So do you think your children now have the very good English standard and at least acceptable Chinese? Also when the teachers have to face 40 students, attention is surely to be not enough for each. Sometimes I do empahthize with the teachers' situation and pressure. As for myself I also lost confidence in the HK education system and we're moving to the IS/DSS streams. All new trial hopefully to find the alternates to local schools!:)

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Sorry, passing here again...

I totaly understand your point...and know why you all sounded upset hearing what I said...
but as much as you don't like to hear... I'm just giving you a cold hard dose of reality...

and I've seen many many cases ... WHO You know makes a difference... especially those you know from High school and college.

you can't deney it ...this is how the world goes....

Schools are the same , the teaches the same thing.... but you want your kids to hang around with the right kinda kids.....right? it's not about $$.. it's what they'll be exposed to!

Later, when your kid is out there with 2 masters degree and still not able to find a job when times are bad....guess who is gonna get it 1st? the one who know someone? or the one with no connection?

Of course, it's not the main purpose of sending your kids tIS... like I said, good colleage placement is also important!
which IS gets the students into famous college?
and why?-----it's their CONNECTION too!!!

I know it doesn't sound nice, but it's the reality....sorry, other teaching my kid honestly and interigty... I won't forget the reality!

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Chill out please :loveliness::loveliness:
Now , , , if I may say so, what you said is stretching the facts too much and putting words into Katyfok's mouth.
Where and what exactly did Katyfok write that makes you think she's a supporter of the criminal act of bibery ?

As for 'connections', they are just the bare facts of life that we partake in everyday. Don't tell me you haven't use them.
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You are the senior partner of a law firm / polyclinic / fashion magazine/whatever. You have a daughter, let's call her Amy. It so happens there is a vacancy for a summer internship in your firm. If you advertise this vacancy in the SCMP so that every aspiring law student/fashion designer/whatever in HK is given a fair chance, your firm will be deluged with 3 thousand applicants and all your resources will be exhausted just looking into the 3000 application letters.
Now your daughter Amy has a best friend, let's call him Bob. You've met him a quite a few times and you think he's a fine man. From what your daughter told you, Bob is the top boy in school, He's brillant , hardworking and smart. It also happens that Bob is interested to become a lawyer/doctor/whatever too, and would like to take that summer intern job to gain more exposure to that field.
My question is, will you just give that coveted intern job to Bob , or waste countless man-hours sieving through 3000 applicants , just to discover the next Martin Lee SC ?
And if Bob then gets the job, is he using his connections ? Has he done anything wrong ?

Another example :
Some top US colleges ( universities ) have appointed a handful of experienced IS teachers as their overseas advisers, who are actually talent-spotters for these US colleges. If it so happens that your son , whose academic achievements are already gleaming, is the student of one of these 'overseas advisers', will your son consider asking this teacher to write a letter of recommendation for him , bearing in mind that this recommendation letter will carry a lot of weight on his application ?
If so, is your son using a connection not available to most of the other applicants ? Is he doing something wrong ?

I don't know how you feel, but I guess 99.999% of parents will not hesistate one second to use this kind of connections. I don't see anything morally or legally wrong with it. Do you ?
I guess it is what Kathyfok is talking about.

I'm adding my 2cents simply because I think someone who speaks out the truths of life does not deserve to be slighted in this manner . :mrgreen: [ 本文章最後由 Cayenne 於 07-7-26 17:14 編輯 ]

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