In the countless schooldays I’ve studied in China, I’ve been spending most of my life dedicating myself in international schools so that I can take action as global citizens by becoming more global minded. Learning a second language have always been rough, but after surpassing countless obstacles blocking my path, I am finally enjoying this language and using this as a tool to communicate with foreigners. This summer I am applying for Exeter Summer to gain experience on boarding schools and to see what payed off after countless time dedicated to learning this second language.
As a IB international school, Shen Wai International School (SWIS), technology is a important factor in education , for assessments, we often have to make videos, create …show more content…
One of my favorite things about design is that there is no such thing as being perfect. There’s no such thing like other subjects where they can just give you a question and ask you if it is right or wrong. Design class is more interdisciplinary, I was able convey all my thoughts from each of my subject and make a big piece combining all my knowledge. In design we could talk about the hot potato such as recent news or recent articles that we read about, or we could talk about the elephant in the room such as problems with the school or our curriculum that we are in right now and how we can improve it. Either when it comes to the elephant in the room, or the hot potato, we can give the whole class a penny of our thoughts on how we can solve these issues. In design class, we often bite off more than we can chew, we a lot more than what the school curriculum provides us, allowing us to explore deeper in real life circumstances. This opportunity provided in design class is far cry from the learning in other classes when there often is only one …show more content…
I have been attending to multiple summer camps with my cousin. I have attended two periods Center for Talented Youth (CTY) summer camp, 1 period of Capital Debate and 1 period of Great Books. All these summer camps helped me stockpile lots of experience on living without my parents, either when it comes to doing laundry or building new friendship outside of my comfort zone. In this year since I am preparing to apply for high schools so joining the Exeter Summer to get a summer experience in famous schools like Philips Exeter and a even deeper understanding of what it is like in a boarding school. Comparing to my other summer camps, this summer camp is slightly longer so I wish that I can build even more friendship and learn even more. In this summer camp, there is a even more huge variety of sports and activities so that I can learn sports that could be important for my future in high schools, the big range of sports activities can allow me to try out different kind of sports so that I can know the choices I can choose from in the future. Overall, this summer camp packed together the different sports activities, academic learning and friendship so that it can better prepare me for the
As a IB international school, Shen Wai International School (SWIS), technology is a important factor in education , for assessments, we often have to make videos, create …show more content…
One of my favorite things about design is that there is no such thing as being perfect. There’s no such thing like other subjects where they can just give you a question and ask you if it is right or wrong. Design class is more interdisciplinary, I was able convey all my thoughts from each of my subject and make a big piece combining all my knowledge. In design we could talk about the hot potato such as recent news or recent articles that we read about, or we could talk about the elephant in the room such as problems with the school or our curriculum that we are in right now and how we can improve it. Either when it comes to the elephant in the room, or the hot potato, we can give the whole class a penny of our thoughts on how we can solve these issues. In design class, we often bite off more than we can chew, we a lot more than what the school curriculum provides us, allowing us to explore deeper in real life circumstances. This opportunity provided in design class is far cry from the learning in other classes when there often is only one …show more content…
I have been attending to multiple summer camps with my cousin. I have attended two periods Center for Talented Youth (CTY) summer camp, 1 period of Capital Debate and 1 period of Great Books. All these summer camps helped me stockpile lots of experience on living without my parents, either when it comes to doing laundry or building new friendship outside of my comfort zone. In this year since I am preparing to apply for high schools so joining the Exeter Summer to get a summer experience in famous schools like Philips Exeter and a even deeper understanding of what it is like in a boarding school. Comparing to my other summer camps, this summer camp is slightly longer so I wish that I can build even more friendship and learn even more. In this summer camp, there is a even more huge variety of sports and activities so that I can learn sports that could be important for my future in high schools, the big range of sports activities can allow me to try out different kind of sports so that I can know the choices I can choose from in the future. Overall, this summer camp packed together the different sports activities, academic learning and friendship so that it can better prepare me for the