Penalised due to maths learning disorder

[Vid]

Heard there was saying, Gen Z cannot withstand a complete blackout for a day ......

 

They will die of boredom without their IT gargets ....

 

True. I don't know what I will do without my iphone.

[Adrianli]

no wonder bro, you are so good with electrical and voltage for car and camera

 

I am trained in mechanical system and only minor electrical knowledge.

 

I picked up electrical knowledge from a fellow electrical specialist. In the navy, during sailing time, have to keep watch in the small control room. Each watch is consist of a senior engineer, a junior engineer and an electrical engineer. Normal watch time is 4hrs on, 8hrs off. It was during this time on watch that I gained my electrical knowledge from the electrical engineer.

[Jman888]

lucky none of them is gay, if not you probably learnt something else [laugh]

 

I am trained in mechanical system and only minor electrical knowledge.

 

I picked up electrical knowledge from a fellow electrical specialist. In the navy, during sailing time, have to keep watch in the small control room. Each watch is consist of a senior engineer, a junior engineer and an electrical engineer. Normal watch time is 4hrs on, 8hrs off. It was during this time on watch that I gained my electrical knowledge from the electrical engineer.

 

[King]

i am very poor in maths that i can't solve my son maths questions since his Primary 4, but i became an accountant, so dun trust me with your money [laugh]

 

WTF!!!!

hahahaha

[Adrianli]

lucky none of them is gay, if not you probably learnt something else [laugh]

 

U look at them where they go ashore when reach foreign port. I doubt they are gay.

[Felipe]

3 As and a B are already better than my 'O' level result. Yet I made it to Uni & have a relative good profession situation now.

 

If she sucks at other subjects as well, then I will brush it off, but its seems not the case.

 

Not every job required to be good at math. If she can progress higher, she can have a chance of a good career in many possible fields as well.

 

If her parent can show she have been doing well in other subjects since young, & medical proof of her condition, I do not see why we cannot have exceptions. Of course every exception must be justify, but I personally believe she has a strong case.

 

In my opinion, her best chance, if budget allow is to study overseas, on some courses that do not required good maths. Of course, chances are these courses also have few career opportunities in Singapore. so she may end up not returning. It may actually be good for her, but we may lose a talent to another foreigner due to our rigid educational system.

i think fail maths cannot go jc or poly. so its a very difficult path to local uni.

[Lynobinson4]

It is not in the section that matters

[Mockngbrd]

its not about privilege la brother but by going to a tertiary education, she can still be a useful member of society ma. maybe can do theatre, writing books etc. yes maths is important, but it might not pertain to a field she can excel in .. obviously she cant be rocket scientist, but that doesn't mean we cant try to accommodate. our society is just too rigid and result oriented.

agree... the writer did mention she did decently in other subjects. She could go into a design or arts oriented field BUT for some reason, that needs maths to gain entry also.

[1fast1]

When my daughter was in Primary 5, we sent her to a child guidance clinic, where she was assessed to be just weak in maths. She continued to struggle with the subject in secondary school. Six years later, we sent her to an educational psychologist, who assessed her to have dyscalculia, or difficulty in learning things related to numbers.

 

Dyscalculia - difficulty in basic mathematics and numbers. To be differentiated from the related. far more common but milder disorder dyscalculusia, which is an inability to perform mathematics at calculus level and beyond.

[Kiadaw]

i think fail maths cannot go jc or poly. so its a very difficult path to local uni.

Hence I mention her best chance for studies, & prehaps job options is oversea. We have a very narrow mindset & requirement of capabilities and talent.

[2BDriver]

I sucked in maths from Pri 1 till Pri 6 mid-term. Always see red on report card. No matter how much one to one tution by my aunties n uncles who were teachers also not helped. Then during mid-term, my Pri 6 form teacher who was also my maths teacher, gave me one to one coaching during the june holidays.

 

Somehow during that intense tution, my brian connected and I understood how maths worked. From then on, maths was my strongest subject. And maths is the only subject u can score 100/100.

 

Even in poly, I never took A maths before and always took E maths till O level. My score in Engineering maths was top of my class. Even I myself was surprised. Every other subjects related to math calculation, its either Dist or A.

 

 

I guess the child in the report is like me. U need something to trigger that part of ur brian. I dont know what that is but it is really a eureka moment.

Bro Adrianli,

Your case is similar with my daughter at her sec.3 level. She sat down with me and confessed that she is very worried in her year-end exam because can't cope up with her maths lessons anymore

She asked me for advise, I suggested to look for a good in maths tuitor to coach her in the time being, just within 3 months of her maths tuitions, she scored in flying colours with A's not only in maths but all other subjects too

[Nzy]

Bro Adrianli,

Your case is similar with my daughter at her sec.3 level. She sat down with me and confessed that she is very worried in her year-end exam because can't cope up with her maths lessons anymore

She asked me for advise, I suggested to look for a good in maths tuitor to coach her in the time being, just within 3 months of her maths tuitions, she scored in flying colours with A's not only in maths but all other subjects too

 

I think alot of people are like that. After one night sleep all of a sudden can do math well already. Same thing happened to me. My whole secondary school life I keep getting F9 for A math and C5 or C6 for E math. Then just before my prelim I dunno why one day I woke up and suddenly thought math was easy. After that I passed A math for first time and got A2 for A math and A1 for E math during O levels.

[2BDriver]

I think alot of people are like that. After one night sleep all of a sudden can do math well already. Same thing happened to me. My whole secondary school life I keep getting F9 for A math and C5 or C6 for E math. Then just before my prelim I dunno why one day I woke up and suddenly thought math was easy. After that I passed A math for first time and got A2 for A math and A1 for E math during O levels.

Congratulations for your self esteem in academic achievements

[Jman888]

In Chinese it's call 开窍， like the gate in the brain suddenly open

 

I think alot of people are like that. After one night sleep all of a sudden can do math well already. Same thing happened to me. My whole secondary school life I keep getting F9 for A math and C5 or C6 for E math. Then just before my prelim I dunno why one day I woke up and suddenly thought math was easy. After that I passed A math for first time and got A2 for A math and A1 for E math during O levels.

 

[2BDriver]

In Chinese it's call 开窍， like the gate in the brain suddenly open

Understands this particular chinese word by sayings but can't write it, thanks for sharing

[Jman888]

Understands this particular chinese word by sayings but can't write it, thanks for sharing

 

 

sometime it only open temporarily, my brain suddenly open up for maths 4 months before A level, I practice n practice, then I manage to get a B

 

after the exam I forget everything I know within a year, and I fail the only maths subject (not core) in uni

[2BDriver]

sometime it only open temporarily, my brain suddenly open up for maths 4 months before A level, I practice n practice, then I manage to get a B

 

after the exam I forget everything I know within a year, and I fail the only maths subject (not core) in uni

Can remember who owe you monies or not ?

[Joseph22]

I have the same medical condition as our ministers. When collect money, my brain works well. But when it comes to paying money, for some unknown reason, my brain suddenly go into seizure. I wonder what this medical condition is called...

its called red-tape policy.

 

because so many red tape involving using tax payer money, many don't dare to move.