Based on the factors above such as financial capacity of the family, quality and facilities of the school, abilities of the children, we think the better choice for them is studying in home country.
Firstly, we take an overview about domestic education system. In Vietnam, there are public schools, including ordinary schools and gifted or extremely gifted schools, what are subsidized by government. There are also private and international schools what are privately funded an owned by someone or organization. The other difference is on demanding entrance requirements, whose gifted is often more difficult than ordinary, most international schools require sometimes foreign language skills. Generally speaking, gifted schools facilities and staff at the private and international schools are usually relatively better and more competent than public school. In addition, About Vietnamese education system, government establish from pre-primary to higher education system, form academic to vocational training. Students, especially at high school, can sometimes learn vocational courses, such as cooking, mechanic… beside academic courses.
Secondly, studying at home country has many advantages.
First of all, your children will stay at home with family. They do not have a plan for temporary stay abroad. Now, children are not enough mature in their mind, therefore they can be easily feel lonely when they go so far their family, especially in case that they do not have any cousins in the foreign country. Due to the mental troubles such as low mood, sadness or depression, children cannot accomplish their studying goals. Because family what can helps keep their mental comfortable, children just concentrate on studying instead of other things.
The second benefit is being familiar with the culture. Each country has typical culture itself; as a consequence children sometimes suffer “culture shock” along with studying abroad. Asian culture is so different with western culture, and the thinking is dissimilar too. In a foreign country where you easily face to racial discrimination because of differences of your skin or hair color. In that case, your children who are so young often cannot be escape from this. Otherwise, staying at home country gives children the chance to experience more their own country. There are not vast differences between the various regions.
The third advantage that we are thinking about is, if we choose a public school, tuition fees are cheaper. In fact, finance is usually the factor most important that affects parents’ decision. As international student, you must spend much money for an academic year. With same funding for studying, instead of a normal school in foreign country why do you choose a prestigious school at home? Honestly, we think high school is important but not the most. High school level is minimum demanding for children’s future. Therefore, we don’t think this is necessary study abroad at high school.
After researching information of most high school, we have 2 plans for our children as following:
Plan A: We choose Nguyen Thi Minh Khai high school because this is one of the top schools in HCMC. This school was established in 1913, has over 100 ages history. In the past, it was a single-gender school, a girls’ school. And now, with over 100 ages history, this school have many achievements in education. The ration into university is approximate 86%. Moreover, NTMK school have some classes specialized in language such as English or French. School have too many programs linked with others schools in foreign country. And we make a target of good or very well for 3 years at high school.
Plan B: if our children are talent in some subjects, we will choose Le Hong Phong high school for the gifted. This school is always one of the top in the list for better school in South. This school was established in 1927, and educated many talent students for country. Le Hong Phong high school got a lot of achievements in many competitions for the best students. The school offers the classes specialized in a single subject such as Maths, Physics, Biology, English, French, Chinese and so on. We can say this is one of the most prestigious schools of country. We make a target “good” and might have an adward in local or national competition.
Whether we choose plan A or plan B, we will find a good language center and encourage children to study foreign language, English. Because language is the important skill prepared for their higher education.
Based on the factors above such as financial capacity of the
family
, quality and facilities of the
school
, abilities of the
children
, we
think
the better choice for them is
studying
in home country.
Firstly
, we take an overview about domestic
education
system. In Vietnam, there are public
schools
, including ordinary
schools
and
gifted
or
extremely
gifted
schools
, what
are subsidized
by
government
. There are
also
private and
international
schools
what are
privately
funded an
owned
by someone or organization. The other difference is on demanding entrance requirements, whose
gifted
is
often
more difficult than ordinary, most
international
schools
require
sometimes
foreign
language
skills
.
Generally
speaking,
gifted
schools
facilities and staff at the private and
international
schools
are
usually
relatively
better and more competent than public
school
.
In addition
, About Vietnamese
education
system,
government
establish from
pre-primary
to higher
education
system, form academic to vocational training.
Students
,
especially
at
high
school
, can
sometimes
learn vocational courses, such as cooking, mechanic… beside academic courses.
Secondly
,
studying
at home
country
has
many
advantages.
First of all
, your
children
will stay at home with
family
. They do not have a
plan
for temporary stay abroad.
Now
,
children
are not
enough
mature in their mind,
therefore
they can be
easily
feel
lonely when they go
so
far their
family
,
especially
in case that they do not have any cousins in the
foreign
country
. Due to the mental troubles such as low mood, sadness or depression,
children
cannot accomplish their
studying
goals.
Because
family
what can
helps
keep
their mental comfortable,
children
just
concentrate on
studying
instead
of other things.
The second benefit is being familiar with the
culture
. Each
country
has typical
culture
itself; as a consequence
children
sometimes
suffer
“culture
shock” along with
studying
abroad. Asian
culture
is
so
different
with western
culture
, and the thinking is dissimilar too. In a
foreign
country
where you
easily
face to racial discrimination
because
of differences of your skin or hair color.
In that case
, your
children
who are
so
young
often
cannot be escape from this.
Otherwise
, staying at home
country
gives
children
the chance to experience more their
own
country
. There are not vast differences between the various regions.
The third advantage that we are thinking about is, if we
choose
a public
school
, tuition fees are cheaper. In fact, finance is
usually
the factor most
important
that affects parents’ decision. As
international
student
, you
must
spend much money for an academic year. With same funding for
studying
,
instead
of a normal
school
in
foreign
country
why do you
choose
a prestigious
school
at home?
Honestly
, we
think
high
school
is
important
but
not the most.
High
school
level is minimum demanding for
children’s
future.
Therefore
, we don’t
think
this is necessary study abroad at
high
school.
After researching information of most
high
school
, we have 2
plans
for our
children
as following:
Plan A: We
choose
Nguyen
Thi
Minh
Khai
high
school
because
this is one of the top
schools
in
HCMC
. This
school
was established
in 1913, has over 100 ages history. In the past, it was a single-gender
school
, a girls’
school
. And
now
, with over 100 ages history, this
school
have
many
achievements in
education
. The ration into university is approximate 86%.
Moreover
,
NTMK
school
have
some
classes specialized in
language
such as English or French.
School
have too
many
programs linked with others
schools
in
foreign
country
. And we
make
a target of
good
or
very
well for 3 years at
high
school.
Plan B: if our
children
are talent in
some
subjects, we will
choose
Le Hong
Phong
high
school
for the
gifted
. This
school
is always one of the top in the list for better
school
in South. This
school
was established
in 1927, and educated
many
talent
students
for
country
. Le Hong
Phong
high
school
got
a lot of
achievements in
many
competitions for the best
students
. The
school
offers the classes specialized in a single subject such as
Maths
, Physics, Biology, English, French, Chinese and
so
on. We can say this is one of the most prestigious
schools
of
country
. We
make
a target “
good
” and might have an
adward
in local or national competition.
Whether we
choose
plan
A or
plan
B, we will find a
good
language
center and encourage
children
to study
foreign
language
, English.
Because
language
is the
important
skill
prepared for their higher
education
.