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Primary One–The daily schedule
When I taught the younger grades, we had a schedule, but it was fairly flexible. I was the only teacher for my class of 20 or so students and while they had to be at P.E./Art/Music and Recess at a … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Primary 1 registration, Singapore
Tagged expat bostonians, P1 Singapore, primary school
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P1 Culture Shock
Elanor began Primary 1 on Friday. I would love to talk about the experience thus far, but I don’t think that I should just yet because I’m suffering from serious Culture Shock. This has been a thoroughly unpleasant dive back … Continue reading
Gender and Work Assumptions (MOE form edition)
To go along with yesterday’s post about the problem of racially based assumptions, today we’re going to talk about gendered assumptions. I took these photos of the P1 registration form I filled out last week. Along with a zillion other … Continue reading
Posted in Culture Shock, Education, Primary 1 registration, Singapore
Tagged expat bostonians, sexism, sexism and work, Singapore
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Her mother tongue isn’t Tamil
***A quick note of explanation before I get into the post. English is the language of instruction in Singapore. However, all students must take a second language–called a Mother Tongue (henceforce I’ll refer to it as MT) language.*** I recently … Continue reading
Posted in Assimilation, Culture Shock, customs, Education, headdesk moments, Identity, Primary 1 registration, Singapore, Third Culture Kids, Uniquely Singapore, With Kids
Tagged biracial children, expat bostonians, gujarati, language learning, mandarin, mother tongue, race based assumptions, Tamil
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P1 Registration—It’s over. Someone get me a drink.
It’s over. She got in. Alcohol. Now. Please. At the advice of my friends K and P, I waited until the final day to register Elanor. This means I’ve spent the last few days monitoring numbers and feeling nervous, but … Continue reading
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Tagged enrolling a child in school in Singapore, p1 registration, primary 1 registration, Singapore Primary Schools, singapore public schools
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Registration Night Jitters
Singapore, what the fuck have you done to us? An update on the immunization drama on Tuesday—we have an email from the NIR saying that they have our data and that they are processing it, but it won’t be available … Continue reading
P1 registration schadenfreude
Screw informational posts. This week you get to bear witness to me losing my freaking mind. You may want to hit play before reading the rest of the entry Thus far in the P1 process I have been brought to … Continue reading
Phases of Registration for SG Public Schools (as applies to PR/Expat families)
I’m not going to lie. Registering your child for Primary 1 is a tricky needle to thread if you are Singaporean. For non-Singaporeans, the process is confusing and overwhelming in the extreme. There have been moments where the relatively straightforward … Continue reading
Expat Bostonians 