Citizens and PRs debate primary 1 registration

[pet]

That is not too hurt my friend, the worst i have encountered personally, a PRC friend of mine after taking singapore citizen (90% of the time staying in America now) for the sick of convienence, they intend to use it as a stepping stone to migrate to American and also its easy for them to travel around in EU & America without much hassle.

If I am given a luxury to hold a Singapore passport, why not make full use it since it is free and our gahment is a willing (desperate) party.

of cos must choose mah... if u multi millionaire, sg is ok to settle down..
if just working cls, choose where gv u the most quality, comfortable and retirement benefit mah. dont blame them lah

[Frogmen]

me ish not planing to have kids.

let the FT, PR, etc etc come and take over bah. me ish don care liaoz.

don want to make my son do NS in future. How to explain to him that he has to use 2 yrs of his life + 13 yrs reservice, in the end, PR can come and go as they please and stil have so similar advantages?

furthermore, its so obvious that PR that wrote the letter doesnt love Singapore. To them, here is just an opportunity. if don get what they want, they will just pack up and leave (i.e. if her girl no get to good sch, why should they stay?)

stayed 6 years and stilll refusing to give up citizenship is most prob they plan to go back in the future. Like this can take back CPF with them mah.

That is not too hurt my friend, the worst i have encountered personally, a PRC friend of mine after taking singapore citizen (90% of the time staying in America now) for the sick of convienence, they intend to use it as a stepping stone to migrate to American and also its easy for them to travel around in EU & America without much hassle.

If I am given a luxury to hold a Singapore passport, why not make full use it since it is free and our gahment is a willing (desperate) party.

[exxondus]

me ish not planing to have kids.

let the FT, PR, etc etc come and take over bah. me ish don care liaoz.

don want to make my son do NS in future. How to explain to him that he has to use 2 yrs of his life + 13 yrs reservice, in the end, PR can come and go as they please and stil have so similar advantages?

furthermore, its so obvious that PR that wrote the letter doesnt love Singapore. To them, here is just an opportunity. if don get what they want, they will just pack up and leave (i.e. if her girl no get to good sch, why should they stay?)

stayed 6 years and stilll refusing to give up citizenship is most prob they plan to go back in the future. Like this can take back CPF with them mah.

[pet]

Actually, I disagree on that. Perhaps the reason why the teacher told you to get your son additional help was because pre-school teachers are not trained to aid kids with special needs. In fact, not all mainstream teachers are actually trained to deal with special kids. This is the reason why many parents want to send their kids to top-tier primary schools as they are normally the ones with special needs staff.

Most kids in good schools do well because they have the additional practice. No matter how good a tutor is, he/she is still not familiar with the way an exam paper is set or the range of accepted answers which will vary from year to year depending on SEAB. That is the reason why so many teachers are not willing to be tutors because the job scope is already so demanding. Afterall, work is never completely done. There are always worksheets to plan, curriculum to review, targets to set and of course tests and examination papers to set.

agree...

...but i wht i trying to say is .. spending of parents do play a part in maintaining good sch track record

She got in... really lucky...

hahaha... heng ah, if not u kpkb here leow loh... hahahhahaa

the only other sch avail after 2c .. i think the one inside toh tuck there.... .. hahaha

[116520]

She got in... really lucky...

so u ballot in or not ? u stay bt timah rite ? rgps also quite near.

[dominique_kwok]

so u ballot in or not ? u stay bt timah rite ? rgps also quite near.

my girl's chinese tutor , ex-teacher at nanyang .. she also say aiyo... jia lark lah... in nanyang scold student abit, they go bck and complain leow, thn teacher kanna... if student drop grade, teacher there will recommend seek outside help... ( get a tutor loh )... so those go there must be rich enough to get tutor for kids loh... end conclusion, good sch dont mean good teacher, ... cos got good parents to get tutorssss ... hahahhaa

i believe her... cos was at nanyang kinder picking up my son ( nursery nia )... NNB ay, also tell me my son slow in speech, ask me to get outside help... basket now i end up paying $135/ hr speech lesson for my son ( once weekly ).... ... long gone are the good teacher who will pay special attend and aid yr kid loh...

Actually, I disagree on that. Perhaps the reason why the teacher told you to get your son additional help was because pre-school teachers are not trained to aid kids with special needs. In fact, not all mainstream teachers are actually trained to deal with special kids. This is the reason why many parents want to send their kids to top-tier primary schools as they are normally the ones with special needs staff.

Most kids in good schools do well because they have the additional practice. No matter how good a tutor is, he/she is still not familiar with the way an exam paper is set or the range of accepted answers which will vary from year to year depending on SEAB. That is the reason why so many teachers are not willing to be tutors because the job scope is already so demanding. Afterall, work is never completely done. There are always worksheets to plan, curriculum to review, targets to set and of course tests and examination papers to set.

[pet]

Happy to hear that your daughter is happy in RPS.. I didn't expect ballot will be needed for <1km for MGS this year, if I know, I think I will put her in RPS also, no worry mah...

btw, my cousin was grad from nanyang pri, honestly not so fantastic also..

so u ballot in or not ? u stay bt timah rite ? rgps also quite near.

my girl's chinese tutor , ex-teacher at nanyang .. she also say aiyo... jia lark lah... in nanyang scold student abit, they go bck and complain leow, thn teacher kanna... if student drop grade, teacher there will recommend seek outside help... ( get a tutor loh )... so those go there must be rich enough to get tutor for kids loh... end conclusion, good sch dont mean good teacher, ... cos got good parents to get tutorssss ... hahahhaa

i believe her... cos was at nanyang kinder picking up my son ( nursery nia )... NNB ay, also tell me my son slow in speech, ask me to get outside help... basket now i end up paying $135/ hr speech lesson for my son ( once weekly ).... ... long gone are the good teacher who will pay special attend and aid yr kid loh...

[116520]

Happy to hear that your daughter is happy in RPS.. I didn't expect ballot will be needed for <1km for MGS this year, if I know, I think I will put her in RPS also, no worry mah...

btw, my cousin was grad from nanyang pri, honestly not so fantastic also..

heng sway ah, i think some yr might see less thn 10% ... hahahha

me also from nanyang, but i didnt grad psle there... so they say no count ...

so LL got to apply at 2c. from past record . if u stay abv 1km, dont go apply at 2c, sure no chance 1.... i didnt, so i apply at rgs and got in.

i got to do some explaination to my daughtter... ( cos dun 1 to break children heart mah and disappoint her )...... cos she was frm nanyang kindergarden, abt 80% of her frd wnt in nanyang.... and i didnt get her in nanyang...

anyway... after a couple of wks no problem leow lah, now if u wnt to change her to nanyang, she also dont 1 lah.... she still keep contact with nanyang kinder frd, jst wnt to one ex-kinder frd's birthday party .

[pet]

This one I agree with you...
There were 41 kids staying <1km applied for only 37 avail space and total intake was 210...so that's 17.6% ... but that's life... if not, it is not labelled as popular school....

heng sway ah, i think some yr might see less thn 10% ... hahahha

me also from nanyang, but i didnt grad psle there... so they say no count ...

so LL got to apply at 2c. from past record . if u stay abv 1km, dont go apply at 2c, sure no chance 1.... i didnt, so i apply at rgs and got in.

i got to do some explaination to my daughtter... ( cos dun 1 to break children heart mah and disappoint her )...... cos she was frm nanyang kindergarden, abt 80% of her frd wnt in nanyang.... and i didnt get her in nanyang...

anyway... after a couple of wks no problem leow lah, now if u wnt to change her to nanyang, she also dont 1 lah.... she still keep contact with nanyang kinder frd, jst wnt to one ex-kinder frd's birthday party .

[116520]

This one I agree with you...
There were 41 kids staying <1km applied for only 37 avail space and total intake was 210...so that's 17.6% ... but that's life... if not, it is not labelled as popular school....

hahahahaa...me no against pr... equal chance ok by me... hahahha

it's the jst they allocate too little for phrase 2c... eg. nanyang, mgs, rgps ...( use tis 3 sch, had experience while applying ) ... 8 - 30% ( depneding on yr ) outta total avail seat...
so with no 'relation' .. those in 2c is like lucky draw loh.

i think they should reduce those earlier phrase allocation... example, if u see those earlier phrase of say nanyang, majority of them in each phrase belong to the abv 2km ... ... only phrase 2c is the other way round... majority under 1km.........so even if u stay say at bukit timah just abv 1km away, yr chances is basically zero.... but applicant mom whos a old girl but stay in tampines... no problem sure get in

[pet]

not dare to comment anythg coz i am PRs...

hahahahaa...me no against pr... equal chance ok by me... hahahha

it's the jst they allocate too little for phrase 2c... eg. nanyang, mgs, rgps ...( use tis 3 sch, had experience while applying ) ... 8 - 30% ( depneding on yr ) outta total avail seat...

so with no 'relation' .. those in 2c is like lucky draw loh.

i think they should reduce those earlier phrase allocation... example, if u see those earlier phrase of say nanyang, majority of them in each phrase belong to the abv 2km ... ... only phrase 2c is the other way round... majority under 1km.........so even if u stay say at bukit timah just abv 1km away, yr chances is basically zero.... but applicant mom whos a old girl but stay in tampines... no problem sure get in

[feilong108]

i tink i better go and join the old sch boys club....i suppose can help abit in the future....and time to plan to move near my old sch liao....must start to save up the pennies....hehehehe.....typical kiasu and kiasi 100% been thru NS true blood Singaporean here....dun mind doing free labour now to have less headaches in the future....now where to sign up for the club...hmmm....must go and ask the sch liao....

[dennistwc]

not dare to comment anythg coz i am PRs...

[116520]

Child B is entering Nanyang pri school. Child A is entering Oceanlassik pri school. Ha ha.... joking only.... but at least Child A and B do have a choice and a chance...

IMO, this "1km thingy" sucks big time ! Because simply, the structure of each estate differs. Example, Child A lives at a hdb block just next to the school (a stone's throw away distance). Child B lives 8-10 blocks away (but still w/in 1km). And due to lack of vacancy, both are subjected to ballot. Fair?

B has a choice of another school just 2 blocks away but insist to vie with many others for the further-away school. After ballot, B got it while A didn't. Now, A has to travel a longer distance by bus/mrt/lrt to a school that is 10 blocks away when there's one just next to his/her door-step. Make sense or not?!

[Oceanklassik]

IMO, this "1km thingy" sucks big time ! Because simply, the structure of each estate differs. Example, Child A lives at a hdb block just next to the school (a stone's throw away distance). Child B lives 8-10 blocks away (but still w/in 1km). And due to lack of vacancy, both are subjected to ballot. Fair?

B has a choice of another school just 2 blocks away but insist to vie with many others for the further-away school. After ballot, B got it while A didn't. Now, A has to travel a longer distance by bus/mrt/lrt to a school that is 10 blocks away when there's one just next to his/her door-step. Make sense or not?!