一般收入的家庭會否讓子女讀國際小學

RJSM

Dear Annie123,

Surely you are entitled to your opinions. My observations about IS children struggling with science and engineering in local universities are based on facts --- the many cases I came across in the sector I am working in --- universities.

Do not mistake that I am trying to infer the inferiority of maths standard in IS. The fact is IS maths is not designed to prepare students for science and engineering studies at local universities!

Rjsm

Rjsm

Annie123 寫道:
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But students from IS may have difficulties in coping with the science and engineering programmes in local universities due to the level of their maths and science training.

I do not concur.

I have explained previously how Math is taught at IS. Science is taught similarly --- ie, teachers spend more time in teaching the basics; they do not rush on and force the children to simply memorise everything without understanding.

I think most people are too obsessed with the thought that ISs are weaker in Math and Science. I do not know when this idea started to make impressions on peoples mind. But unfortunately (or actually, should I say "Fortunately"), this is not true.

PS. P2 in IS is actually P1 in the local counterpart. Children go to primary school the year they turn 5 years old (as compared to 6 years old in local schools).
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RJSM

Dear Mrs Chan1980,

A colourful picture dictionary will be a nice start for a small child to pick up English vocabulary. See if you can buy the one published by Kingfisher. It's good.
If your husband does not feel comfortable to speak in English, do not push him to do so. He may simply read to the child from the story books or from the picture dictionary. Be careful not to make learning English a hard task for your child. Maintaining interest in important to continued success. In the same way, don't put yourselves under pressure. If you lose your interest in teaching English to your child, your child will also lose her interest in learning English. Make English a joy to both.

My children are studying in IS. I don't feel comfortable in making recommendations about IS. Different people have different needs ( academic-oriented vs all-round development; whether Chinese is a must for your child etc)  and different  constraints (e.g. financial situation, geographical distance).

Webpages do tell you a lot if you know what you look for. Web search is always a good start and you can make a comparison of a few things, e.g. nature of curriculum;  grading structure; campus facilities; qualification of teachers; admission timetable and procedures; fees etc.  There is a whole series of things you can do after doing the web search, but I think web search should be the first step to enable you to have some understanding of a school.  

By the way, how old is your BB?

Rjsm

Brent

If you are going to send your children to IS, you may need to get prepared ($$) to send them to universities overseas.

If they are top students, they will surely be admitted by any universities, including local ones.  However, if they are just ordinary students, they may not be as competitive as ordinary students of local schools because local universities may have better understanding on the academic standard of the students reflected by the HK public examination results.

contonhk

Dear yyyy,

I fully agreed your theory.  Although I like SIS very much, I did worry we can't afford.
My son was now study at private local school P.1, but I got a lot of pressure from there (as you mention below).  I hv employ a private teacher for him (as I need to work), and he joins some extra class so as to meet the study level, I spend nearly $7000 per month for him.... Would you mind to let know around how much you spend for your daughter per month?  
And do you need to communicate with yr daughter in English everyday?
Many thanks.




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yyyy 寫道:
Kareese,

妳都講得對架, 呢間IS都幾Local, 不過又唔可以話佢只bear一個IS的名, 話到底佢都有國家背景的, 不是為了賺錢, 相反國家要投資很多錢落間學校處..

講深一層, 我都覺得Local school有一定的好處, 程度夠深, 特別是小學, 所以無論去到邊個國家升學都無有怕…

假如local school沒有做不完的巧課; 沒有什麼也罸什麼也寫手冊; 沒有升精英班的壓力; 沒有要考無數extra certs為要入一間好中學的壓力; 沒有一年考3次試的壓力;沒有5-6年班要考呈分試的壓力; 沒有無數的補救; 英文可以說得流利, 國語可以說得流利,巧課不多又不用重覆抄寫;學校可以提供足夠的課外活動而不用舟車勞動;每年有提供擴闊視野的活動如出外旅行;home-stay計劃…我一定會讓自己的小朋友讀local school. 我家只是一個普通的家庭, 沒有大屋也沒有靚車, 有壓力係要教導佢成為一個懂得的孩子,不要與同學比較, 幸好佢學校比較之風不明顯, 可能是一山還有一山高, 有錢的父母也知道比他們更有錢的人多的是…又或者這個國家的人本來就比較踏實, 比較看重小朋友的成績!

雖然local school有無數的好處, 最後都選擇用錢買一個快樂的童年給她! 最重要是給她一個愛閱讀的環境, 讓她成為一個有深度的人! (Hope)  

yyyy

contonhk,

我想我的支出可能和妳差不多.

我女女現在在學校有3個課外活動, 都是免費的,包括choir,奧數和art club(都是老師邀她參加的).

由py2至4年班, 她是參加中國舞,也是免費的;學校有游泳的課堂,每星期2堂, 所以也不用外出學;

印象中曾有老師叫我比女女參加她們負責的女童軍;中樂等,由於她不想就沒有參加了.

她只保留一樣課外活動,就是跟以前西區的老師學中國畫,每堂hk$110.

學費$77000/12=$6416/月

不過由於學校每年都有舉辦去外國旅行及參觀當地學校, 這方面的支出可能會比較大,但可以選擇不去的.

我們用廣東話與她溝通, 她習慣別人用什麼語言說她就用什麼語言.

contonhk 寫道:
Dear yyyy,

I fully agreed your theory.  Although I like SIS very much, I did worry we can't afford.
My son was now study at private local school P.1, but I got a lot of pressure from there (as you mention below).  I hv employ a private teacher for him (as I need to work), and he joins some extra class so as to meet the study level, I spend nearly $7000 per month for him.... Would you mind to let know around how much you spend for your daughter per month?  
And do you need to communicate with yr daughter in English everyday?
Many thanks.

contonhk

Dear yyyy,
Many thanks, sounds very interesting, I will discuss with my husband for that.

So you nearly got everything from the school, no need to join so many outside course.  
And did you take care her homework by yourself?  No need to employ private teacher ?
I need to pay extra cost even the course was held by school....
He join maths / Eng / Mandarine / swimming (It alrdy cost me more than $3000 per month) :(

skytower52

Hi, yyyy

請問你的小朋友讀o緊邊間IS呀? Thanks !

leechang

hi, yyy,

can you also pm me your IS, thank you

yyyy

contonhk,

妳既然願意用這麼多錢比佢學英文,國語等,考慮下吧,始終學語言環境是很重要的,每天6小時在雙語環境下成長,一定會有分別,而且要學就應該要學到流利才有用呀!

我的小朋友自己比較緊張,所以我不用跟功課,測驗或考試,雖然佢上年考不到頭3名,但十科八科中除了英文和游泳是B,其他科都是A;所以沒有幫佢請補習老師;她的英文一直是在追的狀態,可能因我們不是跟她說英文,而佢大部份同學的mother-tough是英文,再加上她們的英文真的很深,她很多時問的字我們也不能幫到佢;但數學和science係佢的強項,而daddy也能幫忙,好像佢昨天有2條奧數唔識,daddy也幫到...

我係唔讚成補習的,但如果為了競爭入好的學校或大學都無法避免.

contonhk 寫道:
Dear yyyy,
Many thanks, sounds very interesting, I will discuss with my husband for that.

So you nearly got everything from the school, no need to join so many outside course.  
And did you take care her homework by yourself?  No need to employ private teacher ?
I need to pay extra cost even the course was held by school....
He join maths / Eng / Mandarine / swimming (It alrdy cost me more than $3000 per month) :(

fio

hi, yyy,

could you please also pm me your IS, thank you too!

Mrs.Fong

hi, yyy,

could u pm yr IS to me as well, please?

Many thanks!

contonhk

yyyy,

I did agreed with you '唔讚成補習', but not possible, I try for the 1st month when he start, but I feel very hard, I hv to arrive home b/4 8:00pm, o/wise too late for him.  My husband was busy too, he starting busy from Sept till Dec (always back hm in the mid night), nobody can help.  I feel frustrated and helpless...especially when I need to go for business trip
Many thanks for yr advise, we will check and consider since this is a long plan.  And I did concern if never think to send him aboard for study...

yyyy

contonhk,

我都明白傳統學校功課多, 如果父母忙沒有時間幫,個小朋友真的很吃力;所以搵補習,一來有專人跟功課,二來親子都會好d;未嘗不是一個方法.

我可以唔駛跟功課係因女女學校都唔支持我們跟功課,佢地的理念係如果父母跟功課,個個小朋友都做得好好,老師以為個個小朋友都識晒;如果唔跟,老師就可以知道邊d功課多人錯, 佢地就可以幫到d小朋友唔識的地方.

個女間學校中.英文都有support class,如果老師發覺有d小朋友在其中一個語文比較弱(好少係2個都弱)就會專班幫佢地!

當然要做到咁要功課少而老師支持. 所以好明白大部份傳統學校的小朋友都補習.

contonhk 寫道:
yyyy,

I did agreed with you '唔讚成補習', but not possible, I try for the 1st month when he start, but I feel very hard, I hv to arrive home b/4 8:00pm, o/wise too late for him.  My husband was busy too, he starting busy from Sept till Dec (always back hm in the mid night), nobody can help.  I feel frustrated and helpless...especially when I need to go for business trip
Many thanks for yr advise, we will check and consider since this is a long plan.  And I did concern if never think to send him aboard for study...