Did not plan to blog today.. but I chance upon something interesting..very interesting indeed.. :)



It is as follow:

Parents up in arms again over PSLE Mathematics paper


The first thing her son did when he came out from the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) maths paper on Thursday this week was to gesture as if he was "slitting his throat". -oo metaphorically... Children this days are so vulnerable to setbacks...


When he was telling me about how he couldn’t answer some of the questions, he got very emotional and started crying. He said his hopes of getting (an) A* are dashed."
- wow A*.. wow A* indeed... "妈的完蛋了!"

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The reason for Thursday’s tough paper, opined the seven parents whom MediaCorp spoke to, was because Primary 6 students were allowed to use calculators while solving Paper 2 for the first time. Paper 2 makes up 60 per cent of the entire paper and consists of 18 questions... - Calculator leh.. still moan and groan...I had to reply on my fingers then... 是不是不会用...

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But the parents MediaCorp spoke to said students were apparently so stumped that many — even top students who have regularly aced past school examinations — broke down in tears right after the paper. -No comments, strawberry generation.. 佷讨厌这种人...

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According to posts on an online forum for parents, one example of the problem sums given was: "Jim bought some chocolates and gave half of it to Ken. Ken bought some sweets and gave half of it to Jim. Jim ate 12 sweets and Ken ate 18 chocolates. The ratio of Jim’s sweets to chocolates became 1:7 and the ratio of Ken’s sweets to chocolates became 1:4. How many sweets did Ken buy?"


After solving the question..
admit that it was difficult... for a 12 year old..
I dont think I can do it 5 years ago... But anw.

The purpose of this post is to raise my curiosity as to why is there even such an uproar over this trivial issue..

I mean won't the grades be compared against the entire cohort’s performance...

"However, the parents’ fear of poor grades for their children may be unfounded since they will be compared against the entire cohort’s performance." -precisely

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And the answer to the question? 68. xD Got it?