“The Worlds Scholars Cup is not only a competition, but also a community for like-minded scholars to meet.”This was something that I heard Daniel say in one of the introduction videos, and it was something that I had only just seen the tip of the iceberg about. WSC has allowed me to explore new parts of me, improve some of my skills, meet new friends, and have many new experiences.

“世界学者杯不仅是一场竞赛，也是志同道合的学者们相聚的社区。”这是我在其中一个介绍视频中听丹尼尔说的，而这只是我看到的冰山一角。世界学者杯让我探索了新的自己，提高了我的一些技能，结识了新朋友，并获得了许多新的经历。

I think through these rounds, I have improved my public speaking, time management and self-management skills. While the former is obvious, the latter may be somewhat surprising. As many know, WSC has a syllabus, or a ‘theme’ for each season. This is a very long webpage with a seemingly infinite number of links, which need to be read; that is if one wishes to have better results and more medals and perhaps even a trophy. While I don’t think it particularly necessary for regional, it is a must for Global. As I hadn’t even so much as touched the site, I had to read all the links from top to bottom in around 2 months, while also completing my summer holiday homework. This required me to make an entire summer schedule, and a daily timetable. It was a stressful holiday, but I still managed to accomplish many things during that time, and I think it is much better than just lazing about for an entire holiday.

我认为通过这些轮次，我提高了我的公共演讲、时间管理和自我管理技能。虽然前者是显而易见的，但后者可能有点令人惊讶。众所周知，WSC每个赛季都有一个教学大纲或“主题”。这是一个非常长的网页，有无数个链接，需要阅读；也就是说，如果一个人希望取得更好的成绩和更多的奖牌，甚至可能是一个奖杯。虽然我认为这对地区赛来说不是特别必要，但对全球赛来说是必须的。因为我还没有接触过这个网站，所以我不得不花大约2个月的时间从头到尾阅读所有的链接，同时完成暑假作业。这要求我制定一个完整的暑假计划和每日时间表。这是一个压力很大的假期，但我还是在那段时间里完成了许多事情，我认为这比整个假期都闲着要好得多。