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Ruby1219, Thanks for standing up for RC. That meant a lot. The majority of parents at RC would never come to BK to speak for themselves.
Those who have been at BK for long enough know that local parents will just not stop being mean when making comments about RC. RC has been a target for many parents since day one. And it seems that they still do not want to stop.
As a GENUINE RC parent that know the school well enough, I know better that although it is still too early to say that RC is a "very good school" (RC is only 2 years old), everyone (students, parents, teachers, principals, etc) is working hard towards that.
I have been a very "keen" mom. I went to the school almost everyday: dropping off and picking up children and doing volunteer work. I know a lot of teachers (both primary and secondary) well because I was always around at school. I even know the security men, the receptionists, the nurse, the librarians, the cafeteria people well. The teachers I know are all very good. Of course, they are not all the same. Some are extremely motherly and some are very stoney faced. But they are all "good teachers", they all have the heart for education. I have also dealt with Peter Kenny and Max Muller a couple of times because of a few trivial concerns (not trivial in my eyes at the times I raised them though). They dealt with my "concerns" with quick actions, including arranging for meetings at their offices ,etc.
I know quite a few RAPT (PTA) committee well. I know what they have been doing and am glad we have many parents that are willing to sacrifice their time for the school. They just need one more "professional" parent in their team: a PR, just to polish their "image" a little bit.
Back to the discussion... Are students really that BAD at English? And for those that claimed that RC kids are bad at English, have you witnessed what's going on in classes?
My children speaks English most of the times (they are CBC raised the USA). They speak some Cantonese. I speak mostly Cantonese to them as much as possible since they were born, although they would almost mostly talk to be in English. They do not speak much Mandarin initially, but now sometimes I suspect that they speak better Mandarin than Cantonese. Their best friends, whether chinese or non-chinese, are all English speaking. French, Malaysian, Korean, Swedish, Indian, African..... all speak English in classes and at school. Although they would probably speak more of their own home language with their parents. In this respect, I must say I am quite a loser in respect of teaching my kids Chinese. In any case, my children have no problem with communicating with their friends at school. They have never said that any of the other kids have poor English.
One more interesting thing. It seems that those who commented RC students have poor English are mostly purely local Chinese parents. Chinese parents returning from another country(like me) or non-chinese parents seldom complain about that.
destiny+, Since you know so much about those RC kids with poor English, do you mind telling me more about details of those kids. For examples, which years are they from, so that I can talk to the school about it and ask them to investigate into the problem. If there are really kids with poor English, I think the school should provide more help with those kids next year. Thanks. |
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發表於 08-7-4 14:18
