近日，美国华人文化教育分会曾洁会长和4位在STEM比赛中荣获金奖的美国优秀高中生与北京中学师生代表进行了友好交流。

会长和学生们首先参观了校园，接着在图书馆观看了北京中学宣传片，周慧副校长向来宾介绍了北京中学的办学理念、校园文化、国际教育，曾会长为我们分享了国际化培养和学生交换项目的经验，双方期待深入地交流与合作，以促进每一个学生的成长与进步。

4位优秀的美国高中生和部分北中学子开展了飞盘比赛，同学们在比赛中增进了友谊。赛后，美国高中生不仅向北中学子介绍了他们在STEM比赛中的经验，同时对北中学子提出的关于专业选择、申请国外大学、职业规划、项目活动经历等困惑进行了一一分享。

会后，北中学生向会长和美国高中生赠送了学生自制的礼物，表达了希望加强今后合作、分享经验、实现共赢的美好心愿。

 

Better Late Than Never

黄彦清

“Yeah…I mean, we get off school at three each day, and after two hours of homework, we can do anything we want…” At first, we thought they we so lucky — having five or more hours all free to do what they like, to immerse themselves in engineering, in sports, and even in video games while we studied hard till ten each day, arduously squeezing free time from our packed schedules.

The four American students we conversed with were very extroverted, cordial, and pleasant to talk to. We chatted about after school activities, STEM projects, and our devout desire in a good American college.Their plethora of endeavors, such as community service, internships, and STEM competitions were distinct and expressive, and reflecting upon ourselves, we find that we have few projects that can match their levels of creativity and vividness. Therefore, to have a strong competition at the “college entrance game”, it is crucial that our actions speak louder than our words. We need to develop all aspects of ourselves, getting good grades while having plenty of creative and distinct projects that can really show who we are.

As a fusillade of questions about our school were thrown at us, it began to dawn on us that we are also quite lucky in our own sense,and that our school is really doing everything to help us achieve our best self. As with American schools, we have uniquely tailored courses and clubs for everyone, and we can use all the exceptional resources at our school to help us in our pursuits for knowledge.

From this experience, I learnt a valuable lesson: better late than never. We might have started late — in the second semester of our sophomore year, but we can start creating our personalized portfolio, filled to the brim with actions that really defines us, and not just some numbers that everyone else has.

 

与美国朋友交流的感受

王佳蕊

上午下了第二节课，我们便迎来了几位来自美国的朋友。与以往北中接待外宾的活动不同，这次只有四位来自加州一所中学的高三学生，顿时也让我们感觉亲近、放松了很多。

见到他们后，我们简要地做了自我介绍就开始带他们参观校园。一路上，我们也了解到了其中有一个同学的工程设计在一场国家级别的STEM获得了一等奖，目前正准备参加国际上的比赛。参观完校园后，我们的同学又和美国的几位同学进行了一场飞盘大战——最近盛行的类似于美式橄榄球的游戏，同学们都很尽兴。

最后，我们进行了一场详细但是深入身心的交流会。会上的气氛亲切而热烈，几位高中生坐在前面，下面的同学们不时提出一些自己关心的问题。同学们先是问了许多有关升学的问题。作为北京中学的学生，对于如何申请国外大学一直是同学们倍感关心的，而美国又是许多留学生的向往之地，所以在这一环节提出的问题层出不穷，例如大学之间的区别、住宿、这几位美国学生的梦想学校等等，几位同学从本地人的视角也给予了我们不同的，也许是我们之前没有注意过的回答。随着问题的深入，同学们又提出了一些关于填写申请文书和自主项目的问题。结合了其中一位同学的STEM工程俱乐部和比赛，他们为我们北中的同学提出了许多不同方向以及同学应该完成的自主项目。到了交流会的最后，几位同学更是向我们展示出了他们的一些课外生活和个人兴趣，也让我们对国外学生的课余生活得到了一些了解。

通过这样的一次交流，我自己和同学们都收获许多，也清楚了未来还有很多路要走，未来的路上也要继续加油！

（供稿：梁潇         编辑：梁潇、李晟宇）

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