Best is to observe the coach for a period of time before engaging - go to the place where the sports is played and approach the coach you like. Even after you engage the coach, you still have to evaluate constantly. Why?


1) Some coaches do tend to get into the monotony after a period of time - so if you don’t evaluate, your child will not progress as fast or may even lose interest.

2) Some coaches can only coach more sports-inclined children or these children may have other trainings - so what you observed may not be the whole picture.

I speak from experience. Some coaches who suit others may not suit you. Your expectations will not be the same as the one who post the recommendation. My children had a coach who was discouraging to one of my children(he just wanted to coach my other child who was better at sports) and his coaching is of limited calibre. However, I did not post a negative comment because I feel that his attitude may be different towards others and also others may have lesser expectations. So just move on and be more vigilant.

So what I look for in a good coach :-
1) Attitude - Be willing to help the child to improve - can be fierce but must be reasonable
2) Innovate - Able to think of ways to help improve a child’s weakness. Although repetitions are required, if your child is already putting a lot of hours and not seeing improvement, this means the coach is still not able to pinpoint what’s wrong and your child is thus practising the wrong stuff.
3) Disciplined - Not lazy and should not try to find time to talk too much to child or parents or give long breaks
4) Be a role model during the lesson - do not be late, do not smoke, do not be temperamental etc

Hope helps…

Metis, you should inform the school principal. Don’t worry about jeopardizing the teacher’s future. You are helping him to make correct decisions in future - obviously this teacher doesn’t know what’s right or wrong.


You are also preventing a very possible misfortune that can happen to other students.

MrsSeah:

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The first thing they should do is disallow teachers to moonlight..

If I remember correctly, MOE does not allow teachers to moonlight. If teacher want to moonlight, they have to get approval from the principal and the moonlighting is not allowed to exceed 6 hours per week. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Is it? I see a lot of MOE teachers moonlighting but nothing has happened.[/quote] The school has no means to enforce. Its up to the individual teacher to declare.

I heard of a top secondary school teacher who transferred to a top-JC two to three years ago because she would have more time.

I think some photostating shops will go to 2.5cents if you have a lot to print.


I remembered asking a shop at Peace Centre some years ago but so sorry i have forgotten which one.

I also saw another photostating shop below a point block in Ang Mo Kio nearer the Ang Mo Kio Library. Not sure about the cost but don’t think they will go above the market rate of 3cents since its not in the city.

From the news article, this is not the first time the ferrari driver had been speeding in the wee hours.


Singapore roads have to be made safer from these kind of drivers - especially at night where the owners of these fancy cars are treating the roads as their own property, without a care to others’ lives.

Hopefully the traffic police learnt some lessons from this high profile case and improve their SOPs. These selfish speedsters should never have a chance to take away innocent lives. The traffic police should review the penalties such that once caught, these speedsters must have their driving license revoked and spend some time in the jail repenting.

Jav:

I am in dilemma - between enrichment, home tuition & after school care. My kid in nature is very easily distracted & seems not interested in studying. It's not easy to attract his concentration as his mind is easily wandering around. He currently attends enrichment in group but I don't see the effectiveness. After class, I tested him on his understanding & redo the question he has completed in the class. To my dismay, he cannot do them. The enrichment has good worksheet but if kid is not able to absorb the contents taught, I am beginning to think it maybe wasteful. Therefore, at the end, I am the one that must learn to teach. But I must admit that it takes a great deal from me to teach & I don't enjoy it & have enough patience- with all the shouting - I don't think it's of any good. As a FTWM, come home tiredly still has to take on a second job which end up everyone is unhappy.


He is in P1 & attends after school care too but i am also not sure how effective is the centre. He may complete his hw there but it's not checked on the correctness of the completion so every night I still have to do the supervision.

I therefore wonder whether the home tuition maybe better alternative. But it's not easy to find the right tutor.

Any parents with experiences to share? Much appreciated.

Hi Jav, if you see that your child can understand and produce results when you teach, then that means if you find a good tutor, it will work for him. But if he improves only because you discipline him so that he listens - this goes to show he lacks the self-motivation, then you will need not only a good tutor, but one who can discipline and motivate as well - which is rare.

However, even after you teach him, he doesn't improve, this will mean that he is just still not mature academically. Many P1 students, especially boys, lack behind academically so this means he just needs more time to mature because the requirements of primary school syllabus are really beyond many.

To me, enrichment is only for those who are already scoring 85 and above at p1/p2 level because its just a complete waste of time for the child to go to enrichment when he cannot follow - and it will cause him to dislike studies. Anything lower than that, tuition is required.

But if you can, let your boy learn something like sports or art or ? to give him an alternative outlet so that studies is not everything.

Thank you for your responses.


Regarding the market beside fu lu shou, I am just worried that the store owners spray insecticide around the shop to deter cockroaches. I had seen it in a market many years ago.

Its expensive buying in the smaller packets the supermarkets are selling. Any suggestion where in Singapore I can buy nuts and dried fruits in bulk?


Thanks!

peace center 1st floor - many photostating shops - 10min walk from dhoby ghaut mrt. 3cents if more than a certain number of pages.