Is general academic ability the same as general ability?


Removal of former will mean DSA via academic route is out? What about GAT since it tests the student’s capacity for learning in general regardless of any specific skill in a certain subject or topic. These two are different?

I agree that DSA via academic route should be out; but am quite divided over if GAT should be out too.

I am concern how a child DSA via non-academic talents might be struggling in his academic learning, and hence, resulting in more tuition to plug the gap, and therefore leading to higher stress factors all round. The need for more tuition to plug the gap is another hotly discussed subject.

If my girls gives me ample notice of any outings and I said ok, I give some extra $$, so I encourage them to tell me beforehand.


If they call and ask last minute, 7 - 8 out of 10 times, I will say yes for lunch outing after school, or shopping for friend’s birthday presents. To date, they have never missed dinner at home, and I haven’t had an incident where I am not informed of their activities. Though last minute outings are out of their own pocket / savings.

I guess my main objective is for them to inform me of their whereabouts, instead of having me second guess it. I also ask for one or two of their friend’s contact number from the same outing group, just in case their phone runs out of battery, and also to subtly keep track of the friends they hang out with.

How much is sufficient for general daily expenses, excluding lodging and transport? thanks.

How much is sufficient for general daily expenses, excluding lodging and transport? thanks.

I guess being married or single is not the issue. To me, the main gist of it all will be how bonded is the aunt to my kids.


I have an elder sis who’s single. She adores my children and nephews and looks after / dotes them no less than their biological parents; and I know if something happens to hubby and me, my kids will be in good hand. On the other hand, I have a married BIL (and wife) who has literally zero bonding with my kids. They won’t even show face on the first day of CNY despite living with MIL.

Anyway, my brother and I have constantly remind our children that besides their parents, all the next generation kids are expected to chip in and look after my elder sis as well; no two ways about it.

personally, I believe the key to resolving this will have to come from the dad. If dad doesn’t show respect to mum, the children will most probably follow suit.


I have seen it happening in my extended family - because the dad has little respect for the wife, the children display very disrespectful behaviour to their mum too.

I don’t know how well this goes, but if you have a daughter, then you can ask your hubby if this is the way he wants his princess to be treated when she has her own family, because right now, she is being taught that it is alright to be treated with disrespect at home.

1010happy:

Hi I am a P6 student applying for RGS via music and I would like to ask a few questions:

I am learning two instruments, so for the audition do I have to play both or just choose one or will they inform me?

Assuming that I get in, can I go for SYCO instead of choosing a performing arts CCA as I would like to try out robotics too and I am afraid I will not have the time.....

Thanks in advance
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE FOR PSLE AND DSA AND ALL THE BEST XD

Girl,

Your commitment is to the performing arts you used for DSA; and it will be a 6-year commitment until you complete your A levels. So you need to consider if you have the stamina to take it on as a CCA for 6 years, and you can't switch CCA.

Good Luck !

When a child did terribly for his tests / exams, who is / are the person the child is most feared to face, and show his results to? The school? The teachers? The friends? Or the parents? Why?


Who is the person whom the child would be extremely upset to be a disappointment to? Why?

These are questions I constantly asked myself. If the answers to one or both questions are : ME ; then I need to reflect long and hard as to how did I end up in such a state.

Parents are supposed to be a safe harbour to the child. If a child ends up fearing the safe harbour, then I don’t know where else would be safer.

In our journey to help better our child, parents need to know when to grit our teeth and hold back.

Just my personal opinion, not flaming / insinuating / judging.

I guess observing the students’ behaviour helps?


Also, I would also choose to speak to students who are not on open-house canvassing duties to get a feel of the general student cohort if they are around … the marketing team would have been more prepared …

Then, find out what academic support is in place if your child lags behind, assuming you don’t want to jump on the tuition bandwagon.

My personal take away from having tried DSA to both NYGH and RGS, and having been through the rounds two years back, is that if the school is very confident that the candidate will be able to enter through PSLE T-Score, they might give the opportunity to another candidate whom they believe has potential to grow with the school too.


This is because the first candidate will be able to join the school through her T-Score, and the DSA spot offered to the second candidate will allow for diversity.

To me, DSA is to allow the school to offer places to pupils who might fall short of the cut-off points; but whom the school would like to have and groom.