My girl said the interview is harder but enjoyable than that of DGJS. She quote the CKY teacher will encourage them to try and not pushing or pulling them to or from trial. While she was at interview of DGJS, she quoted the teacher said they can put down their pens if they did not know the answer. Yes, my girl said she respected towards the teacher's words . That really a joke between me and my...... Ask the child not to try!:;pppp:
Thanks for your compliment. Actually, I think my girl is quite lucky that the interviews this year focus a lot on academic stuff which she luckily had confidence on. (If you ask her to tell a story in front of a group she may be very weak.) I didn't particularly train her for the interviews. I think her school gave enough training to her on this aspect already. But I did encourage her to develop more on her strength & interest. For example, she likes reading very very much, so I buy many many books for her. On academic side I never gave her pressure. I believe kids can do very well if they are really interested. But I did remind her to be polite, making it a habit. And I had tried to make her feel that all interviews were just games, so she did not have pressure and could enjoy the process.
I think many parents here have smarter kids and perhaps they can also share their tips.
I don't have kids joining the P1 allocation game this year, and my kids have not applied and rejected by CKY before. So I just want to ask a neutral question that confused me, not to challenge this school or any of you.
I am confused when I read the quote from《贏在起跑線 ~ 我的名校之路》的作者Herbert Shiu's word: " 小學 時期的成績真的不太重要，七十分、八十分也是好成績，不一定拿九十多或一百分的才是好學生"; "求學時頑皮的學生，將來可能是成就最大等等的學校裡成長。" These I can agree no more. However, then I read the post about its interview questions being harder than that of DGJS, that kids with strong English and/ or Mandarin abilites are accepted..... I just think to myself: if "academic results" are not something CKY stresses on, why the interview questions set at a level that's too hard for a K3 student? If a kid go into the interview room behaving as naughty as he can, will he be accepted into the school?
My point is: CKY is a good school that encourages parents not to push the kids and let them develpe freely and enjoy learning. However, parents need to first train the kids to be good "academically" and behave well before they can get thro' the interview and get the entrance tickets to the school. So the whole scenario: push for the first 6 years of life then can get an enjoyable not-so-pushy primary and even secondary school life?
The author of 《贏在起跑線 ~ 我的名校之路》doesn't represent CKY but I agree with the author.
My son also gets the offer from CKY. He told me the interview was funniest comparing to others. He pretty enjoyed the games in the 1st and 2nd interviews in which teachers also told stories and asked them to answer questions. After the interview, he asked if he could go to CKY interview again.
There was no Mandarin in the interview. My son can not read Chinese books but pretty good at reading English books. I have no idea why the interview questions are harder than DGJS. I also heard CKY assigned many projects for students. Some of them are too hard. Parents's help is a must.
發表於 12-1-13 11:40
. That really a joke between me and my...... Ask the child not to try!:;pppp:
只有這樣安慰自己吧.
