Private schools lah. You get to chose which syllabus you want to follow.

My daughter goes to SJK, my son goes to private.

SJK is tough, after seeing how my daughter slogs through it, doubt my son can handle it. But anyway, private school is better run. As for language, he's taking 3 language subjects, English, Malay and Chinese. Quality of the teachers are different. Method of the teaching is different.

My son probably suffers from mild ADHD like many kids do..he will never be able to survive SJK. The way way I see it is, you can either kill your kid at SJK or learn nothing in SK. Private school is middle ground. Expensive option yes, but an option nonetheless.

This post has been edited by jaycee1: Mar 9 2023, 04:14 PM

Granted, there will be a risk of sibling jealousy. You just have to manage it. Right now, the sister is aware her brother is having difficulty at school and does try to help him with his schoolwork.

As for childhood ADHD, there is no specific test. Observations need to be performed long term on concentration, focus and material subject. It's quite common for children to have ADHD type symptoms as they grow up and the brain learns how to learn and cope with information. Most children will grow out of it. It can be very easily confused with clinical ADHD which is a mental illness. As such, only long term observation will be able to diagnose if the child has clinical ADHD. There are standard test for adult ADHD online, but take those with a grain of salt. Only a clinical psychologist and psychiatrist will be able to properly diagnose mental illness.

While I do have a degree in psychology (2nd degree) I'm not qualified for psychiatry and clinical psychology work.

For children it is important to identify issues early on and tackle them before it becomes habit. Placing the child in an environment that is not conducive to his/her symptoms will make it worst, which is why we decided on the private school route. SJK and SK won't work for him.

She was helping him when he was still in SRK.

Symptoms. Lack of concentration. Difficulty forming concepts, slow language uptake, irritability. These are just symptoms, not necessarily clinical ADHD...but they can also develop into more serious symptoms.

It's just that some people are just "wired" differently. Children sometimes will face these issues while they grow...very often they will grow out of it if early childhood educators recognize the problem and is able to use a different teaching method.