The most challenging aspect of being an adolescent (apart from identity crisis, puberty, and relationship struggles and many others), is the fact that one has to learn to take up responsibilities. This transition from being a child to becoming an adult is truly a struggle and can be daunting on most. No one overtly teach what responsibility
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“Once there, I shall so advance with the assistance I shall there get, that my present knowledge will appear to me but as childish ignorance.” says the protagonist in Jude the Obscure, by Thomas Hardy. Hardy tells us that what we know now, would turn out to be an incomplete fact in future, or we would discover
Free advice is something that a lot of us love giving each other. We tell ourselves that we know better and give suggestions to others, and others would do the same for us in return. However, how far are this advice even accurate? A lot of us do not have a complete understanding about study
Stepping out of one’s comfort zone is not the easiest of tasks, yet it is absolutely essential to see some progress. It takes resilience and tenacity to keep travelling in the path laid in front of us because there will be numerous hurdles along the way. Parents teach their children this concept and from time
There are the good study techniques, and the bad ones, and there isn’t anything in between. The problem kicks in when one isn’t sure what works for them, because one size doesn’t fit all. We’re not cut from the same cloth and hence expecting a fixed set of techniques to work on everyone is just impractical. Private
Adolescence is a difficult period of time in everyone’s life. This is mainly because there are a lot of confusions on matters like self-identity, sexual orientation, and so on. This is the time when we think about what we like and dislike, we try to figure out ourselves and we also make choices in matters
Singapore parents are constantly concerned about which school they should send their children to. Every parent wants the best possible education for their child. This is the reason why parents ensure that they pick the best preschool, primary school, secondary school, junior college and so on, to ensure that the best is offered. Parents know that they
In Singapore, The Early Childhood and Development Agency (ECDA) is a regulatory body which serves as the authority that monitors and brings about the necessary changes in everything that is related to educational programmes for pre-schoolers. The ECDA is an autonomous agency that is monitored by the Ministry of Education (MOE) and the Ministry of Social
In every child’s learning journey, there are many things that students might have to give up on, in order to learn effectively. Though most students like to call them as “sacrifices” that they have had to make to get good grades, the term “trade-offs” would be much more suitable. This is because, when we say
We often catch ourselves feeling inadequate and insecure about everything related to us. We become extra cautious with our words and actions, which often times makes us feel restricted on the inside. Tuition teachers and teachers in school are well aware of this feeling as they themselves have been students in their lives. They can empathise with their