100% effort or 80% effort?

bk2005

When you kids prepare for dictation/test/exam, do you request them to make 100% effort to get high marks, say 90-100 marks. However, if you just request them to make 80% effort, your kids may also get 80 marks. It may save up to 50% of time. The saved time can be used in extra-curriculum activities/reading/family day. Your advice please.

eddie503

I request 100 effort to do the best, but I expect he can get 70% out of total. Better than fail!!

Chole

I prefer my kid got some time for extra-curricular activities (those that she loves and not considered pressure).  In addition, I don't want to harm the relationship by pushing her too much.  Anyway, marks (and correct spelling etc) are not very important in one's life.

And, most important of all, I am lazy ma!

kuyt

Kids must be taught to try the best to achieve disregard the outcome. Otherwise, they(everyone) have the inertia to be lazy. I believe no contradiction between paying 100% effort and energy saving. It is living attitude and principle especially in acquiring knowledge during the learning process.

I never tell my kid to get 100marks or 90 or higher marks. I just want to be sure my daughter get familiar to the words they have to know and without asking the result or requesting she must not made any mistakes. It is non-realistic and impossible in the real world for everyone. Just reminding her to be careful when she attended the exam/dictation/test, etc.

andrew

I prefer 80% effort, like my child, he always get 85-95% correct in dictation, he got such result by just read the contents at breakfast and then in train, I think if he want to get 100%, he may need to spend several hours.

lillymarie

根據20/80定律:
教孩子用20%的時間去取得80分

AgnesTM

小學階段，千祈唔好發盡力。
最多用 70-80 % 功力就好。
真係叻仔的，都可以名列前茅。

如果小學，就要讀到天昏地暗，先有 90-100 分，
上到中學大學點頂？

小學生，係要有時間玩，要有 free play time ，做自己想做的事。

ssspwong

My son is an easy-going child, sometimes quite careless. He may just glance the dictation content once or twice and get 85-95%. But it is difficult for him to get 100%. The marginal cost for 100 is too high -- It would be hours of pushing and murmuring...

So, although I wish he could get very high marks, I perfer him enjoying his childhood to struggling for a higher position in class.
:wink:

AgnesTM

你都幾無聊。

個個講 d 唔岩你聽，都話係同一個人。

stjoboldboy 寫道:
Tigerprawn,

做密改左個名做 AgnesTM呀! 舊名好聽D wor!