Words from the Principal - 循道中學Methodist College

Lawrence ,Heidi and Carrie are having lunch with local students.
You would be incredibly touched if you were
me to receive this warmest card ever.
Chan Ka Yee Carrie 5B
I leant a lot about myself during this trip.
The first lesson I had at Woodhouse Grove
School was English. I like English more than anything
and that’s why I desperately wanted to experience
English schooling in the UK. The sixth form students
were studying poetry at that time which I didn’t
know much about. In the lesson, I met a very nice
teacher called Mr. Copping. He taught me about what
Marxism was and he taught me about advanced poetic
devices. As we all know, the English lessons in HK
are very practical. We learn examination skills and
techniques. Seldom are we taught to appreciate the
beauty of language and the inner meaning of great
novels and poems. In UK, the students learn complex
theories and examine very high level literature. Can
you imagine how excited I was to participate in such
classes? I was in heaven and I knew that English would be my future passion. I
spontaneously asked Mr. Copping to assign a poem for me to try to do an analysis
of. Digging into the poem was not as easy as one, two, three. I put in my best effort
and read it again and again for the sake of placing myself in the writer’s shoes. I
kept thinking about it for some days and discussed what I felt about the poem with
Mr. Copping. This was a learning process from which I understood the importance of
thinking independently. By the time I finished analyzing the great work of Thomas
Hardy, I knew that I wanted to pursue a higher academic standard of English because
it’s fun and it delights me. Had I not experienced English schooling and UK literature
lessons, I wouldn’t have been able to set a goal for myself to strive further.
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