2012 PSLE Discussions and Strategy
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fifiyeo:
Even if it's branded school, they also hoping for top 10% to brag. Anyway, for them even last in a branded school is still better than neighbourhood brand. Branded means branded!![/quote]Just live your own life and be proud of it. Easier said than done if you have to face your ILs regularly, but hold your head up high.jtoh:
[quote=\"fifiyeo\"]Even if we can move on, my DS will forever have to live in humiliation in the eyes of some. ILs are very branded school people!
Your son may just top his secondary school and prove them wrong. -
janet_lee88:
Oh....must collect the official cert before reporting to new sec sch ? Is there a change ?
Latest by 19th Dec...starting from 10th. Bcos all have to report at sec school on 20th.Layla:
Hi,
DD missed out this bit cos she was too nervous waiting for results.
What are the dates/ time that we are supposed to go back to school to collect the official PSLE certs?
TIA!
I remember we didnt collect the cert till the sch ringed us up the following yr
to inform us that my gal's Psle cert was still sitting in their office....
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Augmum:
Oh....must collect the official cert before reporting to new sec sch ? Is there a change ?
Latest by 19th Dec...starting from 10th. Bcos all have to report at sec school on 20th.janet_lee88:
[quote=\"Layla\"]Hi,
DD missed out this bit cos she was too nervous waiting for results.
What are the dates/ time that we are supposed to go back to school to collect the official PSLE certs?
TIA!
I remember we didnt collect the cert till the sch ringed us up the following yr
to inform us that my gal's Psle cert was still sitting in their office....[/quote]Same here. I forgot to pick my dd's cert up until the following year.
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AuntieKiasi:
Wow! Tough on you! Ur mil really idiotic to judge you base on ur dd's rpt card.Desserts:
Hi weather bee, bedok green is not bad. My niece was from there 4 years ago, graduated o levels with good grades. Her cop that time was about 212, also had s shock. She said the teachers there are dedicated.
Psle 2012, i know how you feel. I've been teaching dd all these years , and towards p5/6, i practically swallowed the whole sci guide to help her. I felt like a failure when she was disappointed she didn't achieve the score she wanted. Also mil is watching if I being a sahm, have been teaching her well. Dd's results seem to be my report card too.
I guess, it'll take a while for our hearts to be at peace, to accept this. And also after the posting results, we 'll be more settled and move on.
When DH is d eldest ,DS is d first grandson n I stopped work to be a SAHM , MIL always hovered n compared d results. I am v lucky my 2 DS did not failed me. Don't let her judgement affect yr confidence. As long as u n yr DD have done d best n yr DH is supportive of u then don't worry abt her judgement n move on . Jia you . -
jtoh:
Same here. I forgot to pick my dd's cert up until the following year.[/quote]Haha....hi- five to us...
Oh....must collect the official cert before reporting to new sec sch ? Is there a change ?Augmum:
[quote=\"janet_lee88\"]
Latest by 19th Dec...starting from 10th. Bcos all have to report at sec school on 20th.
I remember we didnt collect the cert till the sch ringed us up the following yr
to inform us that my gal's Psle cert was still sitting in their office....
But during our gal's time, we dont need that cert for sec1 reporting, right? Otherwise, i would have collected it... -
read some ‘interesting’ advice on not taking 3rd lang if it does not add ‘value’ to the grades, etc.
this is typical singaporean - if something is of no concrete value, then shun it. (something similar to if old aged parents cannot add ‘value’ to a family, then don’t stay with them.)
few can look into the areas of taking a 3rd lang broadens one’s horizon tremendously, be it the grade is A or B or C.
remember my niece took HCL and third lang at the same time, refusing to drop third lang even her principal asked her to do so. she knows she is unlikely to get an A for O level but she benefits a lot from the knowledge (to be able to read storybooks in another language without translation is such a joy). She managed a B3 at the end but that never affects her JC and subsequent uni choice in anyway.
our education generally fails us tremendously in this way, that we keep looking at the final product instead of the process.
If your child expresses interest, let him take it (cos can drop anytime). If no interest, then forget it. Personally I feel should not ‘drill’ this kind of ‘calculations’ into the minds of a 12 years old and have to teach them to look at things in broader perspective (process is always more important than product when one comes out to work eventually. Those who only know how to focus on product will lose out over the long term and so not wise to teach kids to think like this at this young age). -
hercules:
read some 'interesting' advice on not taking 3rd lang if it does not add 'value' to the grades, etc.
this is typical singaporean - if something is of no concrete value, then shun it. (something similar to if old aged parents cannot add 'value' to a family, then don't stay with them.)
few can look into the areas of taking a 3rd lang broadens one's horizon tremendously, be it the grade is A or B or C.
remember my niece took HCL and third lang at the same time, refusing to drop third lang even her principal asked her to do so. she knows she is unlikely to get an A for O level but she benefits a lot from the knowledge (to be able to read storybooks in another language without translation is such a joy). She managed a B3 at the end but that never affects her JC and subsequent uni choice in anyway.
our education generally fails us tremendously in this way, that we keep looking at the final product instead of the process.
If your child expresses interest, let him take it (cos can drop anytime). If no interest, then forget it. Personally I feel should not 'drill' this kind of 'calculations' into the minds of a 12 years old and have to teach them to look at things in broader perspective (process is always more important than product when one comes out to work eventually. Those who only know how to focus on product will lose out over the long term and so not wise to teach kids to think like this at this young age).
Hi, Hercules.
I am so glad to read your post.
DS is going to ACSI IB next year, we are in two minds about his 3rd language option, DH thinks that if DS wants to do 3rd language then it'd better be Malay cos it's worth a 2pts, but DS has his mind set on Japanese and I am worry that the 3rd language course is goning to add nother load....
After reading your post, I think we would decide to let DS go ahead with his Japanese.
Thank you.
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Augmum:
Haha....hi- five to us...
Same here. I forgot to pick my dd's cert up until the following year.jtoh:
[quote=\"Augmum\"]
Oh....must collect the official cert before reporting to new sec sch ? Is there a change ?
I remember we didnt collect the cert till the sch ringed us up the following yr
to inform us that my gal's Psle cert was still sitting in their office....
But during our gal's time, we dont need that cert for sec1 reporting, right? Otherwise, i would have collected it...[/quote]I just brought the results slip. Thought that was enough.
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fifiyeo:
Somehow quite surprised to read that the sch told this parents not to put them the 1st 2 choices, however I was told by some parents to put the most preferred choice (even missed by 1, 2 or even 3 marks) in the top 2 choices. Maybe is different sch. agree some schs are yah yah when they heard you would like to appeal. :scratchhead:
Some of these schools are very yah, yah. Best part not even in the top tier. Don't know what to say.Desserts:
Sad person, I also have the same query as you. I think if 1-3 points, should be ok bah, I could be wrong.
My dd is short of 2 pts from this school s cop, I called the sch admin this morn to ask about appeal. She told me, \"don\"t put our school as your first 2 choices, and we always have 100 over appeals\", in my heart, I was thinking, wah, the way she talks v very yah yah leh. This school is the high 22x school
I'm still headache which school to finalize and the sequence to put
Don't be sadden by their remarks. -
janet_lee88:
Janet_lee88, I thought I heard collection is after 19th Dec. Do we need to bring the cert for reporting at sec school?
Latest by 19th Dec...starting from 10th. Bcos all have to report at sec school on 20th.Layla:
Hi,
DD missed out this bit cos she was too nervous waiting for results.
What are the dates/ time that we are supposed to go back to school to collect the official PSLE certs?
TIA!
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