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I really do not understand why there are so many people so eager to give unfair negative comments to VSA. The ridiculous point is that most of them do not have their children studying in VSA primary, but repeatedly criticize the school as if their children are studying there. Being an outsider, how can they know the academic/language standards of VSA students? Can they give their comments only after talking to one or two students? Can one or two students represent the standard of the whole school? At my secondary school time years ago, I knew a no. of friends from QC, Kings and Wah Yan who got quite poor academic results in HKCEE/HKAL and their language standards (both English and Chinese) were not high at all. From that time, I know that the academic/language standards vary from students to students on individual basis, but not all on the schools.
Many of them like to criticize the language standards of VSA students, i.e. English poorer than international schools and Chinese poorer than local schools. I just wonder why don't they compare the English standard of VSA students with those of local schools or the Chinese standard with those of international schools instead? It is interesting that they never criticize the Chinese standard of international schools or the English standard of local traditional schools, but keep on stepping their feet on VSA. In my opinion, both language standards and reading habit can’t be cultivated without the efforts/contributions of the family no matter which schools the children are studying. It is universally true that they are the joint efforts of both schools and families. So, those who criticize VSA students for having no good reading habit cultivated in school are not fair and rational. But, it seems that their criticism points to VSA only, but not other schools.
Being a parent of VSA student, I do bind happy school life and critical/creative thinking teaching philosophy. Absolutely, I will not judge the standard/level of a child by just counting the no. of words he/she knows as many parents do. If this type of parents chooses Victoria Kindergarten, they will surely be very disappointed especially when they compare their child with their friends who study in some traditional type of kindergartens which teach a no. of difficult words at very early age. In my opinion, they should change school as soon as possible instead of continuing to study in Victoria, but keep on criticizing the school. Hong Kong has a free market. If they do think that Victoria is no good with so many shortcomings, they should choose another school which suits their “taste”.
Up to this moment, VSA, though not perfect, is a quite ideal school for me and my child. Through the creative way of teaching, the students, instead of just sitting and listening to the information the teachers convey to them from textbooks, they are encouraged and given chances to collect, analyse and present the information on the topic under study. In the course of study, students are frequently required to write and speak both English and Chinese. My child is very enthusiastic and excited in doing such kind of study. She will ask us to bring her to the library to search for books relevant to the study and eager to learn the computer skills to facilitate her presentation in class. She has told me more than once that she enjoys the school life in VSA although the study here is more difficult when compared with that of her previous traditional school. It is the challenge and interest that push and motivate the children to enjoy and do better in their study. This is what I want. Besides, my child has cultivated a good reading habit in VSA. For years, we have been bringing her to the library every week as both her father and elder sister are book worms. But, this younger child seems to have not much interest on books. However, with the great encouragement of the school and the peer influence in class, she has eventually turned into a book worm this year. With the encouragement of her teachers, now she likes reading English, as well as Chinese books. Moreover, the school is eager to maintain close contact with parents. The school will publish a newsletter to parents at the school intranet every week informing parents of any important updated issues of the school. Each grade will have their own monthly newsletter to inform parents what will be taught in the month. I have once sent emails directly to the principal for some matters concerning my child and the principal responded to my request very promptly and positively. It is obvious that the management is ready to listen and eager to improve the school to the satisfaction of the parents.
So, though VSA is not a perfect school yet, it is still a very ideal school for me and my child. I hope those who used to criticize VSA should respect the differences in teaching philosophies, methods and approaches among different schools. I respect your choice and I do hope that you respect mine and others in VSA. |
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