Rejected by KJS: what to do now

I am just amazed at the tremendous pressure on these little children to be "perfect." I was just reading an article about how some children don't get into schools over the smallest things! Kids are kids and yes they need disaplined and need to be respectful and such. But geeze to be rejected from a school from a hour or so assessment of the child, how badly these children must feel (and parents too).
 
the thing is, these schools are all so oversubscribed....maybe it would be better to do a "lucky draw"? but that isn't necessarily fair for the school....no easy answers.
 
Our LO got rejected in an Int'l KG because they found her to be over active, and they wanted more disciplined ans structured kids. So i think all the schools have their own criteria for selection.
 
I am just not too sure about what to do now. I dont want to send her to a local school which does not have English as Medium of Instruction. we are not too sure about whether we are going to live her long term so I really want her to study in an EMI school.

from tung chung, there arent many options for this. I hope something better happens soon.
 
again.... if you let us know your native language, we may be able to come up with other options...is it a secret?
 
Starters Preschool in Wanchai might be an option. According to their website, it has a full day primary 1 class and costs under $5000 per month.
 
@carang, we are from India and mother tongue is Hindi


we arent too sure about the long term prospects of living in HK and hence really want the kid to goto an EMI school. we live in Tung Chung and own an apartment here. I really like the area and dont want to move to a smaller & more expensive apartment in other areas.

Please let the valuable suggestions coming...........

i am just not able to think about anything else apart from schooling............ :-(

thanks a lot
 
there are a LOT of indians that go through the local system, even the cantonese medium of instruction! there is actually an indian news reporter on the cantonese channel! to me, language is never something to "turn down". i think it is such an opportunity that so many people miss out on. i have heard so many stories of people coming for one contract only to find themselves still here 20 years later! i, myself, only came for a week-long holiday in 1995 and never left! i'm very glad that we've chosen the route that we have. it will open doors for my children for their entire lives. we still have the option down the road to move to an international school if we find the local schools too difficult or not to our liking.
 
thanks. i have checked the website and it looks good. I have heard its very tough to get into this school but will definitely goto the open day.
 
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