I have answered the same question before, and I will answer it now for reference.

I have lived in Toronto for 15 years and have met hundreds of international students. Understand the high schools under several school boards in Toronto, as well as the formation and current status of the so-called rankings. In addition, many parents of students have asked me this question, so I will give a simple answer.

1. How do top-ranked schools become established?

First of all, one characteristic of the top-ranked schools is that they have more Chinese students. The large number of Chinese students mainly refers to the large number of Chinese immigrant children. Because the number of international students is fixed and cannot exceed a certain proportion, it has little impact on the school's performance ranking. Chinese students have received relatively good basic education in China, especially mathematics. Their grades are much better than those of local children. In this way, the school's performance ranking will be improved. Once a school's ranking improves, real estate agents will use the concept of domestic school district housing to encourage more Chinese to buy houses near the school. In this way, more Chinese children will enter the school, making the school's ranking higher. The cycle continues over and over again, and eventually housing prices rise.

2. The top ranking of a school has no substantial relationship with whether a student can go to a good university

I found that domestic parents have a misunderstanding that their children have entered a top-ranked university in Canada. You can enter a good university in high school. This may be the case in China, because good high schools have good teachers who can answer or get close to the questions in the sea of ??questions. But that's actually not the case in Canada. Admission to a good university here mainly depends on the student's usual scores in 6 subjects in the 12th grade of high school. The school's teachers are basically average. Therefore, if you enter a more competitive school with a large number of Chinese students, students of average ability will be under greater pressure, and the probability of getting an A will be greatly reduced. If they go to an average school, perhaps the students' advantages will be more easily highlighted.

3. The wise choice is to enter an average school

Because Canada’s education system is obviously different from China’s, especially there is no college entrance examination system. Therefore, questions and guidance from famous teachers are absolutely useless here. If your child has average or above-average grades, it is best to go to an average school. Parents should be familiar with the story of Tian Ji’s horse racing, so let your children compete with Canada’s local mid-range “horses” and inferior “horses”. His kids will definitely win.

4. The language environment of the average school is better than that of schools with a large number of Chinese people

I have noticed a phenomenon among my students, that is, if they go to a school with a large number of Chinese people, Chinese students basically I only make friends with Chinese students, and rarely communicate in English, so my English is not improving very quickly. Therefore, if you go to an average school and there are few Chinese students, the students will inevitably interact with local students and improve their English quickly.

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