Can anyone give comments on these schools?

okwong

Any suggestion on how to choose among these schools?
1.  Raimondi College
2.  H.K.University Graduate Association港大同學會
3.  St. Paul's College

All of these are boys schools.  Which one has a higher
academic standard?  If all the schools accepted your kid, which one will you choose?

Uncle-DOS

3.  St. Paul's College

Janemansk

HKUGA is not a boys' school. It is a Co-ed.

I work near this school. I observe that the discipline of the students seems not so good and some of them are impolite. So for me I will not choose this school.

宏媽

I hold a different opinion compare with Janemansk's.

I am not a parent of any of the mentioned school. My boy doesn't go to school on the island. However, I was brought up as an islander, so I know quite a lot of friends who had considered to put their children into these schools.

Nowadays, education doesn't mean only politeness and obedient. Rather, children should learn how to behave in different occasion. I am sure, whatever you see in any school in Hong Kong, the same thing will happen in another school also, especially for teenager. Thus, it will be unfair for people to judge a school by a scenario or an impression, even you live just next to the school.


Raimondi and St Pauls' are traditional catholic schools. Although both of them are good schools, St Pauls' has always carried a better reputation than Raimondi, both in terms of the quality of students and the academic standard.

HKUGA has a totally different background. It is so called a 'new concept' school that emphasize on all round education of a young person. The school culture is more open minded.

In terms of academic standard, I think most would agree that St Pauls' will be the best among the three schools. If all of them accept your kid, I believe your kid must be a very smart one. So it really depends on the character of your child that you should choose a school that best fit his personality.

原文章由 Janemansk 於 08-1-5 11:23 發表
HKUGA is not a boys' school. It is a Co-ed.

I work near this school. I observe that the discipline of the students seems not so good and some of them are impolite. So for me I will not choose this sc ...

TANGMOOMOO

St. Paul's College

okwong

If you have some more news about all these schools,  
please let me know.

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HKUGA is not a boys' school. It is a Co-ed.

I work near this school. I observe that the discipline of the students seems not so good and some of them are impolite. So for me I will not choose this sc ...

okwong

I like HKUGA because it is a new concept shcool.  I like
Raimondi because it will have a new school campus next
year and Maths is teaching in English.  I like St Paul Boy's
because of its reputation.  So, I am still collecting other's opinion.  How about their related secondary schools?
Which one is better?  Do you have any idea?  Anyway,
thanks for your analysis.

原文章由 宏媽 於 08-1-5 17:07 發表 [url=http://hwww.baby-kingdom.com/redirect.php?goto=findpost&pid=20669084&ptid=1256286][img]http://h[/img][/url]
I hold a different opinion compare with Janemansk's.

I am not a parent of any of the mentioned school. My boy doesn't go to school on the island. However, I was brought up as an islander, so I know q ...

返工媽

I have very close friends with their children in the mentioned three schools respectively.  In fact, only St Paul College is a boys' school since Raimondi is now recuiting girls.  

I think St Paul college's students demonstrate the highest academic standard in term of exam results.  Students are being trained up under competitive environment.  They are smart, presentable and always capable of maintaining good public image.  

HKUGA is a total different school.  My friend told me that her son's homework is not straight forward even to her standard as a lecturer.  They are trained to use their mind in a criticizing way and be told to judge before believe in all information from text books.  

Raimondi is also a very good school.  The primary school will be moved to Wanchai and the secondary school will occupy the whole campus in mid level.

返工媽

Both St Paul's College and HKUGA are DSS schools and their annual fees are HK$38,000 and HK$27,000 respectively.  Their students are usually promoted to their thru train S1 subject to one condition that students must pass all major subjects.  St Paul's College holds both its primary school and secondary school in the same campus.  HKUGA has its primary school in Chaiwan but its secondary school in Wong Chuk Hang.

Raimondi College is an aided secondary school so the school must strictly follow the EDB's policy regarding medium of instruction (teaching language) and places allocation.

Janemansk

原文章由 宏媽 於 08-1-5 17:07 發表
I hold a different opinion compare with Janemansk's.

I am not a parent of any of the mentioned school. My boy doesn't go to school on the island. However, I was brought up as an islander, so I know q ...

Neither am I a parent of the mentioned school.

I respect anybody who hold different opinion with me.

I respect anybody who has different demand or standard on education.

But I did not say HKUGA is bad or good.

It is also very unfair to me to say that I have judged the school.

I just give my and my colleagues' observation which occur nearly everday. And this observation is the fact.

Despite the above problem, I also think this school has its own strength and good thing like training kids to be more outspoken and to have more confidence. But because I think politeness is more important, so I will not choose this school. That is my point.

So, what I said is only my choice but not any judgement.

iwff

我朋友的兩個女兒都係HKUGA讀緊P5 & P2, 她們都很有禮貌外向, 大女係公開朗誦及講故事比賽中都獲獎。所以我個人認為每間學校都有有禮貌同冇禮貌的學生,不一定是學校問題,家長管教的責任都很大的。

iwff

原文章由 Janemansk 於 08-1-6 22:53 發表


Neither am I a parent of the mentioned school.

I respect anybody who hold different opinion with me.

I respect anybody who has different demand or standard on education.

But I did not say HKUGA i ...

okwong

It seems that all  the 3 schools have their good factors.  
That is why it is difficult to choose.  If you have other
information in future, please advise.  Thanks a lot.

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Both St Paul's College and HKUGA are DSS schools and their annual fees are HK$38,000 and HK$27,000 respectively.  Their students are usually promoted to their thru train S1 subject to one condition th ...

nnfonder

我有同事係港大同學會o既家長, 佢就係buy 呢d "新教學法"所以俾個囡囡讀呢間學校, 點知讀到p.4 都係要轉去國際學校, 咁聽我同事講呢, 佢話學校就話鼓勵同學多閱讀, 但最終都係同主流學校一樣咁谷, 所以如果三間都收你o既話, 我係你就一定唔揀呢間.反正都係要谷, 我就寧願搵間有名o既學校喇.

okwong

It's good I have asked the right person.  You are the
parent of hkuga.  May I ask which class your kid is in?
Whether you consider you have made the right or the
wrong decision to let your kid to study in this school?  
Why?  If you have the chance to choose again now, will
you choose hkuga again out of the 3 schools [hkuga v
Raimondi v St Paul boys]?

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利益申報: 我係hkuga家長
如果比較傳統學校, hkuga學生的確係唔可以用"知規守禮"黎形容, 學校從來唔要求學生要follow strict rules, 俾好多空間佢地去錯去學, 所以學生亦唔會怕老師, 大家係處於一個有商有量既位置
o ...

返工媽

nnfounder:

咁你同事個細路後來去了哪間國際學校?

savoy

原文章由 nnfonder 於 08-1-9 14:56 發表
我有同事係港大同學會o既家長, 佢就係buy 呢d "新教學法"所以俾個囡囡讀呢間學校, 點知讀到p.4 都係要轉去國際學校, 咁聽我同事講呢, 佢話學校就話鼓勵同學多閱讀, 但最終都係同主流學校一樣咁谷, 所以如果三間都收 ...

It is true that students from P.3 onward are required to set a certain target on academic subjects but it never considered to be demanding when comparing with traditional school. Average 3 to 4 pieces of homework a day, 3 times assessment each year, Eng/Chi dictation is taken every twice weeks, around 3 to 4 projects a year and group project instead, no elite class system.... demanding or not? It depends on parent' wish whether they want their children to be more outstanding or score higher on school report. I have never felt hkuga deviates from school mission but I put pressure on myself once a while while I found my son did not perform well on his work.

Well, choose a school has reputation with track record may feel more safe and in line with public opinion because we are trained to be like that. Just like if you are not a person who agrees general suffrage, you are thought to be an odd person. So very agree to 宏媽 that "choose a school that best fit his personality."

[ 本文章最後由 savoy 於 08-1-11 15:15 編輯 ]

返工媽

Hong Kong is now under transition period that our future or our next generation’s future will certainly be affected.
We can no longer be restricted to our own origin – Hong Kong but to think with global vision.
Many of my friends’ graduated children are now choosing to work in Macau, Singapore, Mainland China or UK.
If they are not proactive enough, they might easily loose grab of chances.  Of course, they experience being an exceptional or different person in their group.
Only their self-confidence might help them to stand up straight and to face new challenges of all levels.
Synergy might occur if we and our children can get alone well with the chosen school.
The point is not which to choose but which one we can do our best.

okwong

You are right that we have to choose a school that our
children can do the best, but the problem is: it is not easy
to know which school he can do the best?  How about
their related secondary schools? HKUGA v Raimondi v
St Paul Boys, which one is better?

Just a game to play, if full mark is 10.  How many marks will you give to St Paul co-ed, St Paul Boys, HKUGA,
Raimondi, Wah Yan, St Joseph and DBS, after taking
into account of their own good and bad factors.  

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Hong Kong is now under transition period that our future or our next generation’s future will certainly be affected.
We can no longer be restricted to our own origin – Hong Kong but to think with g ...