Any comments about ISF?

AEteam

Please share your experience

21Ckid

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Can't open this page:

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Some more hints perhaps?

JoJo

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21Ckid

You people seem to have known this  WKDRB  or kidslover2010 a very very long time, an old friend of yours. Can anyone ring a bell who he or she is? He or she is such an entertaining person.

21Ckid

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Speaking of behaviour problems, that rings a bell. I now know what's all the fuss about. Some person has such a problem. Guess who?

HKTHK

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Oh really, you don't have much interest in this topic?  Let's see WKDRB was banned at 2:10pm and you started on this thread at 2:34pm.  I am sure it is pure coincidence!  You are just as emotionally unstable as he is

hkparent

原帖由 type409 於 14-01-24 發表
As an ISF parent, would like to share what I see:
1. It has been, so happened, only one student (out ...

I share your view that many rich parents are very nice and many expats are arrogant. Many mainlanders in IS are educated and speak good English and nice. We should not have stereotypes. Just like we don't want to be looked down upon in western countries.

type409

As an ISF parent, would like to share what I see:
1. It has been, so happened, only one student (out of 18) coming from mainland in my kid's class. Mainlanders will leave ISF as soon as they find out their kids cannot communicate in English.
2. From the above, you will know why some will escape, though they should have known the time allocation of English lessons in early years is as low as 30%.
3. About half of the students have at least 3 days/week private tuition. But no one will discuss it  as it is very very common. One of the reason I heard is to occupy the kid's time so that he won't play iPad, watch TV etc.
4. Talking about all those super rich/celebrity parents, they are very very nice. If I have to say, arrogance is those expats.
5. Heard from an ISF teacher that the early batches of ISF students are most gifted…that's why these children need to change school. And that's why most of the teachers who work in ISF for longer time know how to deal with gifted kids. (My kid is one, that's why I know. But their help is more on emotional or social skill development, not on academic. I don't see any differentiation.)

I am not a fan of ISF. I put my younger one in another IS. Reason is very simple - every kid is unique.

HKTHK

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Geez, I wonder why you have taken such a keen interest in this topic right after WKDRB is banned.  Is there a groundhog day for morons too?

21Ckid

kidslover2010 發表於 14-1-23 23:20
//有D資料不是錯就係過時，好似上文話好多家長逃亡、首先係有D但唔係好多，更重要這是N年前//

Which info ...

And as i said, i never said this school is good (or bad), only that it is "suitable" for certain families, not all. These parents just as different considerations from you (or others):

1. some treasure native english at all cost but some consider chinese as at least equally important.
2. some hated homeworks, but some think these are good to train up hard working kids.
3. some believe a school should be students of varying ability, but  some like to school to push their kids to excellence
4. some believe a school to be a leisure environment, but some don't mind a FTM to take care of kids in outside school hours, and indeed many are very enthusiastic in volunteer work, they just love it.
5. some is very mindful that the students could easily switch school, while some never think this is a problem

etc etc....to name a few.

i am not going to rule this as wrong, simply because of different parenting method. likewise, i choose IS route, but i do treasue the good things in LS route, just that on balance this is my choice.

And, please, don't always blame the mainlanders.

21Ckid

kidslover2010 發表於 14-1-23 23:20
//有D資料不是錯就係過時，好似上文話好多家長逃亡、首先係有D但唔係好多，更重要這是N年前//

Which info ...

Oh i see, all the fusses ..... this same old story, like most heated debates in EK IS forums before, it all boils down to 2 things:

1. there are relatively more mainlanders in this school, and
2. this school does not regard english as the only language on earth you should learn

For all negatives (some made up creatively), you really don't need that much details or analysis, just say these 2 facts, that explains it all.

musicien

原帖由 AEteam 於 14-01-23 發表
Thanks for all the comments.  I guess different people have different views and standards.  However, ...

Sorry to side track a bit. Is the g1 result out?

21Ckid

kidslover2010,

Again, i don't think i have "enlightened" you as i did say isf has many rich parents but i never said they are arrogant. But granted, there are probably more arrogant Ek parents here indeed.

I am really amazed, again, at how creative you are in reading other people's post.

21Ckid

you don't need to be "sorry" , because by the way when did i say most isf students are gifted???