Anyone heard of Saint francis methodist school?
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Is it good to study there? How is the environment like? How are the teachers like?
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i think its dam ex.
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i havent heard it before, only saw the names before, in sgforums....chit chat.
ok serious, the school is at upper bukit timah, beside the salvation army. Quite a new but note that it is a private school. -
Had a couple of friends from that school many years back. Girls very chio.
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i know father francis from sister act!
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I'm a St. Francis alumni... Basically it's an expensive school. Before the school moved, the discipline was rather lax - you can play truant way too easily. But after the move, the school got security guards for that purpose. No kidding. You're going to have to think out a good plan in order to fool those security guards if you wanna play truant... But that's actually good. Why pay so much to go there only to play truant?
Teachers in St. Francis is just like any typical school - boring and dry. But that's my personal opinion so you can choose to ignore this.
However, the classroom discipline was pretty doubtful... basically you can sleep in the class and the teacher's not really going to say anything about it so it's going to cause a lack of motivation and inspiration and that's where you will have to look to buck up personally.
The timetable is all right - you'd have to make frequent change of classrooms due to different subjects so it's entirely different from primary and secondary school where you get to stay in your own classroom most of the times.
Anyway, what I've said, was in my days. I left the school a couple of years so there could already have been improvements...
One last note, I paid around $5000 for a single year there. Or rather, my dad paid. It might not be you who's going to pay but let's be reminded that unless you are filthy rich, $5000 isn't a small sum of money. If you are going to St. Francis, you'd better wise up and study hard because it can be easy to get lazy there. -
Stereotyping, the school is for hopeless kids with rich parents.
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I dont think people there are hopeless...but rich parents yes.Originally posted by davidche:Stereotyping, the school is for hopeless kids with rich parents. -
my friend was from that school. full of students from china.
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5k a year for wad level of education?
i pay 6K a year...for uni education
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It is a private school for O level.. correct me if i wrong..
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Rich? Not necessary so.Originally posted by Xcert:I dont think people there are hopeless...but rich parents yes. -
private school, rather expensive. nothing more. nice uniform.
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OK I rephrase....at least well-to-do.Originally posted by Slipshade:Rich? Not necessary so. 
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oh pls, same for ACS BarkerOriginally posted by davidche:Stereotyping, the school is for hopeless kids with rich parents. -
very long time ago they do have classes till A levels...now I not sure.Originally posted by Urroh:It is a private school for O level.. correct me if i wrong.. -
too ex already -
Originally posted by laurence82:oh pls, same for ACS Barker
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oh pls, i also come from a sch with hopeless kids with rich parentsOriginally posted by gLc: -
Originally posted by laurence82:oh pls, i also come from a sch with hopeless kids with rich parents
aiya, actually, its not really true that barker has rich parents, yes some are really damn rich. But in general, no lah..
Got poor families like mine to spoil market. -
dont worrie, i same as uOriginally posted by gLc:
aiya, actually, its not really true that barker has rich parents, yes some are really damn rich. But in general, no lah..
Got poor families like mine to spoil market. -
no ACS baker are elite bakers.Originally posted by laurence82:oh pls, same for ACS Barker -
I sure don't mind rich parents
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but they are not your parents.Originally posted by jianfish9:I sure don't mind rich parents -
i was in SFMS from 2006, the school allows you to do up till Alevels and also offers other options like Austmat(for entry into Aust unis and certain local ones) and a dip higher than our polys offer which is the higher national dip, before going there i was from ACSBR, i must say i enjoyed my time at SFMS better than at ACS cause one thing if u hang with the right ppl, the place would be a hell much more friendlier and fun, teachers i feel, most of them are better than govt schs cause they care for the students, some of the teachers are like that but of course there are some others who are like govt sch and are like a bitch. but to me, Saint francis really opened me up and made my life much more brighter, but this depends to a person.
for a local like me, my Olevel year cost $9k the fees went up i guess... hope this helps alittle at least.