有無朋友知道太子明慧 有甚麼不好呢？

charmykittyy

今天收了明慧am  offer. 但星期三deadline 交$  得很短時間下決定。仔仔還有金巴倫cannan pm offer.....,  但明慧可能無校車到呀

Gloria0510

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好同唔好係要自己去用心去睇同感受, 因每個人既要求都唔同. 做家長最重要係要睇下學校既教學理念同方法適唔適合小朋友. 千萬唔好人云亦云呀....

minirat

I am not sure about ESF coz my husband is local.  Do they look at parents citizenships or merely the child?

Marco2010

minirat 發表於 12-11-27 12:22
Are there any good English Native Speaking Workshop around?

I see!  It's not my cup of tea indeed,  ...

To be honest, so far the English Environment in MW is acceptable, but not that good as per my expected!
Zenith will be better when compare!
Because my son's class NET is very green!
I think ESF will be yr final choice!!

Pls refer to the 2012-2013 MW parents post, I had written some drawback on the above.

charmykittyy

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actually i was quite happy to have an offer as am class, but once i read the notice of payment within two days , it made me hesitate ..... and gave me a bad impression immediately , i felt they want $ or push us payment so quickily ( just personal feeling, hope wont make any of you disappointed). as i remember the sch principal said we need to think clearly if this sch suit my kids or not in the briefing session, but she just gave us so little time.

    just called them they need to pay 雜費 of $2xxx twice a year ....  
maybe i will pay first as a backup....  as there are still some coming interviews.

minirat

Marco2010 發表於 12-11-27 12:07
HAHA, we are live in different planets.
SIS / IB is yr candy!
If i were you, I will not enrolled in ...

Are there any good English Native Speaking Workshop around?

I see!  It's not my cup of tea indeed, in terms of language environment.  The teacher student ratio is but this is after the language consideration.  I want to clarify that I am resistant to Cantonese but I think my boy has sufficient exposure to Cantonese at home, and needs more English environment instead, so school is the key source.

Yes, I concur with your logic actually.  In fact, I don't really mind if the teachers are not blonde or without blue eyes.  ABC or Chinese are fine, as long as they are native speakers.  For Zenith, I thought we are paying extra for the school rental (Kowloon Tong) and facilities maintenance, not entirely the teachers.

Marco2010

minirat 發表於 12-11-27 11:43
First of all, you caught me by surprise with your answer.  Haaa!  And good to hear that you have en ...

HAHA, we are live in different planets.
SIS / IB is yr candy!
If i were you, I will not enrolled in any school
Just go to some English Native Speaking Workshop will be more effective to pave for yr kids path.

Firstly, Ming Wai PE do not got a local stream programme. All the classes are for international stream only.
PN---English / Cantonese is the main course, while Jap / PTH is side dishes (may be 15 mins / week or even lesser)
K1-K3---English / PTH  with Jap as a supplyment (15 mins / week).
Pls take note the teacher:student ratio is very good at MW which 1:6-1:8 for PN class.

Since written English will not put in the syllabus in any schools for PN classes, therefore it is no ground for you to paid more for a real native teacher under this circustance. (this is simply logic thinking, not a advice for you)

minirat

Marco2010 發表於 12-11-27 11:24
Haha.......even you are not sure about Zenith!!!!
I can imagine how hard you can make a final decsi ...

First of all, you caught me by surprise with your answer.  Haaa!  And good to hear that you have encounters with Zenith.  Yes I agree with you wholeheartedly that the best and effective way to pick up English (or any other languages) is to immerse in the environment and to speak.  And it's a fact that many ABC (maybe not ABC but those who emigrated overseas at young age) can speak beautifully slang and fluent English but not necessarily good in writing or grammer.  By paying extra, we hope he can attend a happy and beautiful school with good language environment, that's why we are choosing Zenith over Ming Wai.  We have no intention to fight for local elite schools, so if the PN school at the end of the day matches our criteria, we will not join in the fight for K1 next year, and will stay put until K2 for the tough fight at SIS.

By the way, for the PN class international stream at Ming Wai PE, I read that it's English/ Cantonese as main languages, with Putonghua and Japanese as supplementary.  Is that true?  If yes, what is the difference with local stream?  See, I have not give up, coz the dateline is tomorrow!

Marco2010

中年父母 發表於 12-11-27 10:46
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Haha. 妳都講得啱嘅！只係facebook好似全部都係真正明慧媽媽，無咁多攪事嘅閒人， ...

                公開平台什麼人都有, 發表亦不需要負責, 就算幾攪事都好, 都最後敵不過邏輯及事實!
                 我可以講"中年父母"係一個大壞蛋(JUST JOKING), 但無人想知點解但就會相信中年父母"係一個大壞蛋.
                 如果你再問我, 我先會話因為"中年父母"太錫佢的小朋友,所以你係我角度是大壞蛋
                 都唔駛火架, 妳唔見上次列左"BallXXX)的邏輯FAULT之後, 佢都唔敢再跟進.

                 MW家長, 做份好自己本份, 繼續輸"正能量及CRITICAL THINKING"比我們下一代就好了.

Marco2010

minirat 發表於 12-11-27 10:46
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Marco2010, to be honest, I am not certain about Zenith as well.  At this moment ...

Haha.......even you are not sure about Zenith!!!!
I can imagine how hard you can make a final decsion, so lucky that both are yr back up choices.
My son studied at Zenith playgroup before.
He like the NET teacher, Mr. Sigh very much (hope he still there).

There are 2 points I buy Zenith more than MW:
Firstly, her NET teacher are better as most of them are "real" native speaker
As I often find "ABC"can speaker fluent English but not so good in writting or grammar.
Also it is better let kids to face and speak with a "real" foreigner rather than a "chinese face" as long as you paid for it.
Secondly, it is a real facts that no one can deny is Zenith's campus is much much better than MW.

Zenith textbook for PN is using other school (Like Topkids) K1 level books.
The language environment is excellent for English, but not that good for Mandarin and Cantonese.
If I am not wrong, Zenith will not teach Cantonese (Many parents think they can teach kids Cantonese, but I think it cannot work without a system).

To be honest, I am not that MW die hard fans if you had reviewed all my posts about MW.
I am not going to talk about MW merits as some other will think I am hard selling MW.
(Also this topic is talking about "cons" of MW, not the "Pros")
I just can said both MW and Zenith is a good school in my eyes!

中年父母

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Haha. 妳都講得啱嘅！只係facebook好似全部都係真正明慧媽媽，無咁多攪事嘅閒人，有時佢哋D不實留言真係睇到我把鬼火！

minirat

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Marco2010, to be honest, I am not certain about Zenith as well.  At this moment, we only have offers from Zenith and Ming Wai PE, so can only compare the two.  Apparently we don't see the point of paying the registration fee for both, since we are treating both as backup choices.  In terms of hardware, Zenith Kowloon Tong campus is beautiful with spacious classrooms, big outdoor and greenhouse like indoor playgrounds, even the toilets are nice!  Of coz these come with a price to pay, ie. higher school fees.  In terms of software, honestly I have my uncertainties too, but from what I understand from the forum and few existing parents, Zenith's English/ Putonghua stream is quite outstanding.  Language environment is an important consideration for me, especially English.  Putonghua is optional, but defintiely a bonus.  In terms of teachers quality, I believe to certain extent, it depends on luck whether we are able to meet a good and geuinely caring teacher, irregardless of the school.

In fact, I have read about Zenith engaging fake teachers during school open day and interviews and am also scare that it's true, coz I believe if a school is capable of taking that extra mile to put on a false front, I cannot imagine what will be at backstage!  Then again, I have to choose, based on own judgement.

I understand you are existing parent of Ming Wai.  Can you advise the language proportion and environment of PN class at Ming Wai PE?  And would you like to share the merit points of Ming Wai PE with me?  I believe you coz I have met you few times from other threads.

Marco2010

中年父母 發表於 12-11-26 23:51
個facebook太好啦！可惜係出年嘅N1

妳個小朋友都讀左幾個月啦, 要知都知哂.
各MW用家自己真正先知MW好唔好.
係D唔知讀唔讀的家長真係要知多D啦.

而且有INFO都可以係2012-2013家長會到SHARE, 米一樣.

minirat

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Yes, the notice is too short.  Minimum of one week is more reasonable.  If you really cannot make up your mind, why don't you pay the registration fees for both?  In this way, you can buy more time to have a thorough consideration before making the final decision.

For me, it's between Zenith Kowloon Tong and Ming Wai PE.  I really do not like the location of Ming Wai PE and cannot think of any outstanding merit points about Ming Wai PE over Zenith except the more reasonable school fees, but considering that we pay extra for the school hardware and facilities, it's acceptable to us.

中年父母

個facebook太好啦！可惜係出年嘅N1

阿早!

我之前返過兩日體驗班， 覺得幾好喎。一班十幾個學生， 大家都係差不多月份， 老師又有心機。

charmykittyy

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happymama_jkc

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happymama_jkc

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charmykittyy

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第二要講課程（硬件），其實被得幾千蚊學 ...

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