Need Parents Advice: MindChamps Vs Learning Lab

blues7

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Is this for real?

Or a bad joke?

The kid is 4-years old

Like that got time to play?

If kid learn so much st young age, may not excel and may get tired of attending lessons soon

The current education system isn't exactly about maintaining learning interest


7 days a week got lesson.. 1, 3, 5 ballet.. 2 drama.. 4 piano.. 6 ice skating and tuition .. 7 language and mental abacus...
 

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nowadays 4 year old should start to go for bartending classes, pole dancing or jiujitsu
 

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Is this for real?

Or a bad joke?

The kid is 4-years old

Like that got time to play?

If kid learn so much st young age, may not excel and may get tired of attending lessons soon

The current education system isn't exactly about maintaining learning interest


welcome to singapore bro
 

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don't talk to your kid in singlish, if so no matter what training, he will talk like that
by listening to the type of english spoken, singaporeans immediately categorize what social class you belong to.
 

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insai extreme kiasu parents thread...

moi only intend to send my boy to uni when he's 4yo

TS lose out big time:s22:
 

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Need Parents Advice: MindChamps Vs Learning Lab

Which enrichment class is better for English?

4 Years son currently enrolled in MindChamps but does not see the effects as compared to Berries for Chinese.

From very young kids, I Can Read (ICL) is better. Learning labs is for better for upper primary.

Berries is good all the way.
 

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From very young kids, I Can Read (ICL) is better. Learning labs is for better for upper primary.

Berries is good all the way.

Yes, i do agree that berries is good all the way from nursery to promary levels. They have good teachers and interesting curriculum.
 

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Parent is the best tutor.
I always believe that.
My 3 kids never attended any enrichments or tutions and they r doing fine in school. In fact my eldest just completed his psle and achieved top 10%
 

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Parent is the best tutor.
I always believe that.
My 3 kids never attended any enrichments or tutions and they r doing fine in school. In fact my eldest just completed his psle and achieved top 10%

Yes agree to that however, there are really kids who are less gifted in certain subjects. And as the year advances, parent might no longer be able to teach their children because the subject is already advanced. This is where the importance of tuition class comes in. You just have to choose the best ones.
 

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Yes agree to that however, there are really kids who are less gifted in certain subjects. And as the year advances, parent might no longer be able to teach their children because the subject is already advanced. This is where the importance of tuition class comes in. You just have to choose the best ones.

Wow, what you said, really struck me straight into my heart.

To quote you "that kids who are less gifted in certain subjects", The word "gifted" is a very harsh word. Some people are slow learners and because they are slow, it does not mean they are not gifted. To brand and label a student or a child as less gifted is a judgement call that should not and must not be made.

Students who are slow can be stream to a slower pace class. Different children mature differently, but they are definitely not less gifted.

Yes, i know in a classs, it is a bell shaped distribution, and judging from what you said, those of the less side are less gifted and therefore have to get tuition.

Why do you assumed that if the parents are unable to teach their children, that equates to a necessity for a tuition? What about those children who comes from low income family and their parents cannot afford tutition fees?

How do you associate "to choose the best one?" Going to Tutition does not equate to higher marks. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. Not all students, where there is a causation between tutition and higher grades. In fact, too much of it, can could have the reverse effect.

Even the Education Minister said in 2019, that "Education is still the best social leveller, but there needs to be a broader definition of meritocracy, as well as the recognition that talent goes beyond just grades."

https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...eveller-but-it-goes-beyond-grades-ong-ye-kung

Let be straight up, are you from an education or tuition agency?
 

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Need Parents Advice: MindChamps Vs Learning Lab

Which enrichment class is better for English?

4 Years son currently enrolled in MindChamps but does not see the effects as compared to Berries for Chinese.

Torturing 4 year olds are we :s13:
 
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