Charger?

Yes, charger. Ooops sorry!

We got our IGCSE results for English and Felix scraped in with a pass/ Hey, he passed... I am so proud.He returned from his holiday at home in China. I asked how it went:
F: Well I really feel well rested thanks Mrs R.
He has grown taller again. I told him before the holidays that if he failed all he could take up male modelling . . So on his return I asked him if he was happy with the results. I got:
F: Well, I think no need for the Male model idea, Mrs R!.
Love it!

Bless him. I am so glad that he passed.

Thank you for this thread

Felix is studying very very hard for A levels lately so is not going back to China for CNY.
Me: Won't you miss your Mums cooking?
F: (Who, incidentally is now spelling his name "Phelix"!)Not at all Mrs R / Her cooking is not exactly yummy, she puts too much salt.
Me: Did you tell her about that?
Phelix: Well no I don't have a death wish...
(!)

I have retired from the school but visit about once a week
This year Felix has an A and some Bs and is debating whether to apply to Edinburgh or Glasgow Uni.
He has progressed well from his original 3 words (Yes,No and Toilet.)

Excellent news Sara.

I bet you miss that school, Ren! You have so many anecdotes and stories, though, and it's great that you still visit and see how your students are getting on. Hasn't Felix come a long way!

Yes! He now has a pony tail and a flat cap and is quite the trendy one.

Next thing you know he'll be talking Scots! What's he want to study? Edinburgh's lovely of course and Glasgow's a great city, and they're both excellent universities - lots of luck to him. And fried Mars bars, lol.

Medical. The hardest thing to get into of course. I sense that actually his own choice would be philosophy, but not the choice of the family I fear. I cannot imagine his reaction to a fried Mars
Good grief

Edinburgh then, excellent I understand for medicine.

There are several 'rankings' of medical schools in the UK - Glasgow often beats Edinburgh, and Edinburgh often beats Glasgow. They're both right up there anyway. It all depends which factors are being measured; the four main sources of rankings are quoted here:

https://themsag.com/blogs/get-into-medic...ool-rankings-uk

The key factor though is the quality of the medical training; that will be the same in all med schools as it's monitored by the GMC and not just the individual universities. They all have to cover the same subjects and they have to have the same standards of assessment - and that's true across the UK so despite differences between NHS England and NHS Scotland, the medical training is the same and the rankings don't mean much.

What Felix needs to look at is how he will be taught, not what. Some people learn better in a structured lecture environment, some do better in a tutorial/seminar system. Although in general Asian students are more used to the lectures method, if Felix has a liking for Philosophy he might prefer a method involving more active discussions.

Thanks Caroline
I will send him the last paragraph of your post first!

His response



Yes it helps.And I have made my
decision.thank you again for help.In my personal opinion and my parents wish i chose Edinberg as my firm choice.Hoping to get in there for my university life.

Thanks all for your tips

I send him every good wish, I'm sure he'll do well. Now all you have to do is teach him how to spell, and say, Edinburgh.

Sigh.....there have been so many challenges in my life. Some you can never beat...

There may be people still around who remember my adventures in teaching Felix, the Mainland student whom I taught from his arrival in Hong Kong.
I just received this letter which pleases me more than I can say. He was such fun and I am so proud of him!
Dear Mrs. R

Long-time no see, here is Felix. There are many things happened, thus I am afraid I couldn't say goodbye right in front of your eyes. The result of A-Level has been published. Although it is not as well as I expected. But I am fine with it. I got the unconditional offer from the University of Dundee which is the one Henry had chosen. I would like to be there too. And I think I shall tell you about this.

I have many thanks to you and Mrs. Tammy. I got an overall 6.5 L7 R6.5 W5.5 S6 in IELTS. And I think this was made by your teaching and communication between us. A lot of thanks.

I would email you when I go to Hong Kong then we could choose a day to have our lunch together，but it won't be recent. It's like chaos in HongKong at the moment. And I have to finish my things about Uni first. Hope you have no trouble there and everything well.

Best wishes

Felix

Aw, how kind of him to update you and brilliant that he has got his chosen university.

Wow, I feel as if we have accompanied Felix along the way, though maybe it's more that he and your regular updates have accompanied US over the years. He is going to have a great time in Uni! You can tell update us after you meet him for coffee in HK.

Thanks both! I must admit I am proud of him!

We're proud of YOU - and I think Felix himself realises just what a treasure of a teacher he had in you, why else would he keep in touch with you like that?

Update on Felix! His English is not much better (or even his Scots!) I suspect it is because he is mainly mixing with Chinese students, as most do . I assume the girlfriend is also from China. But hey, he seems happy!
Hi Mrs. R
I am all well, thank you for the careness. Hope u are going well too. The pandemic is no longer affecting Scotland as it used to be. And the weather were pretty good in Dundee. I often went out with my girl friend and our cats to enjoy some sunshine in the park. But unfortunately a few weeks ago, I fell from my road bike while I was cycling. Went to hospital for the unstoppable pain and found out I broke my bone. Got a metal pin inside it right now, to maintain the bone in its position. But everything went very well so far. MISS YOU. I think I will be able to take a visit back to hk next year and definitely will let u know.
Best wishes.
Felix

So he is completing his second year, which is a plus!

Aw how lovely for him to write to you and to tell you that you are missed by him. Very sweet.