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alisonli,

sounds like yr 2 boys going to 2 different schools wor. how come? is it kinda inconvenient for u to take them to school and pick them up?

原文章由 ALISONLI 於 07-12-6 23:53 發表
SY-Mom, Socloudy,
true. it really depends on the kid himself. anyway, i used to think that going to good high school and college is not a big deal cuz it doesnt mean he will be successful after he gra ...

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Nillie,
where can i get 天蠶衣白色底衫 la?? i asked my father to bring 羊毛 underwear from hk but is it gonna be very "gut" 肉??
that will be nice if they could heat up lunch, but most of them r bring cold sandwiches anyway, unlike chinese la

o so austin refused to bring noodles cuz he would look different than others and he's afraid to make a mess naw. and not looking cool ...;p

原文章由 Nillie_Mami 於 07-12-7 07:36 發表
alisonli,
天蠶衣白色底衫得唔得? 佢哋有kid size..
catholic school 有microwave呢, 可以叫老師reheat 呢.. 島嘅st. mary 同st. joseph hill 都有microwave re-heat 食物架喎..

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SY Mom,
of cuz. cuz they r lazy ma. think about heating 30 lunches at the same time. how long that's gonna take haha

原文章由 SY_Mom 於 07-12-7 07:46 發表
what is 天蠶衣底衫?

for the two preschools that sean attended, they said they would microwave the lunch for u at the beginning; however, later they changed the policy that they wouldn't reheat the fo ...

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socloudy,
yup, most chinese parents send their kids to 補習班, we used to send them to kumon and afterschool but they only have high school kids to teach ma. u know brooklyn's quality is no comparison to queens la. have to find a really good one is hard. u know US ppl seldom send their kids to tutoring unless they r really falling behind in school unlike chinese. andrew is taking reading and listening test early next month la. i'd rather take the test for him u know how i feel....i would think US school is alot easier than hk. but it's not la. the english is really hard la, not as straight forward as in hk la. and the multiple choice is really tricky tim. i feel bad for the parents in hk, it's like they have to push their kids to learn this and that. it's hard on the parents and also on the kids la..

原文章由 socloudy 於 07-12-7 10:16 發表
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我有好多親戚都唔識英文,但係d仔女全部讀書叻.因為佢哋send哂d小朋友去補習班.反而識英文d親戚嘅仔女去唔到名校,因父母自己親自督促佢哋d功課.你有冇打算send Andrew and Austin去補習班?由其係Andrew下年要 ...

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Alison,
我其实唔多清楚Queens同Brooklyn 補習班水準係咪有參差.我之所以住Queens係屋企人都住附近.依家d美国人都同唐人一樣好注重学業ga.我同事嗰老婆教小学ge,但佢都將個女放去writing class (阿女３年級),2年級時放reading class.再加上每日放学响屋企温習.所以我估响US讀書都唔易ga.

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大家講開補習, 今期time magazine 話kumon 開始打toddler主意, 有為toddler而設既補習班, 不過magazine批評話無咩用, 小朋友學識配flash card 唔等於佢地明白card既內容, 因為用同樣既方法教白鴿, 隻白鴿都會識得配card咁話喎.
係夏老威, 公立學校既程度係全國包尾其中之一. 所以我只可以幫歷仔申請私校, 不過私校真係幾金, preschool都成九千幾學費, 所以我唔轉工唔得.
今個星期五會去georgia探小黑屋企人, 26 號先返, 又凍又悶, 真係想c. 之前interview同去信既機構, 有兩間reject 左我. 所以返到黎就會再發力搵工.

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發表於 07-12-10 14:40 |只看該作者

muimui313,

which part of Georgia r u going to?
when we were in college, we used to drive for abt 5 hours to Atlanta to get chinese food and groceries. in those days, we loved atlanta.
hope u'll hv a great time there!

原文章由 muimui313 於 07-12-10 14:32 發表
大家講開補習, 今期time magazine 話kumon 開始打toddler主意, 有為toddler而設既補習班, 不過magazine批評話無咩用, 小朋友學識配flash card 唔等於佢地明白card既內容, 因為用同樣既方法教白鴿, 隻白鴿都會識得配c ...

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發表於 07-12-11 00:54 |只看該作者

Socloudy,
like for chinese preschool. queens is higher quality and more expensive cuz most professional chinese r in queens ma and they know the difference naw. tutoring generally is quite expensive. especially the good ones. no wonder the tutoring school in hk is making so much money la. wah. your coworker's wife is pushing her kid quite alot woh. actually it's nice to start early la. we dont really have a reading habit for andrew, maybe that's why he is having a hard time reading.

原文章由 socloudy 於 07-12-10 09:47 發表
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我其实唔多清楚Queens同Brooklyn 補習班水準係咪有參差.我之所以住Queens係屋企人都住附近.依家d美国人都同唐人一樣好注重学業ga.我同事嗰老婆教小学ge,但佢都將個女放去writing class (阿女３年級),2年級時放 ...

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發表於 07-12-11 00:56 |只看該作者

muimui,
9000 is alot woh, have you checked out the catholic school. should be cheaper la. kumon for toddler ? they do know how to make money... not sure if a toddler can know that much at such a young age.

原文章由 muimui313 於 07-12-10 14:32 發表
大家講開補習, 今期time magazine 話kumon 開始打toddler主意, 有為toddler而設既補習班, 不過magazine批評話無咩用, 小朋友學識配flash card 唔等於佢地明白card既內容, 因為用同樣既方法教白鴿, 隻白鴿都會識得配c ...

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發表於 07-12-11 01:55 |只看該作者

alisonli & muimui313,

actually $9,000+/yr for a private school's tuition is almost like the minimum in bay area CA, and usually only the christian or catholic schools charge that rate. for those non-religious private schools, they charge more. we've looked at a couple private schools which charge about $20,000 to $25,000/yr for the lower grades in elementary school and up to $30,000/yr for high school. also, it's extremely hard to get in - need IQ test, good behaviors and social skills, etc.

regarding Kumon, i doubt abt the tutors' quality. i heard that most of them are high school kids. i know somebody who used to teach at Kumon when she's in high school or junior college.

原文章由 ALISONLI 於 07-12-11 00:56 發表
muimui,
9000 is alot woh, have you checked out the catholic school. should be cheaper la. kumon for toddler ? they do know how to make money... not sure if a toddler can know that much at such a youn ...

[ 本文章最後由 SY_Mom 於 07-12-11 01:59 編輯 ]

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SY_Mom,
$20k-$25k讀一年書又離譜咗d wor.好多人响NY做一年都搵唔到依個數…

Muimui,
你可以去GA shopping ga ma.嗰喥d嘢應該平過HI好多.既然你冇辦法唔去GA,搵d嘢做打法時間都好.

Alison,
我同事嗰女讀書只係average咋.因為佢做事唔專注,所以屋企人要花多d時間去教.我同事估係佢個女出世時係preemie,得1.7 lb,先天弱咗d,所以後天補救番wor.

原文章由 ALISONLI 於 07-12-11 00:54 發表
Socloudy,
like for chinese preschool. queens is higher quality and more expensive cuz most professional chinese r in queens ma and they know the difference naw. tutoring generally is quite expensive. ...

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發表於 07-12-11 14:31 |只看該作者

socloudy,

$20k-$25k is for elementary school's tuition only. middle school is $26k-$28k and high school is $30k. plus, tuition is adjusted by 10% a year. high school tuition was $27k a year.
even though the tuition is so expensive, still a lot of people fighting to get into the school. some parents just let their kids keep applying every year to see if they have any luck to get in. they won't just test u for english and math so u can't really prepare for that.

talking abt pre-term babies, i hv a friend who have twin boys who were born at 28 or 30 week at under 2.5 lbs each. now they're 2 and doing ok wor. pedi said they're supposed to catch up as if they were full-term babies by the age of 1.

原文章由 socloudy 於 07-12-11 09:47 發表
SY_Mom,
$20k-$25k讀一年書又離譜咗d wor.好多人响NY做一年都搵唔到依個數…

Muimui,
你可以去GA shopping ga ma.嗰喥d嘢應該平過HI好多.既然你冇辦法唔去GA,搵d嘢做打法時間都好.

Alison,
我同事嗰女讀書只係av ...

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Socloudy,
same as andrew, actually his 1st grade teacher mentioned that he might have slight ADD/ADHD but since it's not affecting his school work. it's okay for now. He could not sit still and he would talk nonstop and play with his fingers if there's nothing to play....

原文章由 socloudy 於 07-12-11 09:47 發表
SY_Mom,
$20k-$25k讀一年書又離譜咗d wor.好多人响NY做一年都搵唔到依個數…

Muimui,
你可以去GA shopping ga ma.嗰喥d嘢應該平過HI好多.既然你冇辦法唔去GA,搵d嘢做打法時間都好.

Alison,
我同事嗰女讀書只係av ...

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SY mom,
that's ALOT for elementary school and i am not sure if it's worth it. like the international school in hong kong, it's almost 10K US a year plus you have to buy debentures for the school. and they have no summer homework to do. it's not the more expensive the better la. u probably need another job to pay for the tuition..

for kumon, they hired high school kids to grade to work cuz the answer book already has all the answers. and they dont really teach cuz the kids r supposed to learn by themselves in their own pace so it's not like they r in a class la. they each have their own folder with their special worksheets and when they finished one level, they took a test and go the next one. i found the math to be really repetitive. of cuz the more pratice the better, it really depends how u look at things..to me, if you know 1+1=2. why do u have to do 100 times...

原文章由 SY_Mom 於 07-12-11 14:31 發表
socloudy,

$20k-$25k is for elementary school's tuition only. middle school is $26k-$28k and high school is $30k. plus, tuition is adjusted by 10% a year. high school tuition was $27k a year.
even ...

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發表於 07-12-12 08:47 |只看該作者

SY Mom,
嘩!俾咁多錢一年真係好時誇張喎!係咪真係值得咁做,d小朋友係咪好明顯smart d ga?

Alison,
咩係ADD/ADHD?

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發表於 07-12-12 15:24 |只看該作者

socloudy,

i'm not sure if the kids from that private school are obviously smarter coz personally i don't know anybody who study there.
however, IQ test is given to the applicant by the psychology professional (they charge $160 for the test). so i assume that the kids' IQs should be at least above average. also their curriculum is at least 1/2 yr, 1 yr, and 1 1/2 yr advance than the standard depends on which level u get in. most of their high school grads got into those ivy schools (they don't just wanna get into UC Berkeley etc.)

原文章由 socloudy 於 07-12-12 08:47 發表
SY Mom,
嘩!俾咁多錢一年真係好時誇張喎!係咪真係值得咁做,d小朋友係咪好明顯smart d ga?

Alison,
咩係ADD/ADHD?

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SY mom,
this sounds like the two gifted schools , anderson & hunter elementary school, both r public schools in nyc. they both required professional evaluation to get in. and have to get very high scores in OLSAT & BSRA. but they r both free naw but the kid really has to be highly gifted.

Socloudy,
ADHD 注意力不足過度活躍症Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

原文章由 SY_Mom 於 07-12-12 15:24 發表
socloudy,

i'm not sure if the kids from that private school are obviously smarter coz personally i don't know anybody who study there.
however, IQ test is given to the applicant by the psychology pro ...

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socloudy,
For these last two weeks, I don't have a lot to do coz they don't want me to pick up the new tasks and they're going to hire a contractor to replace my space, so no one else I can train now

I am glad that I drive to work, so don't need to deal with the mess in subway, be careful when you in and out the subway especially this rainny weather wor......

原文章由 socloudy 於 07-12-6 09:16 發表
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我老細唔想我train人做我嘅嘢咋,唔係我train完就响屋企抖下.我最慘要take subway返屋企.要企almost 25 minutes先maybe有位坐.而e幾個礼拜就最難頂,subway又多人,Christmas shopping bags又多… ...

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sy_mom, 我去savannah探我奶奶. 佢話而家已經幾凍下. 我俾夏威宜既天氣縱壞左, 而家好怕凍, 另外又怕歷仔冷親, 所以未出發已經有心理壓力.

so cloudy, 係呀, 我係去到之後先至做x'mas shopping. 不過點都要買一兩件夏威宜土產過去.

嘩, 20-25k一年真係好金. 不過, 呢度既名牌private school 都咁上下. 學費仲貴過大學. 9k一年都係最低消費. 不過, 都有間係舊區既private 天主教學校就4k一年.

女童軍既cookie season 又快到, 其實我地既人工真係好靠sell cookie, 所以個個同事都會落水, 但我最唔鐘意老細成日用人工撻同事, 每次叫同事做野就話:你都係靠呢啲出糧. 唉, 點解唔可以鼓勵人, 係要恐嚇人. 又窮又要威脅同事, 真係好難頂, 你地啲老細會唔會用人工撻同事架?

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