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He studied hard throughout primary school because that was what all his peers were doing too, he added.
This. Never underestimate the power of peer pressure. When the norm is to excel academically, that sets the kid on the hardworking, aspiring path early on.
The main and only reason why good schools remain good schools. The right culture is there. The parents who care deeply about their children's discipline and growth will push all their kids to go to the good schools and the good classes because that's where the good children and good parents congregate.
Not to say there aren't good children and good parents in other schools. But it's soooo much harder for them because they won't have the same level of support and culture. Basically setting your childn on hard mode because they now have to work hard while dealing with kids who aren't brought up in that striving environment.
It’s because the examples given of kids who went to less prestigious primary schools and succeeded are outliers. Using that as anecdotal evidence is disingenuous.
The rat race of SG education unfortunately begins at primary school
Prestigious primary schools give you better education, and even scoring better at Mother Tongue which might not matter at first, but it would allow you take Higher Mother Tongue in secondary school, which you then gives you -2 points at O Levels.
Its not enough to score well at PSLE, you need to score very well, and if you're lucky, go on the six-year Integrated Programme only offered by some of the most exclusive schools in SG. Going to the likes of ACS, RI etc also allows you exclusive connections, great CCAs, social circles etc etc. All important when you apply for scholarships, internships and university
Otherwise, you can be me and go to a rather average (tho not bad) secondary school, get decent O level scores and then go to a top-tier JC, but struggle to connect with those who already have friends through the IP programme.
I would like to say that perhaps regardless of any route, you might get into NUS or NTU, but uni also need money. Then after that you need internships and jobs. Maybe try get a government scholarship, but oh, you need excellent CCA records. Those who come from ACS and RI def have a greater advantage than those who dont.
Might be a controversial opinion, but as a tutor, I can tell you that some schools are popular because they are simply better. And while MOE may claim that every school is a good school, it is simply not true.
Most of my kids study in West Side schools. All schools have been redacted for privacy reasons. The top school in the area is school X. The papers at school X are much harder than the others, and the school has many programmes to stretch the top students, while supporting the students who aren't as strong. For this year's PSLE, the school did the best.
School W is often perceived to be the second best school in the area. But school W didn't do as well in the PSLE. And when I looked through the papers for Science, which was fairly set imo, I noticed a rather disturbing trend across all levels of extremely lenient marking, which was clearly to the detriment of the students (their PSLE scores shifted quite badly in comparison to prelim)
Meanwhile, we get to school Y and Z. I have a kid from school Y. She is doing super badly in her all subjects, next year is her PSLE year. She gets <30 for everything. But she's on 4 standard and at the end of the year they refused to offer her foundation for 3/4 of her subjects, when she really needed it. My colleagues and I spoke w the parents are made this recommendation across the board as we felt it would be better for her to not struggle at this level, because we felt not only was it extremely demoralising, but also unrealistic for her to succeed at PSLE and we're concerned.
Meanwhile I have a kid who is in school Z. Bro is a genius. But the school has nothing to stretch him and he barely even gets any homework...
Also, one thing we noticed is that one of the schools literally does not use the textbook for their upper primary kids, and instead has their own set of notes.
The correlation here is that elite schools are mostly filled with wealthy or well off parents, who have the resources and or time to guide their kids..,
It’s not really the school that’s making a difference, it’s the demographics of those attending those elite schools that is.
We all know only some schools are good. The govt just tries to lie to everyone that every school is good.
If one is aiming to just pass PSLE i would suffice 99% of the schools are good enough but to do well, a good school enables one much better though a lot of self effort is needed also.
Ya all schools are good schools but some schools are better lol. Not wrong our base standard of education probably is much higher than most places in the world.
Pass PSLE just shunts you to Normal Academic (or whatever they call now). Then take N levels, then O levels, then usually most would rather go Poly than JC, because JC is much tougher. But a Poly diploma is not enough to get a good paying job, especially with how costs of living are now. You need to go Uni to even get a shot at having good jobs
Meanwhile if you get excellent PSLE, you go to good schools, have excellent friends, have great social circles... Very important when applying for scholarships and uni and later internships and higher paying jobs too
The govt talks so much but does not abolish the alumni system. I think this speaks the biggest volume… we all know alumni gets the biggest allocation so that the elites can enter their alma mater easily.
And why do they want to go back to their alma mater? The answer is clear… all the talk about culture etc is all bullshit
Would you change a system which favours you and you already know how to game the system? Look at what they do rather than what they say. How often do you see the elites send their kid to neighbourhood schools?
Principal and Teacher also have varying standards, there will be certain school that are better managed and with better teacher that give good explanation, know better psychological ways to motivate and educate children, genuinely care and willing to go further to resolve children problem in life. Furthermore certain school also have better funding or donation from alumni to have better facilities. That school will significantly be better.
A student in that school, with everyone advancing well together, motivating and learning from each other. Will most likely do well too. It's the same as an adult in a good company, working user a good boss, and having good colleague.
A lot of bosses up there are from only a certain set of schools, and they are doing well, rich or above average, with certain social group... and their kids go to the same schools and have similar group of friends and when I spoke to these bosses, their kids are almost all doing quite well academically plus socially plus outside exposure, exchange programs, overseas studies etc etc. and then I speak to the lower admin exec levels, only a few have kids who manage to excel academically because their moms are tiger moms super KS...
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If majority, private housing within 1-2km, chances are kids will come from families with better resources. Kids have better support and foundation. And with peers of similar backgrounds, they motivate each other to do well.
If a school has a successful alumni, with most in professional roles, their kids will similarly have a higher likelihood to follow suit.
It's a self fulfilling prophecy.
Unless we do away with the alumni scheme and stratify allocation by household income levels, we need to accept our public education system will never truly be level.
Just act on it and lead by example forcing all those minister sons to go out of nanyang then...
Remove priority and create a randomize ballot system for children in a say 4km school district. Kids can end up in any of the schools in district except for siblings currently studying or teachers child. Make sure transport access of all in district to every school. Try to get every district to have one "good school". Stop having so much unnecessary difference in school exam and way of completing the curriculum across schools (also cuts time teachers spend creating new lesson plans). Encourage cross district events and programs so all kids mingle and perhaps benefit from the program and examples from the "good school" in district.
They still had the mindset that popular primary school = reputation. And prolly still have the perspective that teachers there can help shape their kids better?
Until late primary, the biggest source of influence a kid has is still the parents. IMO a bigger factor is how much time, money, effort a child’s parents is willing to invest into education rather than the primary school. Good primary schools have greater proportion of “better” parents, and hence better results.
He studied hard throughout primary school because that was what all his peers were doing too, he added.
This. Never underestimate the power of peer pressure. When the norm is to excel academically, that sets the kid on the hardworking, aspiring path early on.
This is exactly...i only really ever fully lock in when others around me study
Makes sense. I was in an environment where studying hard is “loser-ish” and “nerdy” and it was “cool” to skip classes and hit the malls.
Always wondered how it’s like to be in an environment where it’s cool to mug.
And if your class is stacked with kids who don't think of studies as important..then its hard to lock in an do so.
The main and only reason why good schools remain good schools. The right culture is there. The parents who care deeply about their children's discipline and growth will push all their kids to go to the good schools and the good classes because that's where the good children and good parents congregate.
Not to say there aren't good children and good parents in other schools. But it's soooo much harder for them because they won't have the same level of support and culture. Basically setting your childn on hard mode because they now have to work hard while dealing with kids who aren't brought up in that striving environment.
It’s because the examples given of kids who went to less prestigious primary schools and succeeded are outliers. Using that as anecdotal evidence is disingenuous.
exactly, everybody knows the truth, trying to write a feel good story doesn't reflect the truth.
The rat race of SG education unfortunately begins at primary school
Prestigious primary schools give you better education, and even scoring better at Mother Tongue which might not matter at first, but it would allow you take Higher Mother Tongue in secondary school, which you then gives you -2 points at O Levels.
Its not enough to score well at PSLE, you need to score very well, and if you're lucky, go on the six-year Integrated Programme only offered by some of the most exclusive schools in SG. Going to the likes of ACS, RI etc also allows you exclusive connections, great CCAs, social circles etc etc. All important when you apply for scholarships, internships and university
Otherwise, you can be me and go to a rather average (tho not bad) secondary school, get decent O level scores and then go to a top-tier JC, but struggle to connect with those who already have friends through the IP programme.
I would like to say that perhaps regardless of any route, you might get into NUS or NTU, but uni also need money. Then after that you need internships and jobs. Maybe try get a government scholarship, but oh, you need excellent CCA records. Those who come from ACS and RI def have a greater advantage than those who dont.
Might be a controversial opinion, but as a tutor, I can tell you that some schools are popular because they are simply better. And while MOE may claim that every school is a good school, it is simply not true.
Most of my kids study in West Side schools. All schools have been redacted for privacy reasons. The top school in the area is school X. The papers at school X are much harder than the others, and the school has many programmes to stretch the top students, while supporting the students who aren't as strong. For this year's PSLE, the school did the best.
School W is often perceived to be the second best school in the area. But school W didn't do as well in the PSLE. And when I looked through the papers for Science, which was fairly set imo, I noticed a rather disturbing trend across all levels of extremely lenient marking, which was clearly to the detriment of the students (their PSLE scores shifted quite badly in comparison to prelim)
Meanwhile, we get to school Y and Z. I have a kid from school Y. She is doing super badly in her all subjects, next year is her PSLE year. She gets <30 for everything. But she's on 4 standard and at the end of the year they refused to offer her foundation for 3/4 of her subjects, when she really needed it. My colleagues and I spoke w the parents are made this recommendation across the board as we felt it would be better for her to not struggle at this level, because we felt not only was it extremely demoralising, but also unrealistic for her to succeed at PSLE and we're concerned.
Meanwhile I have a kid who is in school Z. Bro is a genius. But the school has nothing to stretch him and he barely even gets any homework...
Also, one thing we noticed is that one of the schools literally does not use the textbook for their upper primary kids, and instead has their own set of notes.
The correlation here is that elite schools are mostly filled with wealthy or well off parents, who have the resources and or time to guide their kids..,
It’s not really the school that’s making a difference, it’s the demographics of those attending those elite schools that is.
Thats exactly why people want to enter. People also want to enter top companies for their resume and because it opens up doors/higher salary right?
We all know only some schools are good. The govt just tries to lie to everyone that every school is good.
If one is aiming to just pass PSLE i would suffice 99% of the schools are good enough but to do well, a good school enables one much better though a lot of self effort is needed also.
Ya all schools are good schools but some schools are better lol. Not wrong our base standard of education probably is much higher than most places in the world.
Pass PSLE just shunts you to Normal Academic (or whatever they call now). Then take N levels, then O levels, then usually most would rather go Poly than JC, because JC is much tougher. But a Poly diploma is not enough to get a good paying job, especially with how costs of living are now. You need to go Uni to even get a shot at having good jobs
Meanwhile if you get excellent PSLE, you go to good schools, have excellent friends, have great social circles... Very important when applying for scholarships and uni and later internships and higher paying jobs too
Definitely... A good school makes it easier to do much better with the resources.
The govt talks so much but does not abolish the alumni system. I think this speaks the biggest volume… we all know alumni gets the biggest allocation so that the elites can enter their alma mater easily.
And why do they want to go back to their alma mater? The answer is clear… all the talk about culture etc is all bullshit
Would you change a system which favours you and you already know how to game the system? Look at what they do rather than what they say. How often do you see the elites send their kid to neighbourhood schools?
Principal and Teacher also have varying standards, there will be certain school that are better managed and with better teacher that give good explanation, know better psychological ways to motivate and educate children, genuinely care and willing to go further to resolve children problem in life. Furthermore certain school also have better funding or donation from alumni to have better facilities. That school will significantly be better.
A student in that school, with everyone advancing well together, motivating and learning from each other. Will most likely do well too. It's the same as an adult in a good company, working user a good boss, and having good colleague.
A lot of bosses up there are from only a certain set of schools, and they are doing well, rich or above average, with certain social group... and their kids go to the same schools and have similar group of friends and when I spoke to these bosses, their kids are almost all doing quite well academically plus socially plus outside exposure, exchange programs, overseas studies etc etc. and then I speak to the lower admin exec levels, only a few have kids who manage to excel academically because their moms are tiger moms super KS...
Its about present and future connections and alumni support as well.
Your environment shape who you are ~
Isn't it a matter of demographics?
If majority, private housing within 1-2km, chances are kids will come from families with better resources. Kids have better support and foundation. And with peers of similar backgrounds, they motivate each other to do well.
If a school has a successful alumni, with most in professional roles, their kids will similarly have a higher likelihood to follow suit.
It's a self fulfilling prophecy.
Unless we do away with the alumni scheme and stratify allocation by household income levels, we need to accept our public education system will never truly be level.
It is about the wealthy and influential families in the school.
The opportunities to be friends and network is higher.
I always thought that the school is good, until my mentor showed me the other reality.
Just act on it and lead by example forcing all those minister sons to go out of nanyang then...
Remove priority and create a randomize ballot system for children in a say 4km school district. Kids can end up in any of the schools in district except for siblings currently studying or teachers child. Make sure transport access of all in district to every school. Try to get every district to have one "good school". Stop having so much unnecessary difference in school exam and way of completing the curriculum across schools (also cuts time teachers spend creating new lesson plans). Encourage cross district events and programs so all kids mingle and perhaps benefit from the program and examples from the "good school" in district.
Or MOE could really better equip more primary schools to have better programmes
its akin to wanting to work at the best companies. there's definitely differences.
Litmus test is to ask the minsiters and high ranking civil service where they sent their kids for primary school. This will tell u.
I grew up in a welfare home and the people I grew up with are in jail, or playing with the law now.
My teacher and circle in primary school was life altering.
They still had the mindset that popular primary school = reputation. And prolly still have the perspective that teachers there can help shape their kids better?
Because some schools are better than others
Until late primary, the biggest source of influence a kid has is still the parents. IMO a bigger factor is how much time, money, effort a child’s parents is willing to invest into education rather than the primary school. Good primary schools have greater proportion of “better” parents, and hence better results.
Why is learning lab still opening more outlets?
I only care about two things when I have kids in the future
A school that's not too far from home A school that doesn't have a bad rep
wow.. seriously ?
Do you want to work at Microsoft or AJV Metal Fabrication Pte Ltd? Same thing.