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    Quote Originally Posted by shri:
    The debate should be about extra coaching and not pruning in my opinion. Just saying....
    ALL kids should be given extra coaching. The hope that each student gets the best possible teacher for them in every subject is nonsense. Where they struggle they should be offered (limited and regulated) external free coaching from a paid for specialist.

    On a positive note the local schools again performed extremely well in a course supposedly designed not to reward rote learning.
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    Poor kids, most likely at the expense of their childhood. I'm suprised btw that the girl Nicole Hong who scored 45 doesn't choose to study at a top tier university.

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    3. hardest on kids
    Seen enough kids stress out to the point where I personally think they should just be taken out of the system in pretty much all the systems - A Levels, IB, local, Indian systems.. name it.

    Plenty of kids who can handle whatever is thrown at them, plenty that do not. Parents are less resilient.

    Every parent wants their kid to be a professional - banker, doctor, engineer, lawyer. Not many want their kids to take trade or self employment / entrepreneurial / societal type routes.

    Oh well... will be back to contribute the same to the 2018 thread.
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    Among international schools German Swiss and French International have reputations for this.
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    IB results are after the end of the academic year, correct? So students who get 45 mostly have university places already? I know in the UK universities give "conditional" acceptances i.e. you lose your spot if you don't get AAA at A-Level. But in the US certainly you are admitted based on your performance up to the point of application, so getting a perfect IB score wouldn't make any difference as the student already has a place.


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    Quote Originally Posted by merchantms:
    IB results are after the end of the academic year, correct? So students who get 45 mostly have university places already? I know in the UK universities give "conditional" acceptances i.e. you lose your spot if you don't get AAA at A-Level. But in the US certainly you are admitted based on your performance up to the point of application, so getting a perfect IB score wouldn't make any difference as the student already has a place.
    It's the same. Many IB kids have conditional offers based on their predicted grades.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rani:
    It's the same. Many kids have conditional offers based on their predicted grades.
    Which countries is this the case for? And how many would have a condition as high as 45? The one girl mentioned in SCMP article is choosing between HKU and U of Toronto, those don't strike me as institutions that would have such grade requirements. She said her grandmother was crying with joy but honestly - I can't see what difference it makes at this point unless she's planning to reject those places and take a gap year/reapply.
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    Quote Originally Posted by HowardCoombs:
    Yes, really.

    Was the definition of "not good enough" clearly spelled out in the student handbook or did you acquire this knowledge out of thin air? What exactly did "not good enough" mean at your school?

    In Hong Kong, no one will tell you what it means but if you're not good enough, you will get kicked out from some schools.
    Of course no one will tell you but in a class of say 35, if you were in the last 5, chances were high you would have to redo the year. If after that you still were not better, chances were high you were out.

    There is no written rule obviously but I have seen it many times.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mat:
    Of course no one will tell you but in a class of say 35, if you were in the last 5, chances were high you would have to redo the year. If after that you still were not better, chances were high you were out.

    There is no written rule obviously but I have seen it many times.
    That sounds terrible to me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mat:
    Of course no one will tell you but in a class of say 35, if you were in the last 5, chances were high you would have to redo the year. If after that you still were not better, chances were high you were out.

    There is no written rule obviously but I have seen it many times.
    I went to a very competitive private school in the US and students were only kicked out for gross behavioral issues e.g. constantly skipping class, drugs/alcohol, violence, etc. The entrance was difficult but once you were in, you were in. Still managed to achieve high results in exams and university placements.

    What is the point of a school if it can't provide to students what they need to succeed - whatever that means for the individual student? It tells me the school lacks proper pastoral care. The school is serving its own purpose (i.e. getting best results) over serving the needs of the students (i.e. getting them the best education for their skills and ability).
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