Lisafuller wrote: ↑Sat, 24 Jun 2023 9:54 pm
Not sure a IS boy who didn't serve NS would be looked upon too favorably by the ICA, but I don't need to tell you that.
My daughter is also really excited about the prospect of getting her own car, though I'm not sure we'll be able to go through with it as she'll be going to college in NY.
I wouldn’t totally rule out the possibility of my son returning here. At the very least, he could try for an EP (provided he meets the prevailing eligibility criteria at the time). Eventual PR might even be possible.
There are valid reasons we put him in IS instead of local, you need only take one look at his portfolio to appreciate that. At SAS, they have the resources (complete set of AP Art courses), recognition (National Art Honor Society) and opportunities (art competitions and exhibitions). He is taking AP Drawing this fall in 10th grade and will easily knock it out of the park.
Maybe we could have tried Lasalle, but it’s very difficult to get in and we also heard their academics are not up to par. At SAS he is in the advanced math stream and will be going for accelerated chemistry this fall, and to be honest, my son’s English is well above my daughter in JC2.
Now that my daughter is nearing the end of local school here — I am exceedingly glad that it’s almost over. TBH, it’s been a bit like vomiting blood sometimes. She has no friggin time, can’t do anything, can’t go anywhere, even on weekends, even on school holidays, she has projects.. she has exams from day one when she returns next week. I have to say, it’s just stupid crazy — people try to sugar coat it, or justify the means by the ends, but I live in reality land. And now that we are looking at colleges for her and see how little all her effort and grades do for her, it just makes me all the more disgruntled. All of that sacrifice, and what good did it do? Her counterparts elsewhere in the world had real summer breaks to spend time on their passions, enhancing their college prospects, while she was loaded with work that isn’t going to be valued. Instead, her counterparts enjoy grade inflation while she has grade deflation… but their watered down A’s count just as much as her crazy A’s. And it’s amplified by test optional.