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雙儿

原帖由 ChiChiPaPa 於 11-3-27 07:55 發表


小心這結論。 《Freakonomics》書中的結論其實是父母是極重要的因素。書中的第五課就是「What makes a perfect parent?」，當中講到妳所說的內容。但最後一段是引述 Bruce Sacerdote 的文章「The Nature and Nurture ...

I agree with ChiChiPaPa. The family environment is the driving factors.

But as my husband always says, it is easy to get the kids to read as long as the parents read themselves.

Besides reading, he emphasizes on writing. When you work in the corporate world, no one cares how well you read, or how many A's you got in school or college, but they care how well you write. I wouldn't know myself as I have never worked but I guess he's probably right.

I enjoy showing off like most of the people here. My  daughter couldn't write anything readable in Chinese or English when she was a primary school student. But after my husband made some serious efforts with her, she started to write pretty decent essays.

She's now a freshman in a US college. The following is from the beginning and the ending of one of her recent essays,

"Global warming has been a hot topic all around the world for years. Schools teach about it; newspapers and magazines write about it; documentaries film about it; everyone talks about it. And some people have begun to question whether global warming is really happening. Some think it is, some think it is not. It looks uncertain whether the earth is really warming up although it seems to me that the answer is a positive one . However, no matter it is or not, we have to take immediate actions to protect the environment. We cannot use the statement that the planet is not warming up as an excuse to shed our responsibility in looking after the planet.

(followed by arguments from both sides)

We have to remember, we do not own this fragile planet; we are merely looking after it for the next generations."


My husband says he probably couldn't write the closing remark himself and he is the best writer I personally know. If it had come from an advertising firm, it would have cost him some big money.


The point is don't just look at 早期教育，parenting is a lifelong process as Eviepa is showing to us. And proper parenting does work wonders.


I'm overdue for leaving this place. I didn't mean to be rude to everyone. 我雖刁蠻，但亦講理。可惜軟弱無力的版規，過份斯文的版主版友，讓一些網上嘍囉在這肆虐，最後只會嚇走一些有心發言的人。

至於我，我都係鍾意行街買嘢多啲。Bye.

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[ 本帖最後由 雙儿 於 11-3-27 17:41 編輯 ]

雙儿

原帖由 stccmc 於 11-3-27 15:42 發表
I have seen people who climb the corporate ladder very fast but writes lousy emails.  Any important written communication is handled by a whole department of communication experts.

Yes, but somewhat less likely in a global firm, particularly when your career just starts.

I also think that writing is important for school children and I am jealous of those who write beautifully.  However, you need something else to be successful in the Corporate world.

You actually write OK. You're right; one needs much more to be successful in the corporate world. That's why we as parents can then be more relaxed about the academic performance of our kids. Most of the kids of the BKers can go into the first tier US universities without too much difficulty anyway.

Like Annie40 said, "阅读是享受，增进知识，提高语文能力是额外回报吧！"

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[ 本帖最後由 雙儿 於 11-3-28 00:10 編輯 ]

mattsmum

想到名句：龍生龍，鳳生鳳，老鼠的儿子會打洞。又回到園圈的起點。倒見過水上人的故事：祖上到第一代打魚，第二代上岸讀教會學校再上警校，第三代上英基再去英國寄宿，成為醫生，三代人而以，教育改變命運。

[ 本帖最後由 mattsmum 於 11-3-27 18:14 編輯 ]

雙儿

原帖由 mattsmum 於 11-3-27 18:13 發表
想到名句：龍生龍，鳳生鳳，老鼠的儿子會打洞。又回到園圈的起點。倒見過水上人的故事：祖上到第一代打魚，第二代上岸讀教會學校再上警校，第三代上英基再去英國寄宿，成為醫生，三代人而以，教育改變命運。 ...

Exactly. Just like if you guys hadn't believed in 後天環境及主觀努力，you guys wouldn't have been speaking here for so long.

[ 本帖最後由 雙儿 於 11-3-28 00:08 編輯 ]

rbaggio74

我經常以《種瓜得瓜》作喻。

孩子，是由父母的關懷和培育中成長的！

雙儿

Just watched "My 2010" on TVB and want to complement a bit more on what you said. The programme is about a book coauthored by a group of 2010 HKCEE candidates. It was not accidental that the project was driven by a DBS student with support from the school.

I don't remember any of this group of students as 狀元 last year. Some traditional elite schools like DBS do know besides academic side how we should bring up our future leaders. Except for very few professional careers, academic performance is an insignificant factor in contributing to one's success in the corporate world.

[ 本帖最後由 雙儿 於 11-3-28 00:00 編輯 ]

annie40

Hi 双儿,

原来你女儿念大学了, 难得你得闲又有心来这儿赐教. 请继续发表意见, 给我们后继的家长们一些提示.  谢谢!

annie

yeenmama

我的状况是女儿同意每天看几页金庸, 但仍未完全投入.我仍然努力寻合适的中文书,我是乐观主义者, 相信有天她会无法自控的投进中文阅读世界, 她像Evie喜爱science , thriller fiction, 试过看’伟斯理’, 似乎不合, 大家如有好提议, 请于赐教

For the Chinese "thriller fiction", other than 衛斯理, you may try these few series which are quite popular in 高小、初中:

1. Q版特工系列 (1-25) 作者：梁科慶 (突破出版社) 科幻及推理小說
可到 突破網上試閱室先試閱,看看是否興趣讀阿wing如何破案

2. 嘉薰醫生系列 作者：陳嘉薰 (突破出版社) 科幻及推理小說

3.Q版特工 x 嘉薰醫生 作者：梁科慶,陳嘉薰 (突破出版社)
生死X緣,隱市狂徒

4. 異案迷城系列 1-4 作者：關景峰（天苑文化出版）
曼徹斯特驚魂,螳螂不殺人,風切變,黑膠唱片謀殺案

5. 「地海空奇幻系列」1-6 作者:徐焯賢: 圍繞環保主題,情節豐富兼有歷險元素
赤心之葉,青海之石,紅瞳之火,藍瞳之水,白鳥之羽,黑客之棉

除了科幻小說外，女孩也可試閱 君比的「叛逆歲月」系列，「叛逆青春」系列的書等...

[ 本帖最後由 yeenmama 於 11-3-28 15:53 編輯 ]

annie40

csy_ma,

谢谢推荐中文漫画和法国旅游历史书, 我会找找看! 今年女儿刚好会跟我的好友全家往法国南部小住, 应该有动机多认识法过国吧!

女儿是先看了新加坡出版的神雕俠侶漫画'英文版, 看得入迷, 然后我让她看中文版, 再看射雕英雄传漫画中文版, 及后找不到有任何金庸的漫画小说了, 惟有看正装书, 看的速度慢, 每天有空看几页, 现在看到'射雕英雄传'的中段. 暂时未算投入, 如能投入, 应一星期看完一套书吧!  

她每天看几页中文书, 是回应我的诉求做的, 所以不是自发的投进中文书世界,进步有限呢! 书不在乎深浅, 最重要是她自发去享受中文阅读.

annie

annie40

谢谢yeenmama的书单! 会试看!

annie

yeenmama

除射雕英雄传外，「笑傲江湖」也有漫畫版，可到以下連結線上試閱：

http://jinyong.ylib.com.tw/comics/v1.0/comics/comicssecond.htm
記得兒子諗小四時，班上同學們熱列討論金庸小說情節及各人的武功招式；有些着迷的同學還自行畫漫畫，於是小兒受着同輩影響下也開始閱讀金庸的小說。兩年以來，只餘下「飛狐外傳」、「天龍八部」及「鹿鼎記」未看。
另外，可考慮讓孩子先睇數集金庸的武侠剧或卡通，使他們墮進故事情節，於是為了快點知道故事的發展，孩子便乖乖的拿起小說追看下去。

Sumyeema1

hi yeenmama, nice to see you here...

yeenmama

Sumyeema, Nice to meet you here too!

見你在此，也來趁熱鬧！

csy_ma

原帖由 annie40 於 11-3-28 16:30 發表
csy_ma,

谢谢推荐中文漫画和法国旅游历史书, 我会找找看! 今年女儿刚好会跟我的好友全家往法国南部小住, 应该有动机多认识法过国吧!

女儿是先看了新加坡出版的神雕俠侶漫画'英文版, 看得入迷, 然后我让她看中文版, ...

Annie：

《巴世里傳說》不是漫畫，是約二百頁左右的字書。在書店裡，一般放在同出版社的書那裡，三采文化出版的同類型高小、國中讀物還包括：《黑魔女學園》（1-12集）、《名偵探夢水清志郎》（現出至第3集）、《四年一班神奇教室》（現出到第4集）等（http://www.suncolor.com.tw/index_book_c1_01_list.aspx?no=37&no2=3707）。

三采文化出的書都頗有商業眼光，像尋寶記漫畫系列，就大受囡囡班上同學歡迎，她在學校圖書館和公共圖書館都難以預約到。
之前我也介紹過《媽媽不是我的傭人》、《不上補習班的第一名》、《沒有選上班長的那個學期》等，都是可逗家長掏錢的有益字書（透過一個故事，把有用的德育習慣以另頁的形式介紹給讀者）。其中《選我選我！花米路》這書名字怪怪的，但講一隊足球隊組隊，竟由女生當隊長，再由弱隊變強隊的典型體育漫畫型故事，讓我囡一位小男同學頗著迷。但這些題材似乎適合國小多一點，中學的，倒是故事懸疑的可以大小通殺？

鬼怪故事還有商務出的＂中文閱讀第二階中的《白話聊齋誌異》也挺好（http://www.commercialpress.com.hk/ww/happy-reading/legend.html）。文字接近原著，乾淨又易讀，編排經思考，插圖精美，您可讓女兒每日讀一個故事，有的短至兩頁，有的長，但會令人自然追看。可能是給孩子看的吧？內容已經過＂改造＂，少了傳統小說的迷信輪迴味道，也不怎麼恐怖，像《聶小倩》就少少恐怖的姥姥，多寫小倩的柔情。
幾個故事之間，還有數頁頗簡單的"趣味重溫＂，可誘導小朋友分析故事，較在網上下載原文，但需經家長再作解釋省事多了（囡囡同學近日喜好＂聊齋＂，在網上下載原文放在手機上看，也是個辦法。但我囡向來著重書籍的插圖，無論中英，編排和插圖成了她選書的一項主要元素，所以較接近＂上一代人＂，暫未喜看電子書）。