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Wow, This is the 2nd yr of my son enrollment in OFS and he is happy. So do I as a parent. I am so sorry to hear your bad experience but luckily, we are having everything in contrary with your statements. 1. Last year OFS senior teacher just retired from the school and he was one of the kindest. He g...

Hi Sara! I am happy when somebody can give more information when come to the variety of international school choices. I agree with everything you say. So in this case, my son already find OFS as his second home. Every teacher is so supportive. He is into sport and we have so many great sport teacher...

Hi Everyone, So this is the 2nd week of my son studying in his new school, which is OFS (1st time ever he studies in an International school as well). He told me that he found it fun, joyous, and has a supportive surrounding when he got home at the 1st day (totally different when i sent him to his s...

Thank you. I will share the experience in few months to come. Congrats on finding the school that feels right for your kids. My sincere hope is that it will continue to feel right for them. The #1 thing is that the kids are happy going there. Please share your first-hand experience after your kids h...

Hi Parents, Comeback with the result. Finally we decided to enroll at OFS. Here are some of my opinions about both schools: OFS =D> Positive: a. Many sport activities are offered (they are strong in swimming & have a good program for the competitive team) b. Variety of facilities like: semi indoor b...

Thank you for your input and sharing your experience. I really appreciate it. Speaking from experience, I was the cause of the change of 2nd language abilities in the late 1990's~early millennium after going to war with the MOE regarding my daughter taking chinese as a 2nd language. (Backstory, wife...

This is a very interesting topic to discuss about how important mandarin to my sons' education. Honestly speaking, I am from a traditional Chinese family (I believe your wife as well since she was from a small city of Indonesia), so to learn about fluent Chinese is a must for us, especially to make ...

I do not expect him to only work in NZ. I hope he needs to set up his own business in the country he will choose later to settle down. Taiwan and mostly Guangzhou. We have a family and friend there, many language school scholarships are offered. So it will be not too hard to plan. Most importantly, ...

I lived in Irvine, CA for 2 weeks in searching a college before finally to decide to join OSU, about 20 years ago. Ohio was not as friendly as CA though :-| California is amazing, no doubt: everyone is so friendly, weather is amazing, neighbors are welcoming to each other, and a dream for everyone t...

I totally agree that Indonesia way much cheaper than Singapore by many things and the international education in Indonesia has so much improvement. Problem with small city middle school students are they do not have too many choices of activities to grow their talents, and have limited knowledge of ...

I am glad that both of you gave me more broader views. I am just targeting the process of my son without thinking too much about universities yet. Yes, I am from a small conservative city of Indonesia so the Chinese culture is still think like the vintage Singaporeans. But again, I need to try to ed...

You are very detailed and I thankful for your suggestion. We are from a conservative Asian family but I always try to balance my son with current society without leaving our root. Our family has too many generation gap (4 generations still leaving together as a big fam with more than 1 religion). It...

Hi Parents! We (Asian family right here) are at the verge of choosing between SAIS or OFS for our 8th grader. My son is into competitive basketball (he will join the audition, hopefully to represent the school), into swimming, video auditor, and music. He has regular academics skills, which I think ...