A Challenging Year

A Challenging Year == == I am an ib student in High School affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Now I want share the experience about my Pre-Ib year. You may ask what is Pre-IB and what’s the significance of it. Ib program only have two years but in Chinese traditional education in high school we have three years. In the other word, we have one free year. In the Pre IB year( Grade10), we learned IGCSE(International General Certificate of Secondary Education) program. We used only one year to prepare this exam. Although the degree of difficulty is similar as the middle school in China, the mode of class is different. In this year, we did not just learn knowledge for IGCSE, one important thing is to adopt for new environment and new perception. For example, there is no model answer in the class, any reasonable answer can be imaged in class. The teachers in the school may be more likely as friends and both teachers and students show the respect for each other.

During the revision of IGCSE exam, it is really a difficult time. You need use your unskilled language to remember a lot of new knowledge point. As the curve of memory, we need review them in time or forget them clearly so it is also time consuming. I suggest you review everyday to avoid consuming large time before the exam.

There is also some other advice for you:

1.    IB students does not have JDFZ school roll but we can attend main school activity which means that school life is joyful.

2.    You cannot do any preparation for TOEFL ,SAT, or other standardized tests in school. You need prepare them in your free time.

3.    You must obey the rules in class. And do not afraid of answering questions.

4.    All lessons use English except Chinese class and try yourselves use English in whole class. It is the most quickly way to improve your speech ability.

It is a challenging year but also a beautiful year. Welcome to JDFZ IB!

by Sam