地區直資名校 報讀大增三成

S.Potato

【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。
子女明年適齡入讀小一的家長，可於今日起至下周五（10月2日）向一間心儀官立或津貼小學報名。不少家長已先為子女申請入讀直資或私立小學，保良局陳守仁小學共收到3080份申請，去年始轉為直資學校的深水英華小學亦收到2200多份申請，較去年增加兩成（其他直資、私立小學申請情部分見表）。
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保良局陳守仁小學校長楊永明稱，學校約兩成為外籍學生，良好英語學習環境最能吸引家長。他稱，所有申請學生均獲首輪面試機會，過往約四分一學生可進入第二輪面試，但由於今年申請學生眾多，學校需視乎人手，或將「次輪面試線」減少至五分之一，面試人數需視乎學生質素。英華小學校長林浣心則相信，家長認同學校辦學理念、有口碑是申請大增的原因。
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flostangraphy

thanks principal!!

principal

Our honourable e-Professor,

Aiya!!   Although I expected this to happen soon, I am really surprised to see that it happened on you that fast!!  

For the sake of your family in the long run, I highly recommend you to choose another more entertaining song on Youtube and post it here again.  

As an old Chinese saying puts it, “ 出師未捷身先死”!!
Never do that.
We all like you!! 

原帖由 flostangraphy 於 09-9-29 12:50 發表

Yes, we can... Yes, we can....Yes, we can ......Yes, we can.... Yes, we can...Yes, we can

it's already happened...

flostangraphy

Yes, we can... Yes, we can....Yes, we can ......Yes, we can.... Yes, we can...Yes, we can

it's already happened...

principal

Our honourable e-Professor,

1) May I slightly modify George Bernard Shaw's quote as below??  

Some men see things as they are and say, "Why?" 
I dream of things that never were and say,
"Why not?"


WHY I want to apply for TSL for my son?
Worst-come-to-worst, in case my son will not be admitted, should I try to “knock-door”?   ‘Why not?”

Declaration : The above scenario is purely fictional.  

2) Honestly speaking, the song you posted below is very boring.   
Instead of soothing your anxiety/stress, I am afraid that you may end up with another illness before the second interview if you listen to it everyday!! 

The slogan “Yes, we can” appears at least 100 times in that 4.5-minute video clip.
If you watch this video once a day, you may mumble “Yes, we can” many times during your work and the colleagues sitting next to you may wonder what’s wrong with you.
When you always mumble “Yes, we can” as a habit, you may still say such words when you dream in the middle of the night or when you “sleep-walk”!!  

原帖由 flostangraphy 於 09-9-29 09:33 發表

thanks a lot principal, heidikl and angelprincess!!
as the matter of fact, you are all right! the song "let it be" may be a passive way to see things...
as i always agree with George Bernard Shaw's  ...

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flostangraphy

原帖由 angelprincess 於 29/9/2009 09:55 發表
The name of the song is 'Yes, we can'.  I think it should be "YES, YOU CAN'.  most suitable for you.

angelprincess

The name of the song is 'Yes, we can'.  I think it should be "YES, YOU CAN'.  most suitable for you.

原帖由 flostangraphy 於 09-9-29 09:33 發表
thanks a lot principal, heidikl and angelprincess!!
as the matter of fact, you are all right! the song "let it be" may be a passive way to see things...
as i always agree with George Bernard Shaw's  ...

flostangraphy

thanks a lot principal, heidikl and angelprincess!!
as the matter of fact, you are all right! the song "let it be" may be a passive way to see things...
as i always agree with George Bernard Shaw's quote:
Some men see things as they are and say, "Why?" I dream of things that never were and say, "Why not?"
i think it's time we sing this song everyday and pass to to the positive and active way until we finish all the interviews!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcx-mYY

原帖由 principal 於 28/9/2009 19:01 發表
heidikl,

You are really great!!  
You have saved our honourable e-Professor’s precious life by revealing the “top secret”!! 

As our honourable e-Professor is such a  ...

principal

heidikl,

You are really great!!  
You have saved our honourable e-Professor’s precious life by revealing the “top secret”!! 

As our honourable e-Professor is such a persevering gentleman with very strong will, I guess his son can be very relaxed in the upcoming interviews.  

You have just provided him with a “sure-win” solution!!  


Our honourable e-Professor,

You see, the issue of your high blood pressure is totally resolved now after reading heidikl's post.
 

It does not matter to you whether the number of applicants is 3,000 or 4,000 or 5,000!!     

No need to listen to the song “Let It Be” any more as this song is not so meaningful to you now.
Forget about my suggestion!!  

原帖由 heidikl 於 09-9-28 18:27 發表

Flostangraphy,
Take it easy too. My son's kindergarten classmate failed in the 1st stage and the 2nd stage. But with his mum perseverance, he eventually got in TSL.
So my belief is that as long as you ...

[ 本帖最後由 principal 於 09-9-28 19:09 編輯 ]

principal

angelprincess,

Sorry!    I misread your post earlier today and thought you were playing at the Ocean Park and used a netbook to read/reply our posts!!  
We call it “Monday (morning) Syndrome” as normally our brains do not work very well on Monday, especially in the morning!!

Besides being the Marketing Director of TSL, I suspect our honourable e-Professor is also working part-time as the Marketing Director of the Ocean Park now by reminding us subtly of the Halloween programmes there one month later!!  

Don’t worry about the S1 allocation!!   
We should have great faith in our children’s abilities.  
  

If time permits, please share more with us as we need more input from parents of senior grades.
Most parents of junior grades would like to seek for good advice from parents of senior grades all the time!!  

原帖由 angelprincess 於 09-9-28 16:03 發表

Dear our e-Principal,

Ha ha! You still remember me!  Quite happy about that.  Yes!  I'm back.  A bit busy before, so cannot deliver harangue  in the forum, just have a look sometimes.

Yes, yo ...

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heidikl

Flostangraphy,
Take it easy too. My son's kindergarten classmate failed in the 1st stage and the 2nd stage. But with his mum perseverance, he eventually got in TSL.
So my belief is that as long as you have the will, you and your son can make it.

原帖由 flostangraphy 於 09-9-28 17:20 發表
you know, i have been to other school threads of this ek, and parents of TSL are the far the most active ones compare to all the others i have visited!!!
and i'm sure this is a good and right  ...

flostangraphy

you know, i have been to other school threads of this ek, and parents of TSL are the far the most active ones compare to all the others i have visited!!!
and i'm sure this is a good and right school for our sons as well!
thanks again for all your supporting!!!
so touching!!!

原帖由 angelprincess 於 28/9/2009 16:03 發表
Dear our e-Principal,

Ha ha! You still remember me!  Quite happy about that.  Yes!  I'm back.  A bit busy before, so cannot deliver harangue  in the forum, just have a look sometimes.

Yes, yo ...

angelprincess

Dear our e-Principal,

Ha ha! You still remember me!  Quite happy about that.  Yes!  I'm back.  A bit busy before, so cannot deliver harangue  in the forum, just have a look sometimes.

Yes, you have very good memory, my princess is P5 this year.  Very worry about that, my princess is not so good in her learning ability.  Therefore, her exam results is not as good as other classmates.   But I'll try my best to help her, I only want her to enter a secondary school with good 校風, haven't expect a Band1 school.

I need to work today (but I'm slacking now) .  You can found that the facial expressions of the cute pictures in our e-Professor's harangue is something like ghosts, just like we're in Ocean Park.  He's very nervous, so we need to support him.  Right?  

I do really want his son to join our big family.  Because I like TSL very much, it's a very nice school, my daughter loves to learn in this school very much too.  She has change a lot in these few years,  all are good changes.  I'm very proud of my daughter being a Camoesian.  

原帖由 principal 於 09-9-28 14:41 發表
angelprincess,

Haven't seen you on E.K. for quite some time.
How have you been lately?

Do you mean you are on leave today and spending your holiday at the Ocean Park now??
Very bad weather today!!

...

principal

angelprincess,

Haven't seen you on E.K. for quite some time.
How have you been lately?

Do you mean you are on leave today and spending your holiday at the Ocean Park now??
Very bad weather today!!

If I am not mistaken, you will also go to the "battlefield" in the next 2 years, just like Bluestar and TINGMUM.  

It's really good to have a day off to relieve from stressful life sometimes.

原帖由 angelprincess 於 09-9-28 13:42 發表

Flostangraphy,

Don't be so nervous.  All are terrible pictures.  Just like we are in Ocean Park now.  

angelprincess

Flostangraphy,

Don't be so nervous.  All are terrible pictures.  Just like we are in Ocean Park now.  

原帖由 flostangraphy 於 09-9-28 12:55 發表
壓力主要通過神經內分泌系統和免疫系統影響健康，面對威脅或壓力時，大腦會指示生理系統作出反應。交感神經系統會分泌「腎上腺素」（Adrenaline）和「去甲腎上腺素」（Noradrenaline），短期內會增加血壓、心跳率、流汗及令周邊血 ...

principal

Our honourable e-Professor,

High blood pressure would probably kill.
Please be extremly careful about it.
Don’t do anything silly!!  
You need to make sure that you will be in the best body condition in the next few weeks in order to face the challenge with your son.

As you already know the risk, I would highly recommend you to listen to the famous oldies “Let It Be” 4 times a day (just like taking medicine) in order to maintain your blood pressure at the optimal level at least in the next few weeks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9SgDoypXcI

Besides saving your medical expenses, listening to the oldies music is also a very effective way to soothe your anxiety/stress in the long run.  

Food for thought!!

I hope you will take my advice again.  

原帖由 flostangraphy 於 09-9-28 12:55 發表
壓力主要通過神經內分泌系統和免疫系統影響健康，面對威脅或壓力時，大腦會指示生理系統作出反應。交感神經系統會分泌「腎上腺素」（Adrenaline）和「去甲腎上腺素」（Noradrenaline），短期內會增加血壓、心跳率、流汗及令周邊血 ...

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flostangraphy

壓力主要通過神經內分泌系統和免疫系統影響健康，面對威脅或壓力時，大腦會指示生理系統作出反應。交感神經系統會分泌「腎上腺素」（Adrenaline）和「去甲腎上腺素」（Noradrenaline），短期內會增加血壓、心跳率、流汗及令周邊血管收窄，提高身體應付挑戰的能力。若長期持續分泌，此兩種物質可抑制免疫細胞的功能、增加血壓、心跳率及引發心律不齊，甚至動脈硬化。

flostangraphy

hi angelprincess!!
longtime from the last time! good to see you here again!
thanks for the support.
for the moment, i take all the pressure of my wife and my son. so i'm the only one who stress at home actually....

原帖由 angelprincess 於 28/9/2009 12:27 發表
Hi, Flostangraphy,

Take it easy.  I'll pray for you and your prince.  Don't worry!  Be happy!   Don't give any pressure to your son.

flostangraphy

thanks s.potato!!

原帖由 S.Potato 於 28/9/2009 08:08 發表
Take it easy! Take it easy!

angelprincess

Hi, Flostangraphy,

Take it easy.  I'll pray for you and your prince.  Don't worry!  Be happy!   Don't give any pressure to your son.

原帖由 flostangraphy 於 09-9-27 23:16 發表
my blood pressure is keeping higher and higher.....