2010 DSA(Direct School Admission)

[Nebbermind]

had a friend who son was in the pre-HCI, chinese high, some yrs ago. was a bright student from NYPS who did very well...no problem with HCL. But somehow during either sec2 or 3, he started failing HCL and that affected his other subjects. since the school does not have normal chinese, his only way ahead was to switch school...not much choice. also, with results sliding down, not easy to convince other 'branded' school to take him in.

[verykiasu2010]

Nebbermind:

had a friend who son was in the pre-HCI, chinese high, some yrs ago. was a bright student from NYPS who did very well...no problem with HCL. But somehow during either sec2 or 3, he started failing HCL and that affected his other subjects. since the school does not have normal chinese, his only way ahead was to switch school...not much choice. also, with results sliding down, not easy to convince other 'branded' school to take him in.

what is the cause in Sec 2 / 3 that affected the HCL and other subjects also caused by HCL? sounds too much of a generalisation from your friend.

pre-HCI days means Chinese High days and the kids would be doing 'O' Levels instead of the through train / IP to HCJC...

And how could one subject just suddenly drop ? and caused other subjects to drop ? BGR problem ? disciplinary issue ? may be your friend did not tell you the whole story to save face lah .... just guessing

I remember those who are weak, they are given extra tuition by the teachers, and if there is any emo issues, the teachers are approachable....unless they don't want to talk and got discipline issue that caused all the subjects to drop, not just HCL...HCL is just a scapegoat by the parents may be

[xxjustakidxx]

I’m from hci sec 1. in my time table, 8 periods spent on LA (english) and only 7 spent on chinese.

[verykiasu2010]

xxjustakidxx:

I'm from hci sec 1. in my time table, 8 periods spent on LA (english) and only 7 spent on chinese.

so, are you telling us it is more english than chinese ? lol !

[INNOVATE]

Parents who do not have kids in a SAP school may fear that it is challenging for a pupil who did not offer HCL during primary school to take HCL at sec level. Their anxiety is misguided.


Do not fred. For GEP and high ability pupils, they have no problem coping given the right climate and encouragement from their parents. Firstly, HCL is only one of the 8/9 subjects and secondly, their chinese is not really cmi standard, otherwise, they would not have managed to enter such a good school.

Personally, I have encountered many examples of students from pure english speaking families excelling in a SAP enviroment. NO worries!

[wonderm]

xxjustakidxx:

I'm from hci sec 1. in my time table, 8 periods spent on LA (english) and only 7 spent on chinese.

Anyone has such info for Sec 1 in RI? Then we can see at least from curriculum time wise, whether SAP schools indeed allocate more time for Chinese at the expense of English.

[verykiasu2010]

wonderm:

xxjustakidxx:

I'm from hci sec 1. in my time table, 8 periods spent on LA (english) and only 7 spent on chinese.

Anyone has such info for Sec 1 in RI? Then we can see at least from curriculum time wise, whether SAP schools indeed allocate more time for Chinese at the expense of English.

RI is not SAP school

For HCI as mentioned above by xxjustakidxx, english got more time than chinese

[wonderm]

verykiasu2010:

wonderm:

[quote=\"xxjustakidxx\"]I'm from hci sec 1. in my time table, 8 periods spent on LA (english) and only 7 spent on chinese.

Anyone has such info for Sec 1 in RI? Then we can see at least from curriculum time wise, whether SAP schools indeed allocate more time for Chinese at the expense of English.

RI is not SAP school

For HCI as mentioned above by xxjustakidxx, english got more time than chinese[/quote]You misunderstood me. Besides comparing absolute number of periods for English and Chinese. I think another way is comparing between different schools. Just for example, if Sec 1 in RI has 10 periods on English, but just 5 on Chinese, then we know that HCI indeed allocate more time on Chinese compared to non-SAP schools such as RI.

[INNOVATE]

wonderm


As outlined in previous postings, HCL is only one subject and the only one taught in chinese. All others are conducted in english.

There is no SAP school here that emphases chinese over english. Hope that sets the record straight once an for all.

[wonderm]

INNOVATE:

wonderm


As outlined in previous postings, HCL is only one subject and the only one taught in chinese. All others are conducted in english.

There is no SAP school here that emphases chinese over english. Hope that sets the record straight once an for all.

Thanks INNOVATE. I know where you are coming from. My elder son is in HCI and I agree with you completely. Just that since somone brought up the number of CL vs Eng periods per week, I am wondering if we know such data from other schools for an objective comparison about time allocated for HCL lessons.