Just attended my girl's parent-teacher meeting. The Chinese teacher was pretty pragmatic. She said if she put Chinese spelling on Mondays, no one will study for it. She will try to give Chinese homework on Friday so that students have the weekends to complete them. Some parents during the meeting were concerned about percentage of marks for exams and exam topics. Since when we have degenerated to be like this. Our kids are not in school to learn anymore. They are there to learn to take exams. I asked a couple of parents how to keep our kids curious and interested in learning as they move up the ranks. They said, "No choice...". They will be overwhelmed by homework and exams. Sad...
Jan 22, 2014
Singapore's Education System
Just attended my girl's parent-teacher meeting. The Chinese teacher was pretty pragmatic. She said if she put Chinese spelling on Mondays, no one will study for it. She will try to give Chinese homework on Friday so that students have the weekends to complete them. Some parents during the meeting were concerned about percentage of marks for exams and exam topics. Since when we have degenerated to be like this. Our kids are not in school to learn anymore. They are there to learn to take exams. I asked a couple of parents how to keep our kids curious and interested in learning as they move up the ranks. They said, "No choice...". They will be overwhelmed by homework and exams. Sad...
