PSLE 2009 RESULTS!!
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Hi Pinkgorilla,
WELL SAID !!! :celebrate: -
Vikaesh:
So there's no 'points system' in such schools?James Ang:
[quote=\"Vikaesh\"]For students in the IP, how does the secondary school point system work, since they do not take the GCE 'O' Level Examinations?
Different schools have different promotion criteria. Meet the school's criteria for Year 4's EOY exams and the students will move to top JCs for Year 5.
How about points for 'A' level Examinations?[/quote]There is something call MSG and GPA, and other criteria for selected subjects and weightage, so it is really up to the school.
For A levels, there are different cut-off points, grade criteria for different faculties, and interviews for Law and Medicine, Dentistry etc so it is another different competition ball game altogether but generally good grades are the best bets, and excellent CCAs if attainable.
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It's confirmed that PSLE results will be out on Thursday from 12 noon.
:xedfingers: 
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James Ang:
James makes it sound like it's the end of the world if one don't get to the IP or be in the top 5%! We all know it is not just mere academic, to be successful in life. I have friends who were at the top in my cohort but where are they now, earning financially lesser than some who were just average ! As Kathysg2009 said \"It is not as if only 5% of population is going to get chance for University education\"!
Chief, you forgot about the IP program which is top 5% of cohort which will skip O levels, get direct into Top 5 JCs and mingle with doctors, lawyers, accountants and other professionals-to-be and almost 95% of which will get into a University or higher whether local or sponsored prestigious foreign Uni and then once you understand the BIG prize behind the PSLE, then you will understand why PSLE is so important now. It is the \"NEW O Levels\"!ChiefKiasu:
Hi arijit dasgupta, whatever will be will be.
PSLE is just one of the many milestones in our lives. Few parents in our community even remember what they scored in their own PSLEs, and no company actually judge employment candidates using PSLE grades. You should take PSLE as a learning process, and it is what you do after PSLE that determines what your future will be. If you did well in PSLE, the question is what you must do to continue to excel in your O-Levels, A-Levels, and tertiary levels. If you did not do well in PSLE, you have to decide if you will let this set-back mark you for the rest of your life, or if you should work harder to prove to yourself that you are a much greater person than the system deems you to be.
Nothing matters to those who say \"Nothing matters\".
The BIGGer prize behind PSLE is actually the \"sanity\" level of parents in supporting their kids to do their best based on their ability & individual learning style. -
westmom:
James makes it sound like it's the end of the world if one don't get to the IP or be in the top 5%! We all know it is not just mere academic, to be successful in life. I have friends who were at the top in my cohort but where are they now, earning financially lesser than some who were just average ! As Kathysg2009 said \"It is not as if only 5% of population is going to get chance for University education\"!
Chief, you forgot about the IP program which is top 5% of cohort which will skip O levels, get direct into Top 5 JCs and mingle with doctors, lawyers, accountants and other professionals-to-be and almost 95% of which will get into a University or higher whether local or sponsored prestigious foreign Uni and then once you understand the BIG prize behind the PSLE, then you will understand why PSLE is so important now. It is the \"NEW O Levels\"!James Ang:
[quote=\"ChiefKiasu\"]Hi arijit dasgupta, whatever will be will be.
PSLE is just one of the many milestones in our lives. Few parents in our community even remember what they scored in their own PSLEs, and no company actually judge employment candidates using PSLE grades. You should take PSLE as a learning process, and it is what you do after PSLE that determines what your future will be. If you did well in PSLE, the question is what you must do to continue to excel in your O-Levels, A-Levels, and tertiary levels. If you did not do well in PSLE, you have to decide if you will let this set-back mark you for the rest of your life, or if you should work harder to prove to yourself that you are a much greater person than the system deems you to be.
Nothing matters to those who say \"Nothing matters\".
The BIGGer prize behind PSLE is actually the \"sanity\" level of parents in supporting their kids to do their best based on their ability & individual learning style.[/quote]PSLE has become the most important streaming exam, it is important to aspiring parents and students. It does matter to those who did their best and the good results they get in 3 days' time will be their best reward and motivation to continue to put in their best.
I applaud late bloomers, it is better to be late than never anyway. But my belief in life is still the best health and well-being of our youths, for I am also parent of a 5 year old, if he can study I also hope he gets into IP in the future.
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westmom:
Totally agreed with u, westmom! My DD can't made it to IP, does that mean it's the end of the world. I DON'T THINK SO! Academic is important but it's not just THAT. It takes much more in life to be successful. How one intreprets as \"Successful\" may differ from others. I know of people who were from ITE and they are doing great in their career, drawing good $.
James makes it sound like it's the end of the world if one don't get to the IP or be in the top 5%! We all know it is not just mere academic, to be successful in life. I have friends who were at the top in my cohort but where are they now, earning financially lesser than some who were just average ! As Kathysg2009 said \"It is not as if only 5% of population is going to get chance for University education\"!
The BIGGer prize behind PSLE is actually the \"sanity\" level of parents in supporting their kids to do their best based on their ability & individual learning style. -
For those who have read this book called Blue Ocean Strategy, I tend to see IP as being \"Blue Ocean\" where resources and opportunities abound for students compared to \"Red Ocean\" where competition is stiff.
Positioning and focus are key ingredients to get into the \"Blue Ocean\" by PSLE/GEP/DSA routes of course! -
girlmum:
A system is a system, a good system ensures society functions optimally. I applaud late bloomers and successful people who made it due to diligence and risk-taking. As I say, it is better late than never. A headstart is always good, for kiasu parents.
Totally agreed with u, westmom! My DD can't made it to IP, does that mean it's the end of the world. I DON'T THINK SO! Academic is important but it's not just THAT. It takes much more in life to be successful. How one intreprets as \"Successful\" may differ from others. I know of people who werewestmom:
James makes it sound like it's the end of the world if one don't get to the IP or be in the top 5%! We all know it is not just mere academic, to be successful in life. I have friends who were at the top in my cohort but where are they now, earning financially lesser than some who were just average ! As Kathysg2009 said \"It is not as if only 5% of population is going to get chance for University education\"!
The BIGGer prize behind PSLE is actually the \"sanity\" level of parents in supporting their kids to do their best based on their ability & individual learning style.
from ITE and they are doing great in their career, drawing good $. See the kiasu father who volunteers as traffic warden for two years in hope of getting his son into NYPS, I certainly cannot match it, but I applaud his efforts. And I know my son will not get into NYPS because I am not making effort in that direction.
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James Ang:
Dear James, Harvard Business School's \"Blue Ocean Strategy\" is referring to the need for entrepreneurs to look for markets that are niche with little competitors and hence large margins rather than to follow others and engage in fierce competition with the hordes that are trying out-do each other selling true-and-tried products with known successful business models.For those who have read this book called Blue Ocean Strategy, I tend to see IP as being \"Blue Ocean\" where resources and opportunities abound for students compared to \"Red Ocean\" where competition is stiff.
Positioning and focus are key ingredients to get into the \"Blue Ocean\" by PSLE/GEP/DSA routes of course!
I would interprete the PSLE situation using this \"Blue Ocean Strategy\", but in a very different way than you have put forth. The \"known market\" in this case is really \"going the IP way for \"guaranteed success\"\". Few would deny at this time that IP is the best \"business model\" for students to adopt if they are to achieve academic excellence in future. Hence everyone is competing tooth and nail at PSLE just to corner the \"IP market\". Would that not be the \"red ocean\", a sea of red blood and sweat?
A \"blue ocean\" strategy would be to teach our children to look beyond what everyone else are trying to achieve, so as to leap frog ahead of others towards one's goal while others are still fully engaged with the technicalities of PSLE success. If our children can formulate their own goals based on what their hearts tell them, then we should teach them how to look beyond the \"regular solutions\" and just make decisions that will accelerate their progress towards these goals.
Bill Gates and so many others dropped out of college to follow their own dreams and have attained great success doing so. This is what \"blue ocean\" is all about. And it is a very risky strategy, infinitely fulfilling if one is successful, but the risk of failure is much greater than those that go on the well-trodden paths.
I don't believe that parents, myself included, would recommend such a \"blue ocean\" approach to our children's education, especially if they already possess the faculties for academic excellence. However, for those who have trouble keeping up with the crowd because they are gifted in other ways, the \"blue ocean\" strategy is probably the saving grace for them to apply their gifts. As a parent said this morning, \"talent + hardwork = outcome\". The \"blue ocean\" strategy is about how we can, as parents, encourage our children to dare to be different and work hard in honing their talents and look for opportunities to apply their talents usefully, instead of being mired in the trap of forcing them to achieve academic excellence and being all upset if our children do not do well in their exams. -
Blue ocean is a good concept, I am glad to see/hear your interpretation Chief.
At some points of our lives, even part of experiences, they are like battles for success/survival, such examples as even in an office situation, the weak ones get \"eliminated\" through transfer/retrenchment or bypassed for promotion (promotion usually viewed as positive). Sad to say, this form of competition is slowly but surely brought to school level as school \"management\" is trained to be systematic and process oriented. I am sure kiasuparents forum has brought alot of benefits to kiasu parents here, where there are many open discussions and much sharing of useful links and expertise. And glad to hear the Chief speaks with good depth and substance.
Let's just wait for this Thursday big day!
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