<![CDATA[Post Exam &quot;Fever&quot;]]>I am having post exam \"fever\" now...... :? It is worst than the preparation period...... 😒


My son juz finished his English Paper 1-3 today. On our way back, I have been pestering
\"CAN U DO IT\"
\"DID U COMPLETE\"
\"DID U LEAVE BLANK\"
\"DID U CHECK\"
\"HOW MANY TIMES DID U READ FOR COMPRE\"
\"WHAT'S THE TOPIC LIKE\"
.................... :nunchuk:

His answers to my question are all positive. Am i to feel glad or suspicious?? :roll:

I am dead worried cos he came back leaving BLANK (for comprehension) for the mock papers that the BASC and school had given to him during the past few days!! :!: It seems that all my effort has gone down the drain.... Now i must really πŸ™ πŸ™ and :xedfingers: :xedfingers: while waiting for his result....

His Maths paper will be on next wednesday, not that worry for this subject. So far can manage by himself. Chinese has been exempted by the shcool (in written),however they will have a presentation on poetry/poem where marks will be given depending on how well they present it. That will be easier for him too.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/topic/3078/post-exam-quot-fever-quotRSS for NodeSat, 09 May 2026 10:34:24 GMTFri, 08 May 2009 18:05:03 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Post Exam &quot;Fever&quot; on Thu, 21 May 2009 02:21:28 GMT]]>csc


well said.I agreed with you and am awaiting to see my girl report book before I put my verdict.

csc:
I hope parents are not overly 'marks-conscious\". Exam marks are really subjective and it's not fair to compare marks across schools or even levels as each paper is set at different standards. ...

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29797https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29797Thu, 21 May 2009 02:21:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Post Exam &quot;Fever&quot; on Thu, 21 May 2009 00:52:56 GMT]]>I hope parents are not overly 'marks-conscious\". Exam marks are really subjective and it's not fair to compare marks across schools or even levels as each paper is set at different standards.


It is fairer to compare your child's marks with the cohort's average for that certain subject. Usually, this will come come together with the report book (for some schools) and you can decide then if your child is above or below the average. Action plans can then be made to work on to improve weaknesses.

Just to illustrate, my girl managed to score 98 for her maths. One would think she has done very well. Actually, it is average for her class as 6 or 7 others scored full marks and a handful scored 99 and 98.

Anyway, I am more concerned with rewarding effort and I praised her for the effort she had put in attaining the score. Of course, I rewarded her with her favourite apple green milk tea. :lol:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29762https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29762Thu, 21 May 2009 00:52:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Post Exam &quot;Fever&quot; on Wed, 20 May 2009 17:23:11 GMT]]>

clarabella:
ChiefKiasu:

Try doing his paper yourself in the alloted time and see how much you can score. That could put things in perspective. πŸ™‚


Try one of those PSLE papers! Especially Science and Math! After doing that I wanted to salute my young cousins who went through the PSLE with sterling results.

I too just went my other boy's SA2 (P6) papers earlier and i *pengz* The questions are so complex!!!!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29749https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29749Wed, 20 May 2009 17:23:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Post Exam &quot;Fever&quot; on Wed, 20 May 2009 17:20:29 GMT]]>

Luvkid:
kiasumama:

Anyway, my P2 boy's result is not as good as i wish but i'll put in more effort in SA2.


So far only know maths @ 88 which i xpect a 90. Cant understand why he always stuck at 80s and not hit 90s.

dun worry, have a costant revision for prep for SA2. Remember not to over stress him. As for marks he scored, be glad with it. Pin point at careless mistake like working correct, answer wrong. Then tell our kids, without these careless mistakes, they can score easily like______marks. But dun stress too much on them.

Thanks for the encouragement!
I've just gone thru his papers. He literally threw away at least 5 marks which could land him at 93 at least.

Despite that the improvements he made was just so tiny in this subject but i'm also glad that he managed to maintain his level of understanding. I guess kids at this age often threw away marks due to over confidence and hush hush rush rush.

In actual fact i've not stressed him, only made him did some pass years examination papers 1 week before thereafter he relac lo.

I've known someone who were so kan cheong over the exam, had her kid stayed up till late nite to revise, next morning dragged the kid up early and revise again and again...guess what...the child had fever that very afternoon.

THis is bad!!! I hope parents dont do that. Bear in mind once our child develops phobia in exams, he/she will have management problems in future exams. In the end, the poor child has to give the SA1 a miss and took the Practice Paper marks as exam marks. Isnt tat worse?? Adoi :shock:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29748https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29748Wed, 20 May 2009 17:20:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Post Exam &quot;Fever&quot; on Wed, 20 May 2009 13:27:05 GMT]]>

kiasumama:
Anyway, my P2 boy's result is not as good as i wish but i'll put in more effort in SA2.


So far only know maths @ 88 which i xpect a 90. Cant understand why he always stuck at 80s and not hit 90s.
dun worry, have a costant revision for prep for SA2. Remember not to over stress him. As for marks he scored, be glad with it. Pin point at careless mistake like working correct, answer wrong. Then tell our kids, without these careless mistakes, they can score easily like______marks. But dun stress too much on them.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29704https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29704Wed, 20 May 2009 13:27:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Post Exam &quot;Fever&quot; on Wed, 20 May 2009 09:22:06 GMT]]>

jedamum:
clarabella:


jedamum, don't have meh? I remember oral and two papers for languages in primary school...

Upper pri definitely have, but P1 have meh? then how come i can get near perfect scores for my P1 SAs? πŸ˜‰
must be my school lousy and didn't have...that school didn't survive anyway....kena merged into some other school already. πŸ˜›

In today's context Oral is included for lower primary and they can get perfect scores. It is more of an exposure for them so the teachers are not out to penalise them. Hence scoring full marks for English Oral is possible at lower primary. Btw, the Chinese teacher just confirmed that full marks for P1 Chinese Oral is also possible.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29649https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29649Wed, 20 May 2009 09:22:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Post Exam &quot;Fever&quot; on Wed, 20 May 2009 05:18:43 GMT]]>

clarabella:

jedamum, don't have meh? I remember oral and two papers for languages in primary school...
Upper pri definitely have, but P1 have meh? then how come i can get near perfect scores for my P1 SAs? πŸ˜‰
must be my school lousy and didn't have...that school didn't survive anyway....kena merged into some other school already. πŸ˜›

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29548https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29548Wed, 20 May 2009 05:18:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Post Exam &quot;Fever&quot; on Wed, 20 May 2009 03:23:02 GMT]]>

buds:
Child does well, wow!

Very good, very smart, Good Job!
To Mummy > Nothing.

Child doesn't do well..
What happened?
Why like that?
How come ah?
To Mummy > You didnt know abt this is it?
What's been done at home!
Mebbe you didn't do with her properly!
Mebbe you didn't put in more time!
That's why she didn't get it!
😞
Huh? You overheard our conversation :lol:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29516https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29516Wed, 20 May 2009 03:23:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Post Exam &quot;Fever&quot; on Wed, 20 May 2009 03:22:25 GMT]]>

jedamum:
There is no such thing as Oral or Paper 1 (for chinese and english) during our times.

jedamum, don't have meh? I remember oral and two papers for languages in primary school...
jedamum:
kid don't do well, the mum should continue to stay at home to coach the kid.
kid did well, the mum all the more should continue to stay at home to coach the kid.
I get a variation of this from hubby: don't stay at home, kids don't do well, how? If they do well, then stick with status quo lah!
buds:
Child does well, wow!
Very good, very smart, Good Job!
To Mummy > Nothing.
Very familiar! I also kena this: wow, good job, son, you can do this very well! But no word for the efforts put in by mummy. Or else it's: how come daughter still cannot read this/do that/fly to the moon?!
:x

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29515https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29515Wed, 20 May 2009 03:22:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Post Exam &quot;Fever&quot; on Wed, 20 May 2009 03:08:37 GMT]]>

ChiefKiasu:
Try doing his paper yourself in the alloted time and see how much you can score. That could put things in perspective. πŸ™‚

Try one of those PSLE papers! Especially Science and Math! After doing that I wanted to salute my young cousins who went through the PSLE with sterling results.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29509https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29509Wed, 20 May 2009 03:08:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Post Exam &quot;Fever&quot; on Wed, 20 May 2009 03:03:59 GMT]]>

ChiefKiasu:

... multiple choice paper where he circled the answer correctly on the question paper but MARKED INCORRECTLY on the coded answer script...
Arrrghhh! I feel the pain! Cos I did this in primary school; really PO'd with myself so I developed ways and means to avoid making that particular mistake again. Chief, I think it's good that it happens now - got time to :nunchuk: and nip in the bud. And your son will probably remember forever not to do this again, after witnessing your head-banging!

Definitely gotta watch out for this kind of error. Heard of a kid who did this for PSLE. :!: Parents appealed after going through the re-checking process but of course no use. Poor kid!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29506https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29506Wed, 20 May 2009 03:03:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Post Exam &quot;Fever&quot; on Wed, 20 May 2009 02:51:30 GMT]]>

ChiefKiasu:

Anyway, my kid came back with a Chinese multiple choice paper where he circled the answer correctly on the question paper but MARKED INCORRECTLY on the coded answer script :stupid: . Not just one, but a couple of PAGES. Sigh... the things kids do to shorten the lives of their parents 😞
Any redemption action by the school especially if this is the first year they are using this OAS paper? If it is consistent that the answers are all off by 1 question, then I believe it is worthwhile checking with the school.

I know of a school that allows the 'special needs' children to complete the exam paper regardless of time. But that is P1. After the exams, for those who did not complete the questions, they were allowed to complete it after the recess break. I thought that was so charming of the school to promote learning more than grading under pressure.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29501https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29501Wed, 20 May 2009 02:51:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Post Exam &quot;Fever&quot; on Wed, 20 May 2009 02:37:48 GMT]]>

buds:
Child does well, wow!

Very good, very smart, Good Job!
To Mummy > Nothing.

Child doesn't do well..
What happened?
Why like that?
How come ah?
To Mummy > You didnt know abt this is it?
What's been done at home!
Mebbe you didn't do with her properly!
Mebbe you didn't put in more time!
That's why she didn't get it!
😞
Err... who are you? What have you done to our usually bubbly buds?! 😒

Anyway, my kid came back with a Chinese multiple choice paper where he circled the answer correctly on the question paper but MARKED INCORRECTLY on the coded answer script :stupid: . Not just one, but a couple of PAGES. Sigh... the things kids do to shorten the lives of their parents 😞

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29492https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29492Wed, 20 May 2009 02:37:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Post Exam &quot;Fever&quot; on Wed, 20 May 2009 02:27:05 GMT]]>Child does well, wow!

Very good, very smart, Good Job!
To Mummy > Nothing.

Child doesn't do well..
What happened?
Why like that?
How come ah?
To Mummy > You didnt know abt this is it?
What's been done at home!
Mebbe you didn't do with her properly!
Mebbe you didn't put in more time!
That's why she didn't get it!
😞

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29489https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29489Wed, 20 May 2009 02:27:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Post Exam &quot;Fever&quot; on Wed, 20 May 2009 01:28:12 GMT]]>

Joy:
children dont do well, mummy got nag....

Children did wel...my kid is naturally smart....Daddy always say that....
hey how about this one...
kid don't do well, the mum should continue to stay at home to coach the kid.
kid did well, the mum all the more should continue to stay at home to coach the kid. 😐

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29471https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29471Wed, 20 May 2009 01:28:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Post Exam &quot;Fever&quot; on Tue, 19 May 2009 23:41:11 GMT]]>Not all men, but some are,.....


ChiefKiasu:
Joy:

children dont do well, mummy got nag....
Children did wel...my kid is naturally smart....Daddy always say that....

Heheh... we men are really so shallow arh?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29456https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29456Tue, 19 May 2009 23:41:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Post Exam &quot;Fever&quot; on Tue, 19 May 2009 23:38:00 GMT]]>

Joy:
children dont do well, mummy got nag....

Children did wel...my kid is naturally smart....Daddy always say that....
Heheh... we men are really so shallow arh?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29454https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29454Tue, 19 May 2009 23:38:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Post Exam &quot;Fever&quot; on Tue, 19 May 2009 23:10:27 GMT]]>children dont do well, mummy got nag…

Children did wel…my kid is naturally smart…Daddy always say that…

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29452https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29452Tue, 19 May 2009 23:10:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Post Exam &quot;Fever&quot; on Tue, 19 May 2009 22:31:11 GMT]]>

kiasumama:
During my times there were oral both EL1 & CL2 wor.....
😐 Is it? Erm...what I meant is in P1....
or generation gap... πŸ˜‰

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29448https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29448Tue, 19 May 2009 22:31:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Post Exam &quot;Fever&quot; on Tue, 19 May 2009 17:50:17 GMT]]>During my times there were oral both EL1 & CL2 wor.....

We had what they have in terms of the schedules of CA, SA but the contents & syllabus have folded dont know how many times more difficult.

Chief, yes agree their mathematics especially nowadays come with heuristic questions aka critical thinking questions and i hv to sit with my p2 boy to go thru with him.

Dun say its difficult to get 90 over hor... some kids have almost perfect scores except english/chinese. Wonder kids!! πŸ˜›

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29442https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29442Tue, 19 May 2009 17:50:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Post Exam &quot;Fever&quot; on Tue, 19 May 2009 16:06:36 GMT]]>

ChiefKiasu:
That's because the material our kids are expected to cover these days are many times harder than what we ourselves went through during OUR time. So it's really difficult to score >90 even in P2.

I agree. There is no such thing as Oral or Paper 1 (for chinese and english) during our times.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29438https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29438Tue, 19 May 2009 16:06:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Post Exam &quot;Fever&quot; on Tue, 19 May 2009 16:02:03 GMT]]>

kiasumama:
... this society is such whereby only the elites do well, the mediocre suffers.


Many said early preparation is not necessary as the kid rolled into P1 they'll be sufficiently taught. I didnt believe so, still dont. The schools are fighting for their national standing and their value added tags, they want to have their niche subjects/programmes too. Who suffer, the kids again.
Hi kiasumama, I'm just trying to answer your question of \"Cant understand why he always stuck at 80s and not hit 90s\".

I fully agree with your view that Singaporean kids have to be specially prepared for Primary school if they are to live a relatively stress-free life from P1-P6. That's because the material our kids are expected to cover these days are many times harder than what we ourselves went through during OUR time. So it's really difficult to score >90 even in P2. And even we adults may have problems achieving that too.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29437https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29437Tue, 19 May 2009 16:02:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Post Exam &quot;Fever&quot; on Tue, 19 May 2009 16:01:07 GMT]]>

kiasumama:
I think it doesnt have to be logical to get nagged by hubby if children dont do well in exam. My fren's hub always ask her why the son fail... :?


I think teaching whether in academic or growing up, cannot solely rely on one parent. Dont the other have the responsibility n accountability?

I really cannot agree.
Luckily, my hub claims that he is not result-orientated. Both my sons did rather well in their P1 SA1, and I was asking my hub :\"Are you happy with your sons' results?\". His answer:\"Actually I do not really care about results!\"

Ha ha, but I wonder if my sons flunked their SA, then what will his answer be???

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29436https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/29436Tue, 19 May 2009 16:01:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Post Exam &quot;Fever&quot; on Tue, 19 May 2009 15:28:14 GMT]]>

ChiefKiasu:
kiasumama:

Anyway, my P2 boy's result is not as good as i wish but i'll put in more effort in SA2.


So far only know maths @ 88 which i xpect a 90. Cant understand why he always stuck at 80s and not hit 90s.

We are too hard on ourselves and our children. Try doing his paper yourself in the alloted time and see how much you can score. That could put things in perspective. πŸ™‚

i can agree with what you said above to some extend. But this society is such whereby only the elites do well, the mediocre suffers.

Many said early preparation is not necessary as the kid rolled into P1 they'll be sufficiently taught. I didnt believe so, still dont. The schools are fighting for their national standing and their value added tags, they want to have their niche subjects/programmes too. Who suffer, the kids again.

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