RI or HCI

[Kabby]

:thankyou: paddy field and jtoh.


vk2010, I see. I didn't compare no of pages in the RI and HCI threads. I guess if the child has both offers, it is a happy dilemma and what I said above still stands right?

To know more about both schools, it'd be a better more balanced view to visit the schools' Open Houses, the websites, talk to the P, teachers, students, parents... Etc etc.

If the child has more friends going to a particular school and wants to follow, then it's fine too. Then this constant comparison of how many Presidents' scholars etc from each school doesn't matter too, right?

[verykiasu2010]

kabalevsky:

:thankyou: paddy field and jtoh.


vk2010, I see. I didn't compare no of pages in the RI and HCI threads. I guess if the child has both offers, it is a happy dilemma and what I said above still stands right?

To know more about both schools, it'd be a better more balanced view to visit the schools' Open Houses, the websites, talk to the P, teachers, students, parents... Etc etc.

If the child has more friends going to a particular school and wants to follow, then it's fine too. Then this constant comparison of how many Presidents' scholars etc from each school doesn't matter too, right?

you may not have realised that many parents / kids actually already started to attend sec school open house (especially those well schools) starting from Pri 4 / 5......

as for boasting of number of president scholars, only one school keeps emphasising it at the open house year after year (hint : not RI)

[Kabby]

vk2010, really? ok, I wasn't aware of that. not in the papers?


ok, i just wanted to say some of my views on choosing schools, in order to have a balanced view. probably cos the last few posts were all about scholarships and the very last one happened to pick out from MOE website's info listing only the RI holders, so I felt it is not nice to omit all the other medal winners?

I'll unsubscribe myself from this topic from now. Cos I am not here to argue or side any school. I can see how strongly some feel about their particular schools here. Don't want to be hantam since I think I am the minority.

THanks for your reply. I'll be off to my other usual threads.

[verykiasu2010]

kabalevsky:

vk2010, really? ok, I wasn't aware of that. not in the papers?


ok, i just wanted to say some of my views on choosing schools, in order to have a balanced view. probably cos the last few posts were all about scholarships and the very last one happened to pick out from MOE website's info listing only the RI holders, so I felt it is not nice to omit all the other medal winners?

I'll unsubscribe myself from this topic from now. Cos I am not here to argue or side any school. I can see how strongly some feel about their particular schools here. Don't want to be hantam since I think I am the minority.

THanks for your reply. I'll be off to my other usual threads.

no need to unsubscribe

we are here to to share info and opinion and hopefully also gain some useful info

some of us may be more sensitive and hence more defensive

some of us just say our thought and don't care how others perceive it

some may be more assertive and tend to correct others' perceived biases

it is an open forum, as long as no personal attack should be ok

[jtoh]

Well said, vk2010.


Kabalevsky, your views are very much welcome. Sometimes in this forum our passion makes us lose sight of objectiveness and it’s nice to have an objective voice like yours around.

[EthanEthan]

kabalevsky:

vk2010, really? ok, I wasn't aware of that. not in the papers?


ok, i just wanted to say some of my views on choosing schools, in order to have a balanced view. probably cos the last few posts were all about scholarships and the very last one happened to pick out from MOE website's info listing only the RI holders, so I felt it is not nice to omit all the other medal winners?

I'll unsubscribe myself from this topic from now. Cos I am not here to argue or side any school. I can see how strongly some feel about their particular schools here. Don't want to be hantam since I think I am the minority.

THanks for your reply. I'll be off to my other usual threads.

I think we have to understand that this is a free forum...forummers are free to air their views or post facts about anything provided it is not offensive.

All RI or HCI supporters are likewise welcome to do so. This is afterall a democratic country, isn't it

As parents, we are not daft, so to speak, we would also look into school environment, programs, cultures, apart from academic performanance.

Let me explain why academic perfomance is important.

Both RI and HCI takes only the creme of the crop. But why is RI producing 3x more President scholars than HCI this year and x times of scholarship holders and Olympaid medallists more than HCI? HCI seems only to have a Biology Olympaid medallist.

This will tell me how the school , teachers and its programs is value-adding to the ability of its cohort.

Remember the quality of intake is the same for both schools, but why the output differs so measurably ?

Being a parent, of course I will choose the more value-adding school.

[CayennePepper]

verykiasu2010:

... only one school keeps emphasising it at the open house year after year (hint : not RI)

RI has free advertisements about it mah, no need to emphasize! :rotflmao: I was just marvelling about the number of parents who fervently sing its praises even before their sons get in...

[verykiasu2010]

CayennePepper:

verykiasu2010:

... only one school keeps emphasising it at the open house year after year (hint : not RI)

RI has free advertisements about it mah, no need to emphasize! :rotflmao: I was just marvelling about the number of parents who fervently sing its praises even before their sons get in...

or even sing their praises even before their sons graduate :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

[CayennePepper]

verykiasu2010:

CayennePepper:

RI has free advertisements about it mah, no need to emphasize! :rotflmao: I was just marvelling about the number of parents who fervently sing its praises even before their sons get in...

or even sing their praises even before their sons graduate :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

Ah, but they will graduate and get the scholarships... of cos can sing

[Pen88n]

Though you may say that RI and HCI both take in creme of the crop, they are schools with distinctively different culture and maybe even teaching, coaching and learning style. The environment that suits one kid may not suit another, and as parents, we should advise kids based on their characteristics which school might suit them. Does it really matter how many president scholars or medalists the school produces? Majority of the kids in the school are not the president scholars or medalists. Unless of course your kid is of that calibre, then you might want to think deeper / consider this aspect. My take is still that the BEST school for the kid is the one that suits your kid, be it RI or HCI, choose the one you think fits better.