MP echoes calls for PSLE to be scrapped
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verykiasumummy:
Gee... I wish you were MY mom.
doesnt matter if u cant cook.. its the thought that counts...janet_lee88:
Hi verykiasumummy,
Yours truly here is hopeless in cooking :oops:
He has been craving for sweet food like strawberry jam of late. Said he is stressed.
my dd likes the australian nougat, i got for her and give her little treats during her exam period... so i didnt cook her fav dish..
just that my ds loves my chicken wings, so i made him those and remove the bones and let him eat while he studies...
having some little sweet treats is gd for him too... helps to destress... same goes to us parents... haha... -
I agree with you, Janet.
11/ 12 year kids are pushed so hard that they often just memorise chunks of model answers to regurgitate them in the exams. They often haven’t throughly grasped the concepts behind what they are taught and do not have the time to do so. And that’s why we get kids who struggle through Secondary school and Pre-U.
I also think that much of the synthesis and transformation exercises we get the kids to do now is ridiculous. I have often seen awkward sentence structures given as the correct answer, just to have two simple sentences fit into a given structure. I feel that kids in Primary school should be taught to use simple sentences, mind their tenses and subject verb agreement, build up their vocabulary, and taught to do simple precis (summary of a passage). And encouraged to read - anything, everything, then do a book report or reflection on what they have read. The complex sentences can come later, in Secondary school.
But, I like the model method. I find it much simpler to grasp - its largely pictorial, representational. My dad remembers taught the model method in the 1940s & 1950s, though, then, it went by another name. Having said that, its not for everyone, and I would like to see different methods being taught. I would like to see MOE, and all schools in general, encourage the use of more than one method of solve maths problems. I use to do that - one method to get the answer, then after completing the paper, another method to check the answer. It was fun. Its like looking at the problem from a different way, a different approach … but I was a bit wierd … still am. -
To Chen, verykiasumummy, Janet, and all other parents and kids who are taking their PSLE this year :
Take Care.
And all the best to you.
Cheers! -
An article in yesterday’s asia1 mentioned the scrapping of PSLE.
If MOE scraps PSLE, I fear even more what other system it will put in place to stream our young kids. It’s a good idea to insert challenging questions to sieve out the cream of the crop. Not every parent can afford tuition. It’s a scary amount at upper primary.
Firstly, MOE should look at the PSLE exam papers it sets. Can our schools teach students adequately EVERYTHING tested in the exams WITHOUT tutors? Not touch-and-go. Students have to really know how to write an email for example. -
Laura02:
:love: Thanks Laura....To Chen, verykiasumummy, Janet, and all other parents and kids who are taking their PSLE this year :
Take Care.
And all the best to you.
Cheers! -
Laura02:
Appreciate, Laura.To Chen, verykiasumummy, Janet, and all other parents and kids who are taking their PSLE this year :
Take Care.
And all the best to you.
Cheers!
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Chenonceau:
Gee... I wish you were MY mom.[/quote]i may be old enough to be ur god ma?? LOL....
doesnt matter if u cant cook.. its the thought that counts...verykiasumummy:
[quote=\"janet_lee88\"]Hi verykiasumummy,
Yours truly here is hopeless in cooking :oops:
He has been craving for sweet food like strawberry jam of late. Said he is stressed.
my dd likes the australian nougat, i got for her and give her little treats during her exam period... so i didnt cook her fav dish..
just that my ds loves my chicken wings, so i made him those and remove the bones and let him eat while he studies...
having some little sweet treats is gd for him too... helps to destress... same goes to us parents... haha...
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Laura02:
thks laura02,To Chen, verykiasumummy, Janet, and all other parents and kids who are taking their PSLE this year :
Take Care.
And all the best to you.
Cheers!
very sweet of u...
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Laura02:
I feel that kids in Primary school should be taught to use simple sentences, mind their tenses and subject verb agreement, build up their vocabulary, and taught to do simple precis (summary of a passage). And encouraged to read - anything, everything, then do a book report or reflection on what they have read. The complex sentences can come later, in Secondary school.
Agree. 100 Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew etc (ok lah, nowadays we have Harry Potter) do a better and more thorough job of making their English more powderful than the Powerpuff Girls. Complex sentences are a bad habit from university days. I am still trying to unlearn how to make them. :faint:
Must use more full-stops... must use more full-stops... must use more full-stops... :razz: -
janet_lee88:
:goodpost: :goodpost: :goodpost: :goodpost:An article in yesterday's asia1 mentioned the scrapping of PSLE.
If MOE scraps PSLE, I fear even more what other system it will put in place to stream our young kids. It's a good idea to insert challenging questions to sieve out the cream of the crop. Not every parent can afford tuition. It's a scary amount at upper primary.
Firstly, MOE should look at the PSLE exam papers it sets. Can our schools teach students adequately EVERYTHING tested in the exams WITHOUT tutors? Not touch-and-go. Students have to really know how to write an email for example.
i really think u r all out on researching how to improve the local education system.. really good..
i'm the kind of ppl who may not be exactly welcoming a change, i mean, i do support the change... but what i'm very afraid deep down is the new thing after the change. will it do more good or even worse??
i feel many parents may have the same mindset as in, what will happen to my kids after the change? for better or worse?
i see u very similar to me when i was much younger, w/o having the stress on education yet... only about stressing about kids' health, diet, sickness ... etc...
but when time passes, i find myself having less drive into all those opposition... i dunno if this is right or wrong? or is it just due to the overprotection of my kids...
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