tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11620656.post113241550499949612..comments2023-08-02T22:57:30.179+08:00Comments on The World As I Know It: English Lit.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11620656.post-1133183865061008822005-11-28T21:17:00.000+08:002005-11-28T21:17:00.000+08:00i see i see, yeah i guess there's lots that our lo...i see i see, yeah i guess there's lots that our local system can improve on. i wished i had the oppotunity to discover more things other than maths and science. haha, and chinese. that was terrible. glad u made the swithc for your son!! =)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11620656.post-1133078857222546962005-11-27T16:07:00.000+08:002005-11-27T16:07:00.000+08:00hmm..reasons for the switch: dissatisfaction with ...hmm..reasons for the switch: dissatisfaction with narrow-based curriculum...unhappy with student:teacher ratio & quality of teaching...disagreement with the excessive focus on doing well in tests & exams...method of teaching the second language resulted in the kids hating the language instead of loving it...aliendochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943953235357596536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11620656.post-1133063354041702472005-11-27T11:49:00.000+08:002005-11-27T11:49:00.000+08:00hey, he can write well! i wished i could write lik...hey, he can write well! i wished i could write like tt. hmm, but you know, sometimes i wished i were more balanced, more bilingual. since i could appreciate jane austen and dickens and wharton and the lot, that someone could have taught me li bai, du fu etc. but i guess we can't have the best of both worlds huh.<BR/><BR/>just as a talking point, what made u switch him out of the local system? looking back, i kinda wished my parents had done that!! =)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11620656.post-1132579238347002092005-11-21T21:20:00.000+08:002005-11-21T21:20:00.000+08:00Yup, it sure has...took him 2.5 years to gain the ...Yup, it sure has...took him 2.5 years to gain the confidence to open up in his writing!aliendochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943953235357596536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11620656.post-1132570994482869272005-11-21T19:03:00.000+08:002005-11-21T19:03:00.000+08:00only 13???i'm soooo extremely impressed!... i can'...only 13???<BR/><BR/>i'm soooo extremely impressed!... i can't do it even now, and i'm 10 years older!<BR/><BR/>the switch to the international school has really paid off, i must say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com