Susan八年级校园生活(1)--八年级(开学一周的印象)

八年级

 

Susan 小哭译

 

八年级,我真的希望会比七年级好。去年……我彻底把它给毁了。本来我有机会在新学校给人留下一个好印象的,可是我却给搞砸了 。无疑,那也还是欢乐的时光,我得到了一些AB,绝对没有C,但是,我心里知道我有能力做得更好。当七年级结束时我真的是很高兴(并不是要冒犯我的老师们,他们都很棒,搞砸了是我自己的过错),但是八年级开始时我简直是狂喜。我对自己发誓,今年我不能再搞砸了。我将要尽自己最大的努力,争取在上帝的帮助下,取得好成绩。

 

不管怎么样,八年级开学已经一周了,我已经开始意识到,只是尽力并不会让我因此就可以成为最好的那个。以前,我一直都在努力学习,在老师的眼里也算是一个“好学生”。上学年,在H村中学这个新环境中,我没有尽力,做得很不好。这个学年,我曾认为,只要比以前任何时候都努力学习的话,我就会重回“好学生”行列。对吗?不对。我已经知道不对了。但是今年,我还是亲身体验了这一点:和多数学校相比,H村中学是一个非常、非常、非常辛苦和富有挑战性的学校。就算不是最有挑战性的,也是相当地艰难。就是说,这个学校里绝大部分的学生学习都非常努力,有三分之一的人和我一样地聪明。还有,我在很多快班上课。那意味着做尖子生得完成比我预料的多得多的作业量。

 

八年级绝对是更困难,也更有挑战性。很好!我喜欢挑战。快班这事儿是让八年级更难的一个因素。我不得不承认,我对自己相当地自豪。即使我去年没有在学校的功课上花多少心思,我还是让自己挤进了ELA(高级语言艺术,通常非高级的叫LA。译者注:LA是语言艺术,这门课相当于国内的语文课)、加快数学(几何。“加快”班甚至好过“高级”班)和ACE(高级社会学)课堂。这些全都是我可以在学校里修到的最高级的课程!当然,这就意味着我的八年级会比学校里大多数人的都更有挑战性。而这正是我所喜欢的那种。

 

我不知道到底是因为我在H村中学、还是我在快班、亦或是我上八年级了,我现在开始有许多的长期大作业了。以前我做过的最长的大作业有两个月长,绝大多数的作业都是要求我第二天上交。现在,我的作业绝大部分都要求在下周上交,另外还有两个还在过程中的长期大作业。这学年才刚刚开始,老师还会布置更多的作业。这些长期大作业需要我把时间组织得更好,并做出一些学习计划。否则,我就可能什么事儿都完成不了了。就在几分钟以前,我创建了一个相当不错的学习计划,然后我确信,在学年末大考时我能够把那450个西腊和拉丁词根按时背下来。

 

八年级最好的事儿(也是最吓人的事儿)是威尔基女士。她是一个非常有趣儿的老师。我以前从来没有遇到过像她这样的人。她教ELA,也是那个要求我们记住那些西腊和拉丁词根的人。她的课真的是非常地具有挑战性。刚开始,我觉得她很严厉;但是后来,我意识到她实际上并非如此,她只不过是要求有点高而已。当我从她的恐吓中恢复过来后,我想说她其实是一个非常有趣儿的老师。她曾经说过下面这些话:“有些老师会留堂,我不是那种人。如果你们有人让我心烦,那我为什么还要在课后花时间跟你在一起啊?赶紧走!”她还有一句很吓人的话是“我不做那种‘找家长’一类的事儿。这是你和我之间的事情。你搞糟了,你就要承受痛苦”。还有一句很搞笑的话“我不关心着装要求或者你看起来怎么样什么的。只要你努力学习,我不在乎你穿什么。但是如果你打扰了别的同学……例如,如果亚历克斯对你说‘克莱尔,你能把胸脯从我的脸上挪开吗?这很影响我’,那么克茉尔,你最好把你的胸脯放好。或者,如果朱莉娅说‘利亚姆,你能把裤子提上吗?我不想看到你的屁股沟,那么利亚姆,听她的话,请把你的裤子提上。’”(是的,她就是这么说的)。她的笑话不是世界上最好笑的,但是它们却非常好玩儿。她会让全班哄堂大笑,有时还会拿学生开涮,但绝无恶意。

 

我觉得威尔基女士很喜欢捉弄学生和证明学生的错误。我想当一个学生能够证明她的错误或者告诉她某些她所不了解的事情时,她甚至会觉得更愉快。我曾经做过一次那样的事儿(再说一次,没有恶意的),她就告诉我去敲编钟(放在她教室门口的一个文字编钟。我觉得敲钟是一件挺好玩儿的事儿),然后问我叫什么名。我告诉她我的姓读起来是TSAO这个音,虽然拼写出来是CAO。她写了下来,研究了一下说“不,它应该读COW‘奶牛’这个音”。我想她一点也没有想到我会回敬说“好吧,但事实上,应该读TSAO。因为那是一个中文字儿,所以应该用中文的规则来读。除非你想用不正确的音读它……”要知道,每个人都知道威尔基女士很烦人们读错或用错词儿。她刚刚还提到了这一点。所以我想她对我的回答印象深刻。我自己也有点吃惊。看起来我的口才比我以为的要好多了嘛。我喜欢这种类型的玩笑。

 

威尔基女士这一年的课将会让我很受用。当然,她的期望值很高;当然,每晚我将要做一到两个小时的作业;当然,她很吓人(她曾经说过“你听过关于我的所有的事都是真的”)。但是她也很有趣儿,如果我能遵守她的规矩的话(那是人们提到她时说的事儿。她以前的学生说“她可能是一个很严的老师,但是她很搞笑,我真是喜欢上她的课”)。她没有双重标准。她真的关心她的学生,我对此确信无疑。我想我已经得到了她的一点好感。我提的问题很不错,我做了相当不错的即兴讲演(她让我们做那种演讲去练口才),我注意听讲,在班上我读了绝大多数尼尔.沙斯特曼(她最喜欢的作者,现在也是我最喜欢的)的书,我交给了她我暑假里写的整整一文件夹的写作内容。我已经在同学中暂露头角,是因为做得好哈。是的, 我认为她喜欢我。我也特别地喜欢她。

 

我写跑题了。话说回八年级。除了威尔基女士,我也期待着八年级的一些机会。我正在读一本书,这本书让我很想和别人分享耶稣(不是用一种吓人的方式,用一种友好和忠诚的方式)。从哪里可以更好地开始一个新的学年呢?我正在努力地不去隐瞒我的基督徒身份(最近我意识到,因为害怕别人会疏远我,我已经开始无意识地这样做了),这可能会很难,但也不是做不到。例如,当被要求做自我介绍时,可以明确地说出“追随耶稣”和“基督徒”这些,我最重要的特点。

 

我所期待的一些别的事情是:交更多的朋友、巩固现有的友谊和参与更多的活动。我正计划着参加辩论俱乐部、参与音乐舞台剧和准备独幕剧的面试。我也将要通过一个有激情的大作业,为实现我那当一个电影导演的梦想而努力。整个学期期间,我们可以做任何一件让我们充满激情的事儿,或者尝试一个通常情况下我们并不会去尝试的新事物,然后在学期末向全班汇报(这个是ACE课上的)。我准备去和我的朋友们拍一段小电影。

 

第二重要的事情(紧接着分享耶稣这件最重要的事情之后)是好好地享受八年级。我不喜欢过去的七年级,因为(我前面已经提过)我没有努力,并总是为着没有努力而内疚。今年,我将刻苦学习,享受我在初中的最后一年好时光。前面的路会很艰难,我也会有想放弃的时候,但是我希望自己不会。我不想毁掉自己初中岁月的最后一年。八年级,将会是我最棒的一年! 

 

【小哭介绍背景】Susan上八年级的期望,其实很简单,就是想通过努力当上一个好学生。但是,她没有料到,我们小镇确实是一个好学区,远不是她曾经经历过的那些学区的风气了。在橡树园时,她曾经有意无意地流露出同学们不爱学习还有些笨,在学习上她的自信心已经达到有点自负了。所以搬家期间我把听来的话转给她听,告诉她就算是在外校排第一的孩子,在这里通常也只是中等,她还不信,说是她有信心成绩名列前茅:)当然,那时我喜欢她有信心,我就怕她对新学校充满了畏惧。半年下来,她一直都报喜不报忧,我也没有在摩顿时那么关心她的学习,所以我根本不知道实际上她的成绩在往下滑。每天听她讲起来,似乎她还是相当不错滴。我还在想,那个告诉我这里充满了挑战的朋友,也太小看Susan的聪明小脑瓜了。我们Susan阅读写作都行,数学也行,估计学业上顺利过度、无缝连接了。所以,我那时把注意力尽集中在她的社交能力上了,挺关心她是否交上了新朋友。而她也总是告诉我好消息,如何打进了一个小圈子,已经成为圈子一员了等等。从那时起她每天放学都要查邮件,因为他们在上面还要群聊呢。好吧,我再不喜欢她挂网,可是一想这是她融入小镇的一个渠道,还是支持吧。总体来讲,她适应得挺快。每天都是快快乐乐的感觉,相当地阳光。

 

不想期末成绩出来,远非她汇报给我的那个样子。我也怨自己,其实上网就能查到,却从来都没有去查看,偏听偏信了Susan的言辞。不过,如她所言,没有C就是好学生。还有,她认为她没有尽力,不是她没有能力,自信心一点没受影响。好,有自信就好,那就下学年见吧。但我多少心里有了点数,数学已经不再是她的强项了!她从小逻辑思维非常地好,差在懒得动手写上,所以国内的那种数学考试她不行,但是奥数摸底试她的表现还是相当不错的,老师专门跟我说,一个从湖北黄石请来的资深奥数教练还准备要重点培训Susan呢。不想转眼我们就出国了。可是这些信息一直让我觉得她的数学顺其自然就好。美国数学那么差,我也从来不觉得Susan要加强数学学习。可是刚刚过去的暑假,我还是要求Susan做了一些国内三四年级的数学题,虽然很少很少,可是Susan的思维非常地美国化,她认为她已经非常地用功了,这世界上简直就没有比她的暑假过得更用功的学生了:)我不知道学那么几天会不会有效果,只是觉得那远远不算用功,但也好过一点也不学。开学后Susan的数学成绩还真是不错,她说这几科,就属数学成绩好。几次还因为分数高,竟然觉得对不起那个一拿不到满分就哭鼻子的好朋友。

 

至于别的科,如她所言,她很自豪能以插生班的身份挤进快班,可是也觉得作业多得压力很大。她还有一篇作文,专门报怨作业到底有多多的。但是,作业再多她也不想从快班退出来,她说她一定要想办法提高效率,留在快班里。她说班上差不多有三分一的孩子,也是三个快班都在,我说那是,一般来讲,偏科进快班的少,全面发展的人更多,她马上不高兴了,说三分之一不是更多!OK,算我没说。她压力大肯定是不想听我们说东说西的。

 

她在文中花了那么多的篇幅讲威尔基老师。这是一个马上就65岁的老师!我在返校夜那天专门和她打了个招呼,事先也发过一个邮件表示感谢她答应阅读Susan的暑假文集。这个老师和我属于一大类,但是我的泼辣远不能跟她相比,也许这里是美国吧。我觉得这个老师讲话特别地直接,正因为如此,应该也会特别地重承诺。文集给了她一个半月了,她有一天跟Susan说,她已经看过一遍了,正在看第二遍。让Susan别急,她没有忘记她的承诺。我马上第二封邮件就跟过去了,觉得没有办法不被她感动了。加上她近期要请Susan新近最喜欢的作者尼尔.沙斯特曼过来做报告,Susan兴奋地和我一起交流起沙斯特曼的事情,我就在邮件里跟她提到,我看过沙斯特曼在YOUTUBE上的视频后,也开始成为他的粉丝了!我说我被这个作者这样的一句话感动:因为有一个孩子告诉他,自从读了他的故事书后才开始喜欢上了阅读,于是他说他因此找到了自己每日写作的意义所在。我喜欢有社会责任心的人,也喜欢有才能的人。这个作者正是我希望Susan去崇拜的那种!而正是威尔基女士将这么一个优秀的作者介绍给了Susan他们班,让Susan找到了一个新的偶像去崇拜。Susan说威尔基女士讲了,读过作者四本书以上的人,在时间允许的情况下,可以另有小组讨论。Susan于是激动了,在这么紧张的情况下,她竟然还雄心勃勃地计划,要把图书馆网内沙斯特曼的书全部读一遍!不过据说也就只剩几本没读了,她在学校已经读完绝大部分了。一个好老师,是千金不换的!我真的庆幸Susan今年有几个好老师!!

 

那个ACE老师,去年给七年级开世界难题挑战课,班上只有十个学生,因此有机会了解孩子们。虽然Susan是插班生,可是还是得到了老师的关注,让她去参加智商测试,并说相信她会通过。结果就是期末时通知Susan,八年级可以进这个老师的高级社会学班里!家长会时,我也专门去跟这个老师打了招呼。可是,我觉得老师们那天晚上都很忙,每个家长都想跟老师打招呼,所以,其实除了当面说声谢谢外,真也没有任何机会说别的了。老师们都说,家长们请记下我们的邮箱,回头给我们发邮件吧。

 

那个数学老师,竟然还是一个体育教练,早晨七点钟训练结束后就直接在学校等着上班了。他说任何人都可以七点后上课前来找他补习数学,如果在课上没弄懂的话。这种老师,也绝对是好老师啊!!但是Susan却说,妈妈,那么早,我可不想去找他问问题。嗯,大人和小孩的思路真不同。Susan一点都意识不到,这种老师绝对是妈妈眼里的好老师!凭感觉,这是Susan上学以来,老师阵容最强大的一年!!

 

还有一个选修课的老师也值得一提。那是Susan的戏剧课。老师课上给学生们一个信息,说是她在课外正在排练一个独幕剧,要招演员面试,于是近水楼台先得月,Susan就去面试了。之前她紧张坏了,因为在乎!不过试完她就泄气了,说是一想主角的背景,老师就不可能启用一张亚裔的脸,所以,在她没有出彩表现的面试中,她肯定无法胜出。她强调,面试表现没有糟,但也不会比别人强,所以,只能把希望放在其它一些次要的角色上。出结果那天,她回家兴奋极了,说是妈妈,一个演员我也没被选上,开始我失望坏了,可是后来,我发现被老师直选为她的助手了,官封“副导演”!妈妈,这是不可以报名的岗位啊,这是老师自己选学生的岗位啊,这是比主角更让我心动的岗位啊!说得我都激动了,我知道她一直想当导演,所以,我明白,这对她有多重要。我自己也曾经从底层爬起来过,我知道,这跟超女那个海选类似,最难的一关,不是后面的擂台赛,其实是海选!!以Susan的情况,只要有机会让老师慢慢地了解她,我相信老师会给她更多的机会的。这么大的孩子,很少人有在电视台承办过栏目的经历,也很少人能这么明确地想当导演!虽然我们认为导演这条路不一定能够走得下去,可是,我们绝对是百分百支持孩子为一个远大的目标去追梦啊!我今天把家长会那晚的照片翻了出来,重看了一下戏剧课老师的照片,是所有老师中,最具有气质、最漂亮、穿衣搭配最好的一个。这个,我想是人家的专业,不得不服啊。而Susan,现在不但当着副导演,协助大家背台词,更是因为老师的一些小调整,给了她两个配角在戏里演。其中一个是饭店服务员,按Susan的话说就是背景的一部分,要一直呆在台上很久的;中间她会下去换衣服,扮演一个基本上不说话的老太太。所以,她还挺忙的呢:)昨天她说,妈妈,我必须学会动作快,一分钟之内就把服装换完。今天回家又告诉我,老师教她怎么摆放西餐的刀叉了。我想,孩子多参加活动总是好,美国文化就这么一点点地在用中学吧。副导演是放学后的事儿,这个戏剧课是正规的选修课。在这门课上,Susan他们前几天演了爱丽斯梦游仙境。Susan今天说刚出来分,她的还挺高:)表演的时候,衣服是老师准备的。Susan前一个晚上专门洗好头发让我给编辫子,准备第二天打开弄出来卷儿,结果老师说辫子就很好了,很清秀象个小女孩儿的样,这事儿还让我高兴了半天。我一年都不会帮她弄一次头发,这次就管了用了。上次弄头发还是三年前在摩顿的万圣节服装大赛呢,那次是帮她盘头发。

 

嘿嘿,是不是说得有点多啊?我就是太为Susan有这些好老师而高兴了!!!如果老师这么好,Susan这么上进,其实我真的不想再给Susan压力了,我想着的都是给她减压,比如从快班退出来什么的:)当然,我最希望的是她能提高效率,让她对八年级所有的期望都会成为现实!!!结果远没有过程重要,我希望自己是那个一路在她身边支持FOR她的人,不是打击AGAINST她的那个。只要一路走来方向正确,至于终点能走到哪个位置并不是我所在意的,也是在意不来的。把努力交给自己,把结果交给上帝吧。

 

 

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8th Grade

 

8th grade. I really hope it’s going to be better than 7th grade. Last year… I totally blew it. I had a chance to set a good first impression in my new school, and I screwed up. Big time. Sure, I got all A’s and B’s, no C’s at all, but inside, I know I could’ve done way better. I was really glad when 7th grade ended (no offense to all of my teachers, they were all amazing, it was all my fault), and ecstatic when 8th grade started. I swore to myself, I will not screw up this year. I will try my best, and, with God’s help, I will succeed.

 

However, now that I’m a week into 8th grade, I’ve started to realize that just trying my best doesn’t automatically make me the best. Before, I’ve always worked hard, and took a position as the teacher’s “star student”. Last year, in this new world of H Middle School , I didn’t try, and I failed. This year, I thought that if I try even harder than I’ve tried before, I’m bound to become the “star student” again, right? No. I already know this, but this year, I’m finally experiencing it: HMS is a very, very, very hard and challenging school, compared most schools. Not the most challenging there is, but still pretty hard. That means that most of the students in the school work very hard, and a third of them are as smart as me. Also, I’m in a lot of advanced classes. Which means that being on the top of the pile is going to take a whole lot more more than I’d bargained for.

 

8th grade is definitely going to be harder. And challenging. Wonderful! I love challenges. One of the things that makes it harder is the advanced classes. I have to admit, I’m pretty proud of myself. Even though I didn’t pay much attention to schoolwork last year, I still landed myself in ELA (advanced Language Arts. Regular is LA), Accelerated Math (Geometry. Accelerated is even better than advanced!), and ACE (advanced social studies). Those are the most advanced courses I can take in the school! And of course, that means my 8th grade is more challenging than a most of the school. Just the way I like it.

 

I’m not sure if this is because I’m at HMS, or because I’m in advanced classes, or because I’m in 8th grade, but: I’m starting to get a lot of long termed homework. Before, the longest project I’d had was two months. Most of my homework was due the next day. Now, most of my work is due the next week, and I have two long termed project that are going on. The schoolyear’s just starting, I’m sure there’s bound to be more. These long termed projects require me to organize my time better and create some study plans. Or else, I’m never going to get anything done. Just a few minutes ago, I created a fairly well study plan, and I’m sure I’ll memorize those 450 Greek and Latin roots in time for the big test at the end of the year.

 

The best thing (and also scariest thing) about 8th grade is Ms. Wilkie. She’s a very interesting teacher. I’ve never met someone like her before. She teaches ELA, and she’s also the one that’s requiring us to memorize the Greek and Latin roots. Her class is going to be really challenging. At first, I thought she was strict, but then, I realized that she’s actually not. She just has high expectations, that’s all. After I got over being intimidated, I could tell she’s a fun teacher. Here as some of the things she said: “Some teachers give out detentions. I’m not one of them. If one of you get on my nerves, why would I want to spend more time with you after class? Go away!” and, here’s a scary one “I don’t do that whole ‘calling parents’ sort of thing. It’s between you and me. You mess up, I inflict the pain.” and a funny one “I don’t care about the dress code or how you look. As long as you work hard, I don’t care what you wear. But if you’re distracting another student…. for instance, if Alex says to you: ‘Clair, can you get your boobs out of my face? It’s distracting.’, then Clair, you’d better put your boobs away. Or, if Julia says ‘Liam? Can you pull your pants up? I don't like looking at your buttcrack.’, then Liam? Please listen to her and pull up your pants.’” (yes, she actually said that) Her jokes aren’t the funniest in the world, but they’re very amusing, and she makes the whole class laugh a lot, sometimes at another student’s expense. Not in a mean way, though.

 

I think Ms. Wilkie enjoys teasing students and proving that they’re wrong. I think she enjoys it even more when a student is able to prove her wrong, or tell her something she doesn’t know. I did that once (again, not in a mean way), and she told me to ring the chime (a literal chime beside her door. I think ringing it is a good thing), and asked me my name. I told her my last name is pronouced tsao, though it’s spelled Cao. She wrote it down, and remarked “No, it’s pronouced cow.” I think she didn’t expect it when I shot back “Well, actually, it’s pronounced tsao. It’s a Chinese name, so it has to be pronounced the Chinese way. So, unless you want to pronounce it incorretly…” And everyone knows how much Ms. Wilkie hates it when people pronounce or use a word incorrectly. She was just talking about that. I think she was thoroughly impressed by how well I responded. I was a bit surprised too. Seems like my oral skills are better than I’d thought. I love this type of playful banter.

 

I’m going to enjoy Ms. Wilkie’s class this year. Sure, she has high expectations. Sure, I’ll have one to two hours of homework each night. Sure, she’s intimidating (She once said “All you’ve ever heard about me is true.”). But she’s also fun, if I follow her rules (That’s one of the things people said about her. Her past students said “She might be a hard teacher, but she’s really fun, I really liked her class.”). She doesn’t have doubles standards. She really cares about her students, I’m sure of that. And I think I’ve gained a little bit of favor in her eyes. I ask good questions, I gave fairly good spontaneous speeches (she made us do that to practive out oral skills), I pay a lot of attention, I read the most Neal Shusterman books in the class (that’s her favorite author, and now also mine), and I gave her a whole binder of writing I wrote over the summer. I stand out from the other students, in a good way. Yup, I think she likes me. And I like her a lot too.

 

I’m going off topic. Back to talking about 8th grade. Aside from Ms. Wilkie, I’m looking forward to opportunities in 8th grade. I’m reading a book that is getting me really motivated about sharing Jesus with others (not in a creepy way, in a friendly and honest way). Where better to start than school? I’m trying my best not to hide the Christian part of me (I’ve recently realized that I’ve been doing that unconciously in fear that others will avoid me), and it’s been a bit hard, but managable. For instance, when asked to describe myself, I made sure to put “follower of Jesus” and “Christian” on the list. Those are the most important traits about me.

 

Some other things I’m looking forward to is making more friends, strengthening my current friendships, and participating in more things. I’m planning to join the debate club, participate in the musical, and audition for the one-act plays. I’m also going to start working towards my dream of being a film director through the Passion Project. We can do anything we’re passionate about, or try something new that we wouldn’t normaly try, for a whole quarter, then present it to the class at the end of the quarter (this is for ACE). I’m going to film a short movie with my friends. The second most important thing (after the most important of sharing Jesus) is just to enjoy 8th grade. I didn’t like 7th grade last year, because (I’ve mentioned before) I didn’t work hard, and always felt guilty for not working hard. This year, I’m gonna work hard, and enjoy my last year in middle school. There’s going to be hardships, and times when I feel like giving up, but I hope I won’t. I won’t screw up my last year of middle school. 8th grade is going to be my best year yet!






西歌 (2013-10-10 06:49:55)

Susan是个冲满活力, 好强, 对自己有很高期望的孩子. 只是七年级的一点小失误给她留下一点阴影. 那可能是她花了稍多时间在社交上以适应新环境. 只要她制定好今年的计划并按计划进行, 一定会达到她的目标. 小哭别太紧张. 就静静地在她身后看着, 适当的时候或推一把或拉一下. 别忘了你是她最给力的啦啦队员.

木桐白云 (2013-10-10 08:05:39)

我一直看好西方学校的戏剧课,这个课很有效地培养了学生的情感与表达,所以国内环境里出来的孩子相对木讷不善于表达。Susan很自信,很有活力。

周小哭 (2013-10-10 13:20:44)

谢谢西歌提醒!我有的时候明明是想支持她的,可是结果却是打击她的那个:( 我是得时刻记住,我是那个啦啦队员,不是选手,别捞过界了。

周小哭 (2013-10-10 13:26:27)

这是选修课,Susan的几个好朋友就她一个人选了。她现在的这个朋友圈子是华人为主的圈子,和白人孩子相比,明显地对这类表演课没有兴趣。Susan有一天跟我说,妈妈,我的这个朋友圈子有点太闷了,好像和绝大部分孩子的兴趣相比,太无趣了一点:(但是这个圈子的孩子们,课业成绩比较好,比赛拿奖的能力也强,相对说来,比较“中国”式的。我觉得Susan太“美国”式了 ,能够和一群认真学习的孩子玩,对她还是有促进作用的。至少人家都进快班,她就不想退出来哈:)

若敏 (2013-10-11 02:17:31)

小哭,你绝对是个好妈妈,Susan能够融入这个环境是最重要的,信心,真心热爱,这些都是成功必备的条件!多鼓励她!Susan一定会有一个让人兴奋的8年级。

周小哭 (2013-10-11 03:00:20)

谢谢。我努力帮她有一个“光辉”的八年级吧:)