名校的迷思

CC5

The earlier article (名校的迷思 ) takes me back to my old memory of how I worked hard to achieve my ambitions after I came to Hong Kong at the age of 10+ from China in the late Seventies. In the old time, new immigrants were often treated poorly compared with the current social services designed for them nowadays. New immigrants were often looked down upon by the locals, especially if you spoke only PTH and no Cantonese or English. After taking a pause of 6 months at home, I was lucky enough to be admitted to a left-wing private Chinese primary school to study P.3 that formally began my education in HK. I still remember now that it took me less than a year to adjust to the new education system and very soon, I could speak fluent Cantonese and overcame a lot of learning difficulties in English. Our family was not rich enough to hire a private tutor for me. All relied on my own efforts. I graduated from the primary school at the age of 14.  Looking back, those few years were the most unforgetable and valuable moment that I think is the best 'education' I had ever received. At least something that I had still found missing in my later part of my education.
I scored a very good result in HKCEE and then proceeded to one of the top secondary schools to do my HKAL. I was admited to Cambridge University on a Scholarship.
When you come to study in an elite school, only top 5-10% of the students receives the real 'elitic' status and most of them have already known A-level stuff while the others are doing F.4-5 level, still dependent upon private tutors. I am lucky to belong to the former, simply because I had worked very hard and firmly believed in what a good education is really about! Only stock market will help you build your wealth overnight. Education is just not the right tool for it.
Back to work now!
Merry X'mas and Happy New Year!

CC5

Thanks for the interests and I will take it as a compliment.

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原帖由 619619 於 11-1-7 09:42 發表
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