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原帖由 charwes 於 09-11-2 17:49 發表 
其實唔係太明你文中意思... 喇沙 old boys 大多熱愛母校, 想自己下一代都可如自己般受母校教育應該係人之常情吧..
The answer is very simple. and it does not only apply to LSC, but to a lot of "traditional" famous schools such as DBS, St. Jo, Wah Yan, Maryknoll, etc.
traditional famous schools tend to rely a lot of their students' own motivation to study (plus, in the good old days when they could still select their own students, there was a minimum guarantee for the quality of their students). The schools do not actually add a lot of value to the students.
Nowadays, traditional famous schools cannot choose their own students (unless they have gone private or DSS) and a lot of old boy or old girl parents are worried about the "dilution" effect of the quality of the classmates (not about whether they are rich or poor, but about whether the academic progress would be slowed down because the ability is so diverse). And, having gone through the "system" themselves they will know that the school does not add value, and it actually takes a lot of hard work by the kids themselves in order to excel (and, with it, pressure which old boys/girls do not want their kids to go through again). They realise that in this day and age the safe bet is to depart from the traditional system and go to international schools.
This has nothing to do with school spirit or loyalty, old boys and old girls can still be very loyal and supportive of their old school, for the support and education they have received in the past. that does not mean that they would want their kids to go through it again. And a lot of people do not want their kids to be the guinea pig of 3-3-4. Plus, many of these schools (and the education system) have changed a lot. liking the school as it WAS is not the same as wanting kids to go there as it IS.
I think this is a correct understanding of the meaning of the thread. I am sorry to have to write it out so bluntly. Go and ask a lot of the alumni of these famous schools and I am quite sure you will find that a lot of them (and i DO mean A LOT) think in this way.
It is of course nice if alumni can continue the heritage of their school through their family, but the system in HK is causing alumni to think otherwise. This is no bad thing, because those who have "been there" may think that they do not need to "label" of their old school to give their kids success. Spaces in their old school can be given to those who have not yet "been there". This can be regarded as part of the upward mobility of HK society.
This is nothing against the schools; just something against the system.
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