Why students study more during school holidays
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I think MGS has made a good start in piloting mixed form classes comprising both IP and OP students.
It is good for the elites to be out of their ivory tower & realize that maybe they are not all that different from the ones who may have missed the cut. And that academic capability should be viewed with a growth mindset, not a fixed mindset.
I do not want to say any more about the sentiment on the ground, lest it becomes personal against my parenting again. -
isnt it the usual practice for all JCs to hv common tests/mye/bock tests/timed practice (whatever they are called) right after June holidays? Almost impossible for JC kids not to study/revise/catch up during this holiday. How much to study will really depend on how focused/effective each individual is.
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I sent my girls to a church kindergarten near my house. I guess the heat/pressure from academic rat race usually intensifies from P5 onwards, not kindy time.
Really? Then I must hv been a chilled mom bc my girls were exactly brought up this way in a nanny’s home with tv and iPad whole day and attended neighbourhood pcf kindy haha.
Back to me being SAHM during those years. I think my presence also helped. I removed their Chinese tuition (they didn’t hv any other), I taught them myself, assigned regular work (specially curated bc I believed in tackling only weakness and not cramming lots of practices bc I also wanted them to hv time for play/rest) on top of Sch work, assisted my eldest in her sports dsa journey, made connections, volunteered in Sch and made my girls presence felt, anything and everything I could do for my girls, I would.
However before my girls psle journey concluded, I went back to FT work and then they were on their own again.
I also feel that my presence as a SAHM helped my kids in a way. At least someone was there to limit their screen time after school. So I can understand why my friend took over the supervision of her kid from the grandmother. -
CDAC asked to cut tuition for those children from lower income families by 30% and replace it by play-based learning.
I think CDAC management is barking up the wrong tree leh. This group of kids seriously in need of help in their academic work, how can replace 30% tuition with games? They still need to take PSLE at P6. On the other hand, expensive/quality private tuition centres see businesses increase by around 30% year on year since 2022. Will the gap between the upper middle class and lower income group widen due to this move? -
Some parent saying it’s the educational system that cause the stress in parents. We can read Strait Times later I think it will be on it. Our PM just announced the plan to broaden the definition of success, build a society that allows individual to slow down should they choose to. I think he reads this forum ho ho ho
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Zac's mum, can you please elaborate on the kind of wonderful enrichment programmes that IP schools have which you think should be opened up to Express kids as well?
IP has wonderful enrichment programs, well touted and all know that. Are the IP schools willing to open up these programs to the Express kids in their community so that they can benefit as well?[/quote]
All my kids made it to IP so I can share from my experience. Over the years, I also helped to guide many kids from different backgrounds and some made it to IP but some don't. Not everyone is suitable for IP pace. Those who did not make it to IP also enjoyed their Sec sch journeys a lot once we helped them see the value. While IP schools have certain programmes like internship/exchange prog, but those who are not in IP also tell me they have other programmes that they find beneficial.
IP or not, the kids are sorted at PSLE because of academic results. If one does not get to IP after PSLE despite the kid's best effort, it is really not a big deal in the grand scheme of things. The academic journey continues and one can aim for transfer. In the meantime, make the best of the journey in the school child is posted to and it can still be an awesome learning journey. None of my kids and those I know in IP look at the non-IP kids from their ivory tower. In fact, most kids don't think of each other this way at all. -
What is this big fuss, about IP ?
The truth is -
If you fail to get in at Sec 1 (IP) through your PSLE results, there is still second chance (opportunity) at the end of Sec 2 streaming. So many IP schools do accept students in for
Transfer at the end of their Sec 2, to start Sec 3 (IP), if u so truly desire IP and can pass their end-of-Sec2 IP entrance subject tests.
Is not that MOE don’t even give u any chance to transfer out to IP, if u truly desire IP so much.
When u say IP, which IP are u refering to ?
Refering to
IB (SJI / ACSI),
because u already have the intention, made up your mind to send your son for overseas university studies in (USA / UK / Australia / Europe) ?
instead of remaining in local uni ( SMU / NTU / NUS ) ?
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A-Level Junior College (IP) ? -
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Yes.
isnt it the usual practice for all JCs to hv common tests/mye/bock tests/timed practice (whatever they are called) right after June holidays? Almost impossible for JC kids not to study/revise/catch up during this holiday. How much to study will really depend on how focused/effective each individual is.
It is a common practice for almost all A level Junior Colleges to conduct some Assessment tests for students in Term 3 (Semester 2), after their June school holiday. -
Ggrrrrrrrrr let me say again, this is not about me, nor my child. It is not some personal grudge, nor am i fighting for my own personal cause. I’m not even fighting, i’m just speaking up & hoping for change. Whether there’s change or not, what do i really care, except think about the poor kids in future psles.
I wanted to talk about the danger of IP schools becoming a class divider between the “psle made it in / did not make it in”. Not my own perception; this perception is prevalent among many of the psle parents, who then pressure their offspring to try and make the cut (typically, AL8 which is the COP of the last IP school).
What then happens is, the ones who did make it in, think that they:
- Have made it for life (have heard stories about how the classmates in IP just sleep in class or watching YouTube on PLD during lesson, never study for exams, projects anyhow, EOY just do minimum to be promoted).
- are entitled to look down on non-IP kids (stories from the non-IP kids when they see old primary school friends; granted, some of it is typical boy ragging, if it’s not this topic then it’’ll be some other u pc of shit taunt)
- when they reach the higher levels and start to struggle, think they have imposter syndrome because “i’m smart, i got in because i was the top 10% but why can’t i pass this subject or why i’m not good at triple science, am i stupid?” Existential issues and anxiety crop up
- some may crash and burn out, mental health breaks down, have to exit IP (use Y4 results to enter poly, or go overseas). Some cases mentioned in the press
References for those who want to read:
https://www.reddit.com/r/SGExams/s/v56CX7uo8x
https://www.reddit.com/r/SGExams/s/QoLrAXvSGH
https://www.reddit.com/r/SGExams/s/FJsgvqwmJY
https://www.reddit.com/r/SGExams/s/WZfDdm1Ns5
Documentaries:
https://youtu.be/d5X8pJu2R0s?si=MtXB3F_4ThgLB4FM
https://youtu.be/E_lP2hQ7oZA?si=tQIadFAZS5Qzbjk5
https://youtu.be/eoelS0XIhSg?si=kknGKOBj6BsO9IXG
https://youtu.be/P8frwa5JdaQ?si=FkLKXUIsrsrqKT3R -
Nope, PM speech I shared this morning on redefining success, build a society that allows slow down, pause, side steps, outliers, is not on today’s newspaper. But I found it on YouTube
https://youtu.be/AnyFWfW9lDo?si=BiHmHNtSGxLATAXh