Which international school is better?

[Axes]

It tends to be people with axes to grind.  They try to pretend that they are being helpful, but have clearly got huge chips on their shoulders.

[Aspiemom]

I have to disagree on the advice to relocate back to your home country.  I did that after my son's diagnosis and have found that the services available in the US are comparable, not better than there.  We have lived in top school districts in the US and still found we had to fight for appropriate services for our son, and then the support that schools provide is often not what they agree to in writing.  In addition, it was much less of a strain on our family to have live-in help than be trying to do everything from running my son to all of his therapy appointments to taking care of the rest of the demands of my family.  Also, unless you have family that will help care for your child, it's very tough to find even a babysitter so you can have a break from time to time. 

[Seppi]

I totally agree with "I think you'll find".  Tanglin DOES have a bullying problem those who say otherwise on this board are wrong and/ or the lucky ones.  We went  through hell with no help at all and no support.  Dreadful attitude and I know for a fact that we weren't the only ones.  We moved school in the end, best thing we did.  Worst experience in the  whole 10 years that we have been here!!!  It's almost as though the head of the junior school is afraid of rocking the boat and stamping a zero bullying campaign for fear of upsetting some people.  I wouldn't go within an inch of the school until things change.

[nonsense]

I totally agree with "I think you'll find".  Tanglin DOES have a bullying problem those who say otherwise on this board are wrong and/ or the lucky ones.  We went  through hell with no help at all and no support.  Dreadful attitude and I know for a fact that we weren't the only ones.  We moved school in the end, best thing we did.  Worst experience in the  whole 10 years that we have been here!!!  It's almost as though the head of the junior school is afraid of rocking the boat and stamping a zero bullying campaign for fear of upsetting some people.  I wouldn't go within an inch of the school until things change.

What a heap of crap

[agreed]

There seems to be an anti Tanglin faction on this website. All I can say is my two children have been going there for 4 years and are both very happy.
Oh, and I am definitely not a stuck up Brit.

we have three kids there and have been "tanglin parents" for a good number of years, active in school functions, all that sort of stuff.  In 10 years have never come across bullying or heard of cases from other parents

I suspect the anti-tanglin brigade on this site have never been near the school.  or have dysfunctional kids and didn;t like the school pointing out areas of weakness in their little darlings

[Ho HO]

Oh, and I am definitely not a stuck up Brit.

No such thing as "not" a stuck up brit.

[Good to see]

Great to see that racism is alive and thriving on this board. I am a Brit whose kids go to UWC not Tanglin and I am certainly NOT a stuck up tosser.

I won't bother getting involved in a slanging match over the other western races' imperfections, aprt from the tendency of Aussies to give their kids awful mullets 

[Newsflash]

The only people that THINK bullying doesn't exist are those who have kids that fly under the radar of Bullies or the parents of the Bullies.
Bullying is very real and sadly occurs in most schools here and abroad.
Unfortunately, those not affected by it seem to fear the subject the most and will not admit that it is going on. They all too easily accept the reason for that one kid in the class to be left out of partys, playdates, called names and excluded in the playground. But the truth is they are thinking "Thank god it's that child and not mine..."
It's a sad fact of human behaviour.

[Seppi]

To Newsflash.... thanks for the biggest load of common sense on  this board for a long time! Sometimes things can even get beyond that as it did with us!

To those who would prefer to believe my post regarding my child's bullying was untrue or thinking I'm just an 'anti' tanglin brigade for the sake of it (why??) I just hope your child won't go through anything similar, truly!  But with such open minded parents who are so ready to shout "heap of crap" I can't imagine they will!!!

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Kids these days are so spoilt, no wonder they started wearing tight jeans and uses make ups (ring alarm bells there?)

Singapore local schools are WAY better than UK schools (private or public), and I really think that the local schools here are just the same as the international schools, or better. Try get your kids into local school first, then if you cant find a place for them, consider an 'international' school. Whatever that entails, probably just a lot of toft teachers talking nonsense.

One thing I noticed among expats here is that there is a sense of snobbery in the air. Back in their home countries they are generally just an average person. Locals here have a higher quality of life than the people in UK. So why come here and spend a fortune living in a fantasy (hiring condos, apartments, international schools) if not included in the package? well thats exactly that, they are living in a fantasy. If I had kids, I damn well make sure they will go to local schools over 'international' schools anyday. My experience is that the only way to learn about a country is to get mixed in with the locals, integrate and contribute; not shutting yourself from the world because you are an 'expat'.
 

[scarbowl]

The only people that THINK bullying doesn't exist are those who have kids that fly under the radar of Bullies or the parents of the Bullies.
Bullying is very real and sadly occurs in most schools here and abroad.
Unfortunately, those not affected by it seem to fear the subject the most and will not admit that it is going on. They all too easily accept the reason for that one kid in the class to be left out of partys, playdates, called names and excluded in the playground. But the truth is they are thinking "Thank god it's that child and not mine..."
It's a sad fact of human behaviour.

And I think we've all met those adults who continue to demonstrate bullying behavior.