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黄同学,13岁
目前就读于广东
The Memory of Clifton College
Two weeks went by so quickly that I didn't really have a chance to feel it with my heart. Here, I met many amicable teachers and made many virtuous friends. In retrospect, a lot of what happened at Clifton College was like a wonderful dream.
On the first day I just arrived, I was like a turtle, afraid to communicate with everyone. When others greeted me, I was very shy, only replied an awkward "hi". As a result, I didn't leave a good first impression to others. I think this is the reason that why no one paid attention to me on the first day.
After the first embarrassing day, I gradually found that people around me is all very amicable, not as cold as I thought, I began to approach them slowly, more and more people got to know me, and I became friends with more and more people. We played football together with electronic music on.
Although we were a little tired after playing football, we were very delighted, and walked back to the dormitory with our arms round our shoulders.
They encouraged me to do something I had never done before and gave me confidence to accomplish my goals in the future. They even taught me how to play tennis with hand-guiding. I was so grateful!
Every week we went out to Cardiff, Oxford and Bath for activities. Whenever I mention these, lots of memories will fill my mind. Every time I think about our short trip, I always think fondly of Clifton College. How I wish I can stay there for longer time!
Our courses were also interesting. The two English classes in the morning were very substantial, the lesson's content was very rich, too. On the first class, we usually learnt some knowledge that was more serious, like grammar, speaking and writing. Although the first class was a little bit boring, I got a lot of knowledge felt very proud! The second class was much more funny then the first class. We played some pub quiz. We also act some drama! We enjoyed that lesson very much.
As a Chinese saying goes, "All good things come to an end." No matter how fantastic the moment was, it passed by. We may be able to prevent injuries and disasters, but we can't stop the elapse of time.
On the plane back to China, I kept thinking about what happened in Clifton College, and my teachers and friends. I really want to get back to my sweet little room and the full of people's hall... I miss everything there, and I love everything there.
All in all, I like the summer school very much. It helps me learn a lot thing, not only knowledge but also many other things like the different culture between country and country.
家长评语
这是孩子第一次参加国外夏令营,“儿行千里母担忧”,之前认真比较其他机构和领寻,为了避免“旅游式夏令营”,最终通过领寻平台选择了英国克里夫顿学院。
事实证明,我们的选择非常正确,活动结束一接到孩子,就被孩子的乐不思蜀和滔滔不绝的游学回忆充分感染。他喜欢克里夫顿学院所在布里斯托市静谧而富有文化气息的氛围,喜欢富有爱心的生活老师、曾经游历四方经验丰富的任课老师,喜欢开放性的讨论课题,喜欢和来自各国友善的同学们一起交流东西方文化、一起运动,喜欢自己通过努力赢得大家认可,喜欢克里夫顿两周游学生活的一切……
东西方文化差异、与国内截然不同的学习方法和氛围……仍乐于与每个熟悉的人周围分享见闻,即使他回来已接近一月,在我眼里颇有点“刘姥姥进大观园”的感觉。但他眼睛里闪烁的光芒和兴奋,说明这一行收获颇丰!唯一的遗憾就是在到达的第二天手机就摔坏了,无法拍下过程的各种有趣情景,也许是我们和克里夫顿的仍有缘分……