well, claire asked (yes, on her own accord) if she should go for tuition/ psle prep classes for english and science. yup, only 2 subjects she's enquiring about.
well, i hv no objection. question is where?
i reckon that next yr will be a critical yr for her. her psle, syf chinese dance training plus her own pte hip hop concert in aug. and now, the superstar training. throw in 2 tuition classes, she will be swarmed!
privately, i'm hoping that she can manage a good psle results without tuition at all! frankly, having a good teacher in the school and diligently doing ur own practice at home, hold the key!
claire has always been weaker in spelling words. i used to tease her saying she's 'mildly dyslexic'.....no offense lah! then, i learn from hubby that he was like that too, not being able to make out words structure and spelling words properly! so, the truth is out lah! that's why, i'm more 'forgiving' towards claire these days, knowing that the 'shortfall' traits might hv been inherited. haha, talk about genetics!
i hv been urging claire to start her daily spelling list....afterall, your own effort to learn spelling beats going for tuition classes, right? maybe i'm a self-driven learner and is not for the idea of spending money for kids to bump around for extra classes!
as for sci, i believe claire has the thinking skills but is limited by the phrasing of the answers. but, which kid is not? we just need to give them time and encourage them to use the right answering techniques!
i told her the other day,"claire, u might hv to give nxt yr hip hop concert in aug a miss!"
"but why, mom? i can do 2 or 3 items only!" she retorted.
"my problem is with the time-consuming rehearsals in jurong, so far and waste so much time!" i explained.
in the end, we agreed that she must show me the ability to manage her time well before she can go for the YNDA concert! haha, the kids told me to guess the meaning of YNDA and i thot it was some '...dance association' thingie, but it turned out to be 'You Never Dance Alone'!
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Nowadays, it is a gem if a kid goes thru PSLE without any tuition. Sometimes I wonder why it is necessary. Does it mean the school teachers are not doing a good job or the schools also expect the students to have outside school tuition? Is there something wrong with the education system here?
ReplyDeleteWhen u put ur kids to pri lvl, I wil knw wat I mean! Exam stds r much higher!
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