tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210435929787404330.post9087491662023586448..comments2024-03-27T12:24:29.019+08:00Comments on PetuniaLee™: Natural Selection Into SecondaryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210435929787404330.post-76865808561872961712016-04-25T15:47:53.934+08:002016-04-25T15:47:53.934+08:00"These schools will still admit mostly 4As st..."These schools will still admit mostly 4As students"... this, I don't doubt. I don't think it is healthy to have a completely featureless system where schools are not allowed to differentiate. <br /><br />Only thing though, there are a whole lot MORE 4A students than there are students scoring above 268. As such, the top students are likely to get dispersed more evenly throughout the top 15 schools. Right now, they are all concentrated into 4 top schools.<br /><br />In time to come, President's Scholars and PSC Scholars would hail from the top 10 to 15 schools. This adds diversity to our top talent of the future.<br /><br />And I like that you have picked out that the system will in time to come blend. I think it is too much to expect MOE to change itself and change the parent environment too. We can only hold MOE to its responsibility to lead the change. There will be some years of uncomfortable re-calibration and metamorphosis in much the same way where it is difficult for a lobster to shed new skin and for a while, its new shell is soft and vulnerable.<br /><br />I just hope that people will give MOE time to change and refine. Nobody gets things perfect from Day 1. Those who do, are only doing what has been done before. If you go into new territory, you will fall flat and it would be forgiveable because at least, you have the courage to try and fall because the new direction is a sensible one.<br />Petunia Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01168448898497786754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8210435929787404330.post-30679422536286008782016-04-25T15:01:13.523+08:002016-04-25T15:01:13.523+08:00The ambiguity will likely lead to more (than befor...The ambiguity will likely lead to more (than before when there was a historical COP as a benchmark) parents giving branded schools a try and then scrambling to a 2nd, 3rd choice later on, by when they could be disadvantaged. <br /><br />Until such time this new system blend all schools successfully ie eradicate the concept of "Branded schools" and truly achieve the infamous "Every school is a good school" cliche, these schools will still admit mostly 4As students. <br /><br />The only difference is the COP becomes denominated in grades rather than score, that's all.Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16029912407590668622noreply@blogger.com