zac's mum\" post_id=\"2089818\" time=\"1669260886\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2089818 time=1669260886 user_id=53606]Thanks!
I have PM-ed u. My DS’ score is not at that level, nono.[/quote]
zac's mum\" post_id=\"2089811\" time=\"1669259206\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2089811 time=1669259206 user_id=53606]I am half-hearted about her AL16 coz I would prefer her to go into NA to develop and grow at a slower pace but seems like now have no choice but to go into Express (which is never my intention). I feel MOE should give parents a choice to choose NA despite qualified for Express (I know where my GN stands in terms of academics as my training has been all the years focusing on 'exam smart/focused'). I could foresee she struggling even more in sec school Express class that I feel is not a necessary pain for such growing up years that are supposed to be more fun/memorable. (穿着不适合自己的鞋，会痛苦的走四年。）
Congrats! Sounds like overall exceeded expectations too.
I dont think the better grade for Chinese was across the board (sorry, theory disbunked). My DS’ Chinese grade stayed the same as prelims despite feeling he did better in Oral and LC and written components. His improvements came in English and Science.[/quote]
All along (since more than 10 years ago), I believe that the grade for Chinese is quite curved upwards (based on the As my son and nephew got despite their half past six levels).
When I looked at my grand niece AL3 for Chinese, I sort of confirmed my speculation even more (she is a ‘half mute’ during oral conversation throughout her 6 years during school’s practices and usually scored around 50% with teachers’ frequent comment as ‘inaudible’, and I gave up training her on oral as ‘not value for time’), her compo is so-so maybe 65% type, listening is ok around 90%, written is OK around 90%). Her school’s averaged score usually was around 70s. She cannot hold a Chinese conversation or read another Chinese word out from her textbook vocab range (I trained her only for exam purposes due to her ‘limited capacity’).
So this AL3 seemed like a ‘curved score’. Did anyone feel similar (as in your child’s Chinese score is ‘better than expected)’?
Asking out of curiosity.
*She exceeded expectation of Eng and Chinese at AL3 and Science and Math at AL5 when I was forecasting AL5 for Languages (her Eng score in school usually around high 50s / low 60s incl prelim) and Science and an AL6 for Math (failed her Math or barely passed throughout her P6 school exams). It has been a tough 6 years of struggles for her and we are all glad that this segment ends on a higher note.
slmkhoo\" post_id=\"2062276\" time=\"1647993973\" user_id=\"28674:
Not sure about the full screening, but I discovered that the Pap smear has been replaced by an HPV test for those over 30 yo. I was planning to book one when Omicron hit and polyclinics and GP clinics were overloaded, so I've postponed it for the time being. Maybe in a couple of months' time.
I'm ambivalent about doing a lot of screening at my age - better not to check if all seems well? Sometimes I feel that modern medicine just drags out the long years of weakness and poor health.
Hi xueyan
Read about your predicament and I shall share some of my thoughts from my personal experiences.
1.\tYou said your DS was diagnosed with ADD and then managed to be promoted to Express in sec school. This I find is an achievement as really not easy.
My grand niece now is in P5 (next year PSLE). From my observation, she has some degree of ADD (‘slow’, poor memory retention, behaving like almost a mute meaning don’t ask questions at all, etc etc). No formal diagnosis coz she is not ‘disruptive’ type.
I give her ‘specialised tuition’ as I assessed outside tutors can’t help her much. She needs ‘filtered materials’ and not all materials with my aim of getting her to score well enough to be eligible for NA promotion. I only tuition her about 4-5 hours per week for 3 subjects (once a week only when she comes my house from 12 pm to 8 pm on weekend when I will plan activities for her).
So far so good that both of us happy that she is hitting her NA target (genuinely having very good and trusting relationship among her and my family members). She will lose careless marks here and there but those are expected and so I don’t get into nags or ‘despair’.
She is strong in sports and so we have a current consensus that she will have to clear her O levels to be good enough for a sports management diploma (and I am very confident that she can make ‘good enough money’ in a job of her interest probably as a sports/yoga/pilates/etc coach).
2.\tYou said your DS passed all Sec 1 subjects and again this to me is no mean feat. My nephew then failed 4 or 5 subjects in his Sec 1 final exams (he still got promoted to Sec 2 Express). This nephew is highly intelligent but fell into arcade gaming with friends at that time. Even then, I didn’t engage any tutor for him as I assessed it was an attitude issue with nothing wrong with his intelligence. I had a good talk with him (he doesn’t have a mum) and told him we would have to ‘experiment’ with tutors by the end of Sec 2 if his results didn’t show improvements.
He hates tuition and finally made an effort to study on own to avoid tuition (he had to learn to juggle among his studies, play, and sports). His L1R5 is a single digit for O level and now a very sensible 18 yo boy who ‘respects’ me a lot (will bake cookies and spend 45 minutes travelling to my house to give me kind). My patience with him reaps boundless rewards.
Do not despair and do not compare (with those ‘normal’ kids) basically. I seeing your DS as ‘good enough’ and I hope you can see him too from a better light. Your DS is really good enough and deserve a big hug! (your kinder words and attitude may make or break him as in whether can grow up to be an emotionally stable person or not, and so this would be an area that I would focus more over academic results, coz with emotional stability, other ‘achievements’ will come naturally).
(BTW, don’t need to pass ALL subjects. If can’t cope, by end of Sec 3 can start to ‘filter’ out weakest non-relevant subjects to prepare for O levels. It can be easier if you can let it be.).
Best wishes.
Nebbermind\" post_id=\"1964143\" time=\"1582166523\" user_id=\"15571:
Actually, at first I thought it's common sense too.
Then hor...after finding out that CCS had to explain the rationale of \"rationing\" to business leaders in such detail, I started to accept that it doesn't come naturally to most people.
very interesting view from HK about CCS leak audio (in Cantonese):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAzTJ5mwXRE
*I am actually quite disappointed with quite many highly educated people lacking critical thinking skills. Something wrong with our education system perhaps.
hanhui\" post_id=\"1951752\" time=\"1575597355\" user_id=\"47197:You can try to see whether you can catch any good deals with changirecommends. Their package seems to be reasonable. If you book more than $280, still can have some discount.
Hi Taiwan experts,
Need advice. I am planning to go to Taipei Oct nxt yr with my family of 4 (Hubby, 18yrs old boy & 12yrs old gal).
As it is my 1st time there & seem lost. Anyone can suggest a hotel that is convenient in Ximending & near to the mrt stn. Don’t want to waste too much time walking.
Driver charge NTD3,500 for 8 hours service to bring us around , extra hr at NTD500 , is it reasonable ? From Taoyuan airport to hotel, can we just take a taxi or should we hire a driver ? His charges seem expensive at NTD2,500 for both ways.
Appreciate any valuable advice or comments here. Thanks !
Estéema\" post_id=\"1951909\" time=\"1575634359\" user_id=\"66413:
Which insurer offering cheaper but covers “as charge”? Any idea?
JassyT\" post_id=\"1951151\" time=\"1575317127\" user_id=\"165768:
For the sake of my children, I would say no.