QUOTE(Winston LYN @ Aug 11 2008, 02:14 PM)
I read all the threads here and I find most of the comments are actually 50-50 on the pros and cons of both of the educational systems.
Each and everyone of u are actually commenting based on their educational experiences and rather missed out that "you only studied on that particular time and place". Meaning that u're actually generalising educations based on his/her experience.
So in my oppinion, it doensn't matter which HS u send ur child to(At least the school you have chosen is not the worst). The problem is encouraging ur child to study on their own without being too dependent on teachers.
Yes teacher's are quite important in education here but if they just depend on teacher's teaching and then blames on the school because of incompetency of delivering education is not rational at all.
As have been said"We have been blaming on Governments and media for our child's misbehaviour but never once we blame on ourselves".
However, it is important to note too that environment also plays an important role besides parent's education. So, 2 of these HS have their pros and cons depends on which type of school. Nothing is perfect.
Note: I am from SMK, and what some of u said are damn true about this "I can't get along with Chinese educated ppl".
Most of them talk cock compared to most English Educated ppl I know. English educated ppl are more mature then them(based on my experience, sorry if I have offended anyone here. Would like to hear from ur experiences too)
Their topics are also quite immature..prefers to talk colk and entertainment stuff,...pop singer and bla bla which I think it's total crap. Besides, they don't like speaking english. Not only me, I and my friend(from SMK) too find difficulties in mixing with them,..end up only 2 of us in the class.
I pity you for not knowing the real situation just because you don't understand Chinese language and thought Chinese educated people are immature. That's why you and your friend end up as "ONLY TWO OF YOU IN THE CLASS". Spend some money if you can afford, visit Europe, Australia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, China etc, before making any baseless comparison. Have you ever done self examination: why you can't mix with them?
Hey, I thought only those retired uncles and aunties or those people during my grandparents generation would have high regards on English educated people, that was 20-30 years ago. It was because they could easily get a job in government departments if they understood English then.Therefore, these old people were proud and arrogant. But, dulu lain, sekarang lain.
Well, I don't know where you stay.For your information, nowadays most of the Chinese parents in KL/Selangor are sending their children to Chinese primary schools, and quite a number of these parents are English educated. They are aware of the importance of learning both Chinese and English language. There are about 10% of non-Chinese pupils in Chinese school. Are they immature?