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Students from the Taipei European School
achieve Top in the World results in Cambridge
International Examinations
text: Patricia Tzeng
image: TES
community
Two students from the Taipei European School (TES)
have received prestigious awards from University
of Cambridge International Examinations to
acknowledge their outstanding performance in the
2011 Cambridge examination series.
The Cambridge Top in the World awards recognise the
success of learners who have achieved the highest standard
mark in the world for a single subject. Cambridge places
learners at the center of their international education
programmes and qualifications which are inspired by the
best in educational thinking.
The following students at the Taipei European School
received a Cambridge Top in the World award:
Karishma Mahtani: Foreign Language Chinese
Willie Wei-Li Hung: Mathematics
Dr. Allan Weston, CEO of TES, said, “I am constantly
impressed and humbled by the amazing abilities of our TES
students. It is a great honor for TES as it shows that our
recipe of combining academic rigor with a personalised
approach to learning can have wonderful outcomes. Well
done!”
Mr Stuart Glascott, Head of the TES British Secondary
and High School Section adds, “TES is incredibly proud of
the achievements of Karishma and Willie. They have both
worked extremely diligently to complement their undoubted
natural ability. On behalf of the entire TES community I
congratulate them both on their outstanding achievements.”
Karishma and Willie received their Cambridge Top in the
World award at a TES school ceremony in November 2011.
Karishma said “I was so surprised when it became known
to me that I had achieved the top mark in the world for the
only IGCSE examination I took in May/June 2011. This
achievement is something I will always be proud of and I
would like to thank everyone who has contributed in helping
me attain this award.”
Willie said “Achieving 100% in IGCSE mathematics is
a milestone to me. I believe it reflects on my unwavering
passion for the subject. Even though many people may find
mathematics dull and difficult, I think that with persistent
effort and wholehearted dedication, mathematics can prove
to be enjoyable. The beauty of mathematics is ineffable; its
logic is profound.”
Consolation
text: Louie Mayor
I walk, I walk, I walk
Everyone needs to be cured somehow
I look at your twilight sky
Listening to the flecks of light
As they bounce off my eyes
Space dust love
Swirling 'round fiery measures of unfathomable
distances
I catch an uncanny rhythm
That only makes sense to the senseless
Listen, listen
People pass me
Flecks of light on my eyes
Glistening
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