花100萬讀私校值嗎?

VincentL

May be u all misunderstood her meaning, it seems to me that why she thought he was shortsighted, because he rather spend money on speculation,(gambling) than investing in his kid for education.

3pigmama

如果2個小朋友,小學及中學都是私校或直資,100萬是不夠的.

我比較有可能會選津校,然後,早一些成為FTM,教2個小朋友,我相信小一至中三的,我都可以教.  

如果讀私校, 我便不能自己教小朋友, 因為學費好貴.

橫風王道

Yes, I should have started earlier like you!  I will start speaking English to the little one in no time.

Actually, my first priority has always been those DSS (for happy schooling of course!), but the competition is so intense that I've totally got blown off.  

We are a typical sandwitch class who can't afford international schools, so DSS makes alot of sense to us.  But after all the failed attempts.......I've pull the trigger for the last resort, which is the gov't schools.  I'm open to any channels that could help my kids learn proper oral English which the gov't schools can't provide.

原帖由 TheWiseMom 於 11-11-29 11:04 發表
I'm happy to share. I started to speak Eng. to my children since they were born. But due to this bilingual environment, they had confusion at the beginning and started to talk later than other kids wh ...

weisscarton

原帖由 reneeleung 於 11-11-28 14:08 發表
如果花了一百萬,但第時你個仔做了畫家, 寫作人 等. 我唔係想話呢D行業無"錢"途, 我只後想問第時你個小孩子做了一份佢夢想但又搵唔到錢的工作你會點?

我都會替佢高興, 以佢為榮, 我都會覺得自己付出是值得的. 因為 ...

「 二 胡 迷 」 棄 中 六 讀 演 藝 圓 夢  


　　(星島日報報道)香港賽馬會慈善信託基金自九八年起設立獎學金，至今已超過三百一十名學生受惠。其中一位是現今香港中樂團最年輕全職樂師司徒健，自小對二胡情有獨鍾的他，中五畢業後放棄在原校拔萃男書院升讀中六，不理會家人反對，甚至在家人面前撕掉會考證書，以示入讀香港演藝學院雙主修二胡及高胡的決心。

　　司徒健小二開始學習二胡，十多年來他懂逾十種樂器，包括二胡、高胡及京胡等。雖然天賜音樂才華，卻要他走一道崎嶇藝術之路。「升中時爸爸因癌病去世，剛升大學的哥哥因此輟學，投考警察養家。我中五畢業後，原校拔萃男書院錄取我升讀中六，可是我堅持修讀演藝高級文憑課程，雙主修二胡及高胡。我甚至在家人面前撕掉會考證

書，以表決心。」

　　司徒健對音樂的堅持，令他與家人陷入冷戰，他自言直至升讀演藝音樂學院學士課程一年級，獲頒獎學金後，關係才見好轉。「獲獎學金當晚，哥哥對我說『我服了』，那時雙方關係才破冰。」他的哥哥司徒文指，當日看見弟弟憤然撕掉證書，頓覺氣憤。「後來看見弟弟為考入香港中樂團，每日練十多小時。我早上七點出門，他已在練，至晚上九點回家，他還在練，這份決心早已感動了我。」

　　司徒健現任香港中樂團最年輕全職樂師，他指多年來鍾情胡琴，是因為這種拉弘樂器的音色令他動容。「我自小喜歡中國文化，二胡不但能代表中國，演奏二胡更是一種素養。」

　　同獲頒獎學金的黎譽心，剛完成香港大學文學士及教育學士課程，主修英文教育的她，現為聖保羅書院的英文教師。她的爸爸在她中六時因身體操勞被逼放棄教席，留家休養，她與妹妹的學費一度要由校長協助。雖然家庭經濟出現困難，但未使黎譽心放棄作家夢，先於十八歲出版小說《尋找幸福玻璃鞋》，現計畫出版一本有關教學經歷的書。

2011-11-29

TheWiseMom

I'm happy to share. I started to speak Eng. to my children since they were born. But due to this bilingual environment, they had confusion at the beginning and started to talk later than other kids who speak only Cantonese. However, they could distinguish the 2 languages sooner or later & change channel accordingly. One more tips, I let them watch Eng. TV cartoon programs since I'm not a native speaker. They can pick up the ways native speakers talk. But some people don't like the idea of letting children watch TV. I guess some TV would be fine, but not too much though.

For the gov't primary schools, some try hard to level up their Eng. standard. Since I'm a FTM, I can provide an Eng. environment at home. I'm also considering those schools so as to save the DSS/private school tuitions. But I'm afraid the gov't schools aren't happy schools. So there's a tradeoff between happy school and saving money.

橫風王道

Tks for your response!  The kids who have a FTM get all the advantages.  Unfortnately, both of us need to work, leaving my kids with the Indonesian maid (who doesn't speak Eng) most of the time.  I've started to speak Eng with my elder child since he was 4.5 year-old.  He has just turned 5, and I'm amazed by how much progress he has been making.  I've been thinking about getting him into one of the gov't subsidized schools, but worried about the Eng standard...So, that's why I'm so interested in hearing success stories or experience sharing from other parents.  

原帖由 TheWiseMom 於 11-11-28 19:15 發表
Actually, there're no shortcuts. Since I'm a FTM, I can have more time to teach them & so save lots of tutoring expenses. I speak Eng. to my children. My elder child doesn't like to read very much, bu ...

TheWiseMom

Thanks a lot!

TheWiseMom

Actually, there're no shortcuts. Since I'm a FTM, I can have more time to teach them & so save lots of tutoring expenses. I speak Eng. to my children. My elder child doesn't like to read very much, but he likes me to read him books. And he likes to observe and then ask me why. So sometimes I'm exhausted trying to explain the details in Eng.

TheWiseMom

原帖由 fatgoat 於 11-11-23 17:17 發表
如果咁計，真係唔應該生兒育女0羅。 將照顧仔女d時間走去做兼職搵錢，條數已經計唔清。

Agreed. All these can't be calculated. E.g. If I'll spend $1 million on my 2 kids' education, the calculations will look like:
1. $1 mil. plus
2. The opportunity cost of giving up a career for being a FTM (I'm a U. graduate)
I can't estimate the amount for point 2.

But what I've gained by being a FTM:
1. Good relationship w/my children
2. My children learn good manners from me. They won't copy the bad manners from my maid as they know I'm their role model. E.g. my maid talks very loud, & I'm afraid my daughter might copy her. In fact, she won't.

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Haz-mama

睇依家個trend, 都傾向選"私校"或"直資"(如果經濟許可), 因為依家太多人爭, 好多人都會揀"私校"或"直資"作後備....

mw7183

Miffy 我同你諗緊要一樣.

avbee

for me, i would say that they will be the same.  Find a good school, and use the money wisely...and pay more attention to your kid which is more important.  

Finally, the child's route would be similar (if you study in HK)

my neighbor's 2 child studied in SPCoed.  end up go to study aboard....

mmding

給孩子力所能及的教育，就是最好的投資，一層樓？如果教育的好，說不定孩子以後大了送二層給你呢？

fefemom

我覺得各人有自己嘅價值觀,最緊要記住係自己揀, 對仔女嘅付出不要問收穫,投資都可以蝕晒啦,唔好老咗去怨個仔洗咗幾多錢供書教學就得啦,
老豆養仔仔養仔.

HaYi

agreed, 在能力之內想俾最合的俾個仔, 不過一想起碼12年, 要計劃預好多risk, 如失業, 投資失利等機會率先好去馬..

原帖由 naiviv 於 11-11-24 10:16 發表
我不是富有家庭,但想到兒子可在一個適合他學習環境的學校讀書,我寧願不要錢,把錢換取兒子的知識及學習態度,我很樂意啊!及我深信,兒子長大後,知道媽媽沒錢也供他讀私校,他會有感受的......很同意上面一句"如要計就不 ...

ANChan59

If taking private schools in HK and can guarantee he/she can study in universities in HK, it's good value for money......

OR

Save up the money and send him to overseas for higher education......


I will pick the former one and give him 20% of the saving, as no need to study overseas.......