I am an Asian parent as mentioned before so naturally, I take my destiny / blessing / curse competitively so let’s recap what I have done.
- Looked at King’s Scholarship 13 plus for Eton.
- I understand what academic standards colleges like Eton are looking for.
- What is the value?
- Importance of sports and music to supplement academic achievement
- My conclusion is to make the first interview / audition a priority. If one is successful at their first interview, everything else that lead up to the interview seems to be less important.
- Preparation provides the ingredients and the classical arrangement is the recipe, based on Classical Rhetoric.
- Understanding failure is part of the process and not the end.
- What do you want to be part of life? For example, 20% music.
- Created after-school activities at Little Plaza with a high standard of input (e.g. from research groups and top university graduates). Experts are out there and talk with passionate people.
- Reading club with 4 variants of the book review, read a lot of books will prepare writing.
- Everyday science club to introduce the Scientific Method from the basics to Harvald Post Graduate paper writing inspired by Prof. George Whitesides
- How to make Maths fun – UKMT to focus on critical thinking. Maths Challenge Questions tend to have multiple way of solving them, which encourage mind-mapping.
- Read research papers on children’s cognitive development and discuss with academics at the University of Edinburgh for their insights.
- Different stages of cognitive development will match different aspects of brain function. Use Piaget’s model as the starting point to focus on suitable things for that age.
- A balance of different topics takes advantage of brain lateralisation and information causality.
- Science of learning, how to maximise grade improvement for every 30 mins of study.
- Mind mapping and the acausal nature of information play a key part in representing the world around us.
- Current Difficulty, Context Awareness, Confident Mindset, Concentration and Knowledge Level are important variables to tune for efficient learning.
- Crowdfunding to launch the McRobotface Robotics Club
- Educational robots are widely available (to purchase) but not in use.
- The next generation will encounter robotics and artificial intelligence, which may even render coding less important. AI can code too.
- A journey from a single robot to a cluster of robots and robot competitions.
- Review what the world has to offer, as these robots / toys are already designed.
Adventures of Delboy 