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囝囝會係10月11日 上午interview，咁到時有冇特別野需要帶埋去架？
另外請問有冇過來人可以分享一下interview需要注意的地方？

mamagohome

wa1wa!

you should also read the thread under "spccps vs dgjs" la!

picnic03

原文章由 pumbaa 於 07-10-29 13:03 硐表


http://www.haomama.com/hmm/contentHP.htm?content_id=a7b04f24-9e00-4a15-922a-cabe6a923a6e

There are tons of info. from the web. Here attached one of the link. However, you should "read between the l ...

I like the way the head mistress do ... open the door and let you watch the whole interview.

As for the time arrangement,  5 mins is really short.   Considered that a kid of 5 facing a complete stranger. He/she has to be able to settle down, present himself, answer questions with quick response.... etc. It's really hard. ( How long will it takes for an adult to feel ease talking with stranger). That, I think, largely depends on the personality of the kid.

So, if you kid is not admitted into school of your desire, don't blame your kid.  It does not mean you kid is  not smart, it's just that he does not posses the characters that attracts the interviewer at that time .

[ 本文章最後由 picnic03 於 07-10-30 22:23 編輯 ]

pumbaa

原文章由 Micky 於 07-10-29 11:44 硐表
短短10 mins. 會面, 可以了解到小孩子几多?

恕我愚昧, 可否告知 what the school / headmistress wants?

http://www.haomama.com/hmm/contentHP.htm?content_id=a7b04f24-9e00-4a15-922a-cabe6a923a6e

There are tons of info. from the web. Here attached one of the link. However, you should "read between the line". The student should be:
1) Polite
2) capable to express his idea (oracy)
3) Concentrate
.....

In fact, I should say most of the famous schools want to let the brilliant and smart kids in. Therefore, their requirements are more or less are the same.

You think 10min. is not enough. I strongly agree with you.
However, what the school should do?
8XX to 9XX applicants for 90 seats - If every applicants take 30 minutes, how many month it takes for interview...
A company recruit a staff also may take only 1 hour. For a 5 year-old kid, what do you expect? Please note that academic test is not allowed and the human resource of SPCPS is not really big due to it's small campus.

It's not fair but it's the reality.

Finally, I do think the interview of St. Paul Boys is not perfect and can be improved continously. But compare with others, it is OK and at least it's comparatively fair because only the headmistress makes the decision.

Micky

短短10 mins. 會面, 可以了解到小孩子几多?

恕我愚昧, 可否告知 what the school / headmistress wants?

原文章由 pumbaa 於 07-10-28 22:18 硐表
If you prepare it well, you should know what the school / headmistress wants. (You can easily find the interview of the headmistress telling the details of the interview).
Last year, I even downloaded ...

pumbaa

原文章由 Cartier 於 07-10-29 09:08 硐表


Do you really think so

Why not?
If you had the experience of 2nd interview with your kids of those mega school, you will know...

Compare with those schools, I do think SPCPS focus on the selection of student, NOT the parents. Of course, the school will consider the backup of the family. However, the focus is still on the student.

p.s. the portion of the application form is only very small, just parents names and occupations, no others

[ 本文章最後由 pumbaa 於 07-10-29 11:18 編輯 ]

Cartier

原文章由 pumbaa 於 07-10-28 22:18 硐表
.....I appreciate the interview is ONLY for the children as it focuses on the selection of the students, not the parents.

Do you really think so

pumbaa

If you prepare it well, you should know what the school / headmistress wants. (You can easily find the interview of the headmistress telling the details of the interview).
Last year, I even downloaded the video interview of the headmistress and showed to my son several time for better preparation...

I appreciate the interview is ONLY for the children as it focuses on the selection of the students, not the parents.

媽咪

#98 回覆 回覆 #97 picnic03 的文章 There's only 1 interview. The result should be known in mid-Nov.

BabyYuiYui,

其實大家都唔知校長收生標準, 又點知入學的result, 所以我都唔諗.

JLMCH

請問有沒有人知道int. 晒未???

BabyYuiYui

原文章由 hogwarts 於 07-10-27 13:46 硐表
[quote]原文章由 BabyYuiYui 於 07-10-26 22:47 硐表
always thought i am quite a easy-go easy come person but it appears that i did care so (or even t ...

Dear Hogwarts,

No doubt i'm in the category you describe. It simply takes a little bit of time to adjust the expectation game.  Thanks very much for your comforting words.  BabyYuiYui

hogwarts

There's only 1 interview. The result should be known in mid-Nov.

picnic03

Any one knows when will they announce for  2nd interview or acceptance ?

hogwarts

[quote]原文章由 BabyYuiYui 於 07-10-26 22:47 硐表
always thought i am quite a easy-go easy come person but it appears that i did care so (or even too much) about my son's schooling. Worst is that it may mainly due to my personal desire, "face" issue, and evidence that my son is superior.  I even start hating and blaming myself for all these. To be honest, i'm down, confuse, lost, and frustrated. Happy to hear your view.

Come on, Baby Yui Yui, you have to cheer up. Poor parents nowadays. I know a couple of mums who all have high hope on their sons. After a series of interview game, all seem to look tired and a bit lost. You have to believe in yourself and your son. Don't let the game torture you. Just let it be. It is afterall a matching game. Failure in it only means it's not a perfect match and there's nothing wrong with anyone one of us. Cheer up!!

BabyYuiYui

原文章由 Tatama123 於 07-10-26 09:47 硐表

Baby Yui Yui,
我仔都有in St Paul Boy, so far ok, 但我當時都好緊張,緊張過我仔,校長d 問題唔難, 但都問好多好長氣, 畀著係我畀人問咁多野,又要坐直,氣氛好嚴肅,我都驚, 我個仔答得好定,好有禮貌,我算滿意,即使fa ...

Dear Tatama123,

Definitely not Ramondi which, although is not a bad school overall speaking, but seems do not have any particular area of strength. Tought choice on the remaining two - St Paul Boy has a much better brand name but appears a bit old fashion and local whereas St. Stephen probably will provide a more international outlook (its horizon, language development) for the kid  but its reputation for its secondary school, as i understand, is not as good. Also location wise is another consideration.  There is also a scarity value for St. Paul Boys as it is more difficult to get in. To be honest, these two were not my target to start with but as my son did not perform well in St. Paul Co-edu and believably DBS as well, i've tuned down my expectation now. Actually, there is still another school i am long for PLK CKY whose interview is coming up next Sat.
I always thought i am quite a easy-go easy come person but it appears that i did care so (or even too much) about my son's schooling. Worst is that it may mainly due to my personal desire, "face" issue, and evidence that my son is superior.  I even start hating and blaming myself for all these. To be honest, i'm down, confuse, lost, and frustrated. Happy to hear your view.

BabyYuiYui

martse

原文章由 picnic03 於 07-10-26 13:20 硐表
After all these interviews, I feel very tired.
A lot of absent from work for the parents, absent from school for childs.
A lot of worries waiting for news.
A lot of excitment every time open the ma ...

身同感受:cry:
不過可能是因為在等候消息的楷段, 所以大家都有點莫名的感覺: 納悶, 心急, 難受, 奧悔甚至怒氣~是可以理解的o 當然, 若結果是令人滿意的話, 我相信到時你的答案會是正面的; 有時為所愛的人做的事, 都沒有可以衡量的方程式

martse

picnic03

After all these interviews, I feel very tired.
A lot of absent from work for the parents, absent from school for childs.
A lot of worries waiting for news.
A lot of excitment every time open the mail box.
... and frequently followed with lots of frustruation.

Does it worth it ?

BabyYuiYui

None of your case is worst than mine. My son was so nervous but still managed to answered all the questions (in addition to the typical name, school, there were questions about how tall is your building, had u ever seen firework, where and when ? What did you do on the National Day (he said hiking in the morning and seeing firework at night) ? How can you get to hiking ?). He was so tensed during the entire Q&A. He was then given clear instructions to talk over the difference between two pictures, one in the left and the other one in the right. Then, my son said :

" there was 2 windows in the castle in the picture on the right and there was 2 windows in the castle in the picture on the left" He then noted that he had read out the "2" wrong and at the same time, the headmistress pointed out both pictures had "2" windows ??   He couldn't help crying right after ....

Yet, the headmistress was so patient and told him to relax and no need to be so nervous; gave him a pcs of tissue, encourage him to "talk" her through another 2 differences which he could still manage to do clearly.

It was his first interview - too nervous. Over the weekend, he then attended Ramondi and St. Stephen - i guess doing OK. The 4th one was St Paul Co-edu and co-incidently he was being arranged in the same session as one of his classmates. After the interview, he told me that he was asked by the teachers in the game room to keep quite as he was reading together with his classmates (and laughing very loud). Later on the two were seperated and asked to sit and wait (can't read anymore), my son said he was very angry and pretended sleeping when he was waiting to see the headmistress.  

We will have DBS tommorrow and i don't know what will happen next ?

Have been so upset with all these surprises but feeling a lot better after annoucing this out now.