Pire,

When I went to go to study in Lincoln school I was in grade 1. I studied till grade 5.

The positive side of me studying in Lincoln is that I have close to perfect spoken English. Most Americans that I meet always compliment me on this. Speaking good English is not a guarantee of success, but nevertheless having good communication helps in job interviews and such.

There are a few other positive sides to going to Lincoln like exposure to international students, exposure to Western lifestyle, etc. They also have a great gym equipment and a wonderful library. Basically, I had a lot of fun studying in Lincoln. Everyday was like being in Disney World. There was a lot of resources. The teachers were a lot of fun. Lot of exciting art, music projects. Basically it was just like being in America because everything in the school, including the furniture and the pictures that hung on the walls, was imported from the States.

Pire, I don't know how much detail you want me to go in. I can write a lot on this subject.

The negative side was that the whole time I was in Lincoln school, many times I had an inferiority complex. Small things made a big difference. I know there was another Nepali girl in my class. She didn't always have the nicest clothes to wear. I know she felt a complex. In Lincoln school there is no uniform. Also, the Nepali kids, we always felt shy about the kind of lunch we took.
Now I am in America, this does not seem like a big deal. But when I was in Lincoln, as a kid. This was a big deal. The kids in Lincoln school used to bring sliced cheese wrapped in plastic. Fruit-rollups. Juice in cartons (this was in the 80's long before we had Frooti in Nepal).
Everything that my western friends did seemed so amazing. I had a deep inferiority complex that these Westerners were superior to us Nepalese.

On top of the above, the education in Lincoln school, at least when I was there, was not that hot. I mean there was a lot of room to be creative with music and art, and different teaching style. But I would say that for a Nepali to get ahead, they need to focus more on solid math and science subjects. Lincoln had more equipment for science experiements, but had less rigor in practice. Lincoln had no final exams. You had to be quite exceptionally hopeless to fail classes.

Nepali kids studying in Lincoln will have a great accent and be able to show off for their parents friends. But they will be behind when they need to compete for college, in my opinion.

Honestly speaking I feel that Nepali parents who send their kids to Lincoln are more concerned with showing off the money that they have instead of their children's future. That might sound a little bit too rough because every individual has a different reason why they send their kids to Lincoln. But, that is my opinion. Lincoln school is more a International Disney World than a place where you get a serious education.

Most of the Western kids that study in Lincoln school don't pay money from their pockets. Their parents international agencies pays for their schooling. Anyway, I could go into a lot more detail on this subject.