The results of this year's high school promotion will be announced on Tuesday (26th). Since 2019, the results of the self-allocation stage will be announced earlier, allowing parents and students to deploy unified allocation as soon as possible.
Hong Jiayi, a Primary 6 student of Ho Man Tin Catholic Ling Island Primary School, is among the best in her school. Her teacher encouraged her to try to apply for Marymount Secondary School, an English-Chinese Girls' School on Hong Kong Island.
At first, Jiayi was also worried about her lack of ability, and she was afraid of going to school in different districts in the future. However, with the encouragement of her teacher and mother, she decided to try it out. record.
Hong Jiayi, who was studying at the Catholic Lingdao Primary School, applied to Maryman Middle School in the self-enrollment stage of high school. It took one month to prepare for the battle with the assistance of the teacher, and finally successfully got the admission.
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Jiayi's school performance has always been among the best. She lives in Kowloon City and originally planned to enroll in an English secondary school in the district. However, the principal and teachers believe that she has the ability to try to enroll in Marymount Secondary School, an English-Chinese girls' school on Hong Kong Island.
She said that she never thought about applying to a famous school, and at first she rejected the teacher because of the location. "I felt it was too far away, and I was worried that it would be inconvenient and hard to return to school, which would affect the motivation to study." She said with a smile that she had traveled from her Kowloon City residence in person. Maryman Secondary School in Happy Valley inspected the environment and said that at that time, "everyone could not reach (the school)".
However, the teachers in the school did not give up. They tried to persuade her for several days and persuaded her to think carefully. "The teacher encouraged me to say that even if I fail at my own stage with my grades, I can enter the school I want by allocating seats and knocking on the door."
At the same time, her mother also let Jiayi decide on her own, expressly saying that as long as she is interested in enrolling and interested in the school, she can give it a try.
After careful consideration, Jiayi thought that the opportunity was rare, and that Marymount Middle School had a good school style and was a good school, so she decided to "transfer" after a few days.
She revealed that when she received the school's interview letter, she doubted whether the decision was correct. "At that time, the letter mentioned that there were "a large number of applicants."
In the end, she did not give up because of this, but cherished this interview opportunity. "The mentality is that it is good to accept it, and it is a rare experience to be able to go to the interview."
After deciding to enroll in Marymount Secondary School, Jiayi, who knows that her English ability is insufficient, spends 1.5 hours a day with the teacher to meet with the teacher by video, familiarize herself with interview skills and improve her oral English, and will also conduct online mock interviews.
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After deciding to challenge the difficulty, Jiayi knew that her English ability was weak and decided to work hard to prepare for the interview.
In addition to consulting tutors, she also spontaneously watched English news and videos, taught herself oral pronunciation skills, and practiced in front of a mirror.
In addition, the school teachers also took time to help Jiayi prepare for the battle, especially during the online classes from February to March and the special early "summer vacation", she spent 1.5 hours a day through video conferences to guide her on interview skills and improvement. For her oral English pronunciation, etc., online mock interviews will also be arranged for her.
Jiayi recalled that at that time, the teacher would list some common questions in middle school interviews, and she would give her opinions after she had prepared the answers, so that she could be prepared.
One of the topics was to introduce a book she liked, but she didn't think about this seemingly simple topic, but it took her a lot of time, "I originally planned to introduce "Dream of Red Mansions", but the teacher thought that the content of this book was too complicated, so I kept changing the content of the answers, and finally changed the book directly to introduce the "Disciple Rules"."
During the preparation for the interview, Jiayi worked very hard but also experienced setbacks. A "pop test" by a foreign English teacher caught her off guard.
Jiayi said that at that time, the foreign teacher suddenly proposed to conduct an English mock interview during the video meeting, which made her very nervous, and she even forgot the content of the answers she had prepared before. "Because I was too surprised, I didn't speak at all. It's simple, but I can't answer it, just because I'm not familiar enough."
After this profound "lesson", Jiayi reviewed it more seriously, and also built up her self-confidence to cope with the interview during the practice period.
Jiayi admitted that the interview for her promotion to high school was not as smooth as she thought, and she was not satisfied with her performance, and even "decided to lose", but she was not worried about the result, but described it as a sigh of relief.
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Even with adequate preparation, Jiayi's interview process did not go as smoothly as she thought.
Self-confessed personality is relatively shy. Jiayi originally thought that online video interviews would be more beneficial to herself. "I will be more relaxed across the screen and perform better." However, during the actual interview, the teacher asked a lot of questions that she did not prepare. "Some questions can't be answered, and some words can't be read when reading the article," so she was not satisfied with her performance.
However, her preparation efforts were not completely in vain. At the end of the interview, when the teacher asked her what questions she had about the school, she was finally able to use the questions she had prepared. After thinking about it, I decided to ask "how does the school assign students to different clubs?".
After completing the interview, Jiayi said with a smile that she was "determined to lose" at the time. She was not worried about the result, but breathed a sigh of relief.
About a month later, Jiayi was suddenly notified by her mother that she received an acceptance letter from Marymount Middle School. She described that she was very surprised at the moment, "I will accept me without a second thought", so she hurriedly reported the good news to the instructor online. Describing the teacher as being more excited than her, "She is so happy that she seems to be shouting."
Looking back on the entire challenge process, Jiayi is grateful for the help of the principal and teachers, and deeply understands the truth that only hard work can be achieved, "My English ability was originally weak in oral communication, but after practice, now I can even follow up with tutoring. The teacher chats in English".
After receiving the admission notice, Jiayi (left) not only appreciates the help of the principal (right) and teachers, but also deeply understands the truth that it takes hard work to gain.
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After being admitted to the high school of her choice, Jiayi still does not dare to relax, and now she has started to read mathematics books in English on her own to prepare for her future high school. progress".
As for issues other than study, Jiayi is fortunate to have the support of her parents. For example, some middle school students will be promoted directly from the elementary school in the future. She was worried that it would be difficult to integrate, but her mother encouraged her, "The purpose of school is to study. It is good to have friends, but it is not too much. I don’t care what other people think.” As for her father, she found information for her and researched the convenient and fast route to school, which made her very reassured.
Li Andi, the principal of Catholic Lingdao Primary School, was pleased that Jiayi was willing to try and was accepted by the school of her choice. She believed that her experience could serve as a positive example for students and parents to choose schools in the future.
He pointed out that the students in the school are mainly from the grassroots, and most of them only consider schools in the district when choosing schools. However, some students can definitely try to apply for other secondary schools. Therefore, he has been introducing them to schools in different regions, hoping that students can broaden their horizons. After understanding the requirements and ethos of each school, set higher goals.
Secondary One Allotment︱Self-allocated places are accepted. Students will receive notification on Wednesday. Centralized allocation will be sent to select schools on Friday. The admission criteria of 10 schools including La Salle are open to experts to teach the immigrant tide registration strategy