Re: To Be or Not To Be - Returning HK from Australia
No worries, vv123,
My wife and I highly appreciate your Feedbacks.
"Time" is the most Precious thing in this morden world, especially at a time when many husbands have no time to talk to wives, many parents have no time to talk to children etc. You have spent so much time in reading and then responding to our comments/views - what more can we ask for?
Your feedbacks have demonstrated your Attention to fine details, your Passions for your Children and your Caring for other seem to be confused Parents.
I Think thereforeI Exist.; and
I Debate therefore I Progress.
Your Sensible Agruements have indeed helping us to achieve a more Balanced View in order to find our Best Way Forward.
It is only Fair that I am here to clarify some of the points/doubts you have raised.
Yes, I work from Home and I only work part time (less than 20 hours a week - and mainly at night after my boys are aslept). I do Voluntary Work whenever I am free.
A newly open school means there will be more NEW students coming in at the same time, this also means Bullying will be less likely to occur as most students are NEW themselves. Even if there are some existing students, their minds will be so excited by the New Environment (i.e. having something pre-occupied) and therefore less likely to think about Bullying. Bullying is a BIG issue and Boredom is usually the main reason for younger Bulliers.
The HK Education system remains the same if not worse - because there are so many policies being rushy introduced in such a short time, confusing every one. The only difference is : We have Changed.
In the last ten years, we had lived in about 8 Cities in 4 Countries/SAR, from Sub-Equator, to North Hemisphere then to South Hemisphere, searching basically around the world for the Best School.
And during the searching, we had made some Discoveries:
1) There is NO such thing as the Best School.
Every school, like every city and every country, has something to offer. The only difference is whether the Offer actually matches your Needs at this particular moment of time in your Life;
2) There is a such thing called the Best Education.
And it comes from the Parents.
Children learn the most important things in Life (Values and Beliefs) from their Parents, mostly from what their Parents DO and NOT say;
3) The Only Persons, in most cases, have the SAME agenda as the Child's are the Parents.
Teachers have their own Priorities and indeed Limitations - 30 children under their care. Try to have breakfast with 10 children - it is like a War Zone;
4) Preparing our children for the coming Challenges in Life is not the job of a Teacher or the School only, it is also the DUTY of a parent. We all have to work as a Team;
5) Global Vision does not come overnight or being planted upon. It is a gradual happening.
My sons watch daily news with me, so that they know a bit about what is going on around the world. Once the news mentioning about a particular incident occuring in a partcular country that interests them, I will follow up with with them by providing more information;
6).......
I can go on and on, vv123, but the very point I am trying to make is,
Everything Begins with Oneself. Look Inside and the Answers are all there. Once a person find the Answers, s/he can achieve the Goals anywhere - be it UK, HK, NZ or Australia - the only difference will be,
The Time and Efforts it takes to achieve the same result.
Hope I have not bored you in any way.
Do you mind telling me how the Winters were like in Discovery Bay when you were there?
And what was the one thing you liked MOST (and Least, please) about living in Discovery Bay?
We are also considering Australian International School (www.aishk.edu.hk). Do you have any comments?
My wife and I have a daily assessment of what we want from Life, what we can provide our boys in HK and OZ. At this moment of time, no firm decision is made.
Thanks once again for your Valuable Opinions - sometimes, an Outsider see things more Clearer.
Have a very goodnight - Exhausted parents deserve more sleep.
Touched Fate
The Greatest Burden in Life is the Unreaonable Expectations of a Parent
Nothing is Harder than Convincing Ourselves Nothing is Hard
rocessing Application", and at the same time, you want a place where you can "Find a job".
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