In my opinion, it is dependent on the student. Haileybury indeed offers great resources and teaching that is unparalleled to any public school, however, your child might also want to account for travel times, friends ..etc. Melbourne High does offer high levels of resources, and is only slightly shy of Haileybury.
RRocky
- Oct 12, 2023
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Usually, we aren't allowed cheat sheets but the Chinese characters aren't too difficult as they are quite symbolic of the word they mean and you can quite often decipher the meaning of the word from the visual clues in a character. Also, if it is worth knowing, after only been studying Chinese for less than 2 years, I can make simple yet meaningful conversations regarding family, friends, school, subjects, animals, items, times, birthdays, introductions, colours and many other day-to-day terms as well as being able to write the characters.
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I am in year 8 and I am have been studying Chinese since year 7. I am also going to be continuing Chinese in VCE. I have been finding Chinese quite enjoyable and it opens many opportunities in the future as well. As of now, I am also not finding it too difficult. If your daughter has already learnt some Chinese vocabulary, she will likely be ahead when the Chinese characters are taught. I would recommend to take up Chinese if your daughter already has some experience and also because Chinese allows you to provide insight and value to international relationships with companies.
