Down-grade St. Paul Coed after the briefing session

flostangraphy

don't you see?!
the "eager " is from parents, not from them.

原帖由 mattsmum 於 11/9/2009 14:31 發表
well, they start to have things like others- fees closed to IS, outward bound camp, oversea trip, lots of extra curricular course, etc. i once heard starting of term at late august.
why not having par ...

Gooddaddy

From passion to hatred.   I'm perplexed that parents who have been going to these briefing sessions for the past few years are now changing the way they feel about the school.  Whether you like it or not, the school is inundated with thousands of application every year.

mow-mow

(1) Why shouldn't the principal be proud of the huge amount of applicants? It is in fact an acknowledgement that her hard work is recognised & endorsed by the public.
(2) I don't understand what answer you expect the principal to give to those questions. To me, asking about the choice of IB & 334 at F4 when you are applying for P1 is ridiculous. It should be a question addressed to the secondary school principal when you are applying for F1. Besides, the IB programme isn't even up & running yet. How can they give you anything but a vague answer about something which will only be relevant to you in a decade's time! As for the primary school curriculum, the principal has always been up front about completing the 6 years primary curriculum in 5 years thus leaving the 6th year for preparation for secondary school. I wasn't there this year but she has said the same thing in the last 2 years. Telling parents that there is no exam in the 1st term is to ease the worries of most parents, letting them know that the school would allow for an adjustment period. Why should the principal try to 'trick' you anyway? There are enough applicants to fill the places 15 times over - she hardly needs to sweeten things up to encourage more applicants!
(3) True, the school is not suitable for everyone, but then no school can ever be. However, I dare say that most kids love the school & are happy, despite the hard work required. I have only heard of 1 or 2 dropouts before completing the entire 6 years and >90% go onto the secondary school. Contrary to what some people speculate, not everyone is rich, & a lot of kids don't need private tutors for academic work!

原帖由 liyinfai 於 09-9-10 21:43 發表
Thank you for your information.
I shared my feelings because (1) I really think that the Principals are too proud of so many application, (2) I doubt why they tried to avoid to answer the question fra ...

[ 本帖最後由 mow-mow 於 09-9-11 16:20 編輯 ]

monkeydad

Mow mow,

You have said the truth.

My child is not studying in this school but have known some kids studying there.  They are really smart and all-round even at their early age.  Heard from the parents, most of them do not need private tutors on school subjects but they have tutors /
coaches for other subjects / areas of interest beyond the school curriculum.  So, they are very busy.

The small number of dropouts represents that school has "accurately" picked up the kids who are fit for studying there - the minority of the huge number of applicants.

LittleKidult

路過!
我對spccps或者dgjs, spcspr等認識唔多, 而且我算係中下層人仕, 又我d仔己經讀緊中學(有個讀緊spcc), 但見到想講下想講既野姐!

其實每位家長都希望幫子女揾到間"完美學校", 但係有冇一間學校係完美既呢? 答案心中有數, 有家長覺得校長答得唔好, 所以間學校就唔會好, 有家會見地方殘舊就學校唔好, 有家長見到有學生拍拖(中學), 間學校就唔好, 有家長覺得多功課就唔好, 有家長覺得冇功課又唔好..... 每個人希望都唔同, 但都係想揾間家長覺得對佢子女黎講係好既學校, 所以覺得唔啱就揾過另一間囉, 就係咁簡單.
我相信名校(尤指小學)方面都希望揾d好既學生, 但係小朋友得5/6歲人仔點分好定唔好?有冇潛質? 家庭可以算係一個幾好指標, 有錢既自然可以有更多資源時間比小朋友. 呢樣野無可口非. 全職做媽咪對小朋友成績/成長有好大影響/幫助, 呢個係事實, 所以又可以做指標.

不過要提提想入讀spccps既家長, 並唔係入到就一定會有好成績, 小學情況唔知, 但去到spcc時, 有小部份小學直上既成績/品行都好差下, 今年S1都有幾個退學及留班! 汰弱留強, 所以都有收插班生. 但係整體大部份既直上學生既成績係好好.

daisy17772

原帖由 LittleKidult 於 09-9-11 17:41 發表
不過要提提想入讀spccps既家長, 並唔係入到就一定會有好成績, 小學情況唔知, 但去到spcc時, 有小部份小學直上既成績/品行都好差下, 今年S1都有幾個退學及留班! 汰弱留強, 所以都有收插班生. 但係整體大部份既直上學生既成績係好好.

In fact, a couple of 插班生 performing well above those promoted from its primary school.  That's the reality because these 插班生 often came first in their own school.

liyinfai

原帖由 mow-mow 於 09-9-11 16:17 發表
(1) Why shouldn't the principal be proud of the huge amount of applicants? It is in fact an acknowledgement that her hard work is recognised & endorsed by the public.
(2) I don't understand what answe ...

Hei, mow-mow:
Don,t be too hostile.
This is my own feelings and I want to share here

GIPW

路過 also.  

I would agree that the drive of excellence came from the parents and not from the school.  However this is also a good thing to have - you will develop a similar peer network ( but be sure that you can fit into this society).  The famous school attraction does not come from the principal or the teachers but from the parents and the students.  They are the people who will affect your life and also give you an environment to compete with the top.  

As for stress, I have friends whose elder child is with the famous school, say DGS and St. Paul Coed but their younger child is not with the same school.   Being a busy buddy, I will of course as the reason and the differences between the two child.  Both of them said they did not notice a major differences here.  In term of reading, they seems to read the same book but of course in term of exam, those from DGS or St Paul will be better.  One common comment is the elder child lost their happy childhood as compare with the latter one.

flostangraphy

for me a happy childhood is so valuable that it's really something we should treasure.
i wonder parents nowadays (me included, of cause) look so far in the future for their child, sometime forgotten the importance of Present.

原帖由 GIPW 於 11/9/2009 19:31 發表
路過 also.  

I would agree that the drive of excellence came from the parents and not from the school.  However this is also a good thing to have - you will develop a similar peer network ( but be su ...

hoeve

低學歷既媽咪,好多時都要做野?????????

原帖由 flostangraphy 於 09-9-11 10:37 發表
低學歷既媽咪,好多時都要做野ㄚ嗎...
咁佢問你有冇做野咁咪知你高唔高學歷lor....

lin624

不一定...
可能佢唔O野做搵唔到工...所以咪得閒囉

原帖由 hoeve 於 09-9-12 19:58 發表
低學歷既媽咪,好多時都要做野?????????

greendotdot

原帖由 flostangraphy 於 09-9-11 10:37 發表
低學歷既媽咪,好多時都要做野ㄚ嗎...
咁佢問你有冇做野咁咪知你高唔高學歷lor....
引用:

原帖由 tcbobo 於 10/9/2009 21:09 發表
佢點知全職媽媽高學歷呀? 報名表又無要人填學歷

呢個所謂「邏輯」幾有趣味喎！試吓分析：
低學歷既媽咪，好多時都要做嘢，咁高學歷既媽咪又唔駛做嘢，林鄭月娥、梁高美懿唔知點解仲要升職？
低學歷既媽咪，好多時都唔駛做嘢？因為無人請，或者好有錢。高學歷既媽咪又好多時都要做嘢？因為要養家，或者唔想放棄事業。
低學歷既爹哋，好多時都要做嘢，咁高學歷既爹哋又唔駛做嘢？唔係喎，又係要做嘢。咁係咪無爹哋會做所謂全職爹吔，又唔係喎！
高學歷或者低學歷的爹哋媽咪，都可以唔做嘢？因為攞綜緩，或者好有錢。
爹哋或媽咪唔駛做嘢 = 全職湊仔女？又唔一定，日日上深圳按摩或者打麻將都得播！

咁多犯駁的地方，點樣合乎邏輯？  所以我認為不成立。

daisy17772

原帖由 hoeve 於 09-9-12 19:58 發表
低學歷既媽咪,好多時都要做野?????????

低 or 高學歷既媽咪都好 , 如果揾到有「有米」hubby, 咪「可以」吾駛做囉!

其實低 or 高學歷既媽咪 , 都係講 1) 有無客觀條件去唔做 i.e financially supported 2) 願唔願意 give up the job

[ 本帖最後由 daisy17772 於 09-9-13 01:50 編輯 ]

mmmmm

原帖由 greendotdot 於 09-9-13 01:02 發表


呢個所謂「邏輯」幾有趣味喎！試吓分析：
低學歷既媽咪，好多時都要做嘢，咁高學歷既媽咪又唔駛做嘢，林鄭月娥、梁高美懿唔知點解仲要升職？
低學歷既媽咪，好多時都唔駛做嘢？因為無人請，或者好有錢。高學歷既媽咪又好多時都要做嘢 ...

flostangraphy

我都係特登咁講睇下你哋班返工班媽咪有乜反應ger.
唔駛當呢句係名人彥語咁認真.
大家輕鬆 d 講下笑啦!

Sumyeema1

very interesting debate.

flostangraphy

【明報專訊】小一自行分配學額階段今日展開，部分直資及私立小學已截止報名，今年部分地區直資名校申請人數及競爭學位比例猶勝傳統名校。油麻地保良局陳守仁小學收到逾3000份申請，較去年大幅增加近三成，校長楊永明直言是意料之外，相信因直資學校重視英文而獲家長支持。



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acer1

其實講咁多都無用，這間始終都係超級名校，人哋收你先算啦！你點唱衰都唔會少咗人報，其他家長點會咁蠢比人講幾句就唔報呢？

TomatoCat

True!

原帖由 acer1 於 09-9-28 00:39 發表
其實講咁多都無用，這間始終都係超級名校，人哋收你先算啦！你點唱衰都唔會少咗人報，其他家長點會咁蠢比人講幾句就唔報呢？

flostangraphy

唱衰?!?!!!

原帖由 acer1 於 28/9/2009 00:39 發表
其實講咁多都無用，這間始終都係超級名校，人哋收你先算啦！你點唱衰都唔會少咗人報，其他家長點會咁蠢比人講幾句就唔報呢？