Thanks, can share your thoughts on eligibility criteria and cut off point?

zac's mum\" post_id=\"2126960\" time=\"1705033177\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2126960 time=1705033177 user_id=53606]
Entry to JC requires L1R5 score, not L1R4.[/quote]

Thanks for pointing out the typo. Updated.

Hi Wise Parents,

Kid got a O level score of 10 with a -1. Keen for Ngee Ann Cyber security. Do you think we can hope? Pls advice.

Hi parents,

Does it make sense to aspire for ACJC with a L1R5 score of 10, with a -1 ? Responses, advice and suggestions are appreciated ! The kid is hung up on ACJC ! .

Question about the sustainability Elective in Secondary. Is there a minimum cut off ? Is the elective available for NA students or only Express? Can anyone shed some light on this? Thank you.

Anyone has applied for and heard from St. Andrews ?

ChiefKiasu\" post_id=\"2068087\" time=\"1653008496\" user_id=\"3:

Dear PsMom, I can understand the frustration you must have gone through managing your teenager. I agree the punishment is harsh, but I also agree that it will be difficult to leave someone who is not trustworthy in a leadership role.

I'm not sure if a period suspension of duties as the \"captain of the team\" will do the trick, as someone else would become captain in the meantime so it will be difficult to change that. Perhaps what can be done is for your son to think about the seriousness of what he has done, accept the consequences, and sincerely repent. Then he can compete for the captainship again with the full trust of the school. That is what I think the school should allow, and not simply a permanent ban.

We all make mistakes when we are young, and to learn from them, we must accept the consequences of our mistakes. Your son is an excellent student, and might have thought nothing of the consequences of telling others about the test questions. Fortunately he is caught, and he must learn the consequences of what he has done.

Thanks ! This is what we were proposing to the school. But looks like the discipline master has issues of her own to handle. A DM who starts shaking in anger when you propose something different than what they are saying , is not the right person to be the Student Manager in my opinion, specially handling teenagers.
If she could slap me in the face, she would have done that ! But she could not , SO she started shaking in anger, her voice shook and she literally threw the paper in my hand to sign.
Thank you all for your valuable opinions. While I know I my son is a good boy and I am a good mother, I realize good people do mistakes too. I have some great suggestions here that I will work with. As always, appreciative of this community.
As for those who threw lemons my way, I'll make a lemonade out of it, so thank you for your criticism too

Liew Nga Wing\" post_id=\"2068079\" time=\"1653006529\" user_id=\"195250:[quote=\"Liew Nga Wing\" post_id=2068079 time=1653006529 user_id=195250]
Cheating is an offence, for whatever reasons behind, it is Wrong. The boy is given chances as the school is not kicking him out of the school, he can continue his study but only remove his captaincy. The school has to do so to \"kill one to warn a hundred\" - to emphasis to all students - Cheating is not acceptable.

In my opinion, if the parents appeal to the school - showing the parents are not aware the important of Integrity and unwilling to admit the serious of their kids misconduct.[/quote]

Cheating is wrong and he was punished in multiple ways- by downgrading his grade for conduct, by suspension and by getting 0 on exam he cheated on. Stripping him of captaincy sounds like a 'revenge' seeking to me. I wonder if someone else would have been given a lighter slap on wrist like detention, community service or such for a first time offence . No warning?? No counseling? Straight Stripping of leadership? Does that happen in your office? Employees straight away fired and shamed? Not even a warning ?

zac's mum\" post_id=\"2068070\" time=\"1653000230\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2068070 time=1653000230 user_id=53606]
I agree with LNW above. It is a major offence in any school or organization’s rule book (see example here: https://teckwhyesec.moe.edu.sg/students/rules-guidance-and-procedure/school-rules-and-regulations/minor-and-major-offences/)

More importantly consider it a chance to reflect on why it was morally wrong of him to do so (u do not seem to have emphasized this to him). Correct it now before adulthood please. Look at the ones named & shamed for cheating in the bar exam. I wouldnt trust them with my money anytime.[/quote]

Please. I didnt ask for a judgement on my parenting style so keep your opinions about what I said to him or emphasized to him, to yourself .
I thought this was a safe community to come and ask questions. I was not asking for opinions on parenting. A one time mistake does not make a child bad and a parent useless. Second chances are fair, specially when the offender does not even fully understand the consequence of what they did. Like another mom said here, Schools are supposed to be 'safe' places. They certainly are the ones to be used as weapons to kill the kid's spirit to live or scar them forver.

Liew Nga Wing\" post_id=\"2068064\" time=\"1652978059\" user_id=\"195250:[quote=\"Liew Nga Wing\" post_id=2068064 time=1652978059 user_id=195250]
Hi PsMom,
It is a question of how you define the word \" Integrity\" and \"Cheating \". To me, \"Cheating\" is a serious offence and as a captain or a leader, there are some essential or basic requirements on their personality and Integrity is a MUST.

I am very sorry to say that, but I have been working for the Government more than twenty four years and we know there is 0 tolerance of any form of cheating in our working place and I experienced a few colleagues were terminated on spot because of some forms of dishonest behaviour.

How to lead a group or how the other classmates will listen to a captain or leader when they know the captain/leader may cheat?

Since what has happened had happened, just ask your DS to take it as a lesson and never never commit any dishonest behaviour again.

If the counsellor think that your DS need more counselling, he/she may arrange another visit for your DS.

I understand the scars on your DS cannot be disappeared tomorrow, but we can look at it from another angle, your DS has learnt the serious consequences of cheating and he will NOT do it again for the rest of his life.[/quote]

Govt service for 24 years ? How can you compare a 15 year old to a 40 year old ? Does adulthood equate to teenage? Then why are the teenagers made out to be such a big deal? Why have the psychologists written books about how to deal with them? And a job in public eye where you are being paid public money for your salary, is same as a captain of a small school team? How can you compare the punishment from one to another?
Is this how we deal with people in one of the most sensitive stages of their lives? Has pandemic tauught us nothing? What happened at River Valley school was a first of its kind, in Singapore, right? Why did it happen? Doesn't looks like anyone learnt anything from the event, just suppressed it as a one time thing?