If you have been told by your child's Primary School teacher that he probably will land up in the Foundation subjects and by a stroke of luck end up in the Normal Technical class at Secondary School on the 2nd PSLE attempt, read on!
Ever since I conceived on the 3rd try, I've been counting.... the years to conceiving, the months to my son's birth, the days to his birthdays!
And eversince he was in school, we have been counting bread clips. All through Primary School and numerous Maths topics.
My son was condemned a failure by the school ..... at Primary Two. Threatened with expulsion by the then Vice-Principal. At K2, he could speak very well, memorise whole stories from readers that his buddy read to him. But not read. At Primary Two, he scored only 20-odd marks in Mathematics.
I did what most desperate and loving mothers would - resign from a well-paid career .... and home-schooled him. Well, he finally passed Mathematics at the end-of-year P4 subject-based banding examination and scrapped through PSLE Mathematics with a C because I had to return to a job for our daily bread.
Since then, I never looked back at the lost steps on my career path. God has blessed me much .... sufficient for me to want to do more for the 20% of my fellow Singaporeans who have been told that they will never pass Mathematics.
History continues. My son built up resilience. At Secondary One, in a Normal Academic stream, he had a wonderful and teachable Mathematics teacher who learnt to cater to his special needs and propelled him to be in the top 15% and win an Edusave bursary...... from entry point at being among the bottom 15%.
Unfortunately, the teacher left early in the year for greener pasture..... and my son's results plummeted over the past two years.
Yes, I just threw in the towel again to help him regain the best that he can be at N levels....
When he is in school in the mornings, I have the time to do my own stuff.
Believe that your child can pass Mathematics!
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