Pasir Ris 8 unofficial "guide price"

[rockmillion]

Thats why if i can afford it, i will never send my future gen into any neighbourhood schools just so they can grow up in a proper environment

What affordability can do here if someone have no affiliation with top school and then got ballot out from 20 seats even if stay within 1km

i am curious to know if there is still some way left where $$ can talk

 

[arctician]

What affordability can do here if someone have no affiliation with top school and then got ballot out from 20 seats even if stay within 1km

i am curious to know if there is still some way left where $$ can talk

I think volunteering give you higher chance, donation seldom works because there are many well to do parents who can afford to do same.

heard for one of e top pri schools, a parent offered donate $100k but kena rejected by principal coz they dont need money. The parents during interview all will suit up and carry thick folders like preparing for corporate recruitment, in the end its luck, professional background, and volunteering hours if cant meet the 1km and affiliation rule

I mean if i can afford the time and money, i will try to move within 1km and do volunteering

 

[NiShiZhu]

Heng, no such problem, all along from pai kia school.
Only learn survival skills and negotiating skills.
Do simi volunteering work? Mai waste time lah.
Let the child learn under the harsh reality better than protective environment,

 

[arctician]

All parents want best for their kids, its not about them growing up to be doc and lawyers or earning the most money, but at least giving them a proper environment to grow up with ppl of similar values and upbringing

Then next time hope they be good enough to attend local uni and get white collar pmet job..then can go independent liao

I have colleagues where every month the parents will fly in from overseas to volunteer just so their kid got a chance in tao nan lol..now cannot liao

 

[Passerboy]

It seems a lot of parents would go the extra mile to send kids to good schools for a headstart. Coincidentally, I saw an ad where Kopar was selling the story of buying the development for good primary schools in its vicinity.

Sales of Kopar is pretty decent too.

 

[NiShiZhu]

Academic success is just the stepping stone for u to get a job.
After that, how well u fair in your career all depends on your soft skills….
I.e, r u witty, bold and innovative enough to resolve an unforeseen situation? R u charismatic enough to lead and convince your team? Do u know how to manage your boss’s expectation and at the same time managing and balancing the well-being of your subordinates?
these r skills u won’t learn in any good schools.

 

[Passerboy]

Academic success is just the stepping stone for u to get a job.
After that, how well u fair in your career all depends on your soft skills….
I.e, r u witty, bold and innovative enough to resolve an unforeseen situation? R u charismatic enough to lead and convince your team? Do u know how to manage your boss’s expectation and at the same time managing and balancing the well-being of your subordinates?
these r skills u won’t learn in any good schools.

Agree. But “these r skills u won’t learn in any good schools”, I think these r skills u won’t learn in school, not just good schools.

How come this is being discussed on Pasir Ris 8 thread, thought more relevant for Kopar thread.

 

[NiShiZhu]

Agree. But “these r skills u won’t learn in any good schools”, I think these r skills u won’t learn in school, not just good schools.

Right values should start from family upbringing, bonding and how u communicate with your child.
I have a friend even go do volunteering work on the day of Chinese New Year’s Eve just to get his son to a good pri school.
knn, the reunion dinner the family eat without the dad around.
simi value are we inculcating?

 

[Clazav]

Thanks for sharing your views . It does seem that 1 key difference is that Teachers in ‘good’ primary schools push students a lot harder than a ‘not good’ primary school. Whether or not this is a good thing is subjective & debatable.

Putting in a ‘’ because MOE say every school is a good school .

Having studied in a ‘good’ primary school, I do feel that too much emphasis is placed on academic results (doing loads of past exam papers). Soft skills like communication, critical thinking, creativity, stakeholder management & character development are neglected. I have seen so many of my straight As classmates from the top JCs in Sg struggle with adulting & transitioning from students into working adults.

That said I think this is a general weakness of Sg education system. Can’t comment on a ‘not good’ primary school as I’ve never attended 1 b4.

Standard sg mindset is academics come first before other soft skills. For good schools (compared to best schools), if your academics already can't make it, who will think of other soft skills?

Many best schools also have more parental supports (and probably demand) so teachers can do more (and keep to their toes). How not to excel for students in best schools?

 

[arctician]

Right values should start from family upbringing, bonding and how u communicate with your child.
I have a friend even go do volunteering work on the day of Chinese New Year’s Eve just to get his son to a good pri school.
knn, the reunion dinner the family eat without the dad around.
simi value are we inculcating?

This one i agree over already..but its funny extent parents will go to get kids to good sch..yet some minister said all schools are the same

 

[The_Davis]

Its a dog eat dog World out there

 

[NiShiZhu]

Its a dog eat dog World out there

hehe unfortunately it is.
And if u noticed, what r the chances of us applying what we learnt in school such as indices, logarithm, Laplace transformation?
instead, most of the time we r dealing with problematic clients/customers, difficult bosses, office politics and day to day unforeseen situations.
And no schools will come up with any ten years series to teach us all these survival skills in a real world.
修行在个人。

 

[Passerboy]

This one i agree over already..but its funny extent parents will go to get kids to good sch..yet some minister said all schools are the same

The good school gimmick sells stronger than presence of malls in some cases - e.g. those at Newton and BT.

 

[NiShiZhu]

The good school gimmick sells stronger than presence of malls in some cases - e.g. those at Newton.

Clementi I guess. Even those not near mrt but near good schools.

 

[Yunita19]

This one i agree over already..but its funny extent parents will go to get kids to good sch..yet some minister said all schools are the same

they can’t said the truth, as many other Singaporean does not have the privileges of theirs to send kids to whatever good or top school of their choices without much effort.

 

[scanner007]

I think volunteering give you higher chance, donation seldom works because there are many well to do parents who can afford to do same.

heard for one of e top pri schools, a parent offered donate $100k but kena rejected by principal coz they dont need money. The parents during interview all will suit up and carry thick folders like preparing for corporate recruitment, in the end its luck, professional background, and volunteering hours if cant meet the 1km and affiliation rule

I mean if i can afford the time and money, i will try to move within 1km and do volunteering

Sounds like in HK. You mean Singapore education system and recruitment for primary school has becomes like in HK? That is very sad.

 

[arctician]

Sounds like in HK. You mean Singapore education system and recruitment for primary school has becomes like in HK? That is very sad.

i only heard about this for top pri schools, not sure about the good ones. i think principal also assess your professional background during interviews, i have seen colleagues with no affiliation and stay >1km getting into best pri schools, i am guessing they impressed the panel either with background, academia or professional status.

 

[scanner007]

i only heard about this for top pri schools, not sure about the good ones. i think principal also assess your professional background during interviews, i have seen colleagues with no affiliation and stay >1km getting into best pri schools, i am guessing they impressed the panel either with background, academia or professional status.

As what you have described, SG top pri school behave like in HK. This is crazy!
I am also aware that where they wanted their kids to go top school is because of the network too. Kids and their parents from such school is mostly well connected and well to do if not rich!
Their kids mix with these rich kids, you have a "rich" network. Parents get to know each other, you build another parent network which might help their business or career.

 

[arctician]

As what you have described, SG top pri school behave like in HK. This is crazy!
I am also aware that where they wanted their kids to go top school is because of the network too. Kids and their parents from such school is mostly well connected and well to do if not rich!
Their kids mix with these rich kids, you have a "rich" network. Parents get to know each other, you build another parent network which might help their business or career.

principal also measured by KPI and sch ranking. Naturally they want to take in the best calibre students with resources, of course not fair to say every good sch is like that, maybe the top few in SG only

 

[bds2020]

just curious
those 2 who bought at 2k psf, will they bounce out? what r the penalties to the buyers if the unit bounce out