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Jasmine11 發表於 15-6-29 11:35
Hello,
As I wasn't raised in Hk, thus not exactly familiar with the HK school system, though I woul ... I was predominantly raised in Australia from year 4 onwards, but have relatives in LS system (top schools) and the DSS system.
The LS system means kids are assigned a P.1 school based on where you live, religion, catchment area etc, so there's a lot of luck involved and due to socio-economically class, wealthier areas generally have better schools etc. A lot of schools in HK, the top primary schools, govt or DSS or private, are single sex, thus it means a lot of stress on parents at P.1 to find the best school (note I stated best, not most suitable) For DSS schools, there are big names like St Paul Co-Ed, St Stephen's, DBS and DGS, so the competitiveness is insane for these schools, but the advantage of DSS, once you get into the school, you do not resit for the F1, i.e. high school placement tests etc. Obviously there are now more innovative DSS schools like PLK CKY and Logos. My cousin attends Logos and I know these two newer schools do IB which some parents like too. International school kids are more likely to attend overseas universities where DSS/LS top would be attending local like HKU or CUHK or HKUST.
There are a lot more resources at international schools thus uncovering talents of kids is more feasible, since not every kid is going to excel only in academics, they bred more well rounded individuals who is confident and dream big. Culturally, studying in an IS does bred a more elite mindset because you do hang out with more economically privileged kids, that will not change for a while, I know many IS educated kids now, they only know English and they prefer it, so they only mix with HK locally brought up kids every now and then; doesn't mean they are bad people, but they stay in cliques.
There are many kids though at the LS top tiers who depart HK after F.3 to go to UK, US, AU, Canada for school so they don't face the mountain of piling stress for the DSE. You can take that into consideration too.
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AU Citizen, lived in Sydney for 18 years. left HK P.4 Term 1, 9 years old, studied in Sydney, attended USYD (Bachelor of Commerce) and UTS (Masters of Marketing). Now working in HK.
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