1st reject letter with broken heart!

cat_house

塞翁失馬﹐可能這所學校不適合你的小朋友呢。
Think positive and move forward. Don't just stuck on this letter.  Your kid will not feel negative if you don't feel negative.

easybring

no offer 唔等於小朋友唔夠叻..只係太多校友仔仔, 弟弟, 教友....位又唔夠多...如果真係最心儀, 又近家, 叩門一定要做. 9/2011 前真係執好多次位架!  睇你好唔好彩"zip"到個位.

Yau_Cheung

塞翁失馬，焉知非福；塞翁得馬，焉知非禍呢！

如果真係 dream school，快啲寫求位信啦！好多cases都係waitlist 但被求位信的誠意打動架！

不過都要作最壞打算 - finally rejected，唔好太傷心，因為會好影響小朋友架。盡人事而聽天命啦！

PS : 3年前我小朋友都比我既 dream school rejected 咗，我仲要係CNY 前一日收到 rejected letter，收到信嗰一刻忍唔住係公司喊咗出黎，整個 CNY holiday 無笑過，想呢埋唔見人，當時真係非常傷心&徬徨，特別係2個有 apply 此校既同班同學均順利入讀，及interview 前每個朋友&老師都話佢一定 ok 無問題。雖然係咁 interview 前我都唔敢掉以輕心，事前所有嘢均事事做足，但最後仍事與願違，雖然寫咗求位信但石沈大海。

後來我既 2nd dream school 收咗囝囝，囝囝讀得好好，間學校又好 arm 佢，except school campus，各方面比較 dream school 有過之而無不及 (especially 中文)，我自己好滿意，囝囝入讀後我才知道這間學校才是我的真正dream school 呢！

所以話：塞翁失馬，焉知非福呢！

希望你囝囝很快找到一間好+合適既學校。加油！

[ 本帖最後由 Yau_Cheung 於 10-10-7 10:21 編輯 ]

thomasha

x 1000

原帖由 Yau_Cheung 於 10-10-7 10:19 發表
塞翁失馬，焉知非福；塞翁得馬，焉知非禍呢！

如果真係 dream school，快啲寫求位信啦！好多cases都係waitlist 但被求位信的誠意打動架！

不過都要作最壞打算 - finally rejected，唔好太傷心，因為會好影響小朋友 ...

loklik451

last year,我有個朋友的小朋友,出自名幼稚園,攞佐好多獎狀,友人以為apply6間學校一定會有一間中,但好境不常,全部唔收,我友人哭了無數個晩上,最後個小朋友竟然係2nd round 大抽獎時(跨區)入了一間家長夢寐以求的好學校.所以奇蹟往往係你唔為意的時候給你驚喜,平常心la,希望在明天,努力!加油...

wanmum

下一間放榜就到英華啦,咁多人申請,到時又會有好多人失望.所以我都為我囝囝報一兩間二綫學校,博容易D取錄,因為我兩年前也有過這慘痛的經歷.

thomasha

I have also done so too, but these 2-tier schools seem to attract keen competition this year because of more applicants in general.

原帖由 wanmum 於 10-10-7 11:14 發表
下一間放榜就到英華啦,咁多人申請,到時又會有好多人失望.所以我都為我囝囝報一兩間二綫學校,博容易D取錄,因為我兩年前也有過這慘痛的經歷.

steve666

唉....我報9間，fail 1間,撞左兩間.....即係仲有7間，但都好冇信心...因大女試過全軍覆沒，好彩大抽獎中左。但大女已中學，小兒只得20分，都好擔心唔知派去邊。:(

thomasha

Having 20 marks is already quite advantageous, even though securing a place is still not certain - just like me.

Good luck and add oil la!

原帖由 steve666 於 10-10-7 11:22 發表
唉....我報9間，fail 1間,撞左兩間.....即係仲有7間，但都好冇信心...因大女試過全軍覆沒，好彩大抽獎中左。但大女已中學，小兒只得20分，都好擔心唔知派去邊。:( ...

loklik451

you got 20 marks in hand is better than more and more people, i just got 15 marks, what should i do?

thomasha

原帖由 loklik451 於 10-10-7 11:26 發表
you got 20 marks in hand is better than more and more people, i just got 15 marks, what should i do?

wanmum

I got 10 marks only!!! If fail in lucky draw, I think I'll be crazy.

thomasha

Did you apply for DSS/private schools?  It may be prudent to do so if you only have 10 marks.

原帖由 wanmum 於 10-10-7 11:32 發表
I got 10 marks only!!! If fail in lucky draw, I think I'll be crazy.

ZeroM

我舊年也有過這樣的經歷.事實係有人歡喜有人愁.
但是一日遊戲未完, 仍然有希望!
各位努力!

唔好影響到你哋嘅小朋友, 佢哋已經好叻.小小年紀已經要自己面對面試.
快d埋位喇, 努力做好嚟近嘅面試.

cmchang0927

題外話, 其實我自己覺得1st in rejected is better than rejected after 2nd in...... last yr, 3XXX applications for TSL and my girl got into 2nd in but failed at last.  DGJS 1900 applications and she also managed to get into the 2nd in but finally failed........ heart broken from Oct to Feb........  so I preferred to get rejection for 1st in rather than getting rejection after 2nd in......

wanmum

原帖由 thomasha 於 10-10-7 11:35 發表
Did you apply for DSS/private schools?  It may be prudent to do so if you only have 10 marks.

I already applied for 9 DSS/private schools.  Since my son is a small boy (born in Nov.), I do not have much confidence in getting a place in these schools.

Two years ago, my daughter got only 1 school (2-tier) accepted and two on waiting list but the two schools never offered a place to my girl even after September.  So don't put too much hope on those schools which put your son/daughter on waiting list.

Just wish my son will have good luck!

debbieip

唔好意思, 借樓主小小位...

Yau_Cheung

請問可否PM我你所說的 1ST dream school(3年前) 是那一間? 我在其他留言知道你囝囝讀那一間...
我仔仔現在亦在同一間讀(RECEPTION)...另有些學校的問題...可PM你嗎?
謝!

DEBBIE

另外, 樓主亦不要太傷心了, 既然仔仔已努力, 多多誇獎他, 學位只有那麼一點點....如果真係好喜歡呢間學校, 或者真係好似其他媽咪講, 多D寫信, 叫小朋友畫下畫送比校長, 用誠意去打動學校!

原帖由 Yau_Cheung 於 10-10-7 10:19 發表
塞翁失馬，焉知非福；塞翁得馬，焉知非禍呢！

如果真係 dream school，快啲寫求位信啦！好多cases都係waitlist 但被求位信的誠意打動架！

不過都要作最壞打算 - finally rejected，唔好太傷心，因為會好影響小朋友 ...

steve666

4年前我同事個仔同我case 一樣，同一間小學同樣得20分，最後fail....所以我都好擔心。最慘係真的會全軍覆沒的。如果唔係有d咁既經歷都唔會報9間啦

thomasha

我都報左8間，好彩無撞期，不過競爭激烈，我唔敢太大期望。可能係無乜期望，失望都唔算好大。

原帖由 steve666 於 10-10-7 11:59 發表
4年前我同事個仔同我case 一樣，同一間小學同樣得20分，最後fail....所以我都好擔心。最慘係真的會全軍覆沒的。如果唔係有d咁既經歷都唔會報9間啦 ...

cornelius

Passing a school interview does not mean our kids are superior to others, and failing so does not imply we or our kids have great problems.  It is a kind of matching games and depends on many many factors beyond our control.  So instead of being stuck in question marks and unnecessary worries, let's be calm and prepared for something good to come.  Hope is always there when one is ready for it.  And most importantly, let's not pass our worries and unhappy feelings on to our little ones.

Dream school is one thing, but it may not be suitable to our kids.  Again it's kinda matching game and may I wish that we will find a suitable school for our kids.  God bless.