The tuition fees of international schools are mostly between 65,438+00-250,000, which is not a small expense for ordinary people. In addition, there are more extra expenses: for example, in order to ensure grades, you need to pass standardized exams such as AP, TOEFL, ACT and SAT, so you need to attend make-up classes and training courses. All foreign teachers attend classes and private tutors (about 500 hours), and each course is at least 40 hours.

In addition, various interest classes and popular events in international schools, such as equestrian, ice hockey, rugby and so on. Every year, 10000 can't be closed.

Another example is to participate in a school's activities, including summer camps, summer schools (calculated by credits), and peacetime competitions. Winter camp, winter vacation, etc. Moreover, the cost of going abroad may be more than 20,000 yuan, and a little cheaper in China may also cost 1 10,000 yuan. There are also registration fees for children to apply for international schools and intermediary services from overseas institutions …

This is not counting children's personal daily expenses, such as clothes, electronic products, travel and so on. The White Paper on Family Education Consumption in China 20 17 released by Sina Education shows that travel expenditure is also an important expenditure option for international education families.

After this set, some netizens calculated that it will cost about 8 million yuan from primary school to high school before going abroad, including tuition and training fees. Everyone knows where the words "money breaker" and "bottomless pit" come from.

Zhihu Liu XX:

There is still a big difference between international schools and bilingual education, depending on parents' attitudes towards Chinese and China culture. Generally speaking, it is a process of+English,-Chinese and-math for China children to attend pure international schools (with identity requirements or accepting foreign students).

Of course, the educational experience of international schools is completely different, such as ISB's experiential learning. Children who study astronomy can take their children to the Observatory by bus and actually observe at night. When children are learning marketing concepts, they can go to the marketing department of a five-star hotel in Beijing to communicate directly with marketingdirector (the director and CEO of this hotel are parents of students). )

Personal experience is that parents of international schools have good family conditions, which are higher than those of the middle class. Because the tuition fee is basically 25%, all countries have to participate in summer camps. To practice physical education (playing tennis), you need to ask private teachers. Needless to say, learning a musical instrument requires huge investment in education. If parents and friends want to go abroad from public basic education to international schools, if the economic situation is not particularly good, they need to consider it. This is basically a bottomless pit.

Things that money can't solve

As the saying goes, what money can solve is not a big deal. Many parents may buy a "giant pit" with money. Previously, the parents circle of international schools exposed the confusion of the websites of international school institutions, which led to the trafficking of parents' information.

Anonymous user:

I was cheated by international school introduction institutions such as distance education before, but now I still feel it in retrospect. If children in good international schools can't get in, they still have to rely on institutional publicity. So, don't watch those institutions blow up the school, it really moved. Dakeng

There are also some parents of international schools who don't have Beijing hukou. Their children have no student status or even China nationality. Due to family changes, they are unable to pay tuition fees. It is necessary to say that you have given all your thoughts and financial resources to your children, but you still have to leave some confidence for your family to cope with changes. It's really unacceptable to follow suit. It is better to prepare early!