LIFE DURING AND AFTER NIE.

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With regards to teaching MT, talk to your NIE/NTU admissions counselors. Tell them about your interest and see what they say. My friend was rejected to teach Malay/Math when she signed up. I think because she did not take Malay at A levels.

But you can fit another subject (AS2) in. History goes with English or Geo or Lit or SS if you so wish. Never seen anyone pair humanities and science together before though.

alright ill talk to them hopefully i do get in first. i did Literature in Tamil in H2 for A's though so i might be able to opt for that along w history.
cuz i feel geog and history is too content heavy.. so ill go w languages :) i guess you can't pair sic and humanities prob cuz its a diff stream so students in arts prob can't choose science AS..
 

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alright ill talk to them hopefully i do get in first. i did Literature in Tamil in H2 for A's though so i might be able to opt for that along w history.
cuz i feel geog and history is too content heavy.. so ill go w languages :) i guess you can't pair sic and humanities prob cuz its a diff stream so students in arts prob can't choose science AS..

If you can, go for it. But make sure to do all this before you sign the final contract to start your studies. Once you do, it's very hard to switch.
 

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thanks :D:D but if i m subpar in my subjects in secondary school, still can apply boh?

I think they will look more at your Poly/A levels then O levels.
I might be wrong. But no harm trying to apply.
 

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I think they will look more at your Poly/A levels then O levels.
I might be wrong. But no harm trying to apply.

i see.... just asking cause even though my poly results was above average, they had nothing to do with o lvl subs & i hand almost everything i learnt back then to teacher liao :(
 

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i see.... just asking cause even though my poly results was above average, they had nothing to do with o lvl subs & i hand almost everything i learnt back then to teacher liao :(

Me too mostly - only things I ever took back from secondary school was English (which was very badly taught), and math. Needed it for some courses in Uni.

:s13::s13::s13:
 

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If you can, go for it. But make sure to do all this before you sign the final contract to start your studies. Once you do, it's very hard to switch.

yeah exactly! heard of my friend's horror story of how she really wanted to be a gp tutor but they offered her english and social studies so she is kinda stuck in sec sch for life :-/
 

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Honours vs Non-Honours

Is there any difference in pay increment for honours and non-honours students?
 

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Is there any difference in pay increment for honours and non-honours students?

From my 4 years of teaching, it's purely performance based.
The pay difference is at point of graduation, if you have honors or non-honors. But after that, it's yearly appraisals.
 

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What if I break my bond?

During my time at NIE, I knew 3 people who broke their bond. If you think about breaking your bond, please think 10 times over. Once you break your bond, you will need to repay back the course fees of the courses you have completed and the salary that has been given to you. It's pro-rated. So if you break your bond during year 1, it's a lesser amount to pay back then say, breaking your bond in year 3.

If you finish your training and decided to break your bond during the first year of working, you will need to pay the full course fees + what ever salary you was given during your training. Again, Pro-rated, so breaking the bond during your first year of work is higher VS breaking your bond that only has 6 months left.

From the way you talk can tell that you only work for 4 years.

Anyway, the above bolded statements seem to contradict one another.
 

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From the way you talk can tell that you only work for 4 years.

Anyway, the above bolded statements seem to contradict one another.

First bold statement refers to the study phase. Second bold statement refers to the work phase.
 

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Thank you for moulding the future of our Nation.

Teacher with a capital 'T'.
 

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From the way you talk can tell that you only work for 4 years.

Anyway, the above bolded statements seem to contradict one another.

Thank you for moulding the future of our Nation.

Teacher with a capital 'T'.

You 2 really got nothing better to do than to try and talk smart, come up with sarcastic remarks and find issues ah

:s11::s11::s11:

posted this to give people who jump onto the teaching bandwagon some insights on what they might face. still need to come deal with people like you.

:s22::s22::s22:
 

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Hi nyvrem,

Super informative thread!

If you can choose to teach between primary and secondary school level, which would you pick?

I am assuming that the primary level is easier to work with, due to the less taxing curriculum, which means less overall at work, but I may be sprouting ignorant nonsense :s13:
 

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You 2 really got nothing better to do than to try and talk smart, come up with sarcastic remarks and find issues ah

:s11::s11::s11:

posted this to give people who jump onto the teaching bandwagon some insights on what they might face. still need to come deal with people like you.

:s22::s22::s22:

I where got sarcastic? I was asking genuine questions which I dunno the answer beforehand.
 

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Hi nyvrem,

Super informative thread!

If you can choose to teach between primary and secondary school level, which would you pick?

I am assuming that the primary level is easier to work with, due to the less taxing curriculum, which means less overall at work, but I may be sprouting ignorant nonsense :s13:

Primary - a lot of parents will call in to complain, hold you accountable or wanna talk to you regularly to check on progress. Nowadays parents very kiasu. Young children also do the silliest thing.

Secondary - less parents unless you are in elite sec school. More problematic students.
 

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Hi nyvrem,

Super informative thread!

If you can choose to teach between primary and secondary school level, which would you pick?

I am assuming that the primary level is easier to work with, due to the less taxing curriculum, which means less overall at work, but I may be sprouting ignorant nonsense :s13:

:eek::eek::eek:

don't think that ! primary level also got alot of sai kang to do. and you'd be surprised but secondary level also got alot of parents that act like primary school parents. every other week email/call you to ask for update on their child.

my suggestion is for you to go intern at both primary and secondary schools to see what suits your taste. go to a neighborhood school. you'll see alot of 'problem' kids come from broken families ; they really need alot of help and support from you (the teacher) and counselors/social workers. see if you are cut out for it. both pri and sec schools have these 'problem' kids.

:(:(:(
 

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You 2 really got nothing better to do than to try and talk smart, come up with sarcastic remarks and find issues ah

:s11::s11::s11:

posted this to give people who jump onto the teaching bandwagon some insights on what they might face. still need to come deal with people like you.

:s22::s22::s22:

Hi nyvrem,

I aspire to be a teacher one day.
 
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