How many of us have dreaded the day of the results? Well, no matter how good (or bad) we were, there would have been at least one instance in each of our lives when we waited with bated breath for the results – sometimes in anticipation of the failure otherwise with the fear of not getting what we expect.
Category: Exams
To err is human… How to overcome crummy results?
Failure is a part of life just as much as success is, isn’t it? All of us have heard this dictum in some form or the other. Yet at the end of the day when failure strikes, a good number of us are left completely devastated and unable to get past it.
My child is upset about his results. What should I do?
Now, this might sound a bit silly to some people, but the first step is to gauge the mood that your child is in. If I were to tell you that some parents might not even realise it when their child is upset about things, would you believe me? This can happen. So, as parents your first step is to ensure that you spend time with your kids especially after the exams so that you can get a good idea about their frame of mind.
Eeks! PSLE Math is tomorrow – Help me not to be careless!
Do you think that there is a relationship between fear and performance? More often than not the fear of failure makes us underperform. The fear of math is one of the main reasons for our clumsiness. The more we are able to keep a calm mind, the better we shall be able to perform
3 more days to PSLE! How to optimise last minute revision?
Make your kid look at the list of the important topics which are part of the syllabus. Make him read out each topic and map in his mind everything that he studied about it. Make him narrate it to you. This exercise of recollection can help him access the information more easily when he is in the exam hall and is less time consuming as well.
PSLE starts next week! How do we read more carefully?
Reading is a vital aspect of one’s success and development. You need to invest a bit of effort into making sure that your child learns how to read well. The points we have discussed are a good start for this. So, go on and discover the great wonders that careful reading can bring you, and ACE your exams at the same time! All the best!
It’s all a memory game! How to get your kids to remember what they’ve learnt?
The human brain has its own limitations and you just cannot feed every single bit of information into it for eternity. But that doesn’t mean that we can’t try our level best to store as much as we can. Is there something that we can do for this?
How to prepare well for the final year examinations?
A lot of us might be reminded about our exam time struggles when we help our kids with studies for their final year exams. There is bound be a lot of tension and at times even frustration during the process. But effective management of the situation is needed. As a parent, this is the time when you can step in and ease things up for your little ones.
The countdown starts NOW – How to rev up your preparations?
PSLE is around the corner. If your kid is appearing for the PSLE this year then in all likelihood you would have been putting in a great amount of effort along with him/her for quite some time now. So, how’s the mood in your house right now?
Exam Smart Tip #8 – Taking Stress out of Tests
Stress is something that emerges as a constant companion to tests. It can wreak havoc on your preparation. The question on the anxious lips of many parents is, “how do we beat the stress?” This is not a new question. Well ever since we defined what stress was, we humans have always put our hearts and souls into finding means to handle it effectively.
