自从去年家里装修完之后,我们在厨房装了一台电视,平时吃饭时会随便看看一些视频。大约两个月前的一天中午,我从学校接弟弟回家吃饭,无意间发现了一个叫 Alan Becker 的动画视频系列——“Animation vs.”,是 YouTube 上的一个非常有创意的系列。他最出名的作品之一就是《Animation vs Math》。
Alan Becker 的这些视频通常用一群小人(也有人叫他们“小黄人”、小橙色、火柴人)在电脑屏幕上互动的方式,讲述一个个富有创意、又带有教育意义的故事。虽然整个系列几乎没有一句对白,但却通过画面和动作把复杂的知识点讲得既直观又有趣。
我最喜欢的四个视频是《Animation vs Math》、《Animation vs Coding》、《Animation vs Physics》和《Animation vs Geometry》。每一集不仅让人捧腹大笑,还让人对背后的知识产生兴趣。比如在《Animation vs Math》中,小人们在坐标系、函数图像之间跳跃和作战,看得人不知不觉就理解了各种数学概念。而《Animation vs Coding》则展示了编程的魔法,小人甚至“黑进”了主人的电脑,自己写代码!《Animation vs Physics》里,小人们挑战了牛顿定律、重力和能量守恒,用夸张但合理的方式演绎了物理知识。
《Animation vs Geometry》则是另一个令人惊喜的作品。视频里,小人们与各种几何图形互动,有时被三角形包围,有时从正多边形中逃脱,有时又在空间几何中穿梭。通过他们的“冒险”,我对角度、面积、对称和旋转等概念有了更加立体的理解。这些原本在课堂上觉得枯燥的几何知识,突然变得生动起来。
今年,我们让大娃再次报考 Perse,同时也报名了 Stephen Perse——这也是一所私立学校,考试时间正好安排在 Perse 考试的下一周。原本的计划是让他以 Stephen Perse 考试当作练手,结果却发现 Stephen Perse 的考试在 Perse 之后。
选择让孩子考 Stephen Perse,是因为感觉他可能考不上 Perse:太卷了。从考试难度上来看,孩子的反馈也印证了这一点:Perse 确实更难一些。
如果最终没能考上 Perse,我们打算让孩子去 Stephen Perse,算是“曲线救国”。因为 Perse 的部分名额会预留给剑桥几所私校的学生,比如 St John’s、Stephen Perse、King’s College School 等。这些私校的课程仅到 8 年级,并且会有针对性的私校升学准备,因此竞争非常激烈。
We really enjoyed meeting XXX at our recent entrance testing day. Through the assessment process, XXX performed impressively, demonstrating strong academic potential.
I am therefore very pleased to be able to offer him a place to start at Stephen Perse Cambridge Senior School in Year 9 in September 2025.
In addition, recognizing XXX’s excellent academic attainment across the assessments on our entrance testing day, I am delighted to award an Academic Scholarship to the value of a 50% discount of school fees for Years 9-11; please note that all students have the opportunity to apply for further scholarships at later points in their school careers. As an Academic Scholar, XXX will be expected to contribute to and promote the academic life of the School.
In terms of XXXX additional scholarship application, the Music department have asked me to pass on that they very much enjoyed meeting XXX at the assessment session, but, due to the very competitive field of applicants this year, were unable to make an offer of an award at this time. As with academic scholarships, all students have the opportunity in (re)apply for scholarships in co-curricular areas at later points in their school careers.
We very much hope that XXX will be really excited to accept our offer to join Stephen Perse Cambridge Senior School. We are committed to providing a challenging and stimulating academic environment in which all of our students can thrive and achieve their best, supported by exceptional pastoral care and a diverse range of engaging co-curricular opportunities.
I ask that you please confirm acceptance of the place at your earliest convenience, and no later than 4 March 2025, after which it may be offered to another family from our waiting list. If this time limit causes you any difficulties or if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact our Admissions Office on 01223 454 762 or admissions@stephenperse.com. Please refer to the section below “Further Offer Information” for more details of the offer and how to confirm acceptance.
Many thanks for letting us know. We wish Eric every success and happiness at The Perse — I’m sure he will thrive there.
We send our very best wishes to you and your family for the years ahead.
剑桥科珀斯时钟 (Cambridge Corpus Clock) 来了剑桥这么多年,第一次听说并去看了这个钟,有几次路过都没注意到。这个有名的钟是剑桥的地标建筑了。前几年好像坏了,去年被砸了。 先看视频,很有特色,很多游客围观。其中背景有一中国小姑娘对同伴说,你知道萝莉岛么?霍金也去了,不过他残疾怎么玩? 地址:国王学院(Kings Colleage)对面(58 Trumpington St Corpus Christi College, Cambridge CB2 1RH)。 边上有Eagle’s pub,发布DNA被发现的地方,里面有啤酒叫Eagle’s DNA。...
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I’m very sorry that we were not in a position to make Eric an offer for Year 7 and I’m happy to provide some feedback. His strongest performance was in the Maths paper, which placed him in the top quartile of applicants we saw, followed by the reasoning paper with a score in the second quartile. Unfortunately, his score in the English paper placed him in the bottom quartile. Therefore overall, I’m afraid he simply did not score as highly as other applicants on the day.
It was a very competitive field this year with more than 3.5 applicants per place so we did have to make some very difficult decisions. We would welcome a future application from Eric and there will be another opportunity to apply to us for Year 9 in 2025. Each application is considered afresh and we do not consider any past performance in our testing. I hope that you will find this feedback useful, and I’m sorry we cannot do more for him at this stage.
There were no concerns from his interview, the teacher enjoyed meeting him and discussing his enjoyment of Harry Potter, and his experiences learning coding.
很抱歉我们没能给 Eric 提供 7 年级的录取通知,我很乐意提供一些反馈。他最出色的表现是在数学试卷中,这使他成为我们看到的申请者中排名前四分之一的考生,其次是推理试卷,得分排在第二四分位。不幸的是,他在英语试卷中的得分排在了最后四分之一。因此,总的来说,恐怕他的得分不如当天的其他申请者。
今年的竞争非常激烈,每个名额有超过 3.5 名申请者,所以我们不得不做出一些非常艰难的决定。我们欢迎 Eric 将来申请,2025 年他将有机会再次申请 9 年级。每份申请都会重新考虑,我们在测试中不考虑任何过去的表现。我希望您会发现这些反馈很有用,很抱歉我们目前无法为他做更多的事情。
The Rise of Lai’s Family! 考上是很光宗耀祖的事情。Perse手册上面说2024录取率大概是1/3。9年级和13年级各录取40学生,感觉也不难啊。
不过确实有些意外,我和我媳妇觉得肯定没戏,因为娃说,他英语作文只写一页半。想着说,他先去另一个私校 Stephen Perse之后 再考过去,因为Perse有一些名额是给其它私校预留的。
感觉我的人生正式进入了鸡娃的阶段。
Perse私校考试的反馈/Feedback
更新:问了娃的考试情况,给的反馈如下:
Congratulations to XXX, who has done very well to secure an offer in a very competitive field, I am so pleased to hear that you intend to accept. In the academic testing, his strongest performance was in the Maths paper, followed by the humanities, then the English and verbal reasoning. His strong results were supported by positive feedback from the interviewer who enjoyed meeting Eric, and hearing about his wide range of interests from learning Python with his dad, to playing cello and piano, and his interest in the world of finance!
He does not need to worry about improving, as it was a very competitive field this year with almost 160 applications received for Year 9 and therefore a ratio of almost 4 candidates competing for each place, and he achieved an offer! Therefore, XXXX should feel very proud of his performance, and I would encourage him to simply enjoy the remainder of his time at XXXX.
The test results and interview feedback demonstrated to us that XXXX would be a good fit for the Perse and we look forward to welcoming him to Year 9 in September.
Bro.. I thought you’re like senior…
Yes, I am senior!
You should know how to do it then..
I’ll ask ChatGPT..
Bro, you don’t need ChatGPT..
OK, we can talk about it next lesson.