買定ISF債券，入到機會有幾大

liyinfai

Elmostoney,
If financial issue is not a problem, ISF is a good choice. My child is studying in FY and my younger kid will also admitted to FY in coming August too

liyinfai

Strength of ISF Foundation Program:
1/ IB (MYP+/-DP later)
2/ Bilingual IMMERSION program: I am hker speaking cantonese but my child can speak fluent mandarin and english now.
3/ Stress on Chinese culture (my child learn and memorize around 10 tang poem and 10 din-tze-qui and understand the meaning)
4/ Very vivid teaching method
5/ Can learn same level of knowledge  as K3 outside without doing much homework.
6/ Many project done at class and many chance for presentation

liyinfai

Drawback of ISF:
1/ The administration is very messy: However, it is a subtle issue only
2/ Relative new school , no track record
3/ In foundation yr, no homework all are done at class: I prefer to have some homework so that I can get a more closer monitor to the child

liyinfai

Other points of ISF:
1/ my child studied in one of the famous local kindergarten in Kowloon Tong before. He needed to do tonnes of homework at home in K2. His EXAMINATION results was excellent in K2 already (Getting many A grade in academic report). However, when he started his Foundation year Program in ISF, after first term, I was shocked by the classmaster that my child's learing performance is not good. The classmaster ranked my child as the last 5  in the class. Then, I also find that his classmates' pretty smart both in language and learning skill. Of course, I am not very happy as my child needs to be pull-up a bit. On the other hand, I am quite satisfied that my child entered a good school with a group of smart peers for him to chase up.
2/ expensive school but worthwhile
3/ The discipline of ISF is quite good when compared to other internation school. Some sencondary students lived in my flat and I find that they are quite 'normal'.
4/ If you child is small child (ie born after August), CIS will ask you to let you child to study one grade lower, but ISF accept child born before end of Dec. and no need to down-grade my child .
5/ This is my real comment on ISF...a parent of 2 children going to study at ISF

liyinfai

I actually don't know but most my kids's classmate will not move out.
Some points you need to consider:
1/ It may be difficult to enroll into the grade one as the vacancy is limited. (I think only)
2/ Foundation Year program actually provides a bridging program for the kid to get connection to the primary program smoothly. I witness a foreigner's child speak out Mandarin. ISF can change a foreigner's child to adapt its program.
3/ If you let your child to ISF for the coming 12 yrs, why don't you let him start the foundation year program  and pay one more year school fee? One yr ago, My plan is to let my kid study FY first, if the feeling is no good, back to primary one in local school. Now, I do not plan to move my child out. I think it is worthwhile to study isf at foundation year .

liyinfai

原帖由 babyvince 於 10-4-16 22:51 發表
liyinfai

I happened to see this thread http://forum.edu-kingdom.com/viewthread.php?tid=2115323&extra=&page=1 where you made a comment that ISF was NOT a good choice.  This is exactly the opposite of  ...

The detail from my previous post was:

"I think ISF is not a good choice.
I did a lot of comparison among ISF, VSA, and RC and all other international school already.
My comment on ISF is:
1/ a LOCAL Chinese private through-trained school.
2/ IB program: FAILED
You consider whether apply or not."

The comment dated back at March,2009. At that time, my kid was not studying at ISF yet. Howeve, because I want to try the Foundation Program, if ISF is not good, I will change it back to local school/other int. school. Now, my kid is studying at ISF for 8 months already. We tasted the sweet/bitter of ISF. I think I need to share my own feelings here.

liyinfai

原帖由 Yau_Cheung 於 10-4-16 23:22 發表
hi liyinfai,

Do you have 2 kids?  Why do you let your elder one studying in ISF and the younger one studying in local school (St Peter)?  Please share.

http://forum.edu-kingdom.com/viewthread.php?ti ...

My previous comment was :

"聖彼得小學好不好耶？


聖彼得小學的家長請幫手介紹下，聖彼得小學點樣啊？升中派位點？派的嘛中學？功課多不多？先生好不好？Sorry for so many questions, 我以加煩更揀邊閒中西區的男女校好？有經驗的家長請介紹下，多謝！"

To Yau-Cheung:
Yes, I get 2 kids. My elder kid is studying ISF now and my younger kid will also go to ISF in the coming August. I also apply St. Peter College for my elder kid in Sept,2009 because I want to set up a safety net for my kid. If he doesnt like ISF finally, I can still get back to local school. St. Peter actually accept my elder kid in Nov,2009 at first stage, so I have a back-up contingency plan.

liyinfai

原帖由 iloveanan 於 10-6-3 13:01 發表
so... does it worth to pay $2M to get into the school?  I am really 15/16

I think not $2000000
You can pay $200000 only.
One of the other choice
is paying the annual capital levy: about $45000 . After studying in isf for a few months, if you feel good, you can pay the differrence left. That is : $200000 - $45000 ( I hope you understand what I write)