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《乐成》 ：你是何时来到国际学校就读的？与之前的国内学校相比，你觉得都有哪些不同？

许筱艺 (April Xiaoyi Xu)：我是九年级来国际学校就读的，那时我刚刚上完八年级。之前就读于北京市重点中学二中的数学实验班，分数被视作最为重要的，所以功课特别紧，我每天回家都要面对做不完的试卷。

我觉得国际学校的不同之处在于：鼓励学生从参加各种课外活动中挖掘出自己的潜能。我创立的“根与芽”环保社团尤其强调这一点，“每个个体都是不一样的”。在全校范围...

Gender agreements. Subjunctive tense. Imperatives. Conjugations. Words that look easy but turn out to be weird - Lo, Se, Te, Os…

They are all staring at me. Voiceless, yet resolute.

If that’s the attitude Spanish had towards me, then why not respond proactively? With resolution. When first presented the options of continuing to study Chinese at the native speaker’s level or starting to speak a completely new language at the start of one of the most rigorous secondary school educa...

So adorable is the nature, and so challenging was the journey. It was full of obstacles, challenges and fun. Within the short twenty-eight hours, an awareness of environmental impacts, friendship, leadership and team-working and surviving skills were greatly improved.

All packed, we left school at about eight. A neat assembly line was formed in order to take the bags inside. Sitting on the bus and chatting with my walking, cooking and sleeping partner Anthea, I felt generally r...

‘Congratulations. The answer is yes!’

!!!

(Screams, Laughters, and Joyful Tears…)

For high school seniors, those five words (especially the first, ‘Congratulations’) from the universities / colleges of their choice may have been appearing in their dreams night after night. As seniors go through the process that is fearfully known as the ‘College Application Cycle’, they may have the following experience on a daily basis. If you are a senior, circle the one(s) that w...

‘Hi! I’m also in the acronym festival known as the IB, haha.’ A new Facebook message popped up.

‘So, what is the IB like?’ So did another. 

A walking-on-the-tightrope experience? A merciless predator of sleep? I remembered the series of dark and grotesque metaphors that fellow IB-students attributed to the IB Program, and grinned at this thought. In a previous blog post (titled 'Edutopia'), I outlined my visions for an Edutopia (education utopia, a perfect curriculum), and ...

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今晚开始，北京的雾霾终于在西风和淅淅沥沥的雨中开始撤退，有多少人松了一口气？不过恐怕大家都清楚，事情不会这么便宜，还会有下一次，下下一次的……所以小编决定不给大家痛快，继续再来一篇雾霾的。 

严重雾霾下的各地中小学无疑压力巨大，纷纷停止户外活动，保护学生身体健康（甚至据说也有偷偷听课的，不过这个违规哦）。不过CNN报道说，跟北京顺义的一所国际学校相比，其他措施还是弱爆了。 

▲ 学校遇雾霾如临大敌，专门发了告示：“所有活动不可在室外进行。”（All activities are taking place indoors）

When does it start? Why? How?

00:00, a brand new day arrives, signifying 24 hours until my digital clock declares this number again. A dozen of peers are still on Skype, but let me log off and concentrate more.

00:01 Sheet music, music sheets. Page one, two, and no, go back to one. How does it sound now? Examine this - the flowing melodies, the flying grace of each note, but then - look at this, a fissure in the middle of a beautiful Palace of music. Fix this immediately, g...

Welcome! In order to embark on your pre-university journey, you must complete the following question. 

Which two of the following options would you choose, during your four years of high school?

Academics. 
Sleep. 
Socialise.

When are you done, click on 'Submit'.

SUBMIT

TEST ADMINISTRATOR: Congratulations! You have now passed the point of no return.

(Smirking is clearly heard from the test administrator.)

[Exeunt]

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Or so says the legend.

There must have been a w...