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    MP echoes calls for PSLE to be scrapped

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    • S Offline
      sunnymumsy
      last edited by

      I agree... the teachers play a very impt role!


      my girl had a tuition teacher 4 yrs ago who taught her for 1 whole yr, but i never heard from her. to speak to the teacher, must call the main hotline of the centre and they will tell the taecher to call back. she never did! Needless to say, this teacher doesn't teach her anymore. In fact, I took her out of the centre. sad to say, this was actually a high profile centre.

      in contrast... my girl had such a wonderful teacher in P1. every single day, for the first 6 mths of sch, the teacher would send out a report every night on what she did with the class!

      so yes, teacher plays a very very important role. 🙂 we parents can consider ourselves lucky if our kids have good teachers!

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        MR06
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        verykiasumummy:
        janet_lee88:

        PM said PSLE will not be scrapped, but tweaked.

        This was mentioned on the first day of PSLE...meaning the change will not happen yet.

        Much emphasis has been placed on PSLE bcos of secondary school posting.

        hi janet,

        may i know where u see this??

        You can read it here

        http://www.todayonline.com/Hotnews/EDC120927-0000144/PSLE-is-needed-in-Singapore--PM-Lee

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        • janet88J Offline
          janet88
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          verykiasumummy:
          7 hours of quality teaching means 100% teachers must be dedicated, passionate about teaching, love kids and work wonders...


          how many percent of such teachers do u think ur dc's school has?
          They do not have to LOVE kids, know what i mean? After all, primary and kindy is different. It's good enough if some do not make sarcastic remarks.

          Teachers in any school is like the 'product' in marketing. They are role models, educators to the young and mould the future. Why do you think we have Teachers' Day ?

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            Nebbermind
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            verykiasumummy:
            7 hours of quality teaching means 100% teachers must be dedicated, passionate about teaching, love kids and work wonders...


            how many percent of such teachers do u think ur dc's school has?
            30~50%...based on the 3 yrs my boy had in gep.

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              verykiasumummy
              last edited by

              janet_lee88:
              verykiasumummy:

              7 hours of quality teaching means 100% teachers must be dedicated, passionate about teaching, love kids and work wonders...


              how many percent of such teachers do u think ur dc's school has?

              They do not have to LOVE kids, know what i mean? After all, primary and kindy is different. It's good enough if some do not make sarcastic remarks.

              loving kids may not be necessary, but things get out of hand easily when teachers dun love kids...
              like punishing unnecessarily, shouting at them, refused to ans students' question...

              i mean, i dunno... i just hope there could be 80% of gd quality teachers, the other 20% teaches PE and music...

              haha... i'm verykiasumummy... :rotflmao:

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                verykiasumummy
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                Nebbermind:
                verykiasumummy:

                7 hours of quality teaching means 100% teachers must be dedicated, passionate about teaching, love kids and work wonders...


                how many percent of such teachers do u think ur dc's school has?

                30~50%...based on the 3 yrs my boy had in gep.

                means only 3 to 5 out of 10... pathetic right??

                these 3 to 5 teachers may not teaching the best class and our kids may not be in that class!!!

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                  verykiasumummy
                  last edited by

                  janet_lee88:
                  verykiasumummy:

                  7 hours of quality teaching means 100% teachers must be dedicated, passionate about teaching, love kids and work wonders...


                  how many percent of such teachers do u think ur dc's school has?

                  They do not have to LOVE kids, know what i mean? After all, primary and kindy is different. It's good enough if some do not make sarcastic remarks.

                  Teachers in any school is like the 'product' in marketing. They are role models, educators to the young and mould the future. Why do you think we have Teachers' Day ?

                  having teacher's day to appreciate the teachers' efforts... this was objective last time...

                  nowadays i must say, just for the holiday lor... 😆 😆

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                    corneyAmber
                    last edited by

                    Our experience with teachers is not so bad except for the scheduling which can cause some major glitches in learning.

                    The scheduling of teachers for certain subjects especially those taking 2 core subjects and have to attend a lot of outside courses for their development, or have pregnant issues, can be disruptive for learning. But these are not teachers’ issues, it is a scheduling issue. Need an experienced person to know how to do constraint planning(predictable constraints) to plan well every year. In fact this is one of the cornerstones in the modus operandi of a school.

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                    • janet88J Offline
                      janet88
                      last edited by

                      Frankly, it’s really sad that my son desperately needed a Math tutor in P5 in order to PASS and tutors in P6 this year. The question is WHY ?

                      I’ve had the impression that school teachers are trained…well, that’s why we send kids to school in the first place and didn’t have much problems in the earlier years. In this crucial year, we were literally scrambling for H.E.L.P.

                      Why do schools set such tough prelim papers ?

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                        Nebbermind
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                        verykiasumummy:
                        Nebbermind:

                        [quote=\"verykiasumummy\"]7 hours of quality teaching means 100% teachers must be dedicated, passionate about teaching, love kids and work wonders...


                        how many percent of such teachers do u think ur dc's school has?

                        30~50%...based on the 3 yrs my boy had in gep.

                        means only 3 to 5 out of 10... pathetic right??

                        these 3 to 5 teachers may not teaching the best class and our kids may not be in that class!!![/quote]I find that most teachers donch have 'chemistry' with the kids. But that is nothing new...even during my time, there were only a handful of teachers who left an impression after we left school.

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