my impression of the PN interviews in HK

ella_805

原帖由 tulipmama 於 14-11-09 發表
其實我一㸃也不擔心，香港每年出生八九萬人，能入Ivy League/Oxbridge 的不過二三百人吧？而那二三百人不見 ...

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樓主講出我的心底話，如果小朋友一早識晒，咁返學仲點會有期待同埋興趣？但件事係，呢D名校教的已經唔係SHAPES, COLORS 等等，而係更深更高層次的課程了....

seaker

exactly...i was with my kid who is 13.5m last week for her first interview in life...she was asked to pick fruit...to be honest i do not train intensively on the skills that interview requires...i dun have such toys at home..but i do tell her n show her the real fruits..the point is..i will not ve all kinds of fruit everyday..she knows n remembers today..but cant gurantee tmr she remembers again.. she is juz 13.5 m kid...im also reflecting myself on the way to teach her..is my approach not interview oriented enough? if so..then should i change to suit this crazy game?! im wondering how the kindergarten teachers or sch themselves look education…

victoryu19

seaker 發表於 14-11-10 11:12
exactly...i was with my kid who is 13.5m last week for her first interview in life...she was asked t ...

My believe is that learning through play and in a natural way is more healthy for the long run.  So I won't train my son to fulfill what the interviews are looking for.
Pushing information to a young kid, to me, is not a good way of learning so I will let him pick up knowledge through play and in a natural way.  Let him set the rules when he plays.  Try not to 'teach' him the 'right way' of playing a toy.  Instead, we let him try to figure it out (even though it may not be the 'model answer way' of playing a certain toy.  We stay away from phonics at a young age.  We won't force him to pick up a pen and start writing before K2.  We won't ask him to recognize Chinese characters yet.  

If education is 'interview oriented', then it is seriously wrong in my opinion.