入拔萃之路

ayeung0088

me too, 有時情願無入過 300 !

cheben

就係咁樣啦, 有300份, 但係冇份150, 心情始終平伏唔到, 會唔會再試下叩?

ayeung0088

仲唸緊.....你呢 ? 咁現在會讀邊間呀 ?

cheben

有APS 同埋 ST JOE (KWUN TONG), 仲問緊睇下邊間好O的...

ayeung0088

哈哈, 咪我同你傾緊....

cheben

都有家長參與下既...
開始離題...SORRY~

LesMis99

Would appreciate any comments from DGJS alumni to share with us what parents should really expect if their daughters study at DG/DB. Apart from academic achievements which I think are largely dependent upon how much efforts one puts into it, other aspects like the relationships among their fellow classmates would utlimately determine how much one would be influenced by the peers during the later part of their school life.  

What does the school atmosphere look like, I mean do children share with others what they learn, play, etc rather than building their own 'weapon' secretely?

Do they have real friends at school as the competition looks so intense in every respect? What do the parents really care about? A good life for an unforgetable childhood or marks and grades?

kellyjason

300 ? the no. of 2nd int student for DBS ?

GAT

i saw an article about an interview with DBS's principal. He mentioned he like story telling student with creativity. Is there any story telling element in the interview process?

He principal also said the competition has became very keen. So they started this year to give the siblings marks only in the second round interview. This has improved the ratio of non-related party entering the 300 list. However, this may explain the disappointment of those parents who entered the last 300 but eventually got disappointed.

I know of a case last year - a child got into 300. He is quite smart in talking but not really attended a lot of tutor class or getting awards. He is unrelated party from an ordinary middle class family.

It makes me believe that maybe the first round is more based on interview while the second round place more emphasize on other background information of the child? This could make sure that even for the related parties, the child don't perform too bad.

What do others think?

GAT

i have also seen another article interviewing another principal of a famous school (forgot which one). She also mentioned that if piano - cert of grade one and two no need to submit. Only if you earn higher grade then it counts - for a 5 year old!!! - people said piano should only starts from 4 years old. That means in one year the child get into grade 3/4?

I also learnt that some primary school has told the parents that piano does not count as one musical instrument. The child need to learn one more on top of piano to be accredited musical instructment.

GAT

On another point, if manner is important in interview - then how about the interview course for DBS/DGS? Are these tailor made course useful or not? Will the child improve his manner after these courses - like not shaking the legs, sit up staight, etc.?

kellyjason

150 out of 300, the chance is quite high when compared to 140 out of 600 or 700 ??? in DGJS.

icbb1230

sometimes, I don't know why piano isn't count as a musical instrument, it is, right? Only because of too many kids know how to play piano, then it isn't count.  With this logic, there could be so many become meaningless.

bobbbby

戰後第二任校長是Mr George She，佢只係唔參加校際足球賽，原因係當時足球賽多數在星期日舉行，但係有派學生參加田徑及游泳校際賽，第三任校長係Mr Lowcock，佢亦無禁止學生參加校際賽。

原帖由 judy 於 10-12-30 09:21 發表

本書唔知去咗邊，記憶所及，應是戰後第二、三任。

youma

原帖由 judy 於 10-12-30 09:18 發表


youma,

話"兩拔收生只看重背境"只是我得到的印象。不過，點都好，中產背境的孩子，在面試表現真的較優越。

不如退一步來說吧，除特殊例子外。你認為女拔是先看背境，再看表現好壞。還是只看表現好壞，而表現好的恰恰是較好境的。
...

當然不會是前者(先看背境，再看表現好壞), 兩拔都聲稱有計分表的啊!


問題是, 校長有最後否決權和特收權。你不是未見過兩拔都有些家底甚強但表現平平的學生嗎? 反而成績好但被拒收的例子倒見不少吧?!

其實計分表內的項目都有些彈性和主觀, 要收一些特殊背境的學生, 總有辦法。

KaHeiBaBa

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judy

原帖由 bobbbby 於 10-12-31 01:02 發表
戰後第二任校長是Mr George She，佢只係唔參加校際足球賽，原因係當時足球賽多數在星期日舉行，但係有派學生參加田徑及游泳校際賽，第三任校長係Mr Lowcock，佢亦無禁止學生參加校際賽。

等我找到本書再看清楚。

ysnmama

我不認為是先看背景再看表現. 如果是. 阿B及任達華的女兒. 為何沒收呢? 難道他們家庭可以付出的, 會比一些中產少嗎? 一定是學校要的某些特質. 只是孩子沒有. 而不是他們沒實力及家庭背景或可以付出的不夠.

只是因為有某些特質能入了. 可能是表達能力好. 有某些才能. 但是否一定能讀上及跟能其他同學競爭. 又是另一回事. 始終可能收了大部份是精英. 可能還有些不是的. 餘下的要看孩子及家長的造化了.

因為有朋友孩子現讀男小拔. 當年收了他時, 他父母也很奇怪. 大家甚至連他父母也覺孩子平平無奇. 在校就是成績在下游吧. 只是家長及孩子沒有特別壞感受就算了. 在一所名校讀書. 能有高的情緒管理也非常重要.

不是一定讀拔萃. 才可"拔萃"的.

judy

問題是, 校長有最後否決權和特收權。你不是未見過兩拔都有些家底甚強但表現平平的學生嗎? 反而成績好但被拒收的例子倒見不少吧?!

不會是前者(先看背境，再看表現好壞)，己經好好。我前面也說過，校友眾多，有的對學校有重大貢献。城中名人，完全唔俾面又點有可能呢？我估世上冇人真的天真到相信有學校收生會100%公平公正。正如蒙住双眼，手持天平之正義女神，也有時令我們失望，嘆奈何。

至於成績好但被拒收的例子不少，這是理所當然的了。收生少，加上觀点與角度，道理易明。

我不知小學收生的水準，但觀乎每年会考放榜，DGS學生真係好好，好得來好平均，令我相信小學部做得好好。

題外話。我今年有去男拔聽簡介会。那天星期六，我約人運動，於是背着大背包，着得古古怪怪。到学校，打到幾圍蛇餅，見到很多人都着得很得體。阿蟲排好前，聽講佢好早好早到。我見解係，要入唔易，就算阿蟲此等權貴，可能学校一早打算俾面佢，但起碼佢都要做場戲俾人睇。(唔同孫肥羊，話明輸送利益就輸送利益，當我等市民係死嘅。)

619619

Yes, it's "particular characters".  And, I still think it's our luck that our daughter has shown this kind of characters in front of Mrs Dai. Background should not be the first thing unless the girls' parents are really with very strong backgrounds.  And, pls don't deny that some girls with strong / wealthy background also have the "particular characters".  My daughter is never the kind of show-off type,...she's quiet at the beginning whenever she meets someone,..but maybe she found the way Mrs Dai to break-the-ice (the game to decide who chatted with Mrs Dai first) is interesting,..then she just get very involved and relaxed.  My daughter has no achievements in Music / Sports at all, just a few little awards in other areas, trust me, not big / special awards at all.  But she's a very devoted and passionate girl in learning and / or finishing a task.  To be frank, we were not confident at getting the offer after the interview since our daughter hadn't gotten any big achievements in any areas and we don't see our daughter is the kind of bright girls.  Maybe the only kind of achievement is being an active-learner. hahahaha,...but all girls who entered 2ng interview should be very smart active-learners already. So, we did not have a lot of hope while we were waiting for the results.  One thing is for sure, that is our daughter did enjoy the 1st and 2nd interviews very much.  That's already good enough. Right?

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