that's right. my son is going to DBS interview this Friday, i take it as an opportunity to find out how well my boy performs among all the others, just an experience for him and for us as parents.
just take it easy, my good luck will knock my door.
Hi parents,
In fact, the schools give you offer or not which is not totally relatived to the ability of your kids, it affects by many factors, like the own opinion/subjective judgement of the interviewer, the situation of your kids during the interview, or even the school think that the family is not fitted for the school, don't forget that parents need to fill in the questionnaire at 1st interview. So, the result is not realistic at all, believed your kids & encourage them to behaviour at their best.
remember it's only October now, there are many many months to go before everything is final, in June lots of seats will be available from good schools(well, may be not the top schools), don't show disappointment in front of your kids, they can sense it, be positive!
I belong to catagories c and d also but my son also failed. I already knew my son would fail when he told me the principle asked him to tell her a story. Hy son just said, 'I don't know how to tell stories.' Story telling is his weakest.
The mosting frustrating of all was that the principle said if the boy didn't greet during the interview, his parent must have failed to teach his child that in their daily life. Such preconception is totally not fair to parents:-x . As the boy knows he is being interviewed, he surely is nervous and may therefore forget to greet. After all, I am sure most of the parents' children must have at least one bad habit or two. Whatever you say and no matter how many times you say, your child just cannot get rid of the bad habit.
Don't feel sad. It's very true that 柳暗花明有一村. My daughter only got to our dream school in the very last round of lucky draw last year. So, there's always hope !