2013 Sec 1 Discussions

[ngl2010]

janet_lee88:

I wanted to...but hubby stopped me.

On the other hand, I wonder if the principal would sit on the fence if I had done that....my son was not in the top class and didn't belong to the elite.

Every child has the right to attend the graduating party. What has it got to do with being in the top class? Having said that, the form teacher may have really forgotten to reply to your question.

Since your son is no longer in that school, you can write a letter to feedback to the principal.

[wonderm]

janet_lee88:

I informed the FT my son is keen to attend. He did NOT get back to me at all...until 1 week after the party...to inform me there was one but he forgot to inform me. Isn't this sufficient to say that my son is unimportant?


I was boiling mad...my hubby told me to forget it...I told him it is not that I am desperate to attend a party, but the very fact that OUR son was seen as invisible.

Oh yes, perhaps I should mention that school teachers are very keen to know if their students have tuition. What biz is that of theirs ?

This is indeed very strange! Just curious, in your DS' school, was the graduation party a well kept secret and attendance by invitation only?

For my DC's school, all P6 students can attend the graduation party and everyone in class knew about it, the teacher had no chance to ostracize anyone.

[janet88]

ngl2010:

janet_lee88:

I wanted to...but hubby stopped me.

On the other hand, I wonder if the principal would sit on the fence if I had done that....my son was not in the top class and didn't belong to the elite.

Every child has the right to attend the graduating party. What has it got to do with being in the top class? Having said that, the form teacher may have really forgotten to reply to your question.

Since your son is no longer in that school, you can write a letter to feedback to the principal.

Which means to say he is not professional enough to carry out his role...he only has 40 in the class and this is not an ordinary party. There is really no reason for missing out any child if he had done his headcount. Bottom line is my son and I felt very hurt that this happened. I wrote in to the school...but this incident will always remain as an ugly reflection in our minds.

[fifiyeo]

janet_lee88:

I wanted to...but hubby stopped me.

On the other hand, I wonder if the principal would sit on the fence if I had done that....my son was not in the top class and didn't belong to the elite.

I would inform the principle no doubt. Maybe even write to MOE.

When DS was in P3, he had a CL teacher. He was an old retired teacher from one of those brand schools and had returned to teaching. Obviously his style was very old school type. When the kids misbehave (not sure what is his idea of misbehaving but DS was a chatterbox in class), this teacher would throw out their bags or roll up the book and hit them. I don't think the hitting was hard as I've never seen any marks being left behind hence never knew such things were happening. But I guess it was the action that the kids really hated and it was embrassing in front of the whole class.

One day, the school counselor mentioned something about some issues brought up to her attention through my DS that had became management issues!!! :yikes: I was shocked. That was when I found out that my DS had gone and report this teacher without telling us. Form teacher was informed and classmates interviewed to determine if it was true. And since it was true with several kids involved. This issue went up all the way to management level!!! Of course he was black marked by the teacher but we didn't see him the next year. So I guess DS must be quite well-kown in school. The rebellion?? One remark I see in teachers' comments - Strong sense of righteousness, do not hesitate to stand up for what is right. Not sure if good or bad.

[janet88]

My son is very happy in his present school. The teachers treat the students equally…公事公办…he is happy to swim in this pond.

[fifiyeo]

janet_lee88:

ngl2010:

[quote=\"janet_lee88\"]I wanted to...but hubby stopped me.

On the other hand, I wonder if the principal would sit on the fence if I had done that....my son was not in the top class and didn't belong to the elite.

Every child has the right to attend the graduating party. What has it got to do with being in the top class? Having said that, the form teacher may have really forgotten to reply to your question.

Since your son is no longer in that school, you can write a letter to feedback to the principal.

Which means to say he is not professional enough to carry out his role...he only has 40 in the class and this is not an ordinary party. There is really no reason for missing out any child if he had done his headcount. Bottom line is my son and I felt very hurt that this happened. I wrote in to the school...but this incident will always remain as an ugly reflection in our minds.[/quote]
From school dropout to Academy Award winner
Last week there was an animation guy, Nickson Fong, who will be the first Singaporean to be awarded an Academy Award. He mentioned in the newspaper interview that his principle told his weeping mom that he should be considered lucky to be able to find a job in McDonalds. Look where he is today!! That prinicple of his needs to swallow his words.

Teachers should never judge their pupils on what they can achieve today. The future is a long walk. Who knows?

[BeContented]

wonderm:

janet_lee88:

I informed the FT my son is keen to attend. He did NOT get back to me at all...until 1 week after the party...to inform me there was one but he forgot to inform me. Isn't this sufficient to say that my son is unimportant?


I was boiling mad...my hubby told me to forget it...I told him it is not that I am desperate to attend a party, but the very fact that OUR son was seen as invisible.

Oh yes, perhaps I should mention that school teachers are very keen to know if their students have tuition. What biz is that of theirs ?

This is indeed very strange! Just curious, in your DS' school, was the graduation party a well kept secret and attendance by invitation only?

For my DC's school, all P6 students can attend the graduation party and everyone in class knew about it, the teacher had no chance to ostracize anyone.

Same thots.
In DS Sch, the graduation party was
1. Announced to whole school. All P6 can choose to attend or not, no attendance taking or registration required.
2. A letter was given to all students & to inform parents of the various activities to be held after PSLE. The graduation party was also listed inside the letter which stated the date, time & itinerary.

[mummy so kiasu]

wonderm:

janet_lee88:

I informed the FT my son is keen to attend. He did NOT get back to me at all...until 1 week after the party...to inform me there was one but he forgot to inform me. Isn't this sufficient to say that my son is unimportant?


I was boiling mad...my hubby told me to forget it...I told him it is not that I am desperate to attend a party, but the very fact that OUR son was seen as invisible.

Oh yes, perhaps I should mention that school teachers are very keen to know if their students have tuition. What biz is that of theirs ?

This is indeed very strange! Just curious, in your DS' school, was the graduation party a well kept secret and attendance by invitation only?

For my DC's school, all P6 students can attend the graduation party and everyone in class knew about it, the teacher had no chance to ostracize anyone.

Every P6 student in my boy's ex school attended the graduation dinner. All students must stay back after school for rehearsals. They even attended the social etiquette lesson & put it into practice on the graduation dinner. Maybe Janet refers to class party.

[iRabbit]

BeContented:

wonderm:

[quote=\"janet_lee88\"]I informed the FT my son is keen to attend. He did NOT get back to me at all...until 1 week after the party...to inform me there was one but he forgot to inform me. Isn't this sufficient to say that my son is unimportant?


I was boiling mad...my hubby told me to forget it...I told him it is not that I am desperate to attend a party, but the very fact that OUR son was seen as invisible.

Oh yes, perhaps I should mention that school teachers are very keen to know if their students have tuition. What biz is that of theirs ?

This is indeed very strange! Just curious, in your DS' school, was the graduation party a well kept secret and attendance by invitation only?

For my DC's school, all P6 students can attend the graduation party and everyone in class knew about it, the teacher had no chance to ostracize anyone.

Same thots.
In DS Sch, the graduation party was
1. Announced to whole school. All P6 can choose to attend or not, no attendance taking or registration required.
2. A letter was given to all students & to inform parents of the various activities to be held after PSLE. The graduation party was also listed inside the letter which stated the date, time & itinerary.[/quote]I suspect it's a class-level celebration janet's talking about. If it's cohort-size, it'll certainly be inefficient to expect FT to call each and every student to invite them. Let's wait for janet to confirm lor. Mabbe I go PH thread to help her clarify too.

But no matter what, I'm sure glad her ds finally found a sch he deserves and thrives in. :celebrate:



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[Coolkidsrock2]

janet_lee88:

My son is very happy in his present school. The teachers treat the students equally...公事公办...he is happy to swim in this pond.

Good and happy for you and your son to hear this.

The secondary school and JC years should be enjoyable. I still keep in contact with my secondary and JC classmates.