over and over again in large quantities - but in retrospect, I did manage to learn that way. I did little of my own revision, my parents were completely hands off, and I had no tuition whatsoever. So maybe the school system is not that bad, and it worked for me. In fact, the thing is if nobody tells us that this work is too much, if everybody else is going through and surviving, it is a fact that we will too, this if you can do this I can also do attitude - and all these, rushing, fast-speed doing of papers, we take it one step at a time and we finished the layers and layers of papers we were given, and it did pay off. You will be surprised about what people can accomplish - far more than what we think we can. And completing that vast amount will not be crippling, and it will help. There are many roads that lead to Rome - and I’m just saying that this way works too, in a sense, so don’t be too fast to condemn it. Sometimes you’ll be surprised, because humans are so adaptable.

[HWBW]

a child:

Dropping in once again to wish everybody all the best! But also remember to take care of yourself, and don't stress so much - because PSLE is not life, it is only part of life; marks can be changed, your health cannot. I am not your child, but if my mother were to be sacrificing her health for me to succeed, I would tell her - no - it's just not fair to her. Also remember that life is a journey, and PSLE is not the end - there are still many more major exams, scholarship interviews, job interviews - and if we tell ourselves to work to enjoy tomorrow all the time, we will never enjoy. Make PSLE revision a sustainable lifestyle. If your don't usually carefully calibrate your child's diet, then there's no reason to do so now. If you cannot live for a long time with this amount of stress, then just cut down. We are not preparing for life, we are living life. Think of what you want your life to be. Most things, in retrospect, especially after having gone through them - are not as important as they first seem. Also, being over worried tends to be the recipe for disaster. There is nothing much you can do now. Remember that you have done your best, you and your child, and it will be alright. Whatever it is, work on from there. It's okay, it really is.


Also, just a personal anecdote. I took the PSLE two years ago. Then, we were also piled with paper after paper. I wasn't very motivated - I rushed all the papers before morning assembly, I did those same questions over and over again in large quantities - but in retrospect, I did manage to learn that way. I did little of my own revision, my parents were completely hands off, and I had no tuition whatsoever. So maybe the school system is not that bad, and it worked for me. In fact, the thing is if nobody tells us that this work is too much, if everybody else is going through and surviving, it is a fact that we will too, this if you can do this I can also do attitude - and all these, rushing, fast-speed doing of papers, we take it one step at a time and we finished the layers and layers of papers we were given, and it did pay off. You will be surprised about what people can accomplish - far more than what we think we can. And completing that vast amount will not be crippling, and it will help. There are many roads that lead to Rome - and I'm just saying that this way works too, in a sense, so don't be too fast to condemn it. Sometimes you'll be surprised, because humans are so adaptable.

:goodpost:

[ruohoo97]

:thankyou: I love your post.

a child:

Dropping in once again to wish everybody all the best! But also remember to take care of yourself, and don't stress so much - because PSLE is not life, it is only part of life; marks can be changed, your health cannot. I am not your child, but if my mother were to be sacrificing her health for me to succeed, I would tell her - no - it's just not fair to her. Also remember that life is a journey, and PSLE is not the end - there are still many more major exams, scholarship interviews, job interviews - and if we tell ourselves to work to enjoy tomorrow all the time, we will never enjoy. Make PSLE revision a sustainable lifestyle. If your don't usually carefully calibrate your child's diet, then there's no reason to do so now. If you cannot live for a long time with this amount of stress, then just cut down. We are not preparing for life, we are living life. Think of what you want your life to be. Most things, in retrospect, especially after having gone through them - are not as important as they first seem. Also, being over worried tends to be the recipe for disaster. There is nothing much you can do now. Remember that you have done your best, you and your child, and it will be alright. Whatever it is, work on from there. It's okay, it really is.


Also, just a personal anecdote. I took the PSLE two years ago. Then, we were also piled with paper after paper. I wasn't very motivated - I rushed all the papers before morning assembly, I did those same questions over and over again in large quantities - but in retrospect, I did manage to learn that way. I did little of my own revision, my parents were completely hands off, and I had no tuition whatsoever. So maybe the school system is not that bad, and it worked for me. In fact, the thing is if nobody tells us that this work is too much, if everybody else is going through and surviving, it is a fact that we will too, this if you can do this I can also do attitude - and all these, rushing, fast-speed doing of papers, we take it one step at a time and we finished the layers and layers of papers we were given, and it did pay off. You will be surprised about what people can accomplish - far more than what we think we can. And completing that vast amount will not be crippling, and it will help. There are many roads that lead to Rome - and I'm just saying that this way works too, in a sense, so don't be too fast to condemn it. Sometimes you'll be surprised, because humans are so adaptable.