《非名校女生的反思——非名校教曉了我什麼》

ernestchow

轉貼在名校secret [GUEST] 《非名校女生的反思——非名校教曉了我什麼》 我是一個非名校的女生，今年讀F5。 從小到大，我父母都沒有像那些怪獸家長那樣讓我學這學那，他們知識不多，沒什麼遠見，而且，他們主張“我管你讀什麼學校，能念大學就好”的想法，順理成章的讓當時兩歲的我入讀屋村幼稚園。 屋村幼稚園有的是玩不盡的玩具，吃不完的茶點，還有令我極度討厭的午睡時間。 名校的你們，和你們的幼稚園差太多了是不是？的確，我的幼稚園生活就是那麼的無憂無慮，沒有默書測驗，沒有麻煩的功課，而我的童年也過得很愉快。 升上小學（當然也是屋村小學啊），課程對於我這個有點小聰明的小朋友來說實在易如反掌。沒有課外活動纏身的我每天放學做完功課就是我的玩樂時間。老實說，從幼稚園開始我就蠻喜歡看故事書，寫故事（現在拿來看我就覺得當時寫得狗屁不通），不論中文還是英文，我都（亂）看一通，（亂）寫一通。我閒時就像個自閉兒般拿著字典查著圖書中不懂的字，低頭寫著一堆莫名其妙的東西，然後無限ff。。。 高小，我依然考得不錯。然而，一張滿是A的成績表卻沒有令我萌生靠名校的念頭。“ 不是吧，考那所女校，功課又多，又沒有白痴的男生讓我揍，智障才會去吧？”（原諒我當時的暴力和童言無忌） 結果呢，還是去了非名校啊。 初中的生活極其快樂，我除了喜歡閱讀和寫作，我還喜歡籃球。在精英班中，我是老師的愛徒（其實我不是那麼喜歡當乖學生，不能打架搞事真的非常難受，所以唯有在家和弟弟偶爾打打“友誼賽”），常常得到很多機會參加不同的校外比賽，開拓我的目光和視野。每每看見名校的同學們都挺有斤兩，我就總是嫣然一笑（其實是詭異一笑，原諒我的古怪性格），有種棋逢敵手的感覺。當然，比賽這回事嘛，勝負參半吧，可我就得到很多的機會上了一課課寶貴的課堂，慢慢建立了自省能力和自信心，在失敗和成功當中找到自己的缺點和長處。（題外話：老實說某一所名校的男同學是不是很喜歡到處問別人拿contact number？ 我比賽時遇見過好幾次,當然有時候是問我拿，有時候是問我的好朋友拿。我和我的好朋友都會把媽媽的number寫給他們。） 讀到高中，我依然維持了我天天閱讀的習慣，所以語文方面我認為我還是可以的（至少做pp沒有苦惱的感覺，分數也是我自己可以接受的範圍吧），其他科目方面我也靠著恆常操練mock和pp（這是我另一個變態的興趣，我和我的好朋友以鬥高分為樂）得到不算差的成績。而老師方面，他們也特別注重我們的成績，常常額外提供一些操練給我們，也會教我們高階水平的題目和生字（特別英文），雖然讀得辛苦（你滾！誰不辛苦啊？），卻令我們學問大大的提高。 我們非名校的同學的確沒有名校同學的人脈，但在學校，我們卻結識到一群志同道合的摯友；我們沒有joint school 活動，但我們天天都見到異性同學，彼此相處非常愉快；也許我們沒有你們那麼強烈的歸屬感（eg.在secrets中老是看到"Proud to be a XXXXXX")，但我們的愛校之心卻任憑誰也無法質疑；雖然我們的同學沒有名校同學的生活那麼富足（好像常常去Starbucks，用名牌），但在純樸簡單的校園生活裡，我們學到珍惜、知足和平等；我們確實沒有名校生的多才多藝，但在學校這裡，我們人人都可以自由自在尋找自己的夢想，找到自己的興趣，發揮自己的潛能。 我曾經把這些想法告訴過一些名校的同學，雖然他們把這些形容為“吃不到的葡萄是酸的”，但，今天我還是堅持把這番說話說出來，不因別的原因，只因我珍惜我所有的，我喜愛我所有的，我覺得非名校的生活一樣精彩。我願盡我所能，告訴大家，在香港的某一角落，很多可愛而具能力的學生正用另一個方式幸福的學習和生活著。 公開試將至，全港的同學們，共勉之=) p.s Admin,如果你覺得有一點點的意思的話，哪怕是一點點，都希望你會post出來。雖然我不是名校生，在名校secrets說這些怪怪的，很離題（原諒我的固執思維），但是，把這份來自非名校女生的心聲帶給大家說不定會引起不同的反思和共鳴呢^

StephenKing

這個話題是否可以推至到名牌大學呢？

connielam

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好欣賞你的分享,好同意你的見解.我的囡囡都是在屋村幼稚園及小學讀書,她好像你甘喜歡寫作及看書,在你身上我看到囡囡少少的影子.

ernestchow

ACE2126 發表於 15-2-12 17:38
那小姐再閒也沒這裡的大叔大嬸鳥興纏下去…

年輕人今年考DSE, 佢都好忙架,加油,考得佳績,同我地班姨姨.叔叔報喜我支持你架

HMmummy

其實在社會，不會見到名校與非名校的分別，只會見到你對社會的責任，品行，待人接物，教育成和敗，我睇呢啲！

laorenjia

Anyway, Athena is probably gone already. All the big-hearted BK parents can have a rest for now.

laorenjia

Mighty 發表於 15-2-10 09:57
You are are they dont study Biology in IB class?  My daughter is in Y7 and studies Chemistry, Physic ...

The boy is in the final year of IB at SIS. No biology as he is going to read law. The girl is in year 10 at CIS. Presumably you study everything including science up to year 10. I presume it depends on which books they use and the depth they go to up to year 10 or both kids are not particularly thrilled about technical words on nervous systems.

elhihihi

我感覺到筆者是個充滿自信的學生，敢於面對競爭。不因背景的差異而怯於爭取。
她對於懷疑的批評，搜集資料回應，態度正確。 正是學生們所欠缺的。我對筆者的評價是正面的。

反之，為甚麼我們作為成年人的家長，一定要定下一個一個的框架？甚至於限制他們自我表達的方式、用語？
當然我都有底線，我不贊同年青人衝擊法治、粗口爛舌，但我會尊重對方的言論。
年青人有他們的語言表達方式、太多規范只帶來更多反抗、反叛。

long0

非名校教曉了
生命是寶貴的
人人機會相同
要面對的一樣
最重要不放棄

Mighty

laorenjia 發表於 15-2-9 18:46
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Dear friendlyguy and son

You are are they dont study Biology in IB class?  My daughter is in Y7 and studies Chemistry, Physics and Biology separately.  First chapter in Biology is about nervous system. Hers is IB system.

laorenjia

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Dear friendlyguy and son
Thanks for the information. It matches with my observations. I asked my daughter and T女, my neighbor. Both learned the word in biology class and both said they have not come across the word outside the class. I also asked two native kids, one in SIS and one in CIS when I bumped into them in our building. Neither knows about the word as neither studies biology in their IB classes. It's a technical word not in our daily language.

friendlyguy

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Hi laorenjia,

Apart from self –reading, I remember my son taking an online life science course which is of US middle school level (equivalent to P5 –S2 Hong Kong level) a few years ago. There is a section on the nervous system. Therefore, I took it for granted that Hong Kong high school student should know the word `synapses’. I forgot that some Hong Kong local schools have CMI while others have EMI. Sorry about that.

friendlyguy

YDLFATHER

師傅領進門, 修行在個人.  小廟也可出大和尙!

friendlyguy

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Hi laorenjia,

Let my son answer you directly. He is an international school S1 student.

Friendlyguy

Dear laorenjia,

I have always enjoyed reading and self-learning, and through reading I have studied many topics, including the human body. I recall being in P1 or 2, or even earlier, reading several books about the human body that mentioned synapses and gave the definition of the word. Those were not anything too advanced, just children’s books. At a young age, I may have learned the word from a book, I may have learned it from Wikipedia, I don’t remember. I tend to remember the facts, not where I learn them.

Yours sincerely,

Friendlyguy’s son

laorenjia

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BTW, how did your kid come to know this word, from reading a science book on nervous system?

joyjoyparent

Dear Athena,
As you posted your article in this 'Junior Secondary Forum', I presume that you are also in junior secondary school. I believe that your confident parents are no ordinary parents. They have their own philosophy of education, and know the gist to nurture book-loving, inquisitive, and self-motivated students. Such habits and traits are the key to excel in learning! Keep on your good work, you will succeed in entering the top 3 u of HK.

Yet, IF you want to get into the very top course (Medic), there will be another game plan. Read EK posts and humbly ask those experienced EK parents would help!

laorenjia

Athenackw 發表於 15-2-6 18:40
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synapse

The word is not a word you'll come across on a daily basis if you do not study biology in English and have no habit of reading widely in English. This is why I find it interesting to know how a non-elite-school student, presumably a CMI student, came to know the word, especially that the word is seldom used outside a technical context as in this case. I'm just curious. That's all.

laorenjia

Athenackw 發表於 15-2-6 18:40
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synapse

Dear Athena
It is not the meaning of the word I'm interested in. It's how you came to know the word I'm curios about. I was a CMI student myself and studied biology in Chinese, I did not learn the word until much later.

I've absolutely no problem with the expression 狗屁不通 and certainly will not mind if my daughter uses it. Still the expression is biased on the side of being 粗俗, idiom or not. And, look at all the posts here, only 1 adult so far finds the expression inappropriate. Relax, young girl.

brother4

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