SAS vs OFS recommendation?

[exxpat]

Which has a better kindergarten and primary school?

[jillz]

cant tell you about elementary n kindergarden, but generally in high school the hierachy goes like this

UWC
SAS
OFS
all other schools like AIS, CIS, TTS etc.

[fareastjunebug]

Visit the schools and get your impressions of the hardware (facilities) and software (admin/teachers/students). The software is much more important that the hardware.

Good advice to get on the waiting list for some of the schools now.

[xmischax]

SAS and OFS have different education systems. it depends on what you wanna give our child. if you want your child to get an american education, then SAS will be the one. it will lead to the american high school diploma. other schools offers IB.

there`s many other intl schools here too. such as AIS, ISS, UWC, french school, german school, etc etc.

i suggest that you visit the schools or go to their websites and request for the prospectus/brochures that they have. look around and talk to the staff. from what i know, SAS`s prospectus comes with a cd rom that tells you all about the school.

i have only been to SAS and UWC. both have excellent facilities. you might wanna take where you are staying into consideration too.

hope it helps

[EC]

Chatsworth also provides an American diploma.

[xmischax]

well in terms of facilities, i think sas will be better than chatsworth.

[EC]

Hands down, SAS would be better than any of them. It's like a small univeristy in many places! Biggest International School in the region.

But it's not always about that, now is it? Not everyone wants their child to be one of 7-8 classes in the same year level.

[ksl]

Chatsworth also provides an American diploma.

And what is an American Diploma? I can print them off at quite a fast rate, Just name the paper strength, single ply or double.

what would concern me is neither hardware or software, but the end results, just because you have the best equipment, doest prove zit, does it? or am i missing something here!

generally in high school the hierachy goes like this

UWC
SAS
OFS

This is very close to the British way of life United Wankers Club, (aristocrats only) Specialist Asshole Services, & Official Fcuking Sadists (Potential Civil Servants Society)Mmmm! Yes they all sound quite painful on the working class

My apologies guy's, it was so tempting from down here! in the lower ranks.

[EC]

What shall we measure by then, SATS? Your tag says you're from the UK, perhaps this is a term more recognisable to you.

You say the end result is the most important, I agree. But it needs to be measurable against something if students want to go to university elsewhere. Sad but true. An American diploma is more recognisable to some universities in the US than, say, GCSE's.

[xmischax]

american diploma is the american high school diploma. equivalent to a levels.


you may say that software or hardware is not important, but they really are in my opinion. it facilitates learning. school is not just about books and subjects, other things such as life skills are learned from fellow students, teachers and through extra curricular activities. a school is like a mini society. if you think both are not important, why not just home school your kids, right?

and how do you get the end result? the process is important too. you grow as a person through all these things you go through in school, not through exams. results are not the only important thing you know.

i would rather be a person whose got bad grades but have good morals rather than good grades but suck as a person.

my personal opinion, no offence.

[ksl]

What shall we measure by then, SATS? Your tag says you're from the UK, perhaps this is a term more recognisable to you.

You say the end result is the most important, I agree. But it needs to be measurable against something if students want to go to university elsewhere. Sad but true. An American diploma is more recognisable to some universities in the US than, say, GCSE's.

well yes, you hit the nail on the head, you want to see the results of all schools, to compare the passmarks, to get quantifiable figures to work with, I mean if I was so inclined to want to chose for my own kids, thats what i would research.

It's so easy for one to say this is the best and that is the best, and this is the hierachy, right. so a little research needs to be done, or a chat with who ever is in charge, one needs the facts and they should be listed someplace in the educational rankings. But even then, one needs to see what the rankings are based on.

American Diploma! From a parents point of view, along with the child, I would have thought the choice would be made at quite an early stage, American school or British, I think this speaks for itself, basically, because I would be very confused, if my child was raised British and at the last moment, wanted to study in the USA and drop the GCSE for an American Diploma.

The planning of ones future, needs to be done quite carefully, if one is to follow the American system then all well and good, then one must also be clear of the competitive issues at hand, when looking for employment, and demographics of the Countries.

Like Taiwan is more Americanised and Singapore leans more to the British, although I'm sure the yanks would love to score more points and take over Singapore (SMS grinning like a cheshire cat) All said and done, and the exams are passed!

Hard research to see which Uni, is top of the league and why! One needs to see data, and how the authority came to the conclusions they did.

It's all well and good having a class Uni behind you, although pretty pointless if you are just a mediocre student, you are better off, going the run of the mill and saving on expenses.

Basically when you get into the real world is when it counts, if you cannot live up to the common sense issues around the work place, the education isn't going to help you one little bit.

I know a couple of well to do young men from cambridge uni, who were working with me, with the helicopters, they both wanted to be pilots, and were offering their services, for free lessons, to me, I thought what a waste of a good education, although they were never short of money, one of them made the grade in engineering, the other made the grade in A class drugs.

So yes I agree, one needs to plan well in advance, although research and confirmation is the best source of data, to make any plans on, becuase schools are going up and down all the time.

Take Lancaster University in UK, one of the top in the whole world rankings, for me!

Basically though if your just a mediocre student, it's not going to be a strong influence, having the exams, in my opinion, practical hands on is where one is going to shine.

Your tag says you're from the UK,

Rule Britannia god bless her, those were the days! All history now i'm afraid, but life goes on

When I first posted, I was thinking of why is it so important for people to want to go to the best schools, if they don't deserve to be there! It was just something that niggles me, all the snobbery one comes across in a life time, because the neighbours want to be like the Jones's.

The aristocrats dying off slowly in UK and losing their wealth, more places at University for joe bloggs and all that, I was just reminiscing, when i posted the first, kind of sarcastic remark, of what difference does it really make, because in the real world, is what matters!