他们应该具备的第一项能力是选择正确学校的能力。

　　要保持好奇心，保持创造力，保持独立，保持交流。

　　——摘自3月13日Tim Pattison媒体采访

　　媒体采访时间：2021年3月13日媒体采访地点：IEIC国际教育创新大会 · 春季峰会 · 上海站 新闻媒体中心媒体采访嘉宾：Tim Pattison，常州威雅公学中学校长

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　　媒体记者：

　　Do you think it is better for Chinese children to attend international schools in China or go abroad directly?

　　您觉得的中国的孩子在国内读国际化学校更好，还是直接出国更好?

　　Tim Pattison：

　　The benefits of staying in China shouldn't be overlooked. If you've got a child and they're not sure what they want to do. Staying in China will give them a chance to decide before you move them all that way away from home.

　　Staying in China will give them the chance to try a school like Wycombe Abbey School Changzhou where we have all the facilities that a school in the UK would have.

　　We're here in a familiar environment where they're closer to their family, where they've got friends, who have a similar experiences to them.

　　It could be right for your child. You should carefully consider staying in China at a school like Wycombe Abbey Changzhou before you think about going to England.

　　留在国内的好处是毋庸置疑的。如果你有一个孩子，他们暂时还不知道未来想做什么，那么留在国内可以给他们一个机会去发现自己真正想做的。

　　同时，孩子将有机会尝试一所像常州威雅这样的学校，威雅拥有和国际上学校一样的所有设施。在这样一个熟悉的环境里，孩子离家人、朋友更近，他们有相似的经历。

　　这是有利于孩子的，在考虑出国之前，你可以慎重考虑留在国内学校。

       媒体记者：

　　What abilities do you think students who want to enter British private schools should have? 您觉得想进英国私立学校的学生，应该具备哪些能力?

　　Tim Pattison：

　　The first ability they should have is the ability to choose the right school. Now that might not sound important, but I see so many people who have made decisions based on league tables and not what's right for their child.

　　So have you seen that your child who's interests in arts has a fantastic art department at their school they going to? Have you seen that your child who really like sports is going to a school that has enough sports facilities? Have you seen that your child that really likes music has gone to a school where there's enough music and where music is part of the whole curriculum and part of the school in a really important way?

　　If you haven't made sure about those things, then you've missed the first skill. After that, obviously you have things that I imagine everybody would tell you, be curious, be creative, be independent, be communicative.

　　But if you can't communicate together as a family and with the schools you're seeing and visiting and thinking about what you really need for your child，you've missed the most important skill.

　　他们应该具备的第一项能力是选择正确学校的能力。

　　这听起来可能并不重要，但我看到很多人仍然根据学校排行榜再做决定，而不是根据什么对他们的孩子合适。如果你的孩子对艺术感兴趣，你有没有为他(她)选择一所有很棒的艺术课程的学校?你有没有注意到你的孩子真的很喜欢运动，并为他选择一所拥有足够体育设施的学校?你有没有认识到你的孩子真的很喜欢音乐，他(她)有没有去到一所把整个音乐课程作为学校非常重要的一部分并且有丰富音乐课程的学校，如果你没有确定这些事情，那么你就没有重视第一项技能。

　　其次就是我相信每个人都会告诉你的一些事情，要保持好奇心，保持创造力，保持独立，保持交流。但是如果你们不能和家人一起交流，和你们参观、考察的学校一起交流，并思考你的孩子真正需要什么，那你们就失去了较重要的技能。

       媒体记者：

　　Which ones need to be prepared in advance, and which ones need to be cultivated after entering school?

　　哪些需要在就读前做准备，哪些又需要在入读后不断培养的呢?

　　Tim Pattison：

　　Any good schools should be able to cultivate abilities that child is motivated to achieve. Our school, we find ways and to motivate children through our boarding environment. At Wycombe Abbey School Changzhou, we do 7 days a week boarding like they do in the UK, like they do a broader in any boarding school. Any good school should be able to motivate your child to cultivate those abilities. The really important thing is choosing the school，that's right for your child. That's the first skill and that involves you as a parent communicating with your child, working with your child, working with the teachers, trying to persuade you to go to their school, to really find out if it's right for them.

　　So making that choice is the only thing that you can’t cultivate in advance because once you're there, you've already moved a child and that's a lot of difficulties and a lot of stress.

　　So make it easy for yourself and get the decision right at the start. Why don't you come and visit Wycombe Abbey Changzhou if you want to see what a good school should look like. Thank you.

　　任何一所好学校都应该能够培养孩子们想要获得的能力。就我们学校来说，我们通过学院式寄宿体系来培养和激励孩子，我们每周7天寄宿，就像他们在国外的任何一所寄宿学校一样，任何一所好学校都应该能够激励你的孩子并培养他们应该具备能力。真正重要的是选择学校。这对你的孩子来说很重要，这也是较重要的技能。这涉及到你作为家长与孩子沟通、与孩子一起努力、与老师一起努力、去到孩子学校，从中真正了解这些是否合适孩子。

　　所以，选择一所合适的学校是你要提前做的准备。因为一旦选择了不适合孩子发展的学校，你会发现孩子和家长都会面临很多的困难和压力。

　　所以，让自己放松下来，从做出正确的决定开始。如果你想看看一所好的学校应该是什么样子，为什么不来常州威雅看看?谢谢。