my impression of the PN interviews in HK

tulipmama

I think education is not about education but about certification of education.

tulipmama

I know, but when you are surrounded by tigers, it's incredibly hard to be a kitten......

I'm trying hard to stay away but all the kindergartens are like that nowadays, I also feel quite fed up

tulipmama

It is a vicious cycle -> people interview many with many offers -> harder to get offers in any specific school -> to be safe you need to interview more schools because you don't want to fail your only interview.....

tulipmama

It's insane, I think the system is biased towards precocious toddlers, which is not healthy at all. Many smart people do develop more slowly at this stage......

tulipmama

I have only one child so I'm sending him to a happy school so he has some social life.

My approach to choosing is mainly based on observing him during interviews. See how the teachers interact with him, does he feel happy with the teachers there, does he feel happy with the environment.

tulipmama

其實我一㸃也不擔心，香港每年出生八九萬人，能入Ivy League/Oxbridge 的不過二三百人吧？而那二三百人不見得全部都是St Cat等出來吧？
人生發展很慢長，而且每一個BB發力㸃也不一樣，所以現在interview 只有平常心面對吧了