DSA 2017

[ckcdm]

Anyone knows whether njc sends out the email in batches?

[bbcat]

mommyNg:

Thanks 3ofthem for your sharing! It's always nice to hear inspiring personal stories in \"turbulent\" times, and remind ourselves that DSA/PSLE is just another phase in life that we have to face, and that life and self-worth are much more than this.

Agreed. Thank you 3ofthem for sharing your experiences. All the best to your daughters as they continue on their life journey.

[ckcdm]

Did anyone receive CO from njc for aep???

[phtthp]

ckcdm:

I did not receive any email from njc....I dsa the art elective program

Why don't u call NJC next week, give them your child's name, ask them to check, since news supposed to be out by next Thur (31 aug), and different candidates DSA by diffferent type of domain, & news released by different domain ?

[Ladylady]

Yes I think njc sent out in batches

[ChiefKiasu]

Seriously, I admire parents who spent so much time and effort finding out about their children’s desired schools and then going through the DSA process. Personally, I would never have bothered to go through the DSA process if not for the fact that the school my daughter wants requires DSA to get in, and not just PSLE results. I have always seen DSA as a shortcut a tad too short. Getting into the school via non academic DSA could result in a hard time for the child if he is unable to keep up with the super brainy kids who get in on the basis of their super PSLE results. There is no point in getting into an elite school only to be suffer for 4 or 6 years in low esteem.


My daughter related to me something that happened during her group interview where one of the girls was very quiet in the group. When asked why she wants to go to the school, she said simply that she didn’t want to, and it was her parents who forced her to apply. I was shocked, not so much at her response, but at the fact the in this day and age, there are still parents who would try to bend their children to their will when it comes to selecting their own schools. We need to remember that it is not us, the parents, who have to spend 10 hours a day in the school for the next 4 to 6 years. It is our kids! Surely they should be the ones who have to make this choice themselves.

[taurbear]

anyone here have receive email or snail mail from TJC?

[ChiefKiasu]

Catz2222:

Feel the need to vent here. My DD's school mate from PLMGS who gotten a WL for SOTA kept toking bad abt SOTA to freak my DD and persuaded my DD to reject her CO. Whut?!? @#$%^&*&^%$ I am hanging on to that SOTA CO no matter what. After reading the recents posts in this DSA2017 thread, I cannot help feeling what is wrong with some parents and their kids??!?!?

There is clearly an ulterior motive that is plain to see. Just point this out as a lesson for your DD to learn to discern good from bad advice from people with vested interests. It is part of life. No need to be too worked up.

[phtthp]

ChiefKiasu:

Seriously, I admire parents who spent so much time and effort finding out about their children's desired schools and then going through the DSA process.


Personally, I would never have bothered to go through the DSA process if not for the fact that the school my daughter wants requires DSA to get in, and not just PSLE results. I have always seen DSA as a shortcut a tad too short. Getting into the school via non academic DSA could result in a hard time for the child if he is unable to keep up with the super brainy kids who get in on the basis of their super PSLE results. There is no point in getting into an elite school only to be suffer for 4 or 6 years in low esteem.

My daughter related to me something that happened during her group interview where one of the girls was very quiet in the group. When asked why she wants to go to the school, she said simply that she didn't want to, and it was her parents who forced her to apply.

I was shocked, not so much at her response, but at the fact the in this day and age, there are still parents who would try to bend their children to their will when it comes to selecting their own schools.

We need to remember that it is not us, the parents, who have to spend 10 hours a day in the school for the next 4 to 6 years. It is our kids!

Surely they should be the ones who have to make this choice themselves .

Well, at least this P6 child is honest to herself. One must be truthful, to one's conscience.

She rescued herself from the fire pit of DSA 6 years of torture, whichever course of domain her parents initially planned for her to DSA by, since it is her parents who forced her to DSA into the school that she doesn't even want, in the first place.

By giving a truthful honest answer, not only does her answer shock the panel of interviewers, also shock her fellow P6 peers who attended the same interview as her, but her answer also back-fired her parents original intention (action) of DSA : as the interviewers will reject her, since the truth is out.

I pitied those children whose parents forced them, to do things they disliked. In the end, harm themselves (eg : used knife, to slash their own wrists), destroyed themselves, through other ways & means. When parents lost their child, they regret, but too late...

[typoerror]

Am I one of the rare breed here? My DD is the one who wants to go DSA route. I never believe in DSA. So I just make sure the school she applied is roughly within her standard, and prep her to be ready for rejection.