Night Owl Chatterboxes - Part XXX!
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common pool?? we only have that in kindergarden and everyone would scramble to get the sharp pencil and more often than not there's always only one or two sharp pencil, u're considered lucky if u're not left with a broken one.Originally posted by jetta:Learned something new when my kids entered the school system. We don't buy textbooks since it's provided by the school on a loan system. Each kid is assigned a copy for the year. Foolscap or fillers are used instead of exercise books. Standard items to buy are kitchen rolls, tissue paper, pencils, coloured pencils and such which are placed in a common pool for all the kids to use. Pencil cases are discouraged. -
Hmm, very diff from sg system huh?Originally posted by jetta:Learned something new when my kids entered the school system. We don't buy textbooks since it's provided by the school on a loan system. Each kid is assigned a copy for the year. Foolscap or fillers are used instead of exercise books. Standard items to buy are kitchen rolls, tissue paper, pencils, coloured pencils and such which are placed in a common pool for all the kids to use. Pencil cases are discouraged.
I think SG school kids nowadays miss out a lot
What used to be red brick buildings, wooden furniture and large field, now gave way to a maze of scary tall buildings with aircon and computers
It was sad when i go back to my primary school and secondary school to see the field and carpark overtaken by more buildings
Its more like a factory then a school
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sch chairs nowadays are backbreakers
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I dislike the common pool thing but what can you do? They've done it this way for years. What gets me is that some parents will buy the absolutely cheapest stuff they can find. My kids are in the higher grades now and so the common pool thing is no more for them. Still, school supplies aren't cheap so I'm always on the lookout for coupons or stuff on sale.Originally posted by The man who was death:common pool?? we only have that in kindergarden and everyone would scramble to get the sharp pencil and more often than not there's always only one or two sharp pencil, u're considered lucky if u're not left with a broken one. -
Textbooks was scary back those daysOriginally posted by Fatum:you wait .... will come a time when your kid's textbooks will be more than 100 dollars a pop .....
From where I came from, the system is like jetta's place
Our textbooks are on loan, and sometimes u get half a textbook, uniform and badges given by the school...
And our principal is our bookshop uncle as well..
We had one exercise book and one textbook per subject, and when i came to sg, i saw plastic bag after plastic bag of books on the floor and my dad told me they are books for my new sch
and to my horror, there is like textbooks, workbooks, supplementary books etc etc
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It's very different here. Another thing here that's interesting is that teachers have wish lists. Teachers don't get paid much and they usually pay for many things out of their own pockets. They'll put up their list for all to see with hopes of generous parents fulfilling their wish. Even during a book fair, they'll put up a wish list to beef up the class library.Originally posted by laurence82:Hmm, very diff from sg system huh?
I think SG school kids nowadays miss out a lot
What used to be red brick buildings, wooden furniture and large field, now gave way to a maze of scary tall buildings with aircon and computers
It was sad when i go back to my primary school and secondary school to see the field and carpark overtaken by more buildings
Its more like a factory then a school -
I can wait.Originally posted by Fatum:you wait .... will come a time when your kid's textbooks will be more than 100 dollars a pop ..... 
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and it got scarier didn't it ? ....Originally posted by laurence82:Textbooks was scary back those days
From where I came from, the system is like jetta's place
Our textbooks are on loan, and sometimes u get half a textbook, uniform and badges given by the school...
And our principal is our bookshop uncle as well..
We had one exercise book and one textbook per subject, and when i came to sg, i saw plastic bag after plastic bag of books on the floor and my dad told me they are books for my new sch
and to my horror, there is like textbooks, workbooks, supplementary books etc etc
All alien to me
my first day of poly, I went and bought less than S$100 worth of textbooks for 8 subjects, my first day of uni, i spent more than C$500 for 5 subjects .!!! .....
but then I was a bit blur, so bought all new ones, though subsequently I bought second hand ones, texts were still a pretty big expense .... -
oh dearOriginally posted by jetta:It's very different here. Another thing here that's interesting is that teachers have wish lists. Teachers don't get paid much and they usually pay for many things out of their own pockets. They'll put up their list for all to see with hopes of generous parents fulfilling their wish. Even during a book fair, they'll put up a wish list to beef up the class library.
are you describing a private school or a government funded school? -
Which part of Msia was that? Are things different now?Originally posted by laurence82:Textbooks was scary back those days
From where I came from, the system is like jetta's place
Our textbooks are on loan, and sometimes u get half a textbook, uniform and badges given by the school...
And our principal is our bookshop uncle as well..
We had one exercise book and one textbook per subject, and when i came to sg, i saw plastic bag after plastic bag of books on the floor and my dad told me they are books for my new sch
and to my horror, there is like textbooks, workbooks, supplementary books etc etc
All alien to me
The syllabus here is so different. IMHO, there isn't enough daily homework. -
US public school systemOriginally posted by laurence82:oh dear
are you describing a private school or a government funded school? -
that doesn't sound crappy at all ......Originally posted by jetta:US public school system -
there's too much daily hmwk in sg, kids here will be envious of your kids.Originally posted by jetta:Which part of Msia was that? Are things different now?
The syllabus here is so different. IMHO, there isn't enough daily homework.
in aust, they have MPs who fight for less homework for kids, how i wish we have MPs like that too here. -
urm, but in primary and secondary sch, everything is compulsory, even that Policeman Ah Cai bookOriginally posted by Fatum:and it got scarier didn't it ? ....
my first day of poly, I went and bought less than S$100 worth of textbooks for 8 subjects, my first day of uni, i spent more than C$500 for 5 subjects .!!! .....
but then I was a bit blur, so bought all new ones, though subsequently I bought second hand ones, texts were still a pretty big expense ....
yeah, was abt to buy all the books for my first semester, then my friend warned against it, lucky me, now rarely use textbooks, coz some dont need, some are very project based, and for exams, textbooks in the library can only be strictly borrowed for two days by a person, so my friends and i borrowed for two days, then switch over hee hee
Why dont you get ur text in SG? You know, what my bro did is to email the list to us, we get what we can, and DHL to him, apparently its still cheaper
i dont know how cheap books are in SG till one Aussie lecturer told us their books over cost twice as much as ours
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The homework load in SG is ridiculous. My friends there always tell me how lucky my kids are, not to be in the Sg school system. The load here, if you can call it that, is just insufficient. One sheet of fill in the blanks worksheet is just so miniscule. We'll see what this next school year brings. Hopefully some change.Originally posted by The man who was death:there's too much daily hmwk in sg, kids here will be envious of your kids.
in aust, they have MPs who fight for less homework for kids, how i wish we have MPs like that too here. -
JohorOriginally posted by jetta:Which part of Msia was that? Are things different now?
The syllabus here is so different. IMHO, there isn't enough daily homework.
I am not sure how things are now, but when i looked at it when i go back to my hometown, it just looked freshly painted but no frills
Not enough homework? Hmm, how is their syllabus like? I think US one is more on brains and sports than rote learning and learning everything in sight like SG -
Arnold not doing his workOriginally posted by jetta:US public school system -
isn't there a credit system there?? ur kids can ask for more hmwk to get more credits....no?Originally posted by jetta:The homework load in SG is ridiculous. My friends there always tell me how lucky my kids are, not to be in the Sg school system. The load here, if you can call it that, is just insufficient. One sheet of fill in the blanks worksheet is just so miniscule. We'll see what this next school year brings. Hopefully some change. -
I did for some of my courses, but many of the professors supplement their income by writing textbooks, which were not always available in singapore, and they'll then set those as recommended text for students .... well ... I'm keeping all my compy sci and econs texts, but I've sold most of the elective texts ....Originally posted by laurence82:urm, but in primary and secondary sch, everything is compulsory, even that Policeman Ah Cai book
yeah, was abt to buy all the books for my first semester, then my friend warned against it, lucky me, now rarely use textbooks, coz some dont need, some are very project based, and for exams, textbooks in the library can only be strictly borrowed for two days by a person, so my friends and i borrowed for two days, then switch over hee hee
Why dont you get ur text in SG? You know, what my bro did is to email the list to us, we get what we can, and DHL to him, apparently its still cheaper
i dont know how cheap books are in SG till one Aussie lecturer told us their books over cost twice as much as ours -
I think the Aussies, from what I heard, is trying to revamp their education systemOriginally posted by The man who was death:there's too much daily hmwk in sg, kids here will be envious of your kids.
in aust, they have MPs who fight for less homework for kids, how i wish we have MPs like that too here.
They are trying to do things along NLP and creativity, but so far, i dont think they sound like our stupid JC project work and all -
Originally posted by The man who was death:isn't there a credit system there?? ur kids can ask for more hmwk to get more credits....no?
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hmm, lucky my lecturers dont do that, they do write texts, but the recommended texts are mostly, if not always, written by someone from the same uniOriginally posted by Fatum:I did for some of my courses, but many of the professors supplement their income by writing textbooks, which were not always available in singapore, and they'll then set those as recommended text for students .... well ... I'm keeping all my compy sci and econs texts, but I've sold most of the elective texts ....
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This is madness
If you guys remember, I had an A for my Ethics and Governance module from last sem
Last week, my friend told me, he met the lecturer during the holidays and he was told, only two people got an A
Last I know, the number of students in my lecturer's group is 127 people
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Originally posted by laurence82:This is madness
If you guys remember, I had an A for my Ethics and Governance module from last sem
Last week, my friend told me, he met the lecturer during the holidays and he was told, only two people got an A
Last I know, the number of students in my lecturer's group is 127 people Sure sign that there is something really fucked up with that module, when the evil banana who is neither man nor woman gets a distinction!