Secondary 2 Streaming

[A better tomorrow]

ngl2010:

33mama:

[quote=\"A better tomorrow\"]Some jobs need you to study a specific subject in secondary school ( eg. To be a doctor you should study bio in sec 3,4 so that it will be easier for you to cope in tertiary education)

I wonder what jobs your dc likes . Dd has nothing on her mind . She said anything :faint:
At first she thought air stewardess . Then after the mh370 incident she doesn't want to be one anymore . I am thinking if she does not want to do any job more bio inclined maybe double science for sec 2 streaming would be better . Less stress.

in pri and sec nowadays... the students are asked to use the career something software... to assess what their interest and their strength is and what type of jobs suits them... from there they choose the streaming selection... :please:
hope this helps.

I don't remember DS did it in primary school. What is the name of the software?[/quote]It is https://ecareers.sg/G_Login_SG/ecareersLogin.asp
dd went in before during primary school . Now she can't log in

[zeemimi]

A better tomorrow:

Some jobs need you to study a specific subject in secondary school ( eg. To be a doctor you should study bio in sec 3,4 so that it will be easier for you to cope in tertiary education)

To take medicine, chemistry is compulsory. biology is not compulsory though it is good to take.

[sharonkhoo]

A better tomorrow:

I wonder what jobs your dc likes . Dd has nothing on her mind . She said anything :faint:

I think that's perfectly normal! I didn't know what I wanted to do till past O levels, and only in the haziest details, and I changed my mind later anyway. My daughter in sec 3 still has no clue what she wants to do. For sec 2 subject selection, I think you should just paint broad brush strokes - more science or more humanities. If sciences, Chemistry is now the main one for most courses in university, including medicine. In any case, she will have to do at least one science and one humanities, which leaves less to choose.

[33mama]

It is https://ecareers.sg/G_Login_SG/ecareersLogin.asp

dd went in before during primary school . Now she can't log in

yes. this is the one. DS1 took in pri and in sec again. he does have some ideas what he wants to do. I always use that to motivate him to his O levels next year.

[Coolkidsrock2]

While there are some jobs that require specific technical knowledge, I believe that in general, what is more important is for our DC to acquire the necessary skill sets to prepare them for working life and the stream that they were in is not important.


I do not recall being asked about my grades or subject combinations at job interviews and I do not ask about the same at interviews either.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/opini ... .html?_r=0

[LizCheng]

I have three children. For now, my eldest daughter's plans are to be in biomedical sciences, her younger sister is interested in accounting, while my son wants to study public policy/government. All unintentionally different from each other, and their parents (DH heads risk management in a bank, while I am an educationist specializing in English).


It does look like my kids want to prepare for careers based on academic subjects where they were fortunate to have inspiring teachers and family friends.

Liz
http://www.owlknowledge.com/about-us.html

[TTBCOOL]

I would like to get feedback from those parents whose child has taken Higher Music as one of the subjects in Sec 3? Is it very time consuming? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated as my child’s teacher told her to take this as one of the subjects in Sec 3? TIA.

[koguma]

Goodluck8:

Humanity is important if the child wants to go to jc. For my DD,she decided to go to poly, so maths is more important in L1 R4. And since humanity is not so important in computing L1R4, she intend to take up triple science during sec 3. She is better in maths and science than languages or humanity subjects. I respect her choice.

Hi,

In the O level results slip, L1R4 score is for MI. For Poly aggregate, there are 4 scores type, namely
Poly : ELR2B2-A ,ELR2B2-B ,ELR2B2-C ,ELR2B2-D

If you child wants to do Humanities related (ELR2B2-A) or Business related (ELR2B2-B) programme in Poly, then the Relevant Subjects (R2) must include one Humanities subject.

You may want to clarify with the teacher on this.

[zbear]

If I am not wrong, I think MOE wants a balance between Sciences n Humanities regardless of Poly or JC. So both should be equally important.

[Coolkidsrock2]

TTBCOOL:

I would like to get feedback from those parents whose child has taken Higher Music as one of the subjects in Sec 3? Is it very time consuming? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated as my child's teacher told her to take this as one of the subjects in Sec 3? TIA.

I will appreciate any feedback as well as DD would like to take Music as a \"O\" level subject. Have heard feedback that it ca be time consuming and may be different from the ABRSM graded exams.

I had printed out the syllabus for her piano teacher to review and had confirmed back to me that he would be able to incorporate the requirements into her lessons if needed.