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本帖最後由 jolalee 於 15-2-17 07:46 編輯
回覆 Woojba 的帖子
Maybe I shouldn't have used the term AP up there (see how ignorant I am of the the American system?) I am talking about the primary and lower secondary program (PYP-MYP for IB and whatever you call it in the States; for ease of explanation we just call it the American curriculum). IB is a program quite different from when we used to go to primary and secondary school back home (that'd be in the Canadian curriculum for me since upper primary school). However even in primary and junior high we were used to doing group projects, but yes by senior high school it becomes more talk and chalk.
When I first visited CDNIS I fell in love because it felt like home. I'm familiar with the classroom setting, I know about OSSD (CDNIS is double diploma: IB + OSSD, the only school in HK that have this; makes applying to Cdn Uni much easier). It made CDNIS becoming my top priority because I felt I can relate to my boy. However, my husband took a look at the graduates details on the wall and he was not happy with where they were going. Not much professional degrees for those who went to top universities, he said. Anyhow he is happy with CDNIS when put together with the other options we had last year (ICS, ESF & IMS, due to various reasons including location, Chinese program and being a through-train school) That's why I was a bit surprised when he wanted me to decline the HKIS interview, since if Universiry placement is important to him then we should at least take a look at the school (CDNIS is the only school that I booked a tour to visit with him).
Anyhow, from various comments I got from around, I should be choosing primary school at this moment, and CDNIS primary is supposed to be pretty good. If the boy do well, then he can try for other schools if he and daddy wants to for secondary. I'm quite happy with a well rounded boy all the way to high school graduation at CDNIS.
I just received more info re the video games from a parent whose son transferred from CDNIS to HKIS (gaming is one of my big concern as I know my boy would love it if I let him touch it, which I won't, at least not now as he's only 4). Apparently HKIS bans video games in secondary school whereas CDNIS doesn't. I should go take a look at the CDNIS hallways and see if this issue is really that bad at CDNIS as she claimed (it's true though that I saw a high school student play video game at the back of a music class during our school visit). Anyhow this is not a determining factor when choosing school, but tidbits can fill in the details of a whole picture. Just thought this is an interesting piece of info to share :) (and verify)
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