All About T-Score

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[Nebbermind]

MyBaby:

For me, a good PSLE score is when my child has put in his/her best effort. If the child has a positive learning attitude, listens in class, completes homework, do the necessarily revision and practice papers prior to examination and has given his/her best, then I, as well as my child, will be satisfied with the score.

Based on the above, I think my baby will not ever get a good PSLE score! :evil:

[MyBaby]

Nebbermind:

MyBaby:

For me, a good PSLE score is when my child has put in his/her best effort. If the child has a positive learning attitude, listens in class, completes homework, do the necessarily revision and practice papers prior to examination and has given his/her best, then I, as well as my child, will be satisfied with the score.

Based on the above, I think my baby will not ever get a good PSLE score! :evil:

Sorry to disappoint you, Nebbermind, my first child did PSLE last year and got above 270.

I have two children and both are very different. DC1 is very motivated and academically capable. Throughout primary sch, there is no need to push or nag her (even during PSLE period). During \"Meet Parent\" sessions, her teachers complimented her on her postive learning attitudes and good behaviour. So DH and I knew that we will be satisfied with whatever PSLE t-score she would come back with as she has put in her best effort. We (including her teachers) had expected an above 260 score but she delighted us with 270 and she definitely deserves it.

DC2 is in Pri 3 - more playful and has a \"get-by\" attitude. He refuses to be drilled and dislikes doing revision papers. So we have an agreement where
- he needs to complete his homework
- he needs to maintain a certain target for each subject (targets vary from subject to subject)
- if he does not, then he will have to do revision paper to work on his weak areas
- no negative feedback from his teacher about his learning attitude (eg. not paying attention in class, slip-shod work etc)

At the way things are going now, with DC2, we do not forsee him performing as well as DC1 for PSLE, but as long as he has done his best, so be it.

Why judge the worth of your child by a mere 3 digit?

[alng]

MyBaby:

Sorry to disappoint you, Nebbermind, my first child did PSLE last year and got above 270.


I have two children and both are very different. DC1 is very motivated and academically capable. Throughout primary sch, there is no need to push or nag her (even during PSLE period). During \"Meet Parent\" sessions, her teachers complimented her on her postive learning attitudes and good behaviour. So DH and I knew that we will be satisfied with whatever PSLE t-score she would come back with as she has put in her best effort. We (including her teachers) had expected an above 260 score but she delighted us with 270 and she definitely deserves it.

DC2 is in Pri 3 - more playful and has a \"get-by\" attitude. He refuses to be drilled and dislikes doing revision papers. So we have an agreement where
- he needs to complete his homework
- he needs to maintain a certain target for each subject (targets vary from subject to subject)
- if he does not, then he will have to do revision paper to work on his weak areas
- no negative feedback from his teacher about his learning attitude (eg. not paying attention in class, slip-shod work etc)

At the way things are going now, with DC2, we do not forsee him performing as well as DC1 for PSLE, but as long as he has done his best, so be it.

Why judge the worth of your child by a mere 3 digit?

My dd1 is taking PSLE this year and she is like your dd1. My dh and I will be very happy with whatever t-score she achieves.

My ds2, who is in P1 now, is more playful, more forgetful, more careless, less smart as he does not even clarify when he does not understand his teachers. :faint:

[Nebbermind]

MyBaby:

Why judge the worth of your child by a mere 3 digit?

Nah, I've managed to look beyond that long enough!

The t-score has always been nothing more than a placement requirement...donch need MOE to tell me that.

I'll be happy if my kids get to whatever school they want to go...so far, one down...next baby will be more of a challenge...but I'm already preparing my options!!

[snowball]

MyBaby:

For me, a good PSLE score is when my child has put in his/her best effort. If the child has a positive learning attitude, listens in class, completes homework, do the necessarily revision and practice papers prior to examination and has given his/her best, then I, as well as my child, will be satisfied with the score.

:goodpost: I feel so relief reading your post and Uncle Lim's :thankyou:

[ruohoo97]

MyBaby:

For me, a good PSLE score is when my child has put in his/her best effort. If the child has a positive learning attitude, listens in class, completes homework, do the necessarily revision and practice papers prior to examination and has given his/her best, then I, as well as my child, will be satisfied with the score.

exactly, good score to different one has different definition, as long as a child did his best within his capacity, that is good enough.

That reminds me a story of \"Ping\"-- a Chinese story about a king wanted to choose successor by using a flower--whosoever can grow the most beautiful flower from a flower seed given by king will be the next king. A little boy named ping did all he could do to attend a flower seed in hoping to have a beautiful blossom, but in the end, his effort was in vain. His flower pot was empty. His father told him, \"you have done your best, that is good enough for the King.\"

The courage of Ping to bring an empty pot in facing the King, while all others with splendid blossom, won him to be the next King, because all the flower seeds were pre-cooked.:)

[Nebbermind]

ruohoo97:

The courage of Ping to bring an empty pot in facing the King, while all others with splendid blossom, won him to be the next King, because all the flower seeds were pre-cooked.:)

Er...what has this to do with 'doing his best'?
Thought it's more like integrity issue for the rest. :scratchhead:

[Imami]

UncleLim:

mummy so kiasu:

[quote=\"UncleLim\"]Even ITE is NOT the end of the world !!

Then, what is consider the end of the world to you?

I am sorry but I cannot bring myself to tell any of my children that the grades they attained is in \"The End of the World\" category. I believe the grading system, though not perfect, simply points to the fact that some children need to be taught in another environment, or at a different pace.
My friend struggled with his DS's low PSLE grades a few years ago. The boy is now thriving and doing well in ITE, studying Food Tech. He picked up music and cooking, achieved a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, made a lot of decent friends. Yes, it felt like the end of the world for the parents for a while. Especially if the parents are graduates or are sensitve to remarks made by friends and relatives. Or those of us who believe our kids need to be doctors, lawyers, CEOs or CFOs and if not we have failed as parents.

No label the education system slaps on my children will make me think it is the end of the world. We simply change course and make lemonade out of lemons.

(P/S: My wife met someone who suffered the double tragedy of have 2 (out of 3) children dying while studying abroad. Now that is end of the world for me. I don't think I can take that well. )[/quote] :goodpost:

[Imami]

MyBaby:

Why judge the worth of your child by a mere 3 digit?

Like. Very good statement. I shall keep that in mind.