It was a tedious hassle more than two months ago when I learnt that my application for Brendan into SJK(C) School A was rejected. Thus, began my journey for appeal, going to School A and School B, the other school that Brendan was assigned to.
So, up and down I went, again and again. In my appeal form, I have to give two options for the appeal and all parents were advised by the parents to put two options in case the first option for School A was rejected.
Imagine, 90% of the application to School A were rejected. All because another school, let's call it School X, was undergoing renovation and were therefore, transferred to School A and School A has to be transferred to School B! I do wonder why can't they just transfer School X to School B instead.
So, back to my appeal form, I decided to only put one option and that is back to School A despite hearing that it's quite impossible to go back to School A. Well, I decided that's the way I want it to be and then, the waiting began.
I have yet to received the second letter, but went direct to School A yesterday morning to check for myself. The teacher was very doubtful that I could get it and went through the list, which is not in alphabetical order, one by one, and at page 3, I decided to help the teacher to search for it and immediately stumbled upon Brendan's name!! The other teachers were surprised and asked to double check on the full name and IC number.
Boy, am I glad to see that, but there were fury coming from other parents nearby, who were still appealing for the third time.
I don't know how good School A is as claimed by some parents, but the convenience is something that I've been asking for. I personally felt that our local kebangsaan school standard has dropped, unlike my time, when our teachers were so good.
In my search for schools early last year, I've checked out a few kebangsaan school and found that the teachers can't even speak proper English, what more teach! Oh dear... I can't read Chinese myself, but am glad that Brendan's current kindergarten principal is a well-qualified educator, who is able to provide some tutoring to Brendan in his early years.
It's going to be a new challenge next year. We'll see how it goes.
7 comments:
u are so lucky to get Brendan into the school u want :)
It will be a challenge for not only Brendan but for his parents too! Good luck. :)
glad to know that Brendan is going to the primary school u wanted.
its going to be challenging for our kids and both of us... esp me, coz my boy is going to chinese school and both and hub and i dont know chinese much
Wow - thats such a relief that it is all sorted out. Still dont know where I will be sending Harvynna. Registered her at a government school as back up, but i hear even there, the standards are dropping
hey..we are also considering sending ashley to a chinese school and both hubs and i dont speak nor read mandarin...that will be a challenge for us too....
I hope we dont go through much stress getting her into the school that we sign her up for..
Chin Nee & Wen, I went thro a lot of hassle to stick to what I wanted and hopefully I'm making the right choice.
Wen & Dinah, I can't read chinese too, but Brendan's current principal will continue to guide him in the daycare which is a blessing to us.
Rina, I checked out a few kebangsaan school and they're just hopeless. Chi. wasn't my choice, but after comparison, the standard is so much better lah.
at last good news....
I think Brendan will be ok...we also same here...both of us banana too hi hi...
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