ISF - feeling like in Shenzhen

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lovecasey 發表於 16-10-17 17:25
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the reality is more and more mainlander are studying in IS. they will be the maj ...

No. At least  not what I see it most other IS.

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So that is why it is important to pay school visit BEFORE deciding whether you like the school and BEFORE paying the application fees to avoid disappointment.
It may not be the cup of tea to everyone but definitely fulfil the needs of many others. I have also heard many people complaining that there are too few schools with non-local curriculum that have strong chinese.
So ISF definitely fills the gap.

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adios 發表於 16-10-24 12:57
之於其他IS,內地黎嘅學生，算唔算外國，就由學校自行決定。

The percentage should be 70%. And the 70% is not hard to meet.
At my kid's school (not the ones you mentioned), over 90% of the chinese (mostly cantonese speaking Hong Kong Chinese, not that many mandarin speaking students if that is also people's concern) students have foreign passport.
So the schools do not have to cheat. There are actually more people with foreign passport than you think.

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WChan4691 發表於 16-10-24 13:13
選校一定要睇埋成績，不過就要小心地睇那些成績，不能只看校方單方面發表的統計成績，而係要深入分析了解。 ...

Do you want to share how your analyse the information.

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WChan4691 發表於 16-10-24 13:19
你自己都很清楚啦

Everyone has their own way of analysing the information.
I am curious how other people think.
To be honest, I think a lot of people still consider the overall results (IB average) the only way to judge a school.

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shadeslayer 發表於 16-10-25 10:09
I find it difficult to understand why parents choose their kids schools by scores only?

It is like ...

I think ever since a few local elite schools started to introduce IB to local stream schools, people have started going crazy. Local mindset but using a western curriculum. Well, I am not surprised because local universities have always sorted students according to scores. They are just doing their best to get into local universities. But too bad that would not work with universities in other countries like the US.

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WChan4691 發表於 16-10-25 10:31
但報High 定 Standard level 比例是不會公開吧

Everyone takes 3 HL and 3 SL. It is merely a matter of combination.
(Let's not discuss those rarer cases of students taking 4 HLs.)

I however still agree with you that we can look at these to determine the characteristics of students/schools:
(1) English A vs English B
(2) Math SL vs Math Studies
(3) Using subjects like IT, DT, Environmental Systems to replace the more challenging "classic subjects"

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poonseelai 發表於 16-10-26 12:46
雖然有些誇張，但其實不願看到近年IB被受熱捧，好似鬥成績咁，同時又被人話走捷徑
...

你有冇發覺係幾時開始變質？

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WChan4691 發表於 16-10-26 14:11
但IBO好似有規定每科最少授課時間

No problem.
There are schools that started teaching IB content a lot earlier anyway.

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poonseelai 發表於 16-10-26 16:07
唔知是否变質，十多年前第一次聽有関IB, 當時孩子學校考慮会否行IB, 一直報導不多，當時可能只有CIS和李宝 ...

細心留意，就知係比邊 d 學校搞到烏煙瘴氣。
先有本地學校大鑼大鼓，比學生 take Chinese B，然後最近我先知道當時有 IS 家長寫信去 IBO 投訴，得到十分詳細回覆，之後某校叫停 Chinese B (for local student)。
另外又有學校安排狀元學生見記者，有講話冇申請 HKU 都打電話叫佢讀 ( 十分冇品，呢 D 私下傾，何必公開？）。
又有學校找網媒寫鱔稿。
又有用 CHinese A + English B + English TOK (etc) 的精面取 bilingual diploma。
全部非主流 IS ，本地功利主義己入晒 IB 。
是近四五年的事。

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BTW, 大家批評 ISF，但 ISF 相對冇咁多小動作喎。