好唔甘心

4eyesDad

If we look at the whole scheme of things about education, we know we care about these institutions in the following order of importance:

1. Graduate School
2. Undergraduate degree/university
3. Sixth form college/High school
4. Primary school/junior school
5. Kindergarten/nursery school/pre-school

I see no evidence that successes at the lowest level (number 5 here) has a direct and proportional relationship to successes at the top levels (number 1 or 2).

Sir Winston Churchill was a weak student in early years. He certainly was unable to do many things expected of his age when he was five years old.

Sir Richard Branson was also a very weak student in his formative years. Now he is a very eminent businessman.

To cut the story short, there is no need to worry! Every individual has different stages of development. The head of a primary school recently told me that he would indeed be very surprised if everybody in his school happened to be able to read and write on the same, yes same, day.

Uniformality is not the goal in education.

As parents, we should not be unduly worried for a small setback at the age of five. Positive encouragement is the way forward.

If one day your kid gets his or her Nobel prize, do you think any one will ask which kindergarten or primary school he or she attended?

[ 本帖最後由 4eyesDad 於 11-10-31 10:15 編輯 ]