struggling--IS or local stream?

himching

Your case is similar to my daughter: shy but stubborn.
But I think in another way:
(1) Shy is natural for little child to protect herself from stranger. Good.
(2) Stubborn means 有主見,

I always take time to let my daughter change her mind by giving her reasons, as I know if she takes my opinion, she will do it better later on.  For little children, they learn so-called obedience from curiosity, not from schedule.

As a result, it is nothing to do with whether the school is IS or LS, but for IS, resaoning is always encouraged, so I choose IS for my daughters and so far so good.

It is my experience to share only.  Any disagreement? I don't care.:)

himching

You are welcome.  Please don't mind me asking a question: why it is your family member to tell you that you daughter is exceptionally stubborn instead of yourself. Suppose you know your daughter more than others.

At this time, the important thing is to pass the interview and get a seat for your lovely daughter, no matter it is IS or Local school.  Other worries like math / chinese bra bra bra.....are meaningless right now.  You have long time to worry about these academic issue.  Good Luck.

oooray

Consulting family members or friends will 90% conclude that local school is your best option.
(In fact 90% children [wild guess, no statistics supported] studying in local schools, there is no reason why parents sending their children to local schools but supporting you IS is a better option[even though it may be true)

Education is much much more than shaping the character of a child.
If you are still struggling to go to LS or IS when your daughter has already been studying in Boxhill (The question behind : why did you send your daughter to Boxhill?).
If you are not sure what you need from the education, I bet you better go to local school. I am confident that 90% of your friends and family member will agree your decision.

Last but not least, I think you need to do something at home to re-shape your daughter's character if you really feel it will be problematic.
Schools (LS or IS) have no responsibility to do this for you.
Good luck.

caa

Wrong post

shadeslayer

It does not matter what the child's character is, every child should be taught to follow basic rules, basic etiquette.  I do agree some children are more willing than others to follow rules.

shadeslayer

原帖由 epsonprinter 於 13-10-02 發表
My girl is now in Boxhill and I am struggling whether to let her go for IS or local stream.
She is  ...

Leniency is probably not the right word. While LS set up rules to ensure conformity, IS set up rules for practical and educational reasons while respecting children's individuality.

nintendo

shadeslayer 發表於 13-10-3 11:07
Leniency is probably not the right word. While LS set up rules to ensure conformity, IS set up rules ...

其實好多人聽 d 唔聽 d，估下估下。
國際學校都唔係冇王管，一上小學，學生都係要正正經經定定地上堂。
做家長，真係要教好小朋友要守規舉，唔好以為讀國際學校真乜都得。

shadeslayer

原帖由 nintendo 於 13-10-03 發表
其實好多人聽 d 唔聽 d，估下估下。
國際學校都唔係冇王管，一上小學，學生都係要正正經經定定地上堂。
做 ...

Yes, a very common misunderstanding among HK local school arents.

MrsGM

原帖由 epsonprinter 於 13-10-02 發表
My girl is now in Boxhill and I am struggling whether to let her go for IS or local stream.
She is  ...

Hi! My son is in Fotan branch at the moment and I have already applied WKS. All the best to your daughter! Hope they will be schoolmates too in WKS!

oooray

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Sorry for being directed. I saw your another thread that your daughter is just in Nursery level. It seems to early to conclude that she is stubborn or born to be hot-tempered. I still believe that it has to be corrected at home, not at the school.I do respect your friends and family members comment but every single child is individual. Parents must be the one who knows her mostly and knows which is the best for her.
I did attempt to explain the advantages of IS to my Mom. My reply is that no need to spend so much money in child's education, that's all.
Who's right? Who's wrong?

himching

係教育子女問題上, 父母必須有最終決定權, 當與老人家有衝突時, 我會選擇做不孝角色, 開始會同老人家關係惡劣, 尤其是同老人家同住, 只要仔女有改善, 老人家自然會尊重父母決定.

MrsGM

原帖由 epsonprinter 於 13-10-03 發表
I remember u ar! Indeed my girl is in koala A, and I remember your son is in the same class! I also  ...

My son is also Koala A!

Radiomama

From another view, she is strong in character.
Guide her patiently and choose a suitable school for her.
I chose IS because he could have a more enjoyable learning environment.

21Ckid

LS is the "mainstream" eduaction path for local chinese, and if you are in doubt and you don't know enough about the non-mainstream (mainly IS, where only 3% of locals attend) and need to rely too much on info in public forums (where at least this one is dominated by a few number of people with extreme loyalty to certain type of IS and certain type of parenting style or indeed social values), don't go for it. It is also easier (relatively) to switch from LS to IS than from IS to LS.