Exam Results: It’s Not the End
A parent recently messaged me his disappointment over his child’s prelim scores. When his child joined my class earlier this year, his fear was that his child would be retained after PSLE. Currently, his...
Category: Child Development
Upsizing the Family
Recently, 3 families were featured in 4 episodes of Channel News Asia’s insightful documentary series ‘On the Red Dot’, titled ‘Full House’. These families were highlighted for their unusually large size, especially in Singapore...
The Power of the Tongue
When I was young, I didn’t do well academically. In my mid-twenties, my late grandmother, whom I love dearly, once lamented to me in Hokkien, “I don’t understand, why are you not ‘kiang’ (which...
Learning to Fail
Many years ago, a friend had signed me up to join him in an Aikido class. I didn’t last very long. However, I discovered something profound on day one. The very first lesson was...
Developing Language Skills
As an adult, I have noticed that many children are unable to express themselves clearly or coherently, sometimes not even being able to string a complete sentence together. Responses to questions are often one-word...
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