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发表于 3-8-2011 17:29:07|来自：新加坡
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本帖最后由 jjrchome 于 4-8-2011 10:00 编辑
The moms in Kiasu Parent Forum had been arguing on this subject for the past two years. Here are some recent posts for you.
Hope it could help.
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"hey, I'm new in this thread. I need some info on NUSH. My Ds like NUSH. However, I'm quite skeptical of him going to the school. It's because the school is focusing on Math & Science. He might think that he likes Math now. But what if he realise that his strength is not in Math when he grows older???
Here are my questions. Hope that someone can help to clear my doubts..
a) Is it too young to narrow the choices for the kid at such a young age? I thought IP school is better because of holistic educatin.
b) What are the choices for the child for entry to University? Must they continue with Math & Science faculty? Can they choose others like business or accountancy?
Appreciate some advise here... thanks in advance."
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"I was in your situation 2 years ago. My son was so keen on NUSH as he enjoys math and science in very much in primary school. I told my son he might think he likes math and science and what if he realized his other passions half way through NUSH. I spent times discouraging him to only set sight on NUSH but to be more open minded. I have nothing against NUSH but wasn't too comfortable on their "marketing" message that the school is catering for student with passion for math and science. My thought was P6 kid could be too young to really know what their true passion in life.
NUSH teachers assured us their school will not be less focus on other subjects, but somehow my old fashion mind didn't buy the idea. And future more, NUSH issue their own diploma which is less established than A level and IB, though the school has emphasized greatly on the credibility of their cert.
He went through the NUSH DSI but did not get selected, i was relieved .
After the PSLE, his result was pretty encouraging, he can indeed apply for NUSH but again I discouraged him and finally he chosen NJC after visited a few other schools.
Though we don't have experience with NUSH curriculum, but my take is that as long as your kid is one of those top IP schools, they would still enjoy vigorous math and science program. It is common to see students from RI, HCI,… compete in math and science competitions along with NUSH students. At least NJC do offer accelerated math and science subjects for students who are capable of coping with more challenging syllabus. On the other hand, NJC also offer external program for non math and science. For example, my son was offered for a fee based holiday program during the first year on story writing and poem appreciation conducted by lecturer from Stanford University, and he enjoyed it.
Now in NJC, he enjoys math, science and English thoroughly and planning to do literature in sec 3. At uni level, whatever he chose is really base on the his passion and interest. For now, my duty is to give him as much exposure and learning experience as possible for him to determine what he wants for his future. I told my wife, it was probably not a mistake for discouraging him from going to NUSH. No offense to others "
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Longreach,
Thank you sooooo much!!!! I've been speaking to my son on this as well, being open minded, am glad that he is now taking interest in other IP schools. I thought as parents, we should try to provide as much info as possible in order to help the kids to make their decision. But I'll need to be objective too. Tat's why I need to gather as much info as possible myself. I'll share with him on the accelerated prog which I'm not aware of. This is indeed an additional info for us.
:thankyou:
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Key concerns about NUSH is always (1) is it too early to decide on the kids' choice of career and (2) the acceptance level of NUSH diploma.
Without doubt, NUSH mission is to produce future researchers, mathematicians, scientists, engineers, doctors etc. but that does not mean that it would neglect humanities. After all, how good a scientist can you be if you do not have the human touch? The school does offer humanities subjects and from Year 1- 4, it is compulsory to study a humanity subject. Year 1 & 2 will do Integrated Humanity and by Year 3-4, kids will have to choose a humanity subject, be it History, Geography, Economics, Art, Music. I understand that in most IP and mainstream schools, all the brighter kids will compete to do 3 sciences + 1 Humanity. So there is no difference except that in NUSH, you do not need to fight to do Triple Science. By Year 5-6, one can still choose a Humanity subject if one wishes to. Again, not much difference from the common A Level combi of 1 math, 2 science + 1 contrasting subject. Key difference at for NUSH Year 5-6, it is not compulsory to do a contrasting subject. 3 batches had graduated from NUSH and I understand some (not many though) had gone on to pursue non Maths or science related courses at Uni. A few had chosen to read economics and I believe there is one who had gone to read law. Emphasis is definitely on Maths & Science, but it does not stop one from pursuing other courses. NUS is rated highly in the academic world, with the support from NUS, there is no reason for universities around the world not to recognise NUSH diploma. In fact, many past NUSH graduates secured their place in some top universities even before they finish their final exams. It says alot when some top IP schools like RI & HCI, are awarding their own diplomas, on top of the A Level.
It is not my intention to confuse you. I just to want to provide more info for you to make an informed decision. :smile:[/quote]
I can't understand why some parents keep mentioning of "a more holistic education" as though NUSH is kind of weird school. How "unholistic" can it be after all it is a gahment-funded school under MOE. Like what DVL has said NUSH has the same humanities and the Arts/Music aspects to it. In fact, the MAD (music & art dept) and the Lingusitics dept have added advantage of direct NUS resources n support.
The Maths n Science programme in the normal 'IP" school still can not be compare to NUSH programme after all it is still limited by the "A" level syllabus requirements. In this year SSEF, NUSH won ( has 70 projects in the final) 10 of the 17 gold medals (not too sure how many silvers and merit awards) but was told almost 50% of awards go to NUSH. I forsee that in time to come all those bright Maths n Science students will choose NUSH route as the preferred option it has flexibility and cater to the kids needs directly. The sky is the limit and it is up to the kids. They are not to be bounded by examination syllabus.
Well said, Matadorepy. My younger DD is in year 1. Now doing her cell biology assignment - require to construct a 3D-Cell and do research to a write-up on protein synthesis for type of animal cell. It is more than "A" level bio to me. Older Sec 3 DD doing triple science also just go gaga when she saw the kind of stuff the younger one is doing. But younger DD is doing fine and seems enjoy herself. The young one is also doing Integrated humanities (language ,culture, religion , type of market system (bit of economics ). For english language, they are doing creative prose writing, comparing type of literature writing (courtesy of NUS Language dept) etc. So it is not just the maths n science that is deep. The humanities too !
Sometime, I was just wondering can these kids take in all these stuff at pretty advance level compared to their peer. It is pretty much like GEP. My younger DD was from GEP last year.
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