傳統名校vs國際學校

Ryanpama

學校只是學生生活的一部份，另外一半是家中的影響，我也見過有些IS的香港學生每天放學後安排上不同的興趣/學習班，有些還有港孩的特質；所以不管是IS還是LS,父母也會影響到孩子的性格成長。

sschiu

我覺得無論是在傳統名校或在最好的IS，同樣有dumb和bright的學生。同樣道理，bright的學生不管是讀傳統名校或是IS都會有好成績。要怎樣選擇好大關鍵是家長的期望，傳統學校就是教得深又專，IS就學得廣，要求all rounded，要博學，多exposure，其實各有各好處，睇家長buy哪一套。要深又專的代價就是功課、考試，補習；要all rounded就可能會覺得孩子學得不夠深，或者「都唔知佢學咗啲咩」！

另外，我也留意到一些傳統學校都有參考IS的教學方法，多了做project、presentation，出外參觀、交流等，也有很多有盡量減低學生壓力的措施，所以我覺得家長最好自己做research，親身了解學校目標的學校。

foolish.mom

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The IS graduates 10 years ago may not be of the same calibre as those graduated recently or as those who are still studying. More and more middle class parents opt for IS. Thus good IS are more selective now, and get students with best calibre.
If money is not a concern, I would persuade all parents to opt for IS. I am not sure among top IS students and top students of SPCC/DGS/DBS, who would perform better in all aspects. But I am quite sure that they are of similar levels.  Thus, while the best products from IS are similar with best products of top elite local schools, why we should put undue pressure on the students, and on the parents.

Do you think it is meaningful to do the following:

Drill for "There is" or "There are" types of questions 50 times
Work on 50 questions of "2 digits times 2 digits" type of math problems every day
Memorize all the facts for GS exams so as to get highest mark possible, so that the child can get 1st in class

In fact, without those meaningless homework and pressure, the students can use the time to read more books to enhance the reading level and writing level, work on the mathematics problems that are more interesting and challenging, read more books for knowledge acquisition (without the need to memorize anything), all at the own pace and level and interest of the students.  These are what IS students are doing from lower primary.

I know quite some "top students" from IS in my social circle. Except excellence in academic, almost all have passion and achievement in at least one extra-curricular activity. They all went through their primary and secondary schools with their own passion. (Nevertheless, academic pressure came in at the final 2-3 years of high schools)

Moonlight819

原帖由 foolish.mom 於 15-06-28 發表
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The IS graduates 10 years ago may not be of the same calibre as those graduated rec ...

Good points!

Artie

shadeslayer 發表於 15-6-28 16:17
Year 7 is only 11 years old and there is still opportunities to develop his/her character, unless th ...

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foolish.mom

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To supplement, among my son's classmates in IS, regardless of whether they are performing well academically, more than 90% are physically fit and playing sports with passion, more than 30% are still playing music without pressure from their parents, all are extremely presentable at interviews and at daily conversation.
What else do you want for a young man/woman?

aspirant99

Thanks for your sharing! May I know which IS is your son currently with?

aspirant99

Thanks a lot for your insights and sharing? How do you think ISF? Actually I am comparing it with SPK in this post.
Thanks!

shadeslayer

原帖由 foolish.mom 於 15-06-28 發表
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The IS graduates 10 years ago may not be of the same calibre as those graduated rec ...

True.

At the risk of over generalization, the difference is motivation.  Local elite school students are normally driven by competition and winning. IS students are typical driven by their own passion.

The desire to win may give you better end results than passion does for a given student.

foolish.mom

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IS students also like to win, but not just about marks and grades. They want to be the best too. They strive to excel in their chosen area or areas. I agree that they may ignore the subjects that they don't have interest, and without any academic pressure, the grades may be horrible. At upper secondary, the students themselves, parents and the peers will push them to their limits.

Ryanpama

學生不是被motivated, 只是被父母迫，我身邊有個過案，在所謂的名校讀中小學，第一批DSE畢業，入了HKU. 但他在考完DSE之後説過一段話 - 我很討厭我媽咪，她一直迫我讀書，我不會原諒她的。 這樣真的好嗎？

sh00

This is one of the most interesting and rewarding thread I came across in this forum. Thanks all for sharing your views and experiences!

Ryanpama

ISF是香港的私立學校但用IB課程教學。

aspirant99

原帖由 Ryanpama 於 15-06-28 發表
ISF是香港的私立學校但用IB課程教學。

Yes, in my understanding, their operation is very similar to IS.

ANChan59

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I would like to know what he says after university graduation ?  
May be totally different ... .

rakui

原帖由 aspirant99 於 15-06-28 發表
Thanks a lot for your insights and sharing? How do you think ISF? Actually I am comparing it with SP ...

If you are comparing ISF vs SPK, personally I would choose SPK because I knew real cases transferring from local schools to ISF, but not the other way round.

poonseelai

原帖由 aspirant99 於 15-06-28 發表
Thanks a lot for your insights and sharing? How do you think ISF? Actually I am comparing it with SP ...

lSF小學校本課程，中學是MYP加DP，由於是私立學校而不是國際學校，要70％是本地學生，何謂本地學生就要看學校定義，近年知道它功課也不少，在EK討論區有頗多討論，自己search 一下

Ryanpama

兩間學校我都有朋友的子女在讀，過人意見，SPK可上SP Covent 比較好；如果是ISF不如在K1報國際學校

chansiub

相信未必。他說這番話時是個成人了。他媽媽應該是頗恐怖的。我估他會覺得媽媽不過分迫他，他也可進HKU的。