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Hi lafayette,
I guess I must have said TOO MUCH concerning SHCK so you are asking if I have any plan for my daughter.
Thanks to a bk mom I have bought the SHCK uniform already so you can find I am very determined to let my daughter go to SHCK (in fact, it was her who is so determined and I can only support her throughout the process). My profile picture is already updated with her in the new uniform!
To answer your question first, depends on which part of HK Island "east" you live in, I used to live in North Point and lots of SHCC students takes the no. 38 bus to go to school. I don't think it will be a concern for a secondary school students to travel to school. So, no need to worry about that!
Just like other parents, I have already done my homework concerning the pathway as SHCK students. Frankly, I am not too concern about what other courses my daughter MUST take since I think this need to be find out along the way. Every children are different in their natural talents so we can only arrange them to support them when they are behind in certain areas.
As I am not a big fan of putting together a portfolio ( as I can't agree with the approach deep down), I will only arrange classes for my daughter to fit her own interests. As a result, I think I will settle with SHCS (either AM or PM) for her primary study. Since bridging into Private section is almost automatic, I think I will take it easy for the coming 3 years and let me daughter enjoys it. This is quite different from my initial plan to put my daughter to Kentville, but I have confident in SHCS (primary) to provide enough education to prepare my daughter.
The key concern is really if SHCC (secondary) is the final destination. In here, I am leaving this option open. The main factors to consider is the children's academic performance during the primary years (mainly P5 and P6) which will help me to decide what secondary schools will be good for her. If she is doing extremely well, then I will be more aggressive and will try schools like SPCC or DGS for her. If she can stays above average all the time, I think I will settle for SHCC. Unfortunately, if she is below par, then I must start doing some more researches to find her other schools in case she couldn't get in to SHCC.
In my decision choosing SHCK, the key factor is to avoid the hassle 3 years later. I am fine and aware of the "pushy" way in SHCS all along so not much focus will be put during the kindergarten years.
As a family, I must say the resources we have made available for our children are quite huge. My wife has sacrificed and resigned from her teacher job as the first baby was born so she can be home all the time. I run my own business and manage to spend relatively large amount of time with my children, at least few hours a day and all weekends. My wife and I has a belief that the most precious thing we can offer to our children, is our time and caring to them. It was a very difficult decision to make for any parents since there are career and financial concerns but we truly believe this is most important to the development of the children. So far, we can tell the investment pays off very well, and I don't think there are any true replacement to that.
So, the "hardware" we are offering them (e.g. classes and exams) are less important to their development. I think most children would like to see their parents more often then seeing their tutors more often. Of course, at the end, the entire education system needs some strategic planning to understand the tricks to play around. So, at the end, it's about the right preparation and the balance of life.
Let's share more as I am sure we will be together here, discussing about our children's future for a long time!
Cheers/ Ian
原帖由 lafayette 於 09-2-1 18:06 發表
好高興有家長帶出這個話題
囡囡的面試已完結了, 現在改為搜集聖心中小學的資料, 暫時所知, 小學分為上午私校及下午津校, 主要分別係上課時間及學費, 上午校近年升中成績下滑, 所以今學年起作出"補 救", 方法不外乎 ...
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