Estéema\" post_id=\"1964681\" time=\"1582543708\" user_id=\"66413:

@ floppy Think some parents searching for answers to decide which CCA they will advise their kids to take. Some parents don’t focus on kid’s interests but what they perceived as ‘time waster’. Then again, there are parents who wld expand least time & energy so their kids shld expand least for non-academic activities. Guess very bz oriented calculation lah.

Think for parents looking for more information than any sch can provide shld go for the target sch’s Open-House to ask all your specific questions. Sch hv no obligations to provide anymore details, which may be subject to changes & the respective teacher-in-charge will not hv the time to administer. Do u’stand. No need to get frustrated.

:thankyou: Esteema for understand where I am coming from. You are correct. As a parent, aren't we all there for our children; to advise the best step? Or do we let them fall and pick up the pieces for them? Yes you are right! We have no time! School have no obligations! :sad:

floppy\" post_id=\"1964672\" time=\"1582541760\" user_id=\"97579:

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I wished that MOE should make all the schools put on their website how many times and when the CCA meets. This is very frustrating when they don't put much details in the school website. Then I also don't understand why CCA needs to go through test. Isn't CCA a form of social activities for teens to get to know more friends and learn skills? What is the true meaning of having CCA these days? It has seem to be like a competition. They encourage students to join CCA they like but if no slots, they are forced to join other CCA. Is there a meaning to it anymore?

I don’t see how that information / details would be helpful on the website and why one has to be frustrated by these missing details. Different schools operate on different schedules - if you are champion school, I would think training at least 4 times a week during the season; if you are an after thought, 1 or max 2 times a week. If you are a student of the school, you should be aware of these information and if you are not a student of the school, this information is irrelevant to you. If you are a parent, you don’t get CCA points for participating, so I don’t see why you need to know. If you don’t trust your child in providing the right info, it is really just between the two of you.

CCA is a study of supply vs demand in an environment of finite resources. You can’t have every student choosing basketball but no one wants to be in the NCC. What are you going to do with 299 basketballers and 1 NCC cadet? As Schools allocate resources to every CCA, its understandable that they have to ensure that the CCA can continue to function. Hence, have to limit the size of CCA and “encourage” people to choose others.

Perhaps you don't see the way I do. I just don't want my child to spent too much time on CCA. If a CCA have activities three times week or even more. Especially for uniform group, they spent alot of time doing alot of activities. I know coz I was once in the uniform group myself. My child get exhausted then where does he have the energy to keep up with studies? Plus, \"encourge\" these days seems more like force the students to pick other CCA which they don't like and have to be stuck to it for next 4 years. Besides, MOE states \"CCAs are an integral part of our students’ holistic education. Through CCA, students discover their interests and talents while developing values and competencies that will prepare them for a rapidly changing world. CCA also promotes friendships among students from diverse backgrounds as they learn, play and grow together. Participation in CCA fosters social integration and deepens students’ sense of belonging, commitment and sense of responsibility to school, community and nation.\" It is nothing like what you say as \"a study of supply vs demand in an environment of finite resources.\"

If you still have kids in Primary School, change it with them and then use it to give them back for school lunch money :). If don't have, I used it for grocery or buying stuff

I also once had that dream of having my own business. I wanted to do craft and sell but somehow this dream went dead when it becomes so expensive to get materials like fabric to create the craft. I can't sell it high coz no one wants to buy. If I sell too low, I am not even close to making a profit. Very hard to do business here in Singapore. You must have capital to pump into business which I do not have.

For grocery SMRT Citibank coz have rebates

bills UOB One Card for rebates

I am looking forward to the Skills Future Top Up ;P. Extra cash from government is always a happy thing.

I also looking for good FD this year. Have always been with Maybank for FD coz their FD is the highest compared to other banks. This year looks like they not :(. Was looking at NTUC Capital Plus 3 Year Plan. Shocked! China Taiping! Is it safe? Now I must reconsider about putting my money with NTUC Capital Plus. So disappointed. Don't know where to head to for FD this year. Headache!

Most important is talk to the child and try to find out the full story. If the bully is coming from a teacher, that is totally uncalled for. Need to talk to the teacher. If all else fails, bring up to principal for further action. If the case is just teasing, get your child to first ignore and distant herself away from this person. If it doesn’t work, bring the teacher into picture. This is just my opinion

Call me old fashion. I used to believe that one can never concentrate on their homework if they are listening to music at the same time. I tried to teach my children this too and constantly nag at them . However, as times goes, it seems that it is common for today’s children to do that. They feel not too stress while listening to music and doing homework. So gradually, I let this go as long as they do their homework and bring in good grades. Guess it is just different generation.

I used to also tell my child he has bad handwriting; big and untidy. After a few years, somehow, his writing got better and neater. Perhaps is a teacher told him that his handwriting is too big and need to write smaller lol. Guess I needn’t have to worry about it after all coz all in time will change.