CTY summer 2013

Choisumwong

今年阿女參加physics course後對我說，原來很多學生無Facebook,iphone同tumbler,他們很聰明,不用溫書（因為每天都在讀書）。我覺得她的observation and insight 好好,知道不同的人有不同的生活。無一般人有的工具可以使他們很專心學習。生活方式是不同人有不同的選擇，不要羡慕他們，過自己想過的生活。上CTY不是學了很多physic,但得益不少。

Choisumwong

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I like the advaned challenge to my kids and friends made during the programme. Like physics it is taught in AP level while my daughter is grade 8 level. My daughter told me some younger students were very bright (never imagine before) although she admitted physics was her weakest subject. Most of her friends made have no facebook, iphone, computer games etc !!

cherubic

講開UST 的宿舍，我仔剛剛住了一星期（另一個camp), 他只是投訴要排隊冲涼，他的朋友就各方面都投訴，包括房細、床小、床單不清潔、浴室沒有掛衫的勾。我同意小朋友要挨奌苦，嘆慣害了他們。

nintendo

Mighty  BUT 無論我用辺個角度、都度５辺度有BRIGHT的地方亜  發表於 半小時前


邊個知將來係點？我成日覺得，好多叻人都係 late bloomers，冇幾多個係由細叻到老。

Radiomama

It seems that int'l school's parents opt for CTY. Which part of the program attracts you? Instruction medium, curriculum progress or anything else?

foolish.mom

My son has attended CTY for 3 years, from 2010 to 2012. Yes, most students come from IS in HK. So I heard them talking in English mostly.

nintendo

Mighty 發表於 13-8-5 16:45
真係好ENVY以上幾位、CTY是要求「If you’re a parent of a very bright child, welcome」的、我就永遠無縁 ...

mighty，冇話係唔係 bright。只係某 d 小朋友，用某把尺度，就較突出。
cty 只係跟據某幾個 standard tests 去 qualify 學生，事實是，這些 tests 不能 cover 全部可量度的能力。
即係例如，考綱琴唔高分，唔代表唱歌唔好聽。

nintendo

Choisumwong 發表於 13-8-5 17:50
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My daughter actually judges the standard of toilets in HKUST. She is adapted t ...

可能我仔女較冇要求啦，我地去到外國，地方乾淨的就當然開心，唔乾淨都好少投訴。他們再落後的地區都去過，試過 5  日冇涼沖。我仔個 cty roommate，美籍華人，父母身光頸靚，有錢仔；我地一齊入到房，都聞到房有味，我以為佢會嘈，點知佢媽咪重話，"very nice room，very cosy"。開了冷氣，唔駛 10  分鐘都冇晒味。完來同學仔去過台灣的 summer program，都係住大學宿舍，佢地話 ust  的房算好，個邊更差。細路仔襯後生捱下啦，又唔係要佢地長住，個個都係咁住，no big deal；人地 ust 大學生，住四年都係咁啦。

sschiu

原帖由 Mighty 於 13-08-05 發表
真係好ENVY以上幾位、CTY是要求「If you’re a parent of a very bright child, welcome」的、我就永遠無縁 ...

Mighty不用傷心！未學呢d唔代表小朋友唔bright喎！

Choisumwong

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My daughter actually judges the standard of toilets in HKUST. She is adapted to the standard used in Japan and UK. In Oxford/Cambridge or her boarding school , toilets are very old, but very clean. She had experience of joining programmes in HKUST for past few years. On first one or two years, the toilets were clean. However the toilets were not satisfactory in recent years. If you have a chance to talk to international students (from UK/America), you will find similar impression--HKUST is becoming more Chinese. Most of students/staffs speak Cantonese/Mandarin in campus     English is only class medium.

nintendo

friendlyguy 發表於 13-8-5 16:25
Hi Choisumwong/nintendo,

What's the student mix? Are they mainly from Hong Kong?

唔清楚，以今年來說，看樣貌是華裔為主，大部份是本港國際學校學生，仔女話有 HKIS，CIS，CDNIS，ESF；本地學校學生都有，但好少，都是名校生如 DBS，DGS，LA SALLE，可能因為費用唔平；亦有從外國來港的學生，但也都是亞洲人；唔覺多外國人，眼看可能兩三個？(早兩三年多些外國人面孔)。我說的是 grade 7 up 的 program；小學的不清楚，但大致看樣貌，都是亞洲人 (華人)。

大陸學生應該沒有，好像國內對學生出國交流有特別安排，印象中 cty  網頁有特別提醒學生要注意這點，如果是來自大陸的學生，應該是有其他國家的 passport。我覺得 cty 很執著外地學生來香港要有 valid status，不會批准以自由行 status 來上堂，就算是我們這些本地人，也要 submit 一大堆 document (passport，medical report，insurance)。

如果介意是華裔，就要去美國那邊，那邊多很多選擇。

cty 分幾個 qualifying boundary；較高 percentile 的學生的可以參加 intensive class，低少少分可以參加 academic exploration，再低只可以參加 online course。香港主要是 intensive classes， academic exploration 的好像只有一兩科；online course 少了和其他 talented students  的 interaction，缺少了我個人認為 cty 給學生最大的意義，我仔女沒參加過。

Choisumwong

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Students are mixture of international students, local elite students and Asian students. Most are Chinese. A few mainland Chinese who speak English.

Mighty

真係好ENVY以上幾位、CTY是要求「If you’re a parent of a very bright child, welcome」的、我就永遠無縁、、、、、、(^-^) 升P６LA,連HCM＆LCM（分数）都未識亜！

friendlyguy

Hi Choisumwong/nintendo,

What's the student mix? Are they mainly from Hong Kong?

Friendlyguy

nintendo

Mighty 發表於 13-8-5 14:53
題外話、香港人真係５好笑大陸人D壊習慣、香港人自己用TOILET　D習慣都５好得去辺！！不只這間大学、其他HU ...

又很難說，大學其實一般較開放式，外人個個都入得。
話就話係大學 toilet，但真係同公廁冇乜分別。

nintendo

Choisumwong 發表於 13-8-5 09:46
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My daughter does not like the facility in HKUST especially the toilets which  ...

We are not talking about a vacation at a 5 star hotel, so it would definitely not be the best luxurious experience. However, I would say the facilities are not that bad. This is a good experience for most of the princes and princesses in Hong Kong.
I think the advantage being a residential studnet is that children can have more time mingle with other students in the same class or other classes. The late evening classes run until 8:30pm so commuting back and forth can be a waste of time. My children enjoy late evening chats with other students too. And there are lots of activities during the weekends.
I think the experience is a lot more than whatever a student benefit from merely joining the day classes.

Mighty

題外話、香港人真係５好笑大陸人D壊習慣、香港人自己用TOILET　D習慣都５好得去辺！！不只這間大学、其他HUNG　HOM個間都very disgusting.  

Radiomama

Students should take the test (Talent Search) by CTY before enrollment.
Eg. SCAT/SAT/ACT

sschiu

Do the students need to be assessed to be gifted or talented in order to join these programmes?

Choisumwong

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My daughter does not like the facility in HKUST  especially the toilets which are quiet dirty.