鍾意國際學校既原因係?

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elainL 發表於 17-9-5 17:05
咁最後揀咗邊間呀？可唔可以分享原因

都係揀了ESF, 因為有中學

jolalee

chongcm 發表於 17-4-5 21:36
自己讀過本地學校,外國學校，國際學校.依家做左人父母,想了解下依家父母點解鍾意仔女讀國際學校?
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Chongcm, sounds like your child is still young and I'm glad you are carefully weighting the pros and cons of each education system. Many has shared their opinion here (and/or in LS forums if you are wise to ask the same question on different forums), so I'll just raise a few points which may be useful for you at this stage:

1) Stick to one language per parent / caretaker, esp when you haven't decided which path to go for. It is easy to parents to mix languages at this stage, which is not constructive to a child's language acquisition.

2) Once you have decided on a certain system, try your best to stick to it instead of switching around. As you have wisely pointed out, each system has its pros and cons, and each child get to only choose one. It'd be better to make up our mind than to have a child try out different systems or even straddle between two at the same time (seriously, I've seen it done before; it's not healthy for the child as all)

3) You are correct to point out the increased competitiveness of IS due to more Asian parents being in the system. Seem like in HK, we are fortunate enough to have choices, but at the same time we don't get to choose this competitive environment which permeates through all schools. Look for what suits your family's philosophy the most, but do be aware that in the end, we are in Hong Kong.

Love to hear your conclusions and questions after 1/2 year of searching...

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Otome

Dear-Valerie 發表於 17-4-6 13:30
回覆 augkBB 的帖子

以下國際/私立學校提供外國課程及教授繁體中文:

請問你介唔介意pm我知你仔仔係邊間讀？我大女小二，傳統小學⋯⋯但我個女超鍾意睇書，英文算幾好，但中文⋯⋯唉⋯所以都想了解多d, 萬分感謝！

andykwan

Otome 發表於 17-10-22 04:49
請問你介唔介意pm我知你仔仔係邊間讀？我大女小二，傳統小學⋯⋯但我個女超鍾意睇書，英文算幾好，但中文⋯ ...

我囡由在傳統女校由小一讀到今年中二，成績中上，讀得開心。但我唔想佢考DSE，現考慮下年轉到IS讀 grade 9...

Fish777

andykwan 發表於 17-10-22 21:05
我囡由在傳統女校由小一讀到今年中二，成績中上，讀得開心。但我唔想佢考DSE，現考慮下年轉到IS讀 grade 9. ...

點解讀左咁耐現在先唔想考DSE呢

andykwan

Fish777 發表於 17-10-22 23:33
點解讀左咁耐現在先唔想考DSE呢

因為囡唔太喜歡中文，我亦覺得佢在學科找不到方向，想趁完成初中前再考慮IS...


其實在傳統學校讀DSE係一種訓練, 用約五年時間去消化七至八科內容，再考試倒返出來...如果將來的事業需要讀得書，要挑戰一個又一個專業試，DSE 係唔錯的選擇。

GC0060

Disclaimer: I studied in an elite girl school until Secondary 3, then to the US until I gradated from College
Husband is ESF graduate from Primary all the way to F.7.

We were discussing about the background of the people working in his Investment bank, which is one of the top American bank. All the MD / directors / senior management / bankers are either foreigners / mainlanders, while the local grads are mostly in the operation / IT /  back office. Don't want to be stereotypical but it shows the skills of the two different kind of education train up.

Our daughter has started Year 1 in ESF. She is definitely becoming more and more expressive and speak up her mind. She really does have a mind of her own and won't be influenced easily unless she's been convinced with "sound" reasons. And this is the kind of skills I now believe is most important - critical and analytical thinking, articulation and expressiveness etc.

But yes it does come with a price, expensive tuition and weak written Chinese (her mandarin speaking is still good) and I'll live with that. I supplement with traditional Chinese writing at home daily and she's progressing well.

bonbon1106

我囡在傳統女校讀小2, applying for IS too !

samsam123321

andykwan 發表於 17-10-24 00:53
因為囡唔太喜歡中文，我亦覺得佢在學科找不到方向，想趁完成初中前再考慮IS...

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FattyDaddy

GC0060 發表於 17-10-24 07:55
All the MD / directors / senior management / bankers are either foreigners / mainlanders, while the local grads are mostly in the operation / IT /  back office. Don't want to be stereotypical but it shows the skills of the two different kind of education train up. ...

Just want to point out that mainland Chinese undergo a spoon-fed style education train up not dissimilar to that in HK.

samsam123321

FattyDaddy 發表於 17-10-25 11:29
Just want to point out that mainland Chinese undergo a spoon-fed style education train up not dissim ...

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Jane1983

國內學生即使在國內讀開IS，轉來香港讀IS，認識好多個，都係力補力谷。

Jane1983

大陸學生讀書其實無乜特別，叻果批，除非極聰明，否則無非極之刻苦用功。

但讀IS的大陸學生，即使好細個就讀，好像比較少中文完全唔得，呢方面可能有比較值得借鏡的地方。

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Jane1983 發表於 17-10-25 12:14
大陸學生讀書其實無乜特別，叻果批，除非極聰明，否則無非極之刻苦用功。

但讀IS的大陸學生，即使好細個就 ...

所以我始終相信是屋企落的苦功，當你父母直呈不懂英文，爺爺嫲嫲整天古訓掛在口，連寫封家書都要中文，你就不會看輕中文。另外口説PTH再學白話亦比較易學，我自己教女兒中文，她現在k2, 也花了不少時間才認識到那些廣東口話從來不用的詞語，例如「白天」「生活」「生氣」「害怕」「x着」這些看似簡單，但原來我們的小朋友也要由頭學才明白意思，所以要日積月累讀很多書給她聽，慢慢儲很多字庫，才有心機再學上去。

FattyDaddy

samsam123321 發表於 17-10-25 11:58
有些大陸人好早過去外國讀，有些遲過去但都起碼是海歸

I agree, but they would be the exception rather than the norm, just like some local Hongkongers may be returnees from overseas too.
The point is, the original poster grouped mainlander and foreigner together. May be there is some truth in saying mainlanders are foreigners, but as far as mainland education is concerned it is similar to HK's if not more rigid.

GC0060

Honestly I don't think anyone here know what are the schools / education in China are really like these days since we probably don't have any first-hand experience, but I have read many articles on the "quality" of the mainland students studying in various Hong Kong universities, most lecturers / professors would describe them as hard-working, assertive, determined, asking tons of questions and being very engaged in class discussions etc.

As in the business world, the mainlanders here are observed to be proficient in both Chinese and English, well-connected and educated...at least in the banks I know.

FattyDaddy

GC0060 發表於 17-10-25 13:32
well-connected and educated... ...

Putting well connected first and educated second, I guess that's what they call a Freudian Slip :)

samsam123321

大陸14億人，每年

FattyDaddy

samsam123321 發表於 17-10-25 23:52
大陸14億人，每年成千萬人考高考，百萬人分之一都有可能十幾人，來香港的可能是省狀元。即百萬人挑一人，想 ...

We're not focusing on the quality of the people but the quality of the education system, and in that regard there is no need to fantasize about China's education system.

The people who know China's education system best are the mainland Chinese themselves, and since there are far more mainland Chinese coming to HK to study than Hongkongers going in the opposite direction, the conclusion is pretty obvious.

chunyatmama

FattyDaddy 發表於 17-10-26 00:24
We're not focusing on the quality of the people but the quality of the education system, and in tha ...

I believe that those Mainlander enrolled in the Universities in Hong Kong are trying boarden their experience and trying to go out and learn, just like those Hong Kongers going to other countries.  As some others mentioned that there are quite a numbers of students in Mainland when comparing to HK.

Anyway, I have no idea about the education system in Mainland but there is a fact that they are a lot more aggressive and proactive in their learning attitude.  Maybe that's their culture.  They will not give up any chance in front of them.  There are many good examples from my friend who teaches in HKU.  Based on his observation, the local students are no way to compare with those from Mainland.  The professor and lecturers are all with similar comments.