Getting your child into DBSPD

precious

".....學校特別看重家長的見識、氣質和誠意...
.....小拔十分看重小朋友是否全面發展、有堅毅不屈、富幽默感和好奇心的性格...."

怎麼能在一兩次面試將所有以上特質發放出來, 唔通就係 PRIVATECOACH的獨門秘笈??

DBBoy

This type of belief is what I call "sour grape" theory or an escape route for saving face when an application fails.  

The fact is that my father was a small potato policeman and both of my parents did not graduate from primary school.  My family was not flashy, and did not have much money.  Most of my classmates were not from "F4" families.  There could be one or two but the majority were from middle class and a few lived in public housing estates.  The only thing that they did to help me get into DPS and DBS was to pay someone $100 for them to queue up and get an application form for the school 30 years ago and they left the rest to me.

"其他什麼小朋友的創意、表達能力、德行、堅毅、幽默感、好奇心、全面發展…，什麼家長的理念、見識、氣質、誠意…至乎校友等關係, 得啖笑而矣。"

The joke and laugh is on the person who really believe that the above is true.  If you agree with what this lady said, then just throw your application into the bin because if this is how the school select its students, this is not a school worth going to.  I assure you that DBS is not like that.

Sincerity and dedication matters........100%.  Mark my words if you wish your application to be successful.

Good Luck


“教養孩童，使他走當行的道，就是到老，他也不偏離。” (箴言23:6)                                       

CSL123

How can DBSPD assess these things like creativity, humor, curiosity, parents' character etc for P.2-P.6 slot-in classes since there are no interviews for boys and their parents?

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DBBoy 寫道:
"其他什麼小朋友的創意、表達能力、德行、堅毅、幽默感、好奇心、全面發展…，什麼家長的理念、見識、氣質、誠意…至乎校友等關係, 得啖笑而矣。"

The joke and laugh is on the person who really believe that the above is true.  If you agree with what this lady said, then just throw your application into the bin because if this is how the school select its students, this is not a school worth going to.  I assure you that DBS is not like that.
ds if you wish your application to be successful.

PRIVATECOACH

To answer this question, have you ever had a "pen-pal"?  If the answer is so obvious, then where is the competition, creativity and satisfaction???  I trust that all of us in BK learn alot about the person writing by ready what they write.  

This is a big hint      

pignose

Good question!

ykwong

係咪即係話：以前就要俾一舊水以顯誠意，依家就要有 pen pal 幫手？

youma 你明未！

老實講，我唔信！

ykwong

不如我介紹大家另一個方法:

有位張姓議員(唔係文光)常在又一X俱樂部打羽毛球，打得好屎。久不久會找ｄ波友參加會所內的雙打比賽。細佬因緣際會，有幸受過邀請，不過因不想被人借過橋，所以拒絕了。(死蠢！)

各位有興趣可以諗諗，好過同人/搵人幫你做筆友。首先要入會，然後學好ｄ波。用既錢全部受益人都係自己，好過益人。

tlwtlw888

又一X俱樂部的會藉聽聞幾年前都要差不多成百萬，咁係味找個有份量既 pen-pal 會易d呢？

judy

This type of belief is what I call "sour grape" theory or an escape route for saving face when an application fails.

DBBoy，

正如馬會話齋：精英大師威，即係香港威。同理，拔翠威，即係香港威，DB Boy 醒，即係香港人醒。拔翠咁威咁醒，試問我等又怎會因入不到拔翠，而起酸葡萄心態，個別人士就算有，也不敢寫出來，拔翠咁威咁醒，寫出來都冇人信啦。

我等寫咁多嘢，無非是想叫阿PRIVATECOACH免費醒两招 (請原諒我咁cheap, 因本人無機會接受拔翠的教育，不知甚麽是Noble)。

其實，貪小便宜是人之天性，我見PRIVATECOACH咁成功，又想學開班。Stccmc即刻想到在會埸做小販。為甚麽小販要到演唱會附近賣鱼蛋，報紙檔會開在酒樓外呢？說穿了，是在利用演唱會、酒樓的剩餘價值而己。

小販、報紙佬给人Cheap Cheap 地的感覺，但同樣利用母校的剩餘價值開班的PRIVATECOACH，却給人很Noble的感覺，你話，拔翠威唔威呢？

KatieM1203

I've mentioned and shown this topic to my husband who is also an old boy of both DPS & DBS. My husband said we should all beware of things like this.



Accounting to Coach,

"As an old boy, I am concerned about the quality of students that go into DBSPD. I personally see this to be a contribution to the school more than a money making event. ......."

My husband said he couldn't see HOW an old boy can do any CONTIBUTION associating to the QUALITY OF STUDENTS THAT GO TO DBSPD by providing such a seminar.  


My elder brother works in DBS, he also said what Coach presented was simply a "sells pitch".  He doesn't think there are parents joining.



            

KatieM1203

DBBoy 寫道:
This type of belief is what I call "sour grape" theory or an escape route for saving face when an application fails.  

The fact is that my father was a small potato policeman and both of my parents did not graduate from primary school.  My family was not flashy, and did not have much money.  Most of my classmates were not from "F4" families.  There could be one or two but the majority were from middle class and a few lived in public housing estates.  The only thing that they did to help me get into DPS and DBS was to pay someone $100 for them to queue up and get an application form for the school 30 years ago and they left the rest to me.

"其他什麼小朋友的創意、表達能力、德行、堅毅、幽默感、好奇心、全面發展…，什麼家長的理念、見識、氣質、誠意…至乎校友等關係, 得啖笑而矣。"

The joke and laugh is on the person who really believe that the above is true.  If you agree with what this lady said, then just throw your application into the bin because if this is how the school select its students, this is not a school worth going to.  I assure you that DBS is not like that.

Sincerity and dedication matters........100%.  Mark my words if you wish your application to be successful.

Good Luck


“教養孩童，使他走當行的道，就是到老，他也不偏離。” (箴言23:6)                                       

Agreed. Isn't it sad to see the school has changed so much since then.      I believe parents then were never asked to donate 200,000 for planting a tree in the campus.   

Msma

yk

你好野，形容好掂 !

katie

你應叫你個friend 開下班啦! 可能免費後，佢可做另一趙x 榮，xx 代言人 添，幫下手 唔使個私人教練咁辛苦，單打獨鬥啦嗎 !  

KatieM1203

Msma 寫道:


katie

你應叫你個friend 開下班啦! 可能免費後，佢可做另一趙x 榮，xx 代言人 添，幫下手 唔使個私人教練咁辛苦，單打獨鬥啦嗎 !  

Did you mean my brother?  

Frankly, there isn't much help on seminar like this on getting your boys in DBSPD. My brother told me there were lots of professionally done profolios submitted but ended up in the trash can. Interviewers knew right away if the kid had attended those so-call interview classes which also doesn't help much.

Oh, by the way, I don't think 趙x 榮 is helpful.   I personally think I've learned much more from BK parents than reading his articles.   

DBBoy

Dear Katie

I was at the tree planting event and I donated HK$3000 to plant a 3m high tree with my children.  I note that is it not mandatory that parents donate and there are trees from HK$300 to HK$200,000.

Old DBS is in a terrible condition since it is a very very old building.  Parents complain when fees are high, parents complain when standards are low, parents complain when students get hurt because facilities are too old, parents complain when toilet is smelly.  PLEASE GIVE THE SCHOOL AND ITS MANAGEMENT A BREAK!!!

I see the tree planting event to be very meaningful since I have always wished to plant a tree at DBS ground.  I have always wanted to have "roots" in this lovely campus so my children can all remember their parents and grand-parents.

"Isn't it sad to see the school has changed so much since then.  I believe parents then were never asked to donate 200,000 for planting a tree in the campus."  

The sad fact is that the school is old, worn down with not enough money to repair and restore it to its former glory.  Everyone wants a nice school and pay little for it.  Parents were asked to "consider" to donate, not at gunpoint and there will be no punishment not to do so.  The price is HK$300-HK$200,000.  

How much did you spend just last weekend???  Is the money that you spent enough to give you the memory that last one, two or three lifetime???             

KatieM1203

Dear DBBoy,

First, let me clarify that I am not in any way trying to criticize the school. In fact, I don't think I'll ever want to do that. (for 3 reason: 1. my husband is an old boy, 2. my elder brother works there, 3. my son is going to be a DBS Boy in the future as he is in DPS now.)

Second, I've been viewing topics on DBS/DBSPD/DPS including this one.  I voice out my personal opinions because I feel mine would be more objective, more factual and maybe more helpful to some parents.

I myself admired the nice old time very much too, as I have been told by my husband from time to time.

For the fund raising matter, it is one of the most important tasks for the school in these forthcoming years. Even thought my son is not in DBSPD, our family has been doing our part in supporting the school.

DBBoy

If your husband is an old boy, he can tell you that Jacland Lai as headmaster did nothing in terms of improving the school during his term and it is in a serious state of disrepair.  The sports field was and still is like a rice field, the paint are falling off and the orchestra was practising in bad condition until the old boys donated a music room.

Everything has a good and bad side.  Sometimes we need to live with the "lesser of the two evils".  Donations could lead to pressure to accept certain students and favouritism but I am sure that it is not so bad that it dictates and drives the school in a wrong direction.

There is a strong force behind DBS to prevent it from straying......may the "force" be with you too... :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:

KatieM1203

DBBoy 寫道:
If your husband is an old boy, he can tell you that Jacland Lai as headmaster did nothing in terms of improving the school during his term and it is in a serious state of disrepair.  The sports field was and still is like a rice field, the paint are falling off and the orchestra was practising in bad condition until the old boys donated a music room.

Everything has a good and bad side.  Sometimes we need to live with the "lesser of the two evils".  Donations could lead to pressure to accept certain students and favouritism but I am sure that it is not so bad that it dictates and drives the school in a wrong direction.

There is a strong force behind DBS to prevent it from straying......may the "force" be with you too... :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:  :evil:

Oh, I believe Locock (or Lowcock) was the headmaster (or one of his headmasters) when my husband went to DBS. I'm not sure if Jacland Lai was once his headmaster. My husband left HK for quite some years after his graduation, so I haven't heard that much about Jacland. Actually, I haven't heard much about Locock either. Mostly, I just overheard his conversation to my brother or his high-schoolmates.

"Everything has a good and a bad side" ... no objection from me at all. And in fact, it is what I've been telling my friends and sharing to some parents in BK that there are "voluntary donations". I believe it is always better to know more in advance.

I do hope parents of DBS, DBSPD and DPS students do support some of the fund raising campaigns. To tell you the truth, "donation to the school" is actually an item in our family budget.

DBBoy

My years at DPS and DBS moulded me into who I am and what I am.  To be honest, I don't think I could have achieved anything that I have achieved today if I had not attended this school.

I cannot say what could become of me should I have attended Wah Yan, La Salle or others, because I could not turn back the clock and give it a try.

For a person coming from a middle (lower) class section of the community, DBS gave me an identity that helped me since I left the school to study abroad.  The good name of DBS has given me immediate recognition overseas.  

As when a DBS boy graduate, this is the time when they should repay the school in whatever way they can.  Shouldn't this be the same with all students from all schools??

Love thy mother, Love thy mother school, Love thy motherland              

KatieM1203

DBBoy 寫道:
My years at DPS and DBS moulded me into who I am and what I am.  To be honest, I don't think I could have achieved anything that I have achieved today if I had not attended this school.

I cannot say what could become of me should I have attended Wah Yan, La Salle or others, because I could not turn back the clock and give it a try.

For a person coming from a middle (lower) class section of the community, DBS gave me an identity that helped me since I left the school to study abroad.  The good name of DBS has given me immediate recognition overseas.  

As when a DBS boy graduate, this is the time when they should repay the school in whatever way they can.  Shouldn't this be the same with all students from all schools??

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I know.  Exactly the same mentality as my man.     

CSL123

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