SJCS - CHINESE ASSIGNMENTS

SJCS - CHINESE ASSIGNMENTS

I and my wife Dinah are having a difficult time with Lizzie's Chinese assignments........we are having a difficult time understanding it....the Chinese teacher has always been very helpful and courteous whenever I would ask her to explain it to me...but I cannot always go to her and bother her.....

If SJCS is sincere in its desire to teach Chinese to everyone, not just

to the Chinese, but to Filipinos, to Americans, to anyone who would want to send their kids to SJCS,....then more effort should be given to making the parents understand the lessons, or at least, the assignments.....or is it now accepted that if we cannot understand it then get a tutor for our kids....that is what 2 of my co-parents did....we used to ask each other about the assignments, now their kids have tutors.....

This applies to all grade levels......every school, no matter how high the standard is, no matter how high the expectations are for each student...should conduct and teach every lesson, not just in Chinese, but in Math, in Science..... in a way that when the students leave the classroom they do not automatically need a tutor to understand the lessons....granted that not everyone has a tutor...perhaps 40 - 50 % have their kids tutored and that is quite a high number...I hope we can do something about this....

Going back to my Lizzie....I think more effort should be exerted so that parents who really do take time to teach and guide their kids will have an easier time doing it....the solution is simple....even just in the assignment notebook....have the Chinese assignments subtitled with English.....problem solved!

I hope I don't get raised eyebrows with this article....granted SJCS is a Chinese-Catholic School....but the school never said it was exclusive for Chinese students and the school stands on Philippine soil!...Take note!