CIS vs ISF vs SIS

03baby

These Int'l schools have strong emphrasis on Putonghua. Which one do you prefer?

evatsoihk

CIS and SIS.

原帖由 03baby 於 08-12-30 22:56 發表
These Int'l schools have strong emphrasis on Putonghua. Which one do you prefer?

Pooh_Pooh

CIS & ISF
當中ISF的中文程度深好多.
所以我選後者.

sabun

Yes,I am agree.
The chinese standard of ISF are the highest  among
of them.

meipo28

CIS, without doubt.

kookie

edexp,


很同意 !  pls check pm .

原帖由 edexp 於 09-1-7 13:54 發表
如果 CIS, ISF 及 SIS 同時取錄, 跟本就無需多作考慮一定應選 CIS. 如果對 Singlish 沒有太大抗拒, SIS 與 ISF 之間, SIS 也比 ISF 更加 "Worth for Money"。

CIS & SIS有相當之歷史及 track-records, 其好處相信無 ...

hagrid

Very interesting discussion...

My son is in ESF K2 and I'd like to apply for P1 in CIS. Can anyone advise if it is really difficult to get into P1 if we don't fit in any of the priority categories (e.g. sibling, holder of CNR)? I read that there are only 88 places and they have to wait for kids to leave Reception to give space. Is that true? Any opinion would be appreciated!

elmostoney

想問下呢度嘅家長意見,其實我一早打定主意考cis和sis, 暫時比較偏向sis, 聽聞中文比較好, 二來cis學費好貴, 三來cis d人太有錢,有部份學生真係會有演野現象 (我個姪仔係cis讀, 舊年中學畢業. 佢小學時話有同學比左隻錶老師, 個老師竟然係課室到比小朋友傳來睇, 佢返來同父母講, 隻錶有5支火柴(rolex), 我聽完覺得校風有d問題).  中學我都仲係想轉返cis, 到時個小朋友比較有分析能力, 我諗會好d.  始終 cis 係國際上名氣大d, 將來出國升學有著數.  

我唔想d仔女讀到好似本地學校咁, 樣樣要跟書, 有model answer, 冇創意. 注重學術唔一定要小朋友死背死記, 我又驚sis係咁, 有冇人可以分享下?

elmostoney

其實我很同意, 入一間自稱中文強的is不代表中文一定好. 我小時在香港唸英文學校, 只中國語文, 社會和聖經是以中文教授, 但我的英文不算特別好. 唸中一時, 更只有中國歷史和中國語文兩科中文. 唸完中一我便出國唸書, 十年後才回來真正生根.  我少時很喜歡看書,為著保持自己的中文水平,還特意寫中文書信給朋友. 回港工作後, 發現很多在香港唸大學的同事, 他們的中文也不如我.  我不是要在此炫耀自己的中文, 其實我的水平也很普通, 只是很多土生土長的大學生更不濟.

所以大家要明白, 家庭的動力才是最重要, 不要以為學校會負責一切, 教育是由父母自己動手的.

gentlemanhk

Dear Edexp,

A well written & informative post!

"...當然每間學校都有優缺點, 但在 BK, 很多人只盲目追捧學校, 又往往不容許別人分柝個別學校之缺點, 一有人提出討論, 就被群毆之"  -  Totally in agreement with you.

When my friend was applying ISF for his girl, ISF "clarified" that they are NOT an international school. Probably they wanted to re-position themselves. Pretty confusing.

Another weakness of ISF to me is their emphasis on 70 mandarin / 30 english for the beginning years. I'm afraid that it would be pretty difficult for their kids to transfer to other IC due to their english level. So in case parents find themselves not happy with the school later on, they will be stuck.