How to do well Physics, Chemistry, boilogy, Geography etc..

1) For each chapter
- have a blank sheet whilst listening to teachers teaching on a subject
- Mindmap
- (each chapter should end up being captured in one page or 2)

2) End of chapter
- Go through the mindmap, or draw them on the computer...
- With the mindmap, try working on assessment paper..
- ask if required...
- improve your mindmap if needed

3) Exam time (easy)
- Each exam, just go through this mindmap
- Go through questions which you previously didnt know..

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Advantage of doing mindmap during lesson time

i) Makes you pay attention.

ii) Improve your mindmap

iii) Know what teacher emphasize on in class

iv) After lesson, go back and draw the mindmap at end of each chapter. You are actually revising automatically.

vi) When you are doing your exercises, you can simply go through the mindmap , before answering. Add to the mindmap only for infomration to qns that you dont know.

v) You have 4 exams a year. It will make is so much easier when revising for exams. You can even put aside your text books if you dont have time.

vi) This will also help you during your Sec 4 and O levels as well.

vii) Imagine how much time you save by doing a mindmap whilst you are in class. No extra time required.

viii) This is the secret as to why good students do well for exams and yet , can have more time to play computers.

ix) not so good students, on the other hand, have their parents chasing them because homework is not done, they are not studying for the exams, alwasy behind time etc. How then can the parents like them have more time to play computer games ?

x) He should already know the benefit. I did mindmap for him when he was in primary shool, and he did it for his secondary geog etc. Allow him to score and do well.

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Current
i) He just refuse to do it, saying that nobody does that in class.

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Parent comment
i) There is nothing embarrassing about doing it. Papa is the only one doing it when i attends classes/lessons as well. Helps me a lot.

ii) If fact, if teacher sees him doing it, they will be impressed.

iii) In life, you must dare to do things if you feel that what you are doing is right and that it will help you .

How to do well in languages ?

1) Read newspapers

2) Make it a point to try to speak properly .

3) Listen to people's point of views, challenge, ask if necessary...

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Composition

1) Once a fortnight, take a model compo book...

2) Reverse Engineer - take the topic, mindmap what was written...

3) Notice how writer write it ie fill in the meat..

4) OR take a compo topic , and mindmap the structure of the comp.

How to do well in Maths

Maths is a subject where you do well by practising, not by studying.

i) Pay attention in class, copy down examples by teachers if needed

ii) After end of each chapter, do the following :
- Go through Maths notes & formulaes for that chapter. Make sure you understand.
- Do assessment book or exam papers for that chapter
- Most important, circle those you dont know. Find out the answers

iii) Exam preparation
- Go through teh summary notes & formulaes
- Do some questions that practices the key points of each chapter
- Do again those questions you didnt know previously ..

$50/hr tuition - chinese, english

How lucky are you all ?

How much money have we spend on you all , just on tuition alone , over the years ?

You all need not worry at all about money. All you need to do is to try your best in your study. All you need is to ask . As far as studies are concern, you will get all the help, be it money to employ tuition teachers or your parents time.

Auntie Peck Fern : Her brother dont even earn $50 a day, how to employ tuition teacher at $50 an hour for her nephew ?

Comment
i) Leonard, when i was young, i was in the same situation. PoPo cannot afford tuition teacher. I want to improve, but didnt know how to improve English. I try reading reader digest, reading dictionary. Now you & your brothers can have the best. So treasure it.

ii) If you dont work hard, in future, you will be like Auntie Peck Fern's brother. You wont be able to teach your childre. Neither can you afford a $50/hour tution for them.

Homework & computer games

Last night(Sat), he called me over phone to ask permission to play.

I told him NO because he had already been given time on Friday. He keep saying he has no homework, everything is done etc, but i insist he do some work . As usual, raise his voice and behave in a rude manner.

Finally he give up. End of the night, he showed me his biology paper. Understand that the homework was given to him during tuition time (just that afternoon)

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He can insist that he doesnt have homework when it was given just in the afternoon ?
What does this tell about how organise he is ?
So much protest about doing homework assigned. Do you think he will do more , read ahead, mindmap etc of his own accord ?

If we reverse role, will he trust someone who behaves in such a manner ?
Should he blame his parents for being naggy ?
Does he think we really have nothing better to do than to nag at him ?

Last sight of his grandmother

His grandmother was passing away..

We just miss her by a split second for a variety of reason. I was told that his grandmother was waiting to get a glimpse of her before leaving. Imagine letting a dying old woman waiting for us, enduring the pain whilst waiting....

lesson :
In life, you never know when you are missing something important which you might regret your whole life..

You need not stress yourself unncessarily, but for important things, there is a need to have a sense of urgency, to be punctual.

Using Chopsticks - picking his grandmother bones

Can see that he has difficulty using chopsticks whilst all are watching.

Had asked him to learn before , but he simply ignore saying that he is fine without having to learn about it..

Guess this is life. You never know when you will be tested on a particular skill. Hence in life, you should learn as much as possible. Rather than be tested.

Dont want to nag him, but he should decide if he wants to continue this attitude in life or to have a learning attitude (ie keep learning),so that he will not be embarrass in future.

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I find it quite inspiring.

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OBS cancelled (Life lessons)

He was supposed to go for OBS, but because maternal grandmother passed away, he had to cancel. He had paid $400 already.

I wrote a letter for him, requesting teacher to refund the money.

He basically tells the teacher he is not going OBS without showing the letter. Then he tells me that cannot claim the money.

He is probably shy to show letter demanding money return from teacher .

He must understand that there is nothing wrong with about asking what is his. Adults do it all the time.
i) He must know that $400 is a lot of money to a lot of other people.
ii) He must learn to ask what is his ?
iii) After asking, if the teacher say cannot, it is another story altogether. He has at least done his part. In life, he must learn that you need to ask in order to have a chance of getting at something. Nothing shy about it at all.
iv) In fact, if he dont ask, and dont mention why he is skipping OBS, teacher would be thinking negatively of him. They might think that he is irresponsible for skipping OBS at last minute without informing.

(This is similar to me when i skip NCC Adventure course without telling the real reasons. End up in principle office and was demoted for 3 months.)

Dont want to nag him, but this is a $400 lesson to think over.