Last Minute Work 臨時抱佛腳

Last night was the last lesson for our P6 EM3 students. Evelyn and myself were desperately trying to get the kids to try out the mock exam paper and revise some basic mathematics concepts. More specifically, we were trying to cramp the basics up the brains of the twins at the last minute. I hope they can remember what we taught them. It’s their second attempt in the PSLE so we’re hoping that they can pick up some points in the simple, straight forward questions and scrape through this time round.

What is the area of a rectangle?……“Length x Breadth”
What about volume?……“Length x Breadth x Height”
Perimeter is?……“Add up all the sides.”
The angles in a triangle will always add up to……“180º”
What is an isosceles triangle?……“Two sides the same.”
What is an equilateral triangle? ‘Equi’ means……“Equal”

Sigh……we’ve done what we can. If they can’t make it, they can either choose to repeat P6 for a last time or apply to get into Northlight, the special school that’s been set up recently to meet the needs of the ‘not so bright’. Better for them to pick up some useful lifeskills rather than waste time learning formula that make no sense to them at all.

But I’m still keeping my fingers crossed. Hope at least one of them makes it to Sec 1. No U grade please. But then again, if only one makes it, the other one is definitely going to be upset……sigh! 心情好矛盾!