Serafiel:fin89 how long was it since you graduated?
Just bc NH was good last time doesnt mean it is good now
NH's results were better than ever but that doesn't mean that the environment is good. Sure some schools like NYGH are elitist and rich, but at least they have teachers who can teach.
NH have some good teachers--those who retired already AHAHAHA
I am ashamed to be from NH not bc its not a brand school but bc it's morality and such is not good. All the teachers do is talk but they don't do. Like i said, the teachers will only stay back with you if you pester them. They won't automatically ask you to come.
Of course there are good teachers anywhere but the point is for a school like NH there is not enough.
Come on, how can you trust the words of an alumna over that of a recent graduate? When the worst is over all you can rmb is the good stuff and that is the truth, ladies and gentlemen. Maybe 20 years down the road I'll think like you, fin89.
First of all, I'm not really that much older than you. As you can see from my friend's post we're from the 2003-2006 batch. Secondly I don't like your tone of voice and the way you make this sound like a competition. This IS NOT a competition to see who can garner more support for whose opinion. It's just that you have provided such a skewed view/opinion of NH that I feel it would be unfair to parents reading this forum to solely judge NH based on your unpleasant experience.
“All the teachers do is talk but they don't do. Like I said, the teachers will only stay back with you if you pester them. They won't automatically ask you to come. ”
My dear, this really just proves your lack of maturity. If you still expect teachers to spoon feed and chase after you at Sec 4 then you are sorely lacking in self-discipline and initiative. It does not make much sense for a teacher to chase after a student to ask if they need help right? Can you imagine all teachers doing that? It is simply not practical. Clearly, you’ve never had experience as a teacher. I am a part time tutor and I take utmost pride when I can help students overcome their difficulties in the respective subjects I tutor them in. But even I find it quite impossible to help students who refuse to help themselves. As the saying goes -you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink. Learning is a partnership, the teacher teaches and the student learns. You can’t expect the teacher to force the student to learn if he/she simply has no interest. Even parents would find it hard to enforce that on their own children, let alone a teacher!
My teachers had extra supplementary lessons to help us and we were given the choice to attend because they understood that some of us may not want the extra lessons or wanted to spend the time on other subjects. My own brother is in HCI (GEP) too and even he has to study on his own time.
As for school culture, I agree with my friend that racism exists everywhere and not just in NH. Maybe more so in SAP schools because we don’t have to deal with any other races but plenty of us have gone on to JC and University to make new friends from other races. However, our strong upbringing in a school with traditional Chinese values and culture has made me respect my elders more and 飲水思源.
Ultimately, I find that the problem really lies with you and not the school. You claim that you nobody wanted to befriend you because you were overweight but I myself was overweight in secondary school too (120% - the same category as you), that never stopped me from making friends. In fact I’m still very much the same size and I’ve yet to receive differential treatment. Perhaps it was because you were so bitter about the school that it reflected outwardly in your attitude towards others. I suggest you reflect on that.