家姐讀國際，細佬讀本地學校有問題嗎？

vchan1

Hi, I'm a dad of 2 kids and my current ideal plan is to send my elder daughter (almost 3y) to Victoria primary/secondary and younger son (1.5y) to St. Joseph's in the future, as I'm its old boy.  But I do have 2 concerns which I'm not sure of:

1) Obviously St Joe will have much more homework than Victoria, do you think my boy will envy his sister for not having much work to do?  And it's not quite balanced that my daughter will have much more free time while her brother is always busy on his homework (I guess)!

2) Similar to the above point, i.e. my son will envy his sister studying in a more 'classy' school and thinks we love her more?

Appreciate it very much if you could share your view!!!

Cheers,
vchan1

Jane1983

LS轉IS都吳易，好睇學生實力同家庭質素。
不過近幾年都聽過有些名中的學生在高年班會轉去IS，又確實為到學校爭光（尤其係中文科）。

而家CIS的top boy都係初中時由St Paul Coed轉過去的。

hkparent

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It's relatively easy to switch from LS to a so so IS. But for good IS, you have to plan well ahead and compete for a place.

vchan1

原帖由 Chole 於 12-09-25 發表
My elder daughter used to study in LS and she has switched to an international school at secondary l ...

Thanks a lot for sharing!

vchan1

But if I were u I would keep the younger son in LS if he can handle it, since it's relatively easy to change from LS to IS, right?

bigbighei

原帖由 vchan1 於 12-09-24 發表
Do you mind sharing your case & concern?  Thanks!

大仔讀緊RC 佢性格活潑好動到不得了，所以比佢讀IS 係好啱既決定，細佬／妹佢地係孖既，相對妹妹好動多諗頭都啱讀IS 但唯讀細佬，好靜，好容易習中專注所以我傾向佢讀全統學校，但每次去哥哥學校我都感覺果份學習既自由，快樂學習既珍貴，我都會重新去諗好唔好比埋細佬讀IS呢！我未決定！

Chole

My elder daughter used to study in LS and she has switched to an international school at secondary level.  Younger brother is in LS.  He loves his school and doesn't want to change at all.  In fact I have no plan to do so, just all friends ask the same question over and over again.

I just tell the kids that they have different characters and different abilities.  Perhaps because they are of different genders, my kids have no problem to accept my explanations.

vchan1

bigbighei 發表於 12-9-24 18:57
我現在就要決定了！比唔比細既讀IS佢K2

Do you mind sharing your case & concern?  Thanks!

vchan1

Thanks a lot for your comment sschiu & type409!!

hkparent

If money is not a concern, go for IS. Why bother to stand the pressure of local school and get HK accent English if you can afford IS? If you are committed to the education of your kids, their destinations will be the same no matter they attend LS or IS - oversea univ or local univ via non-jupas.

bigbighei

原帖由 reneeleung 於 12-09-23 發表
我都有想過這個問題. 因為我大仔比較適合LS. 但我真係覺得到時大仔會覺得我唔鍾意佢, 或者佢唔係我親生:too ...

我現在就要決定了！比唔比細既讀IS佢K2

type409

To put it another way....even 2 different LS will have different workload.

As St joseph is a boy school, I guess it's relatively easy to explain to your kids since your daughter can't study there anyhow.

How about as a daddy you try to change the way how you judge this matter? Then they will eventually realize this is not an issue at all?

sschiu

My daughter started to ask such questions since P1. Didn't take much time for her to notice the difference. I can't say she has "accepted" the explanations but she likes her school and tries to work hard on her work. I think she does not compare so much as before!

I think IS/Victoria will have higher tolerance or strategies for active or unstable children. It is not a matter of "discipline" (this is the view of traditional LS, sadly) but the teachers may need special care for the child. In some cases specialist assessment may be necessary.

vchan1

OK, I should change the subject to "家姐讀VSA，細佬讀本地傳統學校有問題嗎？"

Glossimar

DBS (男拔)同St Paul Co-ed (聖保羅男女)都係IB課程，佢地都唔係國際學校囉

Mokilily

Definitely.

terryhau

yes...Victoria is not IS

vchan1

乜唔係 IB 就算係國際學校咩？

vchan1

sschiu 發表於 12-9-23 12:00
I can share a bit here since my elder son is in CKY but my younger daughter is in a traditional Cath ...

Thank you so much for your sharing sschiu!!

May I ask when did your daughter start asking this kind of questions (her bro has less work...)?  And did she really accept your explanations?

By the way, my daughter is very energetic and not that easy to focus on something for more than 5-10 mins, so we are worried that IS/Victoria will not have good control/training on her discipline...  do you think our concern is valid?

Thanks!!