jedamum:

Emelyn:

[quote=\"jedamum\"]digress abit, one question...

4 x 6 is it defined as:
\"4 groups of 6 items each\" or \"4 items times 6 times\" :?:

It means 4 groups of 6 items.

thanks! that's what i thought so too...
my husband and my boy's montessori enrichment teacher said it is 4 items times 6 times.[/quote]Oh dear. Think you better change enrichment class.
In P1, if the question says \"4 groups of 6\" and your child write 6 x 4, it will be marked wrong !

jedamum:

digress abit, one question...

4 x 6 is it defined as:
\"4 groups of 6 items each\" or \"4 items times 6 times\" :?:

It means 4 groups of 6 items.

sally:

VooVoo:

Has anyone heard of E&P Learning Place?

My son join them when he is 6 (he is 11 now) and we find that he benefit a lot from it.

Anada Lian (Founder & Teacher) is good but she told me they she don't follow school syallbus. She said that most important is they understand the concept. My son completed his lesson with Ms Lian when he is in Pr 1 and till date we didn't send him to any math enrichment class.

sally

Hi Sally,

I understand that E&P has a number of different classes. Which one did your son attend ? The Abacus class ?

Cheers !

Can anyone advise me where I can send my son for GEP training ?

Sorry for being so shallow, but I think this is the only way to go. It is for my son’s future !!

Imagine having a PSLE score of 240 and can still get into ACS(I), just because you are from GEP. That’s really very attractive.

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Forced by circumstances !!

EQmum:

I believe the MOE are aware of this problem. So why worry...... be it in the GEP or not. End of the day still sit for PSLE same as all the other children.

I think why a lot of parents want to squeeze their kids into GEP is because it opens many opportunities. For eg, for non-GEP student, perhaps you need 275 to get into RI. But if GEP student, you just need 250.

My cousin's son scored 240 in 2006's PSLE...but he is in ACS(I) now. All because he was from GEP.

So, for non-GEP student, you really need to work extra hard to get into good schools lor.

Ok... I'm going to send my son to GEP training school !!! He's taking the test in 2010. For the good of his future and the many opportunities that will be opened to him.... let's do it !!

:lol:

Ok... I'm just being sarcastic to the entire system. LOL.

I find this GEP thingy very sad.


Because of all the private training schools, the truly gifted children are being robbed of the opportunity by those "trained" children.

Quite sad to see the education system in Singapore becoming like this.

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