有冇家長后侮選了國際學校，而非傳統小學？

laorenjia

HKTHK 發表於 12-11-21 23:31
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And if you have that kind of money and the opportunity to donate and get your child in, would you do it?  I know I won't.  I believe in working hard and earning the things you want in life.

又咪講到咁盡，當要捐嘅数目對你講係九牛一毛呢？好似好多人想將仔女送入國際學校，咪又係限於個錢字。若錢對你唔係問題，你又鐘意國際學校，但唔通係又話"  I know I won't.  I believe in working hard and earning the things you want in life"就送個仔入本地學校。如果你唔係李超人一級，你估你個仔喺Ivy出嚟就唔駛work hard and earn the things he wants in life?如果你係李超人一級，唔送兩個仔入Standford一類嘅學校又有乜好處呢？我會睇自己能力，亦會睇仔女嘅能力。更多人忽略後者。我哋唔知小小超為何dropped out from Stanford，是否單纯效法Bill Gates？

laorenjia

21Ckid 發表於 12-11-22 11:15
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I think by the time our kid grows up, it will be much much tougher, because y ...

唔係講笑，入籍阿努阿圖真係會有着數。Ivies係悲觀少少，但Oxbridge機會大好多，但你要apply from the public schools in the UK，易過由香港申請九條街。

lui

原帖由 laorenjia 於 12-11-22 發表
又咪講到咁盡，當要捐嘅数目對你講係九牛一毛呢？好似好多人想將仔女送入國際學校，咪又係限於個錢字。若 ...

阿女契爸是年輕的harvard & Princeton graduate. 做fund man 三年後去寫作做作家，就出書。我告訴他考CIS 有幾難，佢話香港唔係得CIS，當然佢真係識CIS 嘅founder, governor. 第時看可否幫手。佢話將來阿女要爭ivies會好難，我地唔係billionaire.佢話希望佢出左名可以recommend 佢入：）不過都要睇阿女乜質地，

laorenjia

Ivies係難，而且會越嚟越難。But for educated parents，趁強國人唔熟悉liberal arts college住，申請Williams, Amherst, Wellesley應該會易啲。一係就送去美國讀中學。話說回頭，如果唔係剩係吼住頭嗰十幾間，一般香港中上學生，要入跟住個二三十間美國大學，又應該ok易噃。

HKTHK

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I dont think I get what you are trying to say. Do you mean that one should pay for such admissions if money is not a concern?

Shootastar

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William, Amherst & Wellesley are also top top top liberal art colleges. Admission to these colleges is as difficult as to Ivies.

laorenjia

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Sorry, I did not mean to offend. But as to question, more or less, yes.

Like many parents, I'm paying more than half a million HK$ a year for my daughter's studies in the US although she could have gone to HKU which already offered her a place. This means I'm willing to pay approximately HK$2 million more for a slightly better university education for my daughter. If a poor dad like me is willing to part with 2 million dollars for my daughter, what is wrong with the people who are trillion times financially better than me to erect a new builing in the campus where their kid is going to? Looking from the perspective of a parent only.

laorenjia

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但暫時仲係少啲強國人爭。

HKTHK

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I am not offended at all, really was just not sure what you were trying to convey.  I now know what you mean.  Every parent want what is good for their kids. The question for me is whether paying for such an admission is good for them.  It is not a matter of whether one can afford it but a matter of principle. Of course, this is all theoretical since I can't afford it in the first place.

laorenjia

入去重可以靠錢，出嚟就要靠佢自己了。好似現今英皇室王子公主都不是Oxbridge的，怕的就可能是有一兩個蛋頭教授唔生性執正嚟做。記憶中好似重未有直系係大學2-1畢業嘅。

laorenjia

Sorry. I was wrong. Princess Beatrice graduated from Goldsmiths College of London U last year with a 2-1.

Alnita

Kareese，你可唔可以PM我你小朋友學中文嘅詳情，我個仔想學多D繁體中文。

angel-papa

點解呢？壓力太大？

silverbell

Shootastar 發表於 12-11-21 11:22
So it is not a bad idea that the kid receives primary education in a local school. If he can cope with the learning environment in local secondary school, there is no need to make a switch. If he wants to explore other options, then make a try in an IS.

I am in the midst of struggle whether I should send my kid to LS or IS for his primary education. And I am interested in what you have shared.

You said it is not a bad idea to study in LS at the beginning. Do you mean that the academic foundation will be stronger  if the kid goes to LS? And,  if he switches to IS at secondary level, he will be in an advantageoous position because he is already academically strong? You said your kids went to good, but not top local primary schools. Did they have to pay tonnes of efforts, particularly in English, to catch up with their fellow classmates in IS?  

A friend of mine has just switched to an IS from a LS at secondary level. He's realized that his English lags far behind his schoolmates. Did your children encounter similar problem, and if yes, how long did they need to catch up with their counterparts? Did they enjoy studying in IS more than LS?

I have similar planning for my kid. If it is convenient, may you share which IS your children went to?  Many many thanks.

Shootastar

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Please check PM.

chwmama313

Shootastar 發表於 12-11-28 16:37
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Hi Shootastar, could you pls also share your thoughts with me? My boy is small now and I'm thinking if we should send him to int'l kinder (which will lead him to IS route all the way) or start with LS and then switch to IS at a later stage. Thx a lot!

Shootastar

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Please check PM.

HKTHK

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Shootastar> Would be interested in your thoughts on transferring from LS to IS as well.  If you have that choice today again, would you do the same?  I also wonder what your children's choice would be since they have gone through the process.  One of the reasons that I moved my child from LS to IS is because I find the level of English unbearable.  If it were at an acceptable level, then I might have stuck it out but she could barely hold a conversation in English and actually worsened after moving from an Eng NET kindergarten.  

Shootastar

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joys2334

有架，唔係因為中文問題 (次要)
係佢要日日對住部電腦做野
如果家長係唔知/唔理仔女對住部電腦做緊乜野
隨時係一個好大的bomb

亦覺得大家對IS的評價ｏｖｅｒｐｒａｉｓｅｄ左少少