Is GEP really necessary?

[simple2005]

2ppaamm:

simple2005:

wah... I like this cute graphic


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Been a while since I last posted here, so much have been said, need to catch up, try not to get this thread locked hor...

Cheers.

Like this cartoon! But I didn't tackle anyone leh, how come you blow whistle?

Alamak... i just say I like this graphic lah... don't read too much into the picture.

Cheers.

[2ppaamm]

ForumWriter:

Snow Crystal:

[quote=\"ForumWriter\"]
Point proven. 2ppaamm is definitely not from the GEP.

:rotflmao:
Forum Writer, you obviously have no clue who 2ppaamm is to pass this remark......*hint* - go search in this forum a bit of her background and you will be :yikes: :oops: for passing such remark... :spank:
2ppaamm is probably one of the cleverest persons you will ever 'meet' in this forum...no need to be from GEP... She old era one lah no GEP yet :evil: :rotflmao:

I don't see how a person's intellectual background matters actually. And what makes you think that I'm not up to standard?

You misunderstand me when I said that 2ppaamm is not from GEP. I meant that he/she has not experienced and does not understand the culture there firsthand, not that he/she is lacking in the intellectual department.

A student in the \"A\" class, no matter how smart he/she is, will still be more ignorant when compared with a student in the \"Z\" class when discussing on \"Z\" class matters - unless the \"Z\" class student is not paying attention to experiences/surroundings.

At least, I know that I have a personal experience, which will always be more accurate when compared to \"experiences of DS/DD\".[/quote]But when I say that I have taught many students from GEP, and have kids from GEP, you say it is logical fallacy. Don't want to say anymore. Let you win, like my 18-year-old like to say. I'm off! :siam:

[corneyAmber]

ForumWriter:

Personal experiences should be shared to enlighten others so that they can understand vicariously, not used as credentials to put others down.


Posting something like, \"I'm a teacher, I help my students learn via this method, which works well. Parents can also use this method for their kids.\" is very helpful to everyone on the thread.

However, stating that, \"I am a teacher, my students do this. I put them down/ignore them. You are just like them, so grow up and come back next time.\" isn't the correct usage of experiences.

I don't care about credentials. My only point of stating that I was from the GEP is so that I can share my experiences about the GEP and correct common misconceptions. That is my only intention of joining this forum in the first place, since I figured too many unsubstantiated rumours about the GEP were buzzing around.

It is not to demonstrate my level of intelligence and/or academic capabilities and put others down because they are of a different standard, which some posters have already misinterpreted on other threads.

A forum is for sharing opinions, not for personal attacks. It is also a place where people find out more from others who are more knowledgeable, so there is nothing wrong in seeking explanations.

No one disagrees with that.
Communication is like painting a picture. When the brush cannot continue anymore, take a break, refresh and paint later.
Apart from communicating with art, the art of communication becomes better when one is refreshed.

[ForumWriter]

2ppaamm:

O, sorry. I didn't know you have not started university yet. Maybe you will find out later when or if you get there. :boogie:

As I have stated in a previous post, personal experiences should not be used as credentials in any form, if it does not help any one. Credentials are immaterial here, if they were indeed necessary, there would be an admission test to this forum!

It does not matter where I am now, if this does not help others on the forum in any way. Where I am or have been only matters if others need help for getting into the same course/university/job.

And it should never be a case of \"You don't know, so don't talk\", but rather, \"You know, so please share more\".

Perhaps the difference lies in how we view the forum. I treat it solely as a place for intellectual discussion, not as a place for me to relax and chit-chat. That is the reason as to why my tone and language are very formal.

[verykiasu2010]

ksi:

Apart from communicating with art, the art of communication becomes better when one is refreshed.

wow, Dr Wolf Ksi is so artful .... :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:you are certainly very gifted

[corneyAmber]

verykiasu2010:

ksi:

Apart from communicating with art, the art of communication becomes better when one is refreshed.

wow, Dr Wolf Ksi is so artful .... :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:you are certainly very gifted

Yes plastic surgery..you want? :evil:

[verykiasu2010]

ksi:

verykiasu2010:

[quote=\"ksi\"]

Apart from communicating with art, the art of communication becomes better when one is refreshed.

wow, Dr Wolf Ksi is so artful .... :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:you are certainly very gifted

Yes plastic surgery..you want? :evil:[/quote] :siam:

[2ppaamm]

verykiasu2010:

ksi:

Apart from communicating with art, the art of communication becomes better when one is refreshed.

wow, Dr Wolf Ksi is so artful .... :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:you are certainly very gifted

I agree! :evil: always so much to learn from the artful way of communication.

[ForumWriter]

2ppaamm:

But when I say that I have taught many students from GEP, and have kids from GEP, you say it is logical fallacy. Don't want to say anymore. Let you win, like my 18-year-old like to say. I'm off! :siam:

No, I just don't think that you are treating me (or others) at the same level as yourself. You are definitely not posting in the tone in which you would treat an equal.

You seem to be using the sentence structure \"I'm a teacher so I know\" etc. But we must recognise that this is not exactly true in all cases.

You don't hang out with GEP kids as peers for 7 years. You don't know what GEP kids confide in their peers. You don't know what goes on in school behind the backs of teachers or away from parents. You probably have heard of, but have never experienced the automatic discrimination of GEP kids by certain others just by having the \"GEP\" label affixed to their class.

What you do know is these: The study habits of GEP kids, the problems of bringing up GEP kids, the problems of teaching GEP kids.

There is no denying that you are able to contribute with your vast experiences, but that does not mean that others can't know more than you in certain niche areas.

[2ppaamm]

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