RC收左我個女,唔知讀唔讀好,請比意見.

almom

mrose,
I do not see what your point is.
Your child is with HLYIS and I am glad you are happy.
I do not see why you cannot admit that OTHER SCHOOLS can also be good schools. On the other hand, I am sure there are unhappy parents or poor students in almost all schools.
You must have your reasons of choosing HLYIS. I am sure you have made the right choice. If you have decided to stick to HLYIS, good. I am happy for you.
Have a nice holiday.

almom

原文章由 豬爸爸 於 08-1-30 11:48 發表
報個時,諗住比個女試下,諗住機會好微,點知比個傻妹得左 .本來諗住照交留位費先,點知好貴,$12800 .我嘅考慮點/疑問如下:

1) $, 唔知佢以後d學費加得勁唔勁.如果年年都加,我都唔知頂唔頂得住.仲有,我須唔須要預$比佢讀課外活動呢?
2) 紀律問題.好驚佢學壞.
3) 中文程度:我知佢有普通話,但唔知佢書寫能力得唔得
4) 我還可以參加小一自行派位,私校,直資和大抽獎嗎?
5) 我仲有個細B,我當然希望兩個讀埋同一間,唔知家姐帶埋個妹入嘅機會高唔高呢?

Sorry. I should have attended to your queries first.

(1) It is really hard to tell. But let's presume that they would increase the fees every year according to inflation. Better be prepared right?
(2) I think this discipline issue has been raised before, not only about RC but international schools in general. There are obvious reasons why international schools have always been picked on unreasonably. If you really look around and read more from local newspapers, you would probably worry as much (if not more) if you put your kid in a local school.
(3) There are Chinese classes at RC. Children would not 唔識中文. There are parents that are very keen and they put in extra time with Chinese (eg. after school Chinese classes) and those children are usually quite OK. There are also parents that do not really care and those children are mostly not as good. The top ones, they are learning from text book one year behind local schools. For example, the Year 6s (equivalent to P5 in local schools) are using local school P4 Chinese textbook. But of course, their real Chinese level is hard to tell since they do not have much chance to use Chinese. So the Year 6s at RC, although they are using P4 Chinese textbook, they are probably not as good as local school P4 students. However, I do believe that if a child is to stay with RC from Year 1 to Year 9, he should have learnt enough Chinese for daily use.
(4) Yes. But the school would not assist you in attending to the government "lottery". So you need to make arrangements yourself. (I know that some other international schools do provide support to their parents in the government P1 allocation.)
(5) RC do not have the same sibling policy as other ESF schools written in black and white. However, I would think that the school would (and should) have exercised discretion in considering applications from siblings. Of course, the preliminary is still that the sibling has to meet the minimum language requirement.

almom

原文章由 Queenie601 於 08-2-1 23:04 發表
其實, 唔係好明點解有d家長對小朋友私下講廣東話會有抗拒. 試諗吓, 你同佢講嘅係廣東話, 但你又唔想佢講, 咁係咪好奇怪. 況且, 除非你諗住佢第日係外國讀書, 讀完後係外國做嘢. 同外國人結婚. 唔再返香港. 如果唔係, ...

This is a very interesting phenomenon.
I think the expectation of whether a child is willing (or able) to speak Cantonese is quite dependent on the family background.
The more "local" a family, the more English they are asking for from the school. The reason is that, they are basically depending mainly on the school to provide English environment to the child. At least, this is quite what I have noticed from different messages here at BK.
If the family is very "western", the parents usually prefer their children to learn and use a bit more Cantonese. In fact, if the family life is western, speaking more Cantonese at school should not have adverse effect to a child's English standard. This only mean learning one more language/dialect.
There are actually quite a lot of western/foreign born Chinese children at RC that cannot speak Cantonese/Putonghua. So it is in fact those parents that care more about Chinese. At RC, you can hear a lot of parents trying to speak in Cantonese/Putonghua to their children, but the children are replying in English.
I have lived in western countries for most of my life and hope my children are willing to speak more Cantonese. In fact, being able to speak fluent Cantonese does not mean that a person is not good at English.

almom

mrose,

I did not understand your purpose of sending me a PM. I think there is nothing between you and me that cannot be shared publicly here.

You are welcome to share your views. However, you comments on RC were definitely not "經驗分享" as you described in your PM since you have no kids with RC.

In any case, please do not PM me anymore.

[ 本文章最後由 almom 於 08-2-18 12:12 編輯 ]

almom

It is always interesting to see people providing information sbout schools.
Let me tell you, who is/are so determined to tell the world "facts" about RC, the truth.
Babykingdom is not as well-known as you presumed. It is obviously not a place where most international schools parents would visit.
In any case, you are more than welcome to post more of your views. Your messages are really entertaining, and I think many people really "enjoy" reading your messages.
Keep it up!

[ 本文章最後由 almom 於 08-3-3 11:01 編輯 ]