My wife's niece is in the 4th or 5th grade at a public school here. Her male teacher left for one month to run an apparent Boy's Scout camp. Guess what? No substitute teacher so no class for a month. Unbelievable. So her class falls behind and may not be properly prepared for next year. Moral of the story: send the children to a private school here.
Guess what pat. You're wrong private school is no better,as you know one of ours is in private school in Valencia. We just as well have not put her there for the last two months and the teachers are so young with no knowledge of anything. Keep them in public mate. Most of the teachers in private are failed public teachers!
For me as many, West City Elementary has one of the best academic accolades in the city Worth a visit to find out
It's just been a few weeks of kindergarten so far for our little boy but I'm pretty impressed with the British international school in Dauin.
Totally agree it's a good school as long as you have a spare p80k + per term! And three terms per year.
I assume school is providing lunch to the kids, including caviar, angus beef steak and more such a kind of food!?
I have a child in K 1 class in Valencia private school since the school year has started she has had over 6 weeks of no classes. So far this month only a few days of classes and next week is no class for the bugasan festival. When I had a meeting with the Priestly principal to discuss all the missed classes he said I can take my child out of his school if I don't like all the missed classes. With his nose high in the air he told me they are using the Harvard model of teaching. Spending 2 weeks learning to do a 3 minute dance routine is just as important as reading writing and arithmetic. That is why Filipinos are so well adjusted and can adapt to any countries culture. I refuse to let my child's education be sacrificed to these peoples hubris. I am on a search to find a better alternative to this insanity masquerading as a school. My neighbor said his boy goes to Don Bosco and they put academics as the priority. Does anyone have experience with Don Bosco?
My son is in his second year at Don Bosco and is in Nursery Two, Kindergarten next year. We are very pleased with the school, the teachers, and the scholastics. This year they are learning reading, language, and math. Some of it is simple stuff and other more difficult. For example, they recently learned plurals and when to use s or es. He has not missed a day of school last year or this year. There is a daily prayer which some parents may object to. There are two teachers for his class. There is a choice of a morning or afternoon session. There are two morning classes with 17 students each and one afternoon class. My wife and I are happy to share more on this. Btw, our boy went to One International School for two years prior to Don Bosco which gave him a great headstart.
These kids are your future, why are you putting in the hands of morons (whether it be private or public), you see everyday the ineptitude of the locals why not club together ( you all seem to live in the same area), wouldnt be rocket science to put your own little private school together, it doesnt take much, and mostly at these ages its mostly social building that takes place, and they could learn together with out the yoke in the sky or where ever he/she or it is be responsible for your childs education....................please dont think that because your kids are the kids of foreigners that they are blessed with sponge like DNA, here they are being taught 3rd level maths and sciences ( only good for rubbish education at Norsu and its equally sub standard equals) which will amount to nothing more than a glorified bit of paper which will get you a position at the local Petron or LGU) learning cebuano that wil have no positive impact on their working life from my readings there seems to be enough expats living south of the equator that is Robinsons, and some of the fees that you are paying for one child would easily cover rent and utilities for a small size school with big imagination it being private you can apply to be in cahoots with any other primary/kindergarten in the USA or Canada, and stick the sign international school over the door
I had thought about having a child here but I had concerns. With the education, including the culture impacts I thought it may be cruel to riase a child here. I do think children are great, so I am not against children, but I am against burdening them with substandard education or cultural characteristics. It would be a handicap in dealing with other cultures. Did I want to raise a selfish child who thought nothing of throwing their trash on the ground, cutting in line or some of the other characteristic so preventent here. Did I want to raise a child with so much pride he could never be wrong, and accept directions to aid his development. My conclusion was that I would have to isolate a child, or remove him/her from the country by about 3 years old, so they could adapt to a higher united type of living, not just living for their own pleasure and next bowl of rice. An alternative may be to let them live her forever so they is not culture shock if hey enter other world systems. My apologies for those he have children here I am not trying to be offensive, just expressing just form of carrying for young people.
