LIM, Carmee (Mrs)
Education in Singapore (Part 1: English),
Accession Number 002590
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 16
Total Reels
- Ghalpanah Thangaraju
Interviewer
- 07:00:03
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 16
Metadata
- 9 Jan 2002
Recording Date
- 00:28:13
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
Born in Singapore, 1939. Parents came from Malaysia to Singapore. Father was teacher in Yangzheng Primary, Club Street. About Club Street. Family came to Singapore, 1946. Father taught English, music in Yangzheng. Had eight sisters. Childhood memories. Family very poor. Looked after younger sisters. Leisure activities. Celebration of festivals like Chinese New Year. Relationship with parents. Attended Yangzheng for few years before attending Stamford Primary School in 1949. Received $75 scholarship to attend Stamford Primary. School days in Yangzheng. Was first graduate in her family. Memories of Japanese Occupation. School days in Yangzheng, Stamford and Raffles Girls School (RGS).
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Reel/Disc 2 of 16
Metadata
- 9 Jan 2002
Recording Date
- 00:23:12
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
More on her school days at Yangzheng Primary. Yangzheng also had night classes. Some parents would send children to English schools in daytime and Chinese schools in evenings. Had no problems adjusting from Chinese medium environment at Yangzheng to English environment at Stamford Primary School. Enjoyed music and singing. Was in choir at Raffles Girls School (RGS). Most teachers at RGS were expatriate. Description of schooldays at RGS. Also enjoyed sports.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 16
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- 23 Jan 2002
Recording Date
- 00:23:26
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Lived in Yangzheng Primary School premises. Went to Stamford Primary School because British government wanted more people educated in English-medium schools. Relationship between teachers and students then. Prefects in Raffles Girls School (RGS) chosen by teachers. Anecdotes about school principal and Head of Physical Education Dorothy Low. Description of other teachers. Her other activities in Yangzheng, Stamford and RGS. Was involved in many sporting activities. Extra-curricular activities (ECAs) not compulsory then. Now because compulsory, students too hung up on ECA points. Views on taking ECA points into account for entrance to university or junior college. Inter-school competitions.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 16
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- 23 Jan 2002
Recording Date
- 00:17:41
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Her conversion to Christianity. Subjects she did in the three schools that she attended. Second language not offered as school subject. Teaching aids used in schools. Description of her teachers. Teachers who impressed her the most.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 16
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- 20 Feb 2002
Recording Date
- 00:28:08
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Got $75 scholarship when she attended Stamford Primary School. Sat for Junior Cambridge in Raffles Girls School (RGS), 1957. Subjects she took for 'O' Levels. Preparations for exams. Got Grade 1 for Junior Cambridge. Ambition to be teacher. Reasons for interest in teaching; eventual decision to become teacher. Gave tuition, taught in kindergarten at Outram whilst studying for 'A' Levels in Raffles Institution (RI). Was one of two girls in class of boys. Subjects she did in RI. Other activities she participated in. Other memories of RI. Her teaching scholarship to university. Started university in 1960. Description of university life.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 16
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- 20 Feb 2002
Recording Date
- 00:25:45
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Continued description of university life. First teaching post in Crescent Girls' Secondary School. Taught there from 1963 to 1968. Was first graduate teacher to teach science there. Given post of Senior Science Teacher. Joined Science Teachers Association of Singapore (STAS). Held position of Secretary; then became Chairperson of Association. Her teaching days at Crescent Girls. Wished she had mentor there. Special duties as Senior Science Teacher. Followed husband to United States of America in 1968. Later returned to teach in Raffles Girls School (RGS). Comparison between Crescent Girls and RGS.
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Reel/Disc 7 of 16
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- 10 Apr 2002
Recording Date
- 00:23:55
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Teaching staff in Crescent Girls' Secondary and Raffles Girls' (RGS) schools. Relationship amongst staff and between teachers and principal. Developing her style of teaching. Opinion of Special Assistance Plan (SAP) schools. Curriculum in RGS, especially with regards to moral education. RGS became Independent in 1993.
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Reel/Disc 8 of 16
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- 10 Apr 2002
Recording Date
- 00:24:19
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Difference between Government, Government-Aided and Independent schools. Textbooks when she was teacher. Curriculum Development Institute of Singapore (CDIS) textbooks. Preparations for major exams like 'O' Levels. Teaching aids. Ministry of Education (MOE)'s role in schools. Later became Senior Inspector of Schools. Job scope as School Inspector. Description of Raffles Girls' School (RGS) Board. Description of how extracurricular activities were matched with teachers. Left RGS as teacher in 1977. Comparison between RGS and Crescent Girls' Secondary School.
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Reel/Disc 9 of 16
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- 24 Apr 2002
Recording Date
- 00:27:30
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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How she came to be teacher in Raffles Girls School (RGS). Joined RGS in 1969 as teacher. Taught Maths and Chemistry there. Later asked to be Senior Assistant in school. Description of her position and responsibilities as Senior Assistant. Also in charge of gymnastics. Her working relationship with principal, Miss Norris. Comparison between students in RGS and Crescent Girls' School. Her teaching style in both these schools. Description of routine day while teaching in RGS. Many teachers non-graduate. Starting pay about $500.
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Reel/Disc 10 of 16
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- 24 Apr 2002
Recording Date
- 00:25:58
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Left Raffles Girls School (RGS) as teacher in 1977; became principal of new school, Woodsville Secondary. Drive by Ministry of Education (MOE) to make most schools co-ed then. Some mission schools like Fairfield Methodist and St Hilda's had to go co-ed. Description of Woodsville and facilities it had. Problems she had with staff at Woodsville. Also taught science to Normal stream students at school. Description of students at Woodsville. Memories of her days at Woodsville. Her responsibilities as principal.
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