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Good morning fellow teachers and students,

I hope you have all had a fruitful Chinese New year holidays and time to relax.

First of all, I would like to welcome our new students to join the KingFan’s family.    Most probably, this is where you will meet the best friends of your life.  Please accept our best wishes.  And to all the returning students, welcome back.  And of course, to our teachers, welcome back too. 

My fellow students, what is the purpose for you to enter our school? KingFan is a place for you to learn, to develop and prepare yourself for the future. Secondary study is the most important for your development. A successful learner should “ALWAYS LEARNING and LEARNING ALL WAYS”. Learning will not take place only in the classroom, it will take place in any activities or any small incidents you will meet in school. Remember you will be. Before the holiday, I have met some members of the Students’ Union. They have decided to devote their time to serve the school and our students. This is a very good chance for them to learn, not just serving the others. This is a valuable experience and how much they can learn depending on how they react to it and their attitude towards it.

Here, I would like to quote. Charles Swindoll, an American educator, in his poem ATTITUDE. He says, "The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.  Attitude, to me, is more important than facts.  It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think, say or do.  It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill.  It will make or break a company... a church... a home.  The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we embrace for that day.  We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way.  We cannot change the inevitable.  The only thing we can do is play the one string we have, and that is our attitude...I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.And so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes”.

Remember all students entering our school are students with good talents. However in the course of learning, some of you may forget your strength and ability and give up. I am in the position to remind that you are smart, clever, you are elite students. If you can change your attitude and put effort on your work. You will discover your unlimited potential. If you really want to catch up and try your best to improve, our teachers will always be there to offer their hands. Our school will run different programmes to help our students boosting their potential. Remember your effort and attitude can make your wish come true.

Let me share a story which you may be very familiar with:

“As a man was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from their bonds but for some reason, they did not.

He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away. “Well,” trainer said, “when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it’s enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free.”

The man was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn’t, they were stuck right where they were.

Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before?

Failure is part of learning; we should never give up the struggle in life.”

I would like to sum up my message this morning:  

First, “ALWAYS LEARNING and LEARNING ALL WAYS” To develop your full potential, you should seize every chance to learn in the KingFan’s family. 

Second,“ Attitude”. A positive attitude gives you power over your circumstances and courage to overcome difficulties.  I hope you will remember this for the rest of the year, and for the rest of your life.

Let me welcome everybody again, staff and students, new and old.  Let’s work closely together for another fruitful year.

Thank you！

各位老师、同学们早上好！

我希望你们都度过了一个充实的农历新年假期和一段放松的时间。

首先，我热烈欢迎新同学加入鲸帆大家庭。在这里，你很有可能将会遇到一生中最好的朋友，请接受我们最美好的祝愿。欢迎所有归来的学生，当然，也欢迎我们的老师回来。

同学们，你们来我们学校的目的是什么？鲸帆是你们学习、发展并为未来做好准备的地方，而中学学习对于你的发展来说是最重要的。一个成功的学习者应该“永远学习，并以各种方式学习”。学习不仅仅发生在课堂上，它会发生在你在学校遇到的任何活动或任何小事件中。记住，你将会如此。放假前，我认识了一些学生会的成员，他们当时已决定投入时间为学校和我们的学生服务。这不仅仅是为他人服务，这对他们来说也是一个很好的学习机会。这是一次宝贵的经历，他们能学到多少将取决于他们对这份经历的投入和态度。

在此，我想引用一下美国教育家查尔斯·斯温多尔（Charles Swindoll）的诗歌《态度》。

他说：“我活得越久，就越意识到态度对生活的影响。对我来说，态度比事实更重要。它比过去、教育、金钱、环境、失败更重要；比成功，比其他人的想法、言论或行为更重要；比外表、天赋或技能更重要。它会成就或毁掉一个公司……一座教堂……一个家庭。值得注意的是，我们每天都可以自行选择要以哪种态度拥抱这一天。我们无法改变自己的过去...我们无法改变人们会以某种方式行事，我们无法改变不可避免的事情。我们唯一能做的就是发挥我们所拥有的唯一优势，那就是我们的态度，积极以待……我坚信，生活的10%取决于发生在我身上的事情，90%取决于我对它的反应。对你们来说也是如此……我们的态度由自己掌控。”

请记住，所有进入我们学校的学生都是具有良好天赋的学生。然而在学习的过程中，有些人可能会忘记自己的长处和能力然后放弃付出。我可以提醒你们，你们很机灵，很聪明，你们是精英。如果你能改变态度，在你的学习上付出努力，你会发现自己无限的潜力。如果你真的想迎头赶上并尽力提高，我们的老师将随时为你伸出援手，学校将举办不同的项目来帮助我们的学生提高他们的潜力。请记住，你的努力和态度可以使你的愿望成真。

我将分享一个你们可能非常熟悉的故事：

当一个人经过大象时，他突然停了下来，他很困惑，因为这些巨大的生物只被一根绑在前腿上的小绳子拴着。没有铁链，没有笼子。很明显，大象可以随时挣脱束缚，但由于某种原因，它们没有这样做。

他看到附近有一位驯兽师，就问为什么这些动物只是站在那里，没有试图逃跑。“嗯，”训练员说，“当它们很小的时候，体型小得多，我们用同样尺寸的绳子来绑它们，在那个年龄，就足以固定它们了。随着他们的成长，他们习惯性地相信自己无法摆脱。他们相信绳子仍然可以束缚他们，所以他们从不试图挣脱。”

男人吃了一惊。这些动物随时都可以挣脱束缚，但因为它们相信自己做不到，所以就被困在原地。

像大象一样，我们中有多少人终其一生都坚信我们不能做某事，仅仅因为我们以前失败过一次？

失败是学习的一部分；我们永远不应该放弃生活中的斗争。

我想总结一下今天早上我演讲中的信息：

第一，“永远学习，全方位学习”。为了充分发挥你的潜力，你应该抓住每一个在金帆大家庭学习的机会。

第二，“态度”。积极的态度会给你战胜困难的力量和勇气。我希望你在这一年余下的时间里，以及在你的余生中，都能记住这一点。

让我再次欢迎大家，欢迎所有归来的师生，欢迎新加入的你们。让我们紧密合作，再创硕果累累的一年。

谢谢！