重磅!凯文创校生获得全英排名前十的大学录取 Big News

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随着哈姆雷特转动命运的巨轮,他的扮演者——朝阳凯文12年级的李佳晟(Harry Li)正站在伦敦莎士比亚剧院的露天舞台中间。他用扎实的台词功底和充沛的情感,说出那段著名的台词,演出了普通人面对命运抉择的复杂。

台下来自欧洲各个国家的观众们站起身来,给予他雷鸣般的掌声。

三年前刚转入朝阳凯文的Harry,无论如何也不曾想到,自己能有朝一日站在莎士比亚的故乡进行戏剧表演。

他说他最喜欢莎士比亚的一句话,是来自《李尔王》中的一句台词:Nothing will come of nothing(一无所有只能换来一无所有)。

而如今他用自己的坚毅和努力,陆续换来了英国排名前茅的伦敦玛丽女王、利兹、伯明翰、布里斯托等大学商管专业的录取,这也让他逐渐和英国——这个他梦想中求学的国家越来越近。
 

从公立到私立
 
Harry是凯文的创校生,也将是凯文的第一届学术毕业生。

和其他从公立学校转来的孩子一样,刚来凯文的时候,在英语学习上总是有些吃力。

“我之前的学校也是一所重点学校”, Harry的语气里还不免有些揶揄,“可是来到凯文之后发现课程完全不一样。凯文的中学几乎是全英授课,那时候我跟着学习进度都有些吃力。但我非常感谢我的老师们,每一位,真的是每一位老师”。

Harry感概他刚来凯文的时候,每当遇到英语问题或者是其他不会的问题,老师都是一句一句地和他解释,作业也是一道题一道题地给他分析。“很多家长觉得凯文还没有毕业生,不敢把孩子送来读书。但在我看来恰好相反。我们第一届学生参与了这座学校的发展和文化的创建,而且由于学生少,我们每天上课基本都是一对一VIP待遇,课上效率非常高,每个问题都能得到很好的解答”,作为凯文的第一届学生毕业生,Harry解释道。

就这样,从公立转来凯文的Harry,在老师们的帮助下,迅速地打好了英语基础。
 
Harry Li(右一)

在戏剧中找到自我
 
在真正得到哈姆雷特这个角色之前,三年来Harry参加了朝阳凯文的所有戏剧作品演出,大的小的一场都没错过。

从《仲夏夜之梦》里扮演给伯爵表演的一头驴,到扮演鼓励战士们去赢得战争的指环王,从第一场演出没有什么台词的小角色再到第二年年度大戏主动承担幕后灯光的工作,Harry走上莎士比亚环球剧场的舞台,用了整整三年的时间。

Harry在进行戏剧排练

用Harry的话说,“我其实是一个特别喜欢安静的人,但是在凯文的戏剧学习让我找到了内心的力量。”

戏剧作为朝阳凯文三大特色课程之一艺术课程的主要部分,在朝阳凯文有着得天独厚的优势。设有独立220人容量的黑匣子剧场和 800 人容量的专业大剧场演艺中心,依托于中国传统文明和世界艺术文化,引入全球优质艺术教育资源,这些都支撑朝阳凯文艺术的特色课程开展与落地。

今年年初,在经过一系列选拔,试镜,考核之后,Harry随着凯文的戏剧老师前往英国,并得到了这个在莎士比亚环球剧院登台演出,扮演哈姆雷特的难得机会。

当时距离演出只有不到五天的时间。

每天天不亮,Harry乘坐第一趟火车前往剧场。每天太阳下山,他再乘坐最后一趟火车回酒店。五天的时间,背厚厚的古英文台词,学打戏,熟练每一个动作,一招一式的都要背下来。

“拼了”,Harry回忆道,“不想丢脸”。

“在凯文学习戏剧,不止是学会用英语表达出来那么简单”,Harry认真地说道,“之前在《仲夏夜之梦》里,我用自己的肢体语言去诠释一头驴,只要把人物身上的夸张戏谑和怪诞愚蠢表现就可以了,越滑稽越好笑。但哈姆雷特不同,这个角色是向内挖的。老师教我们借由戏剧,成为故事中的那个人。短暂的、设身处地、感受他的快乐和痛苦。这种机会并不常有,但十分必要,这就是所谓的同理心吧。那一刻我会想很多,这是一个忘我的状态。”

Harry在《仲夏夜之梦》的演出剧照

Harry在戏剧中看到别人,感受自身和周遭的大大小小的变化,感知人类的痛和爱,感知很多不可量化的情感和力量,也让他在这个过程中向内找到自己,这也是朝阳凯文戏剧的魅力。
 
“来自牛津的副校长和美国大学教授
为我写了推荐信”
 
“最初我想学传媒的。但经过仔细的考虑和几次和老师沟通,我还是选择了商科。一是因为我性格比较安静,二是我想切切实实为人们生活变好一点做些事情”,谈及专业选择时,Harry回忆道,

“学校帮助了我非常多,从择校规划到材料准备,还有申请指导和推荐信,几乎每一步能想到的想不到的都替我考虑了”。

Harry所说的背景提升,就包括第一次参加ASDAN商赛。

为了帮助他更好的提升商业背景,Angela Li老师带领Harry第一次参加ASDAN商赛。面对这种真实环境的商业竞争,原本在老师指导下的Harry,通过核算成本、收益、参与竞拍一切都进行的有条不紊,然而由于缺乏经验,他和团队在竞拍环节一下子就落后了别人许多。

“竞拍环节是要公开竞拍你公司生产的所需材料。有的学校目的就很明确,比如把所有的钱去拍一种材料,形成垄断,之后再高价卖出。但因为我们没经验,什么都没拍到。后来我们就用钱一家一家去收材料,好不容易收集到了一点材料,又被另一所学校给骗走了”,Harry笑到,“但是我们由于在凯文锻炼了很好的的英语基础和戏剧培养的演讲基础,我们在公开展示环节仍然拿到了最佳路演奖。这个比赛对我的商业启蒙很大,也真正的打开了我想学商管的决心”。

就这样,Harry在老师的帮助下,开启了商管的申请之路。

Harry演出剧照

在申请时,Harry的推荐信来自凯文的两位重量级老师。他们分别是毕业于牛津大学的副校长Andrew Leale先生,和曾在美国知名大学任教的副教授Edward Gasanoff老师。

“我想在写推荐信这方面,我是非常有资格的,因为我本人曾就读于牛津大学政治、哲学和经济学专业”,谈及Harry的大学申请时,Andrew校长说道。

“当我给Harry写推荐信时,有一件事我必须强调,那就是他参与了各种各样的活动。凯文的整体教育对于支持那些希望进入世界各地最好大学的孩子们非常有价值。一方面,Harry非常热衷于戏剧表演,我们可以看到他从事这项工作的热情。另一方面,他非常积极的参与戏剧表演中,证明团队合作对他来说也是至关重要的。

这表明了一种愿意把自己投入到广泛活动中的意愿。同时,对招生官来说,更看到了他对英语的热爱,对英语口语和书面语的高度理解和沟通能力。

Harry为他的个人陈述写了好几份草稿。我们也对每一份草稿都进行了反馈。并基于我过去30年积累的经验,给他非常具体的建议。最终我们进行了五所大学的申请,幸运的是截至目前我们已收到了四所大学的offer”。
 
采访的最后,当问及Harry这些年成长变化的时候,Harry笑着说道,

“觉得自己长大了。

不过随着年龄增长,长大是一定会长大的。但只有在凯文,我才能‘这样’长大:VIP的学习待遇,戏剧的向内力量,硬核的推荐信,都成就了现在的我。”

As Hamlet turns the wheel of fortune, Harry Li, a 12th-grader player from CKWA, is standing in the middle of the open-air stage of  Shakespeare Theatre in London.

He spoke the famous lines with splendid skill and sincere feeling , showing the complexity of ordinary people’s choices in front of fate.

Hundreds of people from all over Europe stood up and gave him thunderous applause.

Harry, who got into CKWA only three years ago, could never have imagined that he would  be performing in Shakespeare’s hometown one day.

Harry’s favorite line from Shakespeare is  from King Lear: Nothing will come of Nothing.

But now, with his perseverance and persistence, he has obtained offers of business administration in universities such as Queen Mary University of London, Leeds University and Birmingham University , which has brought him closer to Britain, the country he dreams to study in.
 
From public school to private school
Harry is the  founding student of CKWA and will be one of the first academic graduates.
Like other children transferred from public schools, he always struggled with English when he first arrived.

“My former school was a key school,” Harry said, sounding a little proud. “But when I came to CKWA, the curriculum was completely different.

The courses was almost taught in English, and I had a hard time keeping up. But I am very grateful to my teachers,  to every teacher.

Harry realized that when he first came to Kevin, every time he got into trouble i English or other aspect, the teacher would explain to him sentence by sentence, and the homework would be taught one problem after another.

“A lot of parents think there isn’t graduated students in Kevin School yet and they are afraid to send their kids to school.But it seems to be different for me.Our founding students was involved in the development of the school and the creation of the culture, and due to the small number of students, we basically had one-on-one  class every day. The class was very efficient, so every question can be well answered, “Harry explained, as an graduate.

With the help of his teachers, Harry, who had been transferred from the public school ,  built up an English foundation quickly.
 
Find himself in the drama

For three years Harry had appeared in all plays, both big and small, before getting the role of Hamlet.

From playing a donkey in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” to playing the Lord of the Rings, encouraging soldiers to win the war, from playing a small role for the first time to volunteer to go to the  behind-the-scenes  lighting division  the following year, it took Harry three years to walk onto the stage at Shakespeare’s Globe.

“I don’t have a foundation in acting, so I’ll give myself a five out of ten. I think there’s room for improvement,” Harry says coyly, referring to theatrical performances.

In Harry’s words, “I’m actually a very quiet person, but studying drama helped me find inner strength.”

As one of the three unique courses of CKWA, drama is the main part of the art course and has unique advantages in CKWA.

It is equipped with an independent black box theater with a capacity of 220 people and a professional grand theater with a capacity of 800 people. Relying on traditional Chinese culture and art all over the world, it introduces global high-quality art  resources, all of which support the development  of unique art courses of CKWA.

Students also use drama to learn academic knowledge, appreciate music, and develop various skills  such as communication, presentation, and teamwork.
 
Of all his performances, the most impressive role was Hamlet.

at the beginning of this year, he traveled to England with  drama teacher and performed at Shakespeare’s Globe.

It left him less than five days to prepare.

Every day , Harry took the first train to the theater before sun rises. Every day ,  he took the last train back to his hotel after sun gets down.

“It was a fight,” Harry recalled, “i do not want to embarrass Kevin.”

“When he studied drama in Kevin school, it wasn’t just about learning to express it in English,” Harry says earnestly. “In  Midsummer Night’s Dream, I used my own body language to interpret a donkey, just by showing the exaggerated banter and grotesque stupidity of the characters, the funnier the better.But Hamlet is different. i need to dig in myself.The teacher taught us to be the person in the story through the play.put myself in his place and feel his joy and pain.It’s not often, but it’s necessary. It’s called empathy.I think a lot at that moment. I am in a state of withdrawal.”

Harry sees others in the play, feels the big and small changes in himself and his surroundings, perceiving the  pain and love, perceiving many subtle emotions and forces, which also enables him to find himself in the process. This is also the charm of  play.

“The deputy head from Oxford and the professor wrote the letter of recommendation for me.”

“At first I wanted to study media.However, after careful consideration and several conversations with teachers, I want to choose business.One reason is that I’m introvert, and the other is that I really want to do something to make people’s lives better, “Harry recalled, referring to his  choice.

The school has helped me a lot. From university counseling to document preparation, application guidance and recommendation letters, I have been helped at almost every step that I could think of. Harry talked about background enhancement, including attending the ASDAN Contest for the first time.

In order to help him improve his business background, Angela Li led Harry to participate in ASDAN business Contest for the first time.

In the face of real business competition , Harry, under the guidance of his teacher, proceeded in an orderly way by calculating costs, benefits and participating in the auction. However, due to his lack of experience, he and his team fell far behind others in the bidding process.

“An auction is to bid  for the materials your company needs.Some schools have a very clear purpose, such as use all the money to bid  materials, forming a monopoly, and then sell it at a high price. because we had no experience, we didn’t get anything.Then we have to buy material with money from one school to another achool, and after we collecting some materials, another school cheated us “Harry laughs.” But we still won the best Roadshow award at the public presentation because of our good English and  speaking skills developed in drama.

This contest enlightened me a lot in business and really opened my eyes to learn business management.

In this way, With the help of his teacher, Harry started his application for business administration.

At the time of the application, Harry’s letters of recommendation came from two of  most important teachers in Kevin school.
They are Mr. Andrew Leale, the vice-Chancellor who graduated from The University of Oxford, and Mr. Edward Gasanoff, an associate professor who once taught at a well-known University in the United States.

“I think I’m very qualified to write letters of recommendation, because I studied politics, philosophy and economics at Oxford,” said President Andrew, referring to Harry’s university application.

“When I wrote a letter of recommendation for Harry, one thing I had to emphasize was his involvement in a variety of activities.Kevin’s holistic education is invaluable in supporting children who want to go to the best universities around the world.On the one hand, Harry is very keen on acting in the theater. We can see his enthusiasm for doing this work.On the other hand, he took an active part in drama performances, proving that teamwork was also crucial to him.This indicates a willingness to engage oneself in a wide range of activities.At the same time, the admission officer also saw his love for English and his strong understanding and communication skills in both spoken and written English.

Harry wrote several drafts of his personal statement.We also gave feedback on each draft.And I gave him very specific advice based on my experience over the last 30 years.We ended up applying to five universities and fortunately we’ve received offers from three so far.”

At the end of the interview, when asked about Harry’s growth and changes over the years, Harry laughed and said,

“I think I grew up.with time going on , growing up is doomed.But only in Kevin school,  could I grow up in this way.
 

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