/ 畢業(yè)生 · 2024 /

這個夏天，啟明星2024屆高中畢業(yè)生離開校園，奔向?qū)儆谧约旱牡缆贰Ｔ诶蠋焸冄壑校麄兪呛堋罢R”的一屆——學(xué)術(shù)表現(xiàn)都很優(yōu)秀，做事可靠，有鮮明的個性，且接人待物待間不失禮貌。

篇幅有限，在《畢業(yè)生》欄目，我們將介紹其中的兩位，但其他學(xué)生像這兩位少年一樣卓越，是啟明星的代表。

我們會想念他們，也祝福他們！

賀之陽（Badi He）

• 小學(xué)1年級進(jìn)入啟明星學(xué)校學(xué)習(xí)

• 被倫敦大學(xué)學(xué)院、曼徹斯特大學(xué)、倫敦大學(xué)國王學(xué)院、華盛頓大學(xué)、俄亥俄州立大學(xué)、波士頓大學(xué)等世界知名高校的國際關(guān)系或政治學(xué)專業(yè)錄取

一年前，2023屆高中畢業(yè)典禮上，Badi作為11年級學(xué)生代表，向就要離開的學(xué)長們致辭。

對著事先準(zhǔn)備好的講稿念了幾句之后，突然，他把講稿一撕，笑瞇瞇地說：“我要說些發(fā)自心底的話，而不是照著這些紙念……”

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時隔一年，回憶起當(dāng)時的情景，柳慧老師笑得不行：“那一下可太帥了！” Badi的舉動展示了他的特點(diǎn)：隨性而真誠。

靠譜

柳慧老師是Badi的小學(xué)語文老師，教了他3年。在她的記憶里，當(dāng)年的Badi和現(xiàn)在可不一樣，小時候的他是慢熱又低調(diào)的。

“他不怎么說話。”柳老師說。

他周圍有特別聰明的同學(xué)，而且特別樂于表達(dá)自己，他不是。

“雖然不像那些孩子做什么都快，但是他心里對自己是特別有數(shù)的。比如一篇作文沒寫好，他很清楚是哪里沒寫好，也知道為什么沒寫好。”柳老師說。對自己有清晰的認(rèn)知和把握，是Badi的又一個特點(diǎn)。

教他DP生物的周曉婷老師也評價：“他從來不會忘記作業(yè)，對自己的學(xué)習(xí)管理是很到位的，能維持比較好的學(xué)習(xí)狀態(tài)，學(xué)習(xí)上的壓力也能自己去調(diào)整。你布置了任務(wù)給他，他會無聲無息地完成，其實他是很努力的。”

思考其中原因，賀之陽說，一是在家里，父母給他足夠的機(jī)會來思考，反思；二是學(xué)校也給了自己足夠的自由去探索，校準(zhǔn)方向：“每天晚上我和爸媽會有20分鐘的時間聊天、交流，這么多年每天都是這樣；在學(xué)校，老師也尊重、鼓勵我們的選擇，給我們空間和自由去嘗試……”

綻放

不疾不徐，靜待花開——無論家庭還是學(xué)校，都在支持Badi按照自己的節(jié)奏，慢慢綻放光彩。

十幾年過去，Badi厚積薄發(fā)，身上的“啟明星特點(diǎn)”越來越突出——

他熱愛運(yùn)動，打籃球，踢足球；樂于幫助同學(xué)，很有禮貌；性格上稍顯靦腆，卻不失樂觀開朗；發(fā)展后勁很足，不知不覺間就給你來個一鳴驚人。

去年畢業(yè)禮撕稿子，就是他不鳴則已，一鳴驚人的例子。“那個環(huán)節(jié)是我有設(shè)計的。” 他承認(rèn)了：“我提前估計了一下，發(fā)揮到什么程度能把稿子撕掉。”

讓人驚訝的還有他拿到的一眾英美知名高校的大學(xué)錄取通知書——華盛頓大學(xué)、俄亥俄州立大學(xué)、波士頓大學(xué)、倫敦大學(xué)學(xué)院、曼徹斯特大學(xué)、倫敦大學(xué)國王學(xué)院……

理想

Badi說，未來想要做一名IB教師，教授人文科學(xué)，而且這樣的想法還挺篤定。

這源于他對人文類學(xué)科的興趣。他說，DP階段學(xué)習(xí)的哲學(xué)和經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)讓他意識到鑒古知今的重要——了解當(dāng)今世界發(fā)展的趨勢可以從過往的歷史和政治知識當(dāng)中尋找。報考大學(xué)時，他選的全部是各個大學(xué)的國際關(guān)系或政治學(xué)專業(yè)。

他也很喜歡和人交流，有做老師的氣質(zhì)。Darcy Au-Yeung老師是Badi的班主任，平日里他和Badi聊的也很多。他說：“Badi和別人交流時，很自信。”

把自己的所學(xué)所做應(yīng)用到社會發(fā)展之中——這樣的學(xué)習(xí)目的，貫穿在啟明星的教育使命和Badi的家庭教育當(dāng)中——他的媽媽就是一所為殘障孤兒和困境兒童提供教育的慈善機(jī)構(gòu)的創(chuàng)始人。

Badi在課余時間做服務(wù)。

家庭、學(xué)校、個人興趣和特質(zhì)，讓他很清楚自己未來的方向是什么。

他樂于投身教育，并決定用上大學(xué)之前的間隔年前往馬來西亞，為社區(qū)里的青少年上課，家訪。

我們隨機(jī)問了Badi一個問題，看他和大家描述的“善于溝通，對自己的把握很到位”有多大重合度？

“知道Darcy老師對你有什么建議嗎？”

他幾乎不假思索地說：“是希望我不要過于確定某些目標(biāo)，限制了未來的發(fā)展可能吧。”

滿分！這就是Badi，無論你說什么，他都秒懂，不會狀況外，并且靠譜又生長力滿滿！

/ Graduates · 2024 /

This summer, Daystar’s 2024 high school graduates completed their studies and left our campus to embark on their own journeys. In the eyes of their teachers, they are a cohort of students with consistent performance – their academic achievement is excellent, they are reliable, they have great ideas and unique personalities, and they are polite and gracious.

Due to limited space in the Graduates column, we can only introduce two of them. However, all seven of our other graduates, like these two teenagers, are outstanding and represent Daystar well. We will miss all of them!

Badi He (賀之陽)

• Entered Daystar Academy in the First Grade.

• Admitted to the departments of International Relations, Politics or Political Science at world-famous universities such asthe University of Washington, The Ohio State University, Boston University, University College London, Manchester University and King's College London.

A year ago, at the 2023 high school graduation ceremony, Badi, as the representative of the 11th grade students, delivered a speech to the senior students who were about to leave the school.

He began by reading from his prepared script, expressing his admiration for Daystar’s first class of graduates, and then, suddenly, he tore it up and said with a smile: “I’d like to say something from the bottom of my heart, instead of reading this piece of paper!”

The audience burst into laughter.

A year later, recalling the scene, Ms. Liu Hui - Badi’s Elementary School Chinese Teacher—couldn't help but laugh: “That was impressive!” In that one action, Badi exhibited the traits he is most known for: spontaneity and sincerity.

Hard-working Student

Ms. Liu Hui taught Badi for three years. In her memory, Badi then was different. He was very quiet when he was a child.

“He was not a talker,” she says.

He was surrounded by exceptionally smart classmates who were eager to express themselves, but he wasn't that type of student.

“Although he didn’t do anything as fast as those students, he knew himself very well. For example, if he failed to write a good essay, he knew where he messed up and why he didn’t write it well.” said Ms. Liu. Since those days, Badi grew into a dedicated scholar who easily kept up with his gifted classmates.

Having a clear understanding of himself is a distinct characteristic of Badi’s personality.

Ms. Zhou, who taught him DP Biology, praised Badi: “He never forgot his homework and managed his learning very well. He maintained a good attitude about learning and adjusted to the pressure of learning on his own. If you assign him a task, though he would silently finish it without calling attention to himself, he is a very hardworking student.”

Thinking about what shaped his character, Badi identified two factors:First, at home, his parents gave him ample opportunities to think and reflect, and second, the school also gave him enough freedom to explore and determine the direction he wanted to take.“Every night I would spend 20 minutes chatting and communicating with my parents, and we kept doing so every day for many years; at school, teachers also respect and encourage our choices, giving us the space and freedom to try,” he said.

Bloomed into Natural Brilliance

Badi’s experiences at Daystar exemplify the notion of waiting for flowers to bloom at an appropriate speed:Both his family and his school provided ample nutrients to support and educate him, watering him slowly as he bloomed into his natural brilliance.

Over the past ten years, Badi steadily accumulated experiences, with his “Daystar characteristics” becoming increasingly prominent.

He loves sports including playing basketball and soccer; he is eager to help classmates, showing politeness; he is slightly shy, yet optimistic and cheerful; he develops strongly, gaining momentum, until, without recognition, he accomplishes remarkable achievements.

Tearing up the script at last year's graduation ceremony was an example of making a splash. “I designed that part,” he admitted, “I estimated in advance at which stage I could tear up the script.”

Dream for Future

Badi says that he wants to become an IB teacher, teaching Humanities in the future. He is quite firm with this idea, which stems from his interest in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

He said that studying Philosophy and Economics during his DP years made him realize that using the past and history as a mirror could help one understand the present and predict the future, and that the current trends in world development can be found from past historical and political knowledge. His university applications focused on majoring in International Relation or Politics, reflecting this awareness.

He also enjoys communicating with people. Mr. Darcy Au-Yeung is Badi's homeroom teacher as well as his Economics and TOK teacher. He chats with Badi frequently, and said: “Badi is very confident when communicating with others.”

The purpose of applying what you have learned and done to the development of society runs through Daystar's educational mission, as well as Badi's family’s values. His mother is the founder of a charitable organization that provides education to disabled orphans and children in need.

Badi was doing service in spare time.

Influenced by his family, his school, and his personal interests, Badi is very clear about his future direction.

He will devote himself to a gap year of service before entering university to go to Malaysia to teach and visit the youth and to serve in local community.

We randomly asked Badi a question to see how much he overlapped with how others describe him as a “good communicator and having a good grasp of himself.”

“Do you know what advice Mr. Darcy has for you?”

Almost without thinking, he said, “He would hope I won’t be too sure of certain goals and limit possibilities for future development.”

Perfect! Full marks! This is Badi. Whatever you say, he understands the context in seconds, and sees the whole picture.

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