St. Paul Boy

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The interview format is all about talking talking. So being well-behaved is not good enough. Well-behaved is the basic. Expressive kids have all the advantage.  

I just think why can't the school accomodate different types of students and look into inner attributes of the kids? Are expressive and talkative kids necessarily better?

原帖由 TungTung_daddy 於 10-10-13 13:33 發表
我個仔是3月出世。很乖，班內成績也很好。但他沒有second-in。心疼！
反而，班內一些很活躍的小孩卻有。

你們情況如何？

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This is sad that the environment in HK becomes like this - even the educators can only look at few, if not one, attributes. If they are experienced educators who have hearts at nurturing kids, they should be able to select kids who are good not only at talking.

How can one judge a 5-year-old kid's potential based on whether he/she can recite a story?

On the one hand, people say critical thinking is important, on the other hand, kids are judged based on their short memory.

原帖由 thomasha 於 10-10-13 13:46 發表
Don't you think the present environment in Hong Kong favours 講就天下無敵 people?

Seriously, more expressive kids let interviewers assess their performance more easily than quiet kids.  If you need a ...