Originally Posted by kcleung

thx et! is yours going to stay w vic?

Originally Posted by kcleung

I wanted to but boss prefers local. a lot of parents got v depressed after the past weekend but not us, experience and self confidence really helped us to get through these interviews.

Originally Posted by etchu

why depressed?

Originally Posted by pinguhk

I think in your time it was easy.
its not that easy!!!
even international schools are very hard to get in.
need to know ppl for easy to get in like song Bill to help us out.
before my son tryed 6 international schools and 3 was waiting list and 3 no go.
we were lucky to have 1 phoning us up a few months ago and now he is much happier.

at international schools there is exams 2 times a year and not 4 like local schools but the work load is the same as local schools

Originally Posted by etchu

why depressed?

Originally Posted by mark_hk

ESF isnt that hard to get into? ust gotta pay!

I am pretty sure we never had exams...(that counted) as a kid in primary school... the only ones that mattered were GCSE's and A LEVEL!

Originally Posted by kcleung

their kids didnt perform as expected and the parents blamed queuing up outside st catherines in bad weather, long wait time before the actual interview and thought no hope of getting in as a result.

Originally Posted by pinguhk

what!!
This is part of life, it happens every were.
I dont think you can blamed the school.
maybe it is a test for them too
I remember at 1 interview I had to wait for 40 mins until it was my kid turn.

Originally Posted by kcleung

I think there were definitely more the school could have done, eg, opened a few classrooms instead of having those poor little children getting wet and cold in the rain.