私立學校和國際學校的分別？

shadeslayer

nintendo 發表於 16-11-7 13:45
Which IS is your child in? How much you know about IS? You sure you know all of them that well?
You ...

Didn't I quote my "Proper"?  

yes it is my definition of Proper IS whether it is IS by EDB definition.  why would i want to argue with people on my definition of Proper IS?

I have nothing against PIS. my daughter studied in one and almost got into another one.  

To the contrary, I said time and time again PIS and DSS are the best thing in HK education. why would i dislike them. I know very smart and bright students in DGS, SPCC.

I have suggested in this thread to mix PIS and IS together when shortlisting school by the parents.   Does that sound disliking PIS to you?

also I never claim how much I know about IS. I quoted my "Proper" IS.

My choice of words like "I would be skeptical" was far from being aggressive.

shadeslayer

Cara2006 發表於 16-11-7 14:04
IS do not only take English speaking kids. IS are schools that take kids that cannot go to local sc ...

FIS has French Stream for French speaking kids. JIS has Japanese Stream for Japanese kids.  GSIS has German Stream for German Kids.  KIS has Korean Stream.  there should be others similar cases I have not mentioned above.

For kids whose first language does not belong to one of these available language Streams in HK, like Hebrew/Hindu, ..... and their English is not at English A level, then these are valid cases.

it boils down to what do we mean by "rare".

hkparent

原帖由 shadeslayer 於 16-11-07 發表
FIS has French Stream for French speaking kids. JIS has Japanese Stream for Japanese kids.  GSIS ha ...

If I were a parent of the German stream in GSIS, I would take German A and English B. How can a German have second language German level when he may need to go back to Europe to work in future? It's not necessary for the kid to take both German and English A either. I'd rather let him take more HL subjects related to his university subject. Similarly, if my kid were to work in Hk in future, I don't think it's necessary to take both Chinese and English A. Why does he need so much learning of literature if he wants to study medicine/science/engineering? He should take more HL science subjects instead.

callmebabe

Cara2006 發表於 16-11-6 01:30
This requirement is a joke.
A lot of local chinese students have foreign passport. Look at KJS and  ...

Lol agree
See cais, over 90% are locals

callmebabe

minicooper0808 發表於 16-11-6 09:49
ICA 係私校行國際課程，但school tour 時，個副校長話大約7成人都擁有外國passport .

所以我才分不淸楚， ...

副校主動講呢樣野？

poonseelai

hkparent 發表於 16-11-7 19:46
If I were a parent of the German stream in GSIS, I would take German A and English B. How can a Germ ...

You don't need to take both languages at HL. You can take language A SL

hkparent

But is it worthwhile to take both language A and put my overall IB score at risk, without adding any advantage for university admission? I'd rather spend time taking one more HL science subject. If my kid will take Eng A, why bother take Chinese A SL? Vice versa for Chi A and Eng B, especially a student will need to demonstrate English ability by taking IELTS/TOEFL for admission to most top universities overseas.

poonseelai

hkparent 發表於 16-11-7 20:59
But is it worthwhile to take both language A and put my overall IB score at risk, without adding any ...

咁要睇你讀那一科和去那裡讀，有些科講明要Eng A HL, 如一個中國人考美國大學考Chi B可能被認為走精面

shadeslayer

poonseelai 發表於 16-11-7 21:11
咁要睇你讀那一科和去那裡讀，有些科講明要Eng A HL, 如一個中國人考美國大學考Chi B可能被認為走精面
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本帖最後由 shadeslayer 於 16-11-7 21:38 編輯

What if the school does not have Chi A?

What if the kids study IS at Eng A level from Kindy?

What if the Asian kid was adopted by white parents?

Just looking at the surname and the color of the skin to determine if Chi B is 走精面 does not make sense.

shadeslayer

hkparent 發表於 16-11-7 19:46
If I were a parent of the German stream in GSIS, I would take German A and English B. How can a Germ ...

Of course the German stream's first language is German, therefore they do not have to have Eng A.

DSE students taking DSE Chinese at Native level and none of them are expected to achieve native level English.  Although some of the smart kids can achieve both Eng and Chi at native/near-native levels in DSE.

I was saying International stream students whose first language is supposed to be English and they take Eng B should be "rare" cases.  If an IS international stream has a lot of Eng B students, I would be skeptical.

I don't really know what Nintendo was upset about.

poonseelai

shadeslayer 發表於 16-11-7 21:29
本帖最後由 shadeslayer 於 16-11-7 21:38 編輯

What if the school does not have Chi B?

我聽過一個case, 香港學生chi surname, 報英國UCL, rejected, 因3個HL subject not challenging enough, 學生took兩個science HL 加 chi B HL, 是否唔合理？i don't know

shadeslayer

poonseelai 發表於 16-11-7 21:38
我聽過一個case, 香港學生chi surname, 報英國UCL, rejected, 因3個HL subject not challenging enough,  ...

Was the student from a IS?I just can't figure out how the student is to blame if the school does not have Chi A at all.

hkparent

IB looks troublesome from this perspective. If the IS kid takes the national exam of an overseas country, be it GCE AL, AP, Canada/Alberta, Australian etc, the kid will not be expected to have a high level of Chinese.

minicooper0808

callmebabe 發表於 16-11-7 19:51
副校主動講呢樣野？

係，係個power point 入面。

minicooper0808

因為我買了債卷的國際學校，要明年2，3月才面試。而又唔係100%收佢。
其他學校，最遲12月面試，如果收，2，3月前就要交留位費。
所以好難選擇比阿女讀咩學校。我們打算等她中學時，比佢去外國讀書。

minicooper0808

依家就快4歲，一句中文都唔肯講，所以，已經預左佢會變鬼妹仔。

Choochootrain

minicooper0808 發表於 16-11-7 22:58
依家就快4歲，一句中文都唔肯講，所以，已經預左佢會變鬼妹仔。

只係4yrs old...如果你堅持只用廣東話同佢溝通，我唔信佢成年都講唔到廣東話囉...

hkparent

原帖由 minicooper0808 於 16-11-07 發表
依家就快4歲，一句中文都唔肯講，所以，已經預左佢會變鬼妹仔。

有外國護照嗎？打算將來在外國工作，不回港？不懂中文在香港較難找工作。

skmibb

minicooper0808 發表於 16-11-6 09:49
ICA 係私校行國際課程，但school tour 時，個副校長話大約7成人都擁有外國passport .

所以我才分不淸楚， ...

有jm已講,就是收生比例。真正國際學校要70%學生攞外國護照。相反,其餘的私校就要收本地生多於持外國護照。

skmibb

無際星塵 發表於 16-11-6 09:35
事實並非如此，你試想想，那些本地英文學校及非真正國際學校（包括考IB的新興學校）平日用於教英文及其他 ...

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