DSA 2012

[kwcllf]

leexue_dwx:

Today, I heard from my son that one of his friends who is a GEPER from the NO.1 top primary school told him a secret. There is a patten question in RIPMWC2012, 1 box(don't know how to draw) 2. My son also did not know the box meant what, so just anyhow guessed. But the teacher in that school told all his pupils in this competition that there was a computer printing error only in their school and the box should be printed as '-'. The teacher said that other school's computer all showed '-'. My son said if he knew the box represented '-', the question should be very easy.

So I think this competition is not fair and I don't care the result.

May I know what RIPMWC2012 is?

Also a little puzzled. What has this to do with this DSA thread?

[iFirefly]

kwcllf:

leexue_dwx:

Today, I heard from my son that one of his friends who is a GEPER from the NO.1 top primary school told him a secret. There is a patten question in RIPMWC2012, 1 box(don't know how to draw) 2. My son also did not know the box meant what, so just anyhow guessed. But the teacher in that school told all his pupils in this competition that there was a computer printing error only in their school and the box should be printed as '-'. The teacher said that other school's computer all showed '-'. My son said if he knew the box represented '-', the question should be very easy.

So I think this competition is not fair and I don't care the result.

May I know what RIPMWC2012 is?

Also a little puzzled. What has this to do with this DSA threat?

I was also clueless what she was talking about! What secret.. What RIP.. What box... :scratchhead:

And if she really doesn't care about the results, why bring it up here (in DSA thread)??? Mind-boggling :?

[Augmum]

Zekezachzoom:

Augmum:

[quote=\"kwcllf\"]
My son is from a neigbourhood school. The top 20 boys from the school (based on their P5 SA2 results) were invited to apply for SJI's DSA.

Even RGS has this so called \"marketing strategy\" for DSA \"to create awareness\" amongst the P6 pupils.
During my gal's yr, the principal of RGS wrote to numerous primary schools in SG
to invite the TOP few cohort of the school (based on P5 sch results)
to the \"Tea Session wth the Principal\" where they talked abt DSA to RGS before applications started.
(dunno whether they will continue doing so or not for the coming yrs ?

Competition is hotting up. With more Schools offering the IP, every school would want to attract the best students to their IP track. Children with good academic records will have more schools chasing after them to woo them over through DSA route [/quote]Haha Yes, competition is everywhere, not only amongst students but amongst sec schools as well,
esp IP schools.......
so good for the P6 kids lorr......more spoilt for choices ?? :boogie:

[verykiasu2010]

RIPMWC2012


Raffles Institution Primary Mathematics World Competition

[BeContented]

firefly38:

kwcllf:

[quote=\"leexue_dwx\"]Today, I heard from my son that one of his friends who is a GEPER from the NO.1 top primary school told him a secret. There is a patten question in RIPMWC2012, 1 box(don't know how to draw) 2. My son also did not know the box meant what, so just anyhow guessed. But the teacher in that school told all his pupils in this competition that there was a computer printing error only in their school and the box should be printed as '-'. The teacher said that other school's computer all showed '-'. My son said if he knew the box represented '-', the question should be very easy.

So I think this competition is not fair and I don't care the result.

May I know what RIPMWC2012 is?

Also a little puzzled. What has this to do with this DSA threat?

I was also clueless what she was talking about! What secret.. What RIP.. What box... :scratchhead:


And if she really doesn't care about the results, why bring it up here (in DSA thread)??? Mind-boggling :?[/quote]
Maybe I understand. RIPMWC (Raffles Institution Primary Mathematics World Competition) is one of the recognized competition. For those using such awards in their DSA application, the results matters.....hence the situation she quoted would be unfair to others.

[leexue_dwx]

Hi Becontented,

I am very appreciate that you can understand. My son prepared for this competition for more than one year. I don’t know how to explain to him such thing(Some school teacher gave hints to their pupils in the competition is not fair to other pupils.). But i only can say :" You have tried your best and I am proud of you." I also told him SMOPS is very fair to every pupil and you can prove yourself in this competition.
Hi every dad and mum,
When your son or daughter has put a lot of effort on his study, but in the end he or she must face the unfair competition, maybe you can understand my feelings.

[Zann]

BeContented:

Maybe I understand. RIPMWC (Raffles Institution Primary Mathematics World Competition) is one of the recognized competition. For those using such awards in their DSA application, the results matters.....hence the situation she quoted would be unfair to others.

heard from another parent whose son took the test last Fri in another school,... they were not straight in monitoring the competition, they left the kids with the comp and many of them can see one another's answers, ...

Does RIPMWC affect the DSA result to RI or RGS for GEP students ?

[iFirefly]

leexue_dwx:

Hi Becontented,

I am very appreciate that you can understand. My son prepared for this competition for more than one year. I don't know how to explain to him such thing(Some school teacher gave hints to their pupils in the competition is not fair to other pupils.). But i only can say :\" You have tried your best and I am proud of you.\" I also told him SMOPS is very fair to every pupil and you can prove yourself in this competition.
Hi every dad and mum,
When your son or daughter has put a lot of effort on his study, but in the end he or she must face the unfair competition, maybe you can understand my feelings.

I understand your feelings.. And I apologize if I have sounded 'insensitive' in my earlier post.. FYI, my boy scored horribly low in most of the RI Math Olympiads (he was in P6 last year). He said RI Math Olympiads were the hardest MO he had ever sat for (compared to HCI's, NUSH's, NMOS, SASMO, SMOPS etc). However, my boy got a place in RI via DSA, and he is in RI Sec-1 this year. So, tell your son not to worry, as one MO will not affect your son's chance of getting into his dream school via DSA.

Btw, I'm still quite confused... What is the 'no.1 TOP primary school' you were referring to? If it was THAT school that had the error, why was your son affected? Finally, one wrong answer will not make a big difference in your son's final marks, so you don't need to worry so much.

[leexue_dwx]

Hi firefly38,

Thanks for your understanding. Sorry that I can’t tell you the school’s full name. Your son must be a GEPER , right? I know that only gepers and sports can get into RI through DSA last year. One question means 4 or 6 marks and also means top 50 or top120. My son is from a very normal neighborhood school. If he wants to get into his dream school( of course not RI), he must work much more harder. He really did like that but…
The printing error is an excuse that the teacher gave a hint to his pupils . The test is an online one, it is impossible that only one school got such printing error!

[jtoh]

leexue_dwx:

Hi firefly38,

Thanks for your understanding. Sorry that I can't tell you the school's full name. Your son must be a GEPER , right? I know that only gepers and sports can get into RI through DSA last year. One question means 4 or 6 marks and also means top 50 or top120. My son is from a very normal neighborhood school. If he wants to get into his dream school( of course not RI), he must work much more harder. He really did like that but...
The printing error is an excuse that the teacher gave a hint to his pupils . The test is an online one, it is impossible that only one school got such printing error!

If you feel so strongly about the unfairness of the test, why not raise it to the organizers and alert them to it?

Don't worry too much about the impact on your son's DSA. Tell him to work hard for his SA1 and SMOPS. He can still excel there and use those results to impress the schools.