Pity it has to shift. I love where it is. Perched on a "hill" with the beautiful trees waving and shushing in the breeze. It’s quiet and always gives a warm peaceful feeling. It beats hands down a lot of the expensive branded centres in houses/bungalows.


Hope to find such an environment for my#3. His siblings enjoyed Marymount K a decade ago.

I made my first post on this forum a few weeks back after my dd got her results. I felt some disappointment and wondered if I should have pushed her esp when she has the capability to do very well. Her results were good, just not what her full potential would have achieved. It took a couple of days for me to really remember why I pulled back on the 'pushing' for my children, and to 'see' again.


Five years back, a dear friend's child died tragically in an accident. Every mother's greatest fear and sorrow. I was at her house during the funeral and there was a pile of exam papers (those 'other schools exam papers' which we all have) on a table. My friend looked at it and cried, wishing she hadn't forced these things on him and focused so much on studies, that she could have given him a happy childhood, that she could just hold him and hug him.

Like her, I think quite many of us are working mums, by the time we're back home, there are just a couple of hours left before the kids sleep. We haven't showered, haven't eaten and the kids haven't finished their homework or papers we set them. Tempers fray easily and the kids get it from us. A usual routine, but that becomes their childhood that they grow up with.

I have not found it easy to balance. Kiasuism rears its head often and I have to control it. The kids still have to have study discipline. They must still aim for the best. But I tell myself - balance.

This new year, especially for the mums preparing their ds and dd for PSLE, I wish you patience. And remember to hug them even when you push them.
:snuggles:

aeroplane:

Just received call from NJC my dd appeal sucessfully.

Congrats! We too!

nounou:

Hi, can anyone advise what good Maths assessment books to buy?

No tuition. Need to self learn at home. :?:

:thankyou:

My ds used only Mathematics Tutor, by Lee Ann Goh, Casco in the last 2 years. He found it good as it had worked examples and a range of easy to difficult practice questions. No tuition, just self study. Managed A1-A2 consistently.

Hi new julie, I have no idea what are the chances. We’re prepared for her to go to her posted school which is a school that I personally would have chosen for myself but character wise, we think NJC will suit her better. Would just like to know the results!

We got a call from NJC on Christmas Eve informing us that my dd is on the waiting list. Hope the schools finalise soon.

My daughter performed below her expectation. I asked her if she would have preferred that I did what her friends’ mums did i.e. limit her leisure hours and activities, no phone calls, sms, lots of assessments and exam papers to practise. She said no but actually hesitated…


I do wonder if I should be more of a tiger mum especially when I know she can actually achieve. She’s like running at 85% of her ‘academic potential’. Right up to her PSLE, she would spend time on a blogshop she set up to sell her handicraft and also on making the little handicraft items. She had no tuition. She was naturally achieving top 10 in her class which was the top class in her school. I didn’t think I needed to do a lot with her for the PSLE.

What made me a bit more unsettled are comments and questions from her classmates’ mums (the proud ones who tagged along the class gathering to compare and boast). Their daughters had always been behind her but they did way better than she did in the PSLE. She was also a bit unsettled to be asked if she was disappointed and what school was she going to apply for. Some adults have no EQ.

I believe things happen for a reason. Just need a bit of airing of my thoughts. Sigh.