要去拔萃女小學nterview

gigi94121

我囡囡明天9:15要去interview, 但她今天發燒......真無奈
有無人知道interview內容幫幫我

weber

兩個兩個進入校長室,校長會問簡單問題,例如讀什麼學校,叫什麼名字,然後一人看圖說故事,另一人自己找書看,之後兩人調轉做同樣的事

不用太早去,因為佢地的時間算得頗準,叫你九點半去,你九點十五分去登記就得,佢地會按原定時間叫你,或許會遲十來分鐘,但不會太久

佢地休息室太細,好多人塞在裏面,如果太早去,不但自己難受,更會悶親孩子,令他們面試時表現欠佳 :wink: good luck!

DESP

Actually, the interview time is short, about 5 minutes for each child.  The headmistress asks simple questions and is nice to children.  She will not let children feeling scared.  So just relax.  Hope your daughter will feel better tomorrow.

tomo

Honestly, the interview is only a show. they have more or less decided who to accept.With such simple questions(we had the interview yesterday),there is no way of 'testing' the students.
most of the applicants will not even be considered at all if you are not even remotely connected or special.

Thinker

I have said in another topic that unless you are definitely sure your child is suitable (i.e. able to cope with the required high standards) for this school and you definitely want her to study in this school, there is no loss for not going to interview at all.  There is not much experience or good training to your child for attending this interview at all.

But I know that no one will listen, untill they have  attempted the interview.   As there is always a "Hope".

I don't know and don't wanted to comment how many spaces are reserved for old girls or connected person.  But, I think if they are fair in choosing smart kid.  It is not difficult at all to select the right one in 5 minutes by just asking a few simple questions.  This is my experience, most children can only say yes or no or give simply answers, but smart kids can give a lot more than that.   

Try to ask your kid, if she can tell you precisely what questions and pictures they have been given by the Principal and what answers she gave.  I have seen a smart kid who can tell you the whole interview process with precise detail, needless to say she was being accepted by a number of most famous primary schools..........

weber

我除了報拔萃之外,也報了一些不同類型的學校,我沒有幻想女兒能進拔萃,即使考到,也未必敢讀, 不過我覺得不妨讓子女多報考不同類型的學校.

我們往往憑自己的喜好和見解來為子女選擇前途,但某類學校可能會特別喜歡某類學生,而我們的子女也會對不同學校有不同程度的喜惡. 面試好像對襯家,不應只由父親決定,也要看看女兒的意願和校方的選擇, 所以每次面試完,我都問女兒喜不喜歡該學校及其老師(或校長)

雖然我較喜歡新式學校,但假如傳統名校取錄我女兒,而我女兒也喜歡的話,我很可能會讓她去唸,因為他們"兩廂情願",也許就是最佳的配搭

Thinker

weber,

This is exactly what happened to me, this end up to be a total disaster.  Many years ago, my mom let me to choose between those primary schools which gave me offer, I was too small (needless to say not being able to make a rational decision at the age of 5-6) and I insist to have a preference on one school (down in my heart, I like this school was simply becasue the school name sounds funny and nothing else).  This school was not suitable for me at all.......and caused all the painful years afterwards.

tomo

The problem with this type of interview is that it assumes that person who is talkative is smart and vice versa.This ignores the fact that alot of creative and talented kids keep very much too themselves. Well anyway, I also accept the fact that every school has its own criteria for selecting students so be it.Many of my friends' children attended 'normal"
schools also got into good U and are now doctors.

lamba

We may put it this way : how many of the so called successful people are from those well known primary schools , such as DGJS, DBS, La Salle, St Paul Co-ed, etc ?

Thinker,

can you tell us more about your personsal experience in primary schools, thanks !

m1m1sam

Thinker,

請問你讀哪間學校的呢？是傳統名校？為何會不開心？

TATNET

Whether to go or not to an inerview is the choice of the parent, NOT yet the kid!  So parent shall THINK.   
I think as parent one is tasked to try best to choose the 'best'/ or 'most suitable' school for the kid. (As to what is the best school - it depends)   
I choose to let my kid to go to some (8 schools) interviews to broaden her horizon.  
Take it easy.  Let your kid to take it easy.  (Most kid are talented.  Your kid WILL learn from you/your behaviour)
  

weweroxy

Dear Thinker and all other BK parents looking for primary schools for their kids,

I would also like to share with you my experience. My son was once studying in a school which I think most parents would go for. However, he did not like the school, there were too many homework for a P.1 kid. He did not cry loud but his tears dropped onto the homework nearly everyday.

The school in fact expect all the parents would teach the children homework - how can a P.1 kid know the word "characteristics" "living things and non-living things", he even did not know how to read the word, not only did he understood the passenge.

So I decided to let him change to another school, the school was easier, matching his standard, but he had time to learn more than just books - courage to speak up, more active in personality and a smiling face every time he came home and when he does his homework now, he no longer cries.

Though I was blamed by many people that I missed the chance to study in a good primary school, I really think I make a right choice.
I think primary school is really one of the most important developmental milestone for the kid, a happy life is also as important as high standard of teaching.

I am not discouraging all parents to look for high standard or elite schools, but I do hope that you can choose a school that can really suit your children.

Anyway, good luck to all of us as my daughter is also applying P.1 this year.

weber

其實我唔會期望女兒做一個successful people,我只想她做一個有自信,開心,有正確價值觀的人,所以選擇學校也是循這標準選的

有人說DGS讀書很辛苦,小朋友會不開心,但也有家長說他們女兒讀拔萃小學讀得很開心,不知誰對,各種說法紛陳,才是讓家長頭痛的地方

Thinker

weber,

Yes, I shared your view.

Be honest, I think most parents would say 他們女兒讀拔萃小學讀得很開心 or O.K. lar, hope this is true.  But they will say the same, eventhough this is not true.  They don't wanted to loose face.  So they will push push push to ensure they can catch up.

My unhappy primary school life is a case example and I just wanted to remind parents to make sure they fully understand their children's needs and find a school which is suitable for them (not just now but for their life time).  Children are naive, too young to judge and make decision....

Tell you another case, my friend's son has grown up already and just finished his degree from the university, one day he told his father that he had a very very unhappy time in his life when studying at a famous primary school for six years (needless to say, the homework, pressure/expectation from school and parents).  He kept this secret inside his heart for so many years, not until now he told his father for this.......

weweroxy,

Glad to see you have make a good decision.

redapple

小學我會盡量去考,名校(不用排大隊才拿到限量表的)or近的or口啤好的,順其自然.
大D才看到他的potential, academic or sport or others.他開始有選校的意見立場.有D小朋友很明顯看到想自己讀名校的.
我想名小學壓力來自家長多,中學則peer group 之間影響較大.所以我對中學的選擇反而著重D,小學時應重培養自信,開心,愛閱謮的環境.到時就算讀小學普通,也大有機會按他的能力考入合適的或名中學.

TATNET

Redapple,

Totally agreed with you.
It is the HK's education system (always changing) that made the parents all the troubles.

Personally I do not see any problem with 精英教育
and  因材施教.   Let the peer get together.  

judy

Let the peer get together

绝對同意。

木土土

But how to divide the children into different peer at the age of 6 for P1 admission. Most of the parents think their child should belong to the 精英 peer group because their child is clever and fast learner.

TATNET 寫道:
Redapple,

Personally I do not see any problem with 精英教育
and  因材施教.   Let the peer get together.  

TWMa

基本上我也贊成 "因材施教", 但這個 "材" 非只是指學業成績方面的, 在以前, "因材施教" 往往是放棄一群 "讀不成書" 的孩子的代名詞, 有些學生不過 "開竅" 較晚, 有些則是家庭的教育水平低又遇不到好的老師啟蒙, 但他們就此被 "因材施教" 了, 被排出 "精英教育" 系統之外......
我們應想想 "教育" 的目的是什麼? 大部分中國 (無論中港台) 的學生到國外讀書, 中學甚至大學之前的學業成績表現都是很 "厲害" 的, 但一旦要開始做研究, 需要邏輯分析, 需要創新的思維時, 好像就被比了下去...
學習是終生的事業, 也應該是多元的, 如何培養小朋友多方面的學習興趣, 才是我們在 "周圍撲名校" 之餘要思考的吧