To Raisa's surprise, the first challenge she encountered after entering ISA Liwan school came from the English class, in which she had always been the most confident. In that English class, which is still vivid in her memory, the teacher took several students to the school's 800 - seat international performance hall and had them take turns to give speeches on stage, while the teacher and other students observed from the audience. "Standing alone on the empty stage, I felt so nervous! What's more embarrassing was that my speech had gone off - topic..." In the panic, Raisa only remembered the teacher constantly encouraging her: "Speak up, it's okay..."
This experience marked the beginning of her self - transformation. "International education places more emphasis on the courage to express oneself. I used to be relatively introverted, but now I am much more open," Raisa said of herself. More importantly, she learned to face pressure and accept challenges.
Now, the initial anxiety and sense of gap she felt when she first entered the new campus have long since quietly faded away. Raisa described her current study and life as "smoothly integrated." She was impressed by the teachers' professionalism during her school visit and found.
In the IB MYP English class, the teacher does not stop at explaining grammar but leads the students to appreciate English ancient poetry, analyzing the subtleties of initial and end rhymes word by word and sentence by sentence. "Can you imagine that we discuss deep - level issues like faith deliberation, regional culture, and civilizational differences in class!" In the IB MYP classroom at ISA Liwan, Raisa feels that the answer is not the only criterion. The teachers encourage students to use the critical thinking and inquiry spirit advocated by the IB curriculum to analyze problems from multiple dimensions such as interdisciplinary and cultural diversity, enabling students to build a personalized cognitive system in open inquiry.
Math used to be Raisa's weak subject, but soon she found that the evening study session every Monday became her exclusive math tutoring class. Meanwhile, the Spanish that Raisa had been learning since childhood also found room to grow at ISA Liwan. The school specifically opened a second - language classroom for the four students studying Spanish and conducted tiered education to meet individual learning needs.
The mentorship system has also become an important support for Raisa's growth. The two or three heart - to - heart talks every week are like exchanges with a close friend. "My foreign mentor teaches me to record my growth with a self - reflection form, but he never compares me with others. He just lets me see my shortcomings and progress." In this non - competitive evaluation system, she has learned to recognize herself and keep breaking through in self - acceptance.
During these more than six months of study, the teachers' evaluation of Raisa is that she is self - disciplined and has clear learning goals. The well - balanced campus life has also enabled Raisa to find the best learning rhythm: now, she has made it to the highest level of the grade's English tiered teaching through hard work, can speak confidently in her proficient Spanish class, and can also find her way in the labyrinth of mathematics.
The initial panic when speaking in the school's performance hall has gradually been replaced by the confidence that comes with growth. Not long ago, the teacher invited her to share her experience in learning English with the parents at the "Coffee Morning". Raisa instinctively wanted to refuse, but then she thought: it doesn't matter, just treat it as a challenge! So she prepared the PPT carefully and eventually completed the sharing in fluent English with composure. "Difficulties that seem insurmountable can be crossed by gritting one's teeth!"
Learning to move forward under pressure is also a kind of growth, isn't it?
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