And I'm speaking for the secondary section. Lots of kids that I know of have transferred to my school, South Island. I've been here for 6 years and I've seen FIS kids come and go. Perhaps you should camp out their campus and count how many kids sneak out for a smoke and perhaps tell me otherwise that parents and others who have seen and heard aren't worried about this.
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carang
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redanae... if you read my post, you would see that i don't have any knowledge of what you have described. that's why i asked questions. i never said you were wrong, either. only that i'd not heard such complaints before.
if one isn't allowed to question, then what is the point of a forum? i thought that was the whole point of forums. to ask questions and have them answered with people's experience.
as for kids sneaking out for a smoke in secondary school? i don't think that is limited to FIS, neither is underage drinking. I know when i grew up and attended a great high school in canada, the same things happened. to me, what matters is not what the other kids do, it is what your kids do.
ps> if you had said that you had siblings there and personal experience, that would have answered many of my questions.
if one isn't allowed to question, then what is the point of a forum? i thought that was the whole point of forums. to ask questions and have them answered with people's experience.
as for kids sneaking out for a smoke in secondary school? i don't think that is limited to FIS, neither is underage drinking. I know when i grew up and attended a great high school in canada, the same things happened. to me, what matters is not what the other kids do, it is what your kids do.
ps> if you had said that you had siblings there and personal experience, that would have answered many of my questions.
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nakayla333
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Hello,
I would like to give you my personal advice as I am a FIS student myself. During Primary, there are no tests and the children are not graded severely. There isn't a heavy homework load and it is true that the primary mandarin standards are not very high. However, the teachers are very likable and there is a strong link of communication between teachers and parents. Secondary is very different, there is a lot of homework and tests. For the first two years of Secondary, the teachers start to build up a foundation in general knowledge of subjects for the students. In the third year, Spanish is introduced and the teachers start preparing the students for the IGCSE course. In the fourth and fifth year, the students enter the IGCSE course and in their last two years they participate in the IB programme.
It must also be taken into consideration that if you want your child to expand in his roots and not only focus on academic studies when he is older but also in subjects such as Design & Technology, Food Tech, Drama, Music etc, FIS Secondary does not provide these subjects for the IGCSE and IB courses.
I would like to give you my personal advice as I am a FIS student myself. During Primary, there are no tests and the children are not graded severely. There isn't a heavy homework load and it is true that the primary mandarin standards are not very high. However, the teachers are very likable and there is a strong link of communication between teachers and parents. Secondary is very different, there is a lot of homework and tests. For the first two years of Secondary, the teachers start to build up a foundation in general knowledge of subjects for the students. In the third year, Spanish is introduced and the teachers start preparing the students for the IGCSE course. In the fourth and fifth year, the students enter the IGCSE course and in their last two years they participate in the IB programme.
It must also be taken into consideration that if you want your child to expand in his roots and not only focus on academic studies when he is older but also in subjects such as Design & Technology, Food Tech, Drama, Music etc, FIS Secondary does not provide these subjects for the IGCSE and IB courses.