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Thunberg is known for pressuring governments to combat climate change since a young age. She publicly spoke at the 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference and 2019 UN Climate Action Summit, where she delivered her famous "How Dare You" speech. In 2025, Thunberg joined two humanitarian flotillas bound for the Gaza Strip to deliver aids to suffering Palestinians. The fleets were intercepted by Israeli naval forces and have aroused global attention and protests.

所以 ，我最近跟助教們都在忙碌教授 Year 13/Grade 12的學生如何寫好 Theory of Knowledge (TOK) essays。 不要看輕TOK跟Extended Essays 的三分，是升大學非常重要的關鍵。整體Core Subjects 和 Internal Assessments 的評分在2025年開始都比之前更加嚴謹，每年都只得少於10%的IBDP考生能全拿三分。 而Core Subjects全都是我們 IB 的 External Examiners評分的，跟校內廢廢的老師們無關。連VSA今年都很多學生TOK拿C，同學們絕對不能掉以輕心！

The reason is simple: Candidates have never learned how to write proper literary analysis at school in essay format. However, being able to write essays on literary analysis (ranging from 300 to 400 words) is the first and foremost English skills that Year 7-13 / Grade 6-12 students need to acquire, if they want to excel in their IBDP studies. There is a tremendous price students have to pay if they deliberately evade taking subjects in literature during their I/GCSE stage

"To them (ICE and the Trump Administration), I'd say, go touch grass. Get a hobby, find something, anything less embarrassing and pathetic to do with your life than going around on a psychotic power trip, terrorizing and tearing apart families of hard-working, law-abiding, taxpaying folks, who are nothing more than to live their lives, to put food on the table to feed their children the same way you do."

Jamie Ku‘s English Team 非凡的助教團隊 在過去的一年，感恩能夠遇上非常有能力又幫到手的助教們，以致Jamie Ku’s English Team在教學上的質量又在提昇到另一層次。 感謝HKU Medicine 的Tina幫忙分擔寫範文的煩重工作（我堅持不用AI那麼沒才華和假）、感謝Oxford U PPE的Kyle幫忙分擔教 TOK的燒腦工作（使我不用出那麼多白頭髮）、感謝 HKU Business & Law 的Oliver幫忙批改學生功課和照顧年紀輕一點的學生、感謝在進修 Master of Education 的Brandon 幫忙教導非常頑皮的男學生們、感謝...

When students are in a rush during exams, they tend to ignore grammatical accuracy and vocabulary sophistication. However, this oversight would definitely cause them marks. Students should remember it is customary to use present tenses at all times when writing literary analysis (even if the author is dead). Remember to keep your use of present tenses consistent throughout your essays to demonstrate professionalism and exam mastery.

"I wasn't a multimillionaire at 14. I lived in poverty while writing the book that made Emma famous. I therefore understand from my own life experience what the trashing of women's rights in which Emma has so enthusiastically participated means to women and girls without her privileges."

上回拿IBDP 44/45分的人士作為例子，談到達成成功的關鍵。那同學們亦要問自己，為何要「成功」呢？

his is the issuance of the actual Predicted Grade (PG) season for IBDP students, so most IB World Schools are conducting their round of tests on all subjects to finalize students' scores.

"I looked up at the mass of signs and stars in the night sky and laid myself open for the first time to the benign indifference of the world." The Stranger by Albert Camus

成功是：操十年的past papers，每份做三次

在香港，為子女尋找頂尖的 IGCSE中文補習 課程，是許多國際學校家長的共同目標。他們尋求的不僅是一位會說普通話的老師，而是一位真正懂得 IGCSE 考試精髓、能帶領學生衝擊 A* 的專家。數據顯示，在頂尖導師的指導下，學生成績能實現質的飛躍——這正是賀老師(Heskey) 的教學成果所證明的，她最近的 IGCSE (0547) 學生中，A* 率高達 99%。 究竟，這驚人成績背後的秘訣是什麼？我們將為您揭示賀老師幫助學生制勝 IGCSE 中文的三大關鍵。

In public examinations, no matter if it is I/GCSE or IBDP, precision matters most. [Tip of the day - Jamie Ku]

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams I've never liked the play much; however, since I quoted Ibsen's A Doll's House last week, I feel obliged to quote Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire this week. Frequently paired as examined texts in IBDP English A Paper 2, these two plays are compared and contrasted to shed light on females' struggles under patriarchal confinements in 19th Century Norway and 20th Century America.

在過去的十五篇文章中，我們分享了 Jayden、Chloe、Amber、Nicholas 等十多位學生的真實故事。他們來自不同的學術背景，帶著各自獨特的困惑走進 Alpha Scholars Education Centre：有對 IB 英文感到迷茫的 Chloe，有在 IGCSE 文學的書海中掙扎的 Kylie，也有為 Mock Exam 5分成績而焦慮的 Nicholas。

每星期我都會買一、兩次大量的糖果，在課堂上請學生們任吃。不是想他們蛀牙或是 sugar high，而是希望他們能保持體力、精神和愉快的心情來迎接我高強度的課堂內容。

在 IGCSE 經濟科的學習中，許多學生都會遇到一個令人困惑的瓶頸。他們能清晰地解釋什麼是「需求彈性」，也能畫出「供需曲線」的移動，但在面對考試題目時，分數卻總是不盡如人意。他們感覺自己明明「懂了」，成績卻停留在 B 或 C 的水平，與 A/A* 遙不可及。

在 IGCSE 英文的領域中，A 等級是優異的象徵，但 A* 則是卓越的桂冠。對於許多頂尖學生而言，從 A 到 A* 的距離，是他們學術旅程中最令人困惑、也最渴望征服的挑戰。他們常常感到自己「捉到鹿唔識脫角」——能夠理解文本，也能夠寫出看似完整的分析，但成績卻始終無法突破那層無形的 A* 屏障。

Mock Exam（模擬考試）的成績單，往往是學生和家長在 GCSE 旅程中最具衝擊力的「真相時刻」。當 Nicholas 看到自己的英文科成績單上印著一個「5分」時，他心中的警鐘頓時大響。5分，一個穩健的「良好」，卻與他心儀的頂尖 A-Level 學校要求的 8分或 9分相去甚遠。這不僅是一個分數，更是一個明確的警告：他現有的學習方法，存在著根本性的問題。

IGCSE Literature，對於許多學生來說，是一場名副其實的「學術噩夢」。需要精讀的文本包括一本厚重的小說、一部複雜的戲劇，外加十幾首風格各異的詩歌。面對如此龐大的閱讀量和需要記憶的細節，溫習過程很容易演變成一場令人身心俱疲的折磨。