/ 毕业生 · 2024 /
这个夏天，启明星2024届高中毕业生离开校园，奔向属于自己的道路。在老师们眼中，他们是很“整齐”的一届——学术表现都很优秀，做事可靠，有鲜明的个性，且接人待物待间不失礼貌。
篇幅有限，在《毕业生》栏目，我们将介绍其中的两位，但其他学生像这两位少年一样卓越，是启明星的代表。
我们会想念他们，也祝福他们！
贺之阳（Badi He）
小学1年级进入启明星学校学习
被伦敦大学学院、曼彻斯特大学、伦敦大学国王学院、华盛顿大学、俄亥俄州立大学、波士顿大学等世界知名高校的国际关系或政治学专业录取
一年前，2023届高中毕业典礼上，Badi作为11年级学生代表，向就要离开的学长们致辞。
对着事先准备好的讲稿念了几句之后，突然，他把讲稿一撕，笑眯眯地说：“我要说些发自心底的话，而不是照着这些纸念……”
全场笑声一片。
时隔一年，回忆起当时的情景，柳慧老师笑得不行：“那一下可太帅了！” Badi的举动展示了他的特点：随性而真诚。
靠谱
柳慧老师是Badi的小学语文老师，教了他3年。在她的记忆里，当年的Badi和现在可不一样，小时候的他是慢热又低调的。
“他不怎么说话。”柳老师说。
他周围有特别聪明的同学，而且特别乐于表达自己，他不是。
“虽然不像那些孩子做什么都快，但是他心里对自己是特别有数的。比如一篇作文没写好，他很清楚是哪里没写好，也知道为什么没写好。”柳老师说。对自己有清晰的认知和把握，是Badi的又一个特点。
教他DP生物的周晓婷老师也评价：“他从来不会忘记作业，对自己的学习管理是很到位的，能维持比较好的学习状态，学习上的压力也能自己去调整。你布置了任务给他，他会无声无息地完成，其实他是很努力的。”
思考其中原因，贺之阳说，一是在家里，父母给他足够的机会来思考，反思；二是学校也给了自己足够的自由去探索，校准方向：“每天晚上我和爸妈会有20分钟的时间聊天、交流，这么多年每天都是这样；在学校，老师也尊重、鼓励我们的选择，给我们空间和自由去尝试……”
绽放
不疾不徐，静待花开——无论家庭还是学校，都在支持Badi按照自己的节奏，慢慢绽放光彩。
十几年过去，Badi厚积薄发，身上的“启明星特点”越来越突出——
他热爱运动，打篮球，踢足球；乐于帮助同学，很有礼貌；性格上稍显腼腆，却不失乐观开朗；发展后劲很足，不知不觉间就给你来个一鸣惊人。
去年毕业礼撕稿子，就是他不鸣则已，一鸣惊人的例子。“那个环节是我有设计的。” 他承认了：“我提前估计了一下，发挥到什么程度能把稿子撕掉。”
让人惊讶的还有他拿到的一众英美知名高校的大学录取通知书——华盛顿大学、俄亥俄州立大学、波士顿大学、伦敦大学学院、曼彻斯特大学、伦敦大学国王学院……
理想
Badi说，未来想要做一名IB教师，教授人文科学，而且这样的想法还挺笃定。
这源于他对人文类学科的兴趣。他说，DP阶段学习的哲学和经济学让他意识到鉴古知今的重要——了解当今世界发展的趋势可以从过往的历史和政治知识当中寻找。报考大学时，他选的全部是各个大学的国际关系或政治学专业。
他也很喜欢和人交流，有做老师的气质。Darcy Au-Yeung老师是Badi的班主任，平日里他和Badi聊的也很多。他说：“Badi和别人交流时，很自信。”
把自己的所学所做应用到社会发展之中——这样的学习目的，贯穿在启明星的教育使命和Badi的家庭教育当中——他的妈妈就是一所为残障孤儿和困境儿童提供教育的慈善机构的创始人。
Badi在课余时间做服务。
家庭、学校、个人兴趣和特质，让他很清楚自己未来的方向是什么。
他乐于投身教育，并决定用上大学之前的间隔年前往马来西亚，为社区里的青少年上课，家访。
我们随机问了Badi一个问题，看他和大家描述的“善于沟通，对自己的把握很到位”有多大重合度？
“知道Darcy老师对你有什么建议吗？”
他几乎不假思索地说：“是希望我不要过于确定某些目标，限制了未来的发展可能吧。”
满分！这就是Badi，无论你说什么，他都秒懂，不会状况外，并且靠谱又生长力满满！
/ Graduates · 2024 /
This summer, Daystar’s 2024 high school graduates completed their studies and left our campus to embark on their own journeys. In the eyes of their teachers, they are a cohort of students with consistent performance – their academic achievement is excellent, they are reliable, they have great ideas and unique personalities, and they are polite and gracious.
Due to limited space in the Graduates column, we can only introduce two of them. However, all seven of our other graduates, like these two teenagers, are outstanding and represent Daystar well. We will miss all of them!
Badi He (贺之阳)
Entered Daystar Academy in the First Grade.
Admitted to the departments of International Relations, Politics or Political Science at world-famous universities such asthe University of Washington, The Ohio State University, Boston University, University College London, Manchester University and King's College London.
A year ago, at the 2023 high school graduation ceremony, Badi, as the representative of the 11th grade students, delivered a speech to the senior students who were about to leave the school.
He began by reading from his prepared script, expressing his admiration for Daystar’s first class of graduates, and then, suddenly, he tore it up and said with a smile: “I’d like to say something from the bottom of my heart, instead of reading this piece of paper!”
The audience burst into laughter.
A year later, recalling the scene, Ms. Liu Hui - Badi’s Elementary School Chinese Teacher—couldn't help but laugh: “That was impressive!” In that one action, Badi exhibited the traits he is most known for: spontaneity and sincerity.
Hard-working Student
Ms. Liu Hui taught Badi for three years. In her memory, Badi then was different. He was very quiet when he was a child.
“He was not a talker,” she says.
He was surrounded by exceptionally smart classmates who were eager to express themselves, but he wasn't that type of student.
“Although he didn’t do anything as fast as those students, he knew himself very well. For example, if he failed to write a good essay, he knew where he messed up and why he didn’t write it well.” said Ms. Liu. Since those days, Badi grew into a dedicated scholar who easily kept up with his gifted classmates.
Having a clear understanding of himself is a distinct characteristic of Badi’s personality.
Ms. Zhou, who taught him DP Biology, praised Badi: “He never forgot his homework and managed his learning very well. He maintained a good attitude about learning and adjusted to the pressure of learning on his own. If you assign him a task, though he would silently finish it without calling attention to himself, he is a very hardworking student.”
Thinking about what shaped his character, Badi identified two factors:First, at home, his parents gave him ample opportunities to think and reflect, and second, the school also gave him enough freedom to explore and determine the direction he wanted to take.“Every night I would spend 20 minutes chatting and communicating with my parents, and we kept doing so every day for many years; at school, teachers also respect and encourage our choices, giving us the space and freedom to try,” he said.
Bloomed into Natural Brilliance
Badi’s experiences at Daystar exemplify the notion of waiting for flowers to bloom at an appropriate speed:Both his family and his school provided ample nutrients to support and educate him, watering him slowly as he bloomed into his natural brilliance.
Over the past ten years, Badi steadily accumulated experiences, with his “Daystar characteristics” becoming increasingly prominent.
He loves sports including playing basketball and soccer; he is eager to help classmates, showing politeness; he is slightly shy, yet optimistic and cheerful; he develops strongly, gaining momentum, until, without recognition, he accomplishes remarkable achievements.
Tearing up the script at last year's graduation ceremony was an example of making a splash. “I designed that part,” he admitted, “I estimated in advance at which stage I could tear up the script.”
Dream for Future
Badi says that he wants to become an IB teacher, teaching Humanities in the future. He is quite firm with this idea, which stems from his interest in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
He said that studying Philosophy and Economics during his DP years made him realize that using the past and history as a mirror could help one understand the present and predict the future, and that the current trends in world development can be found from past historical and political knowledge. His university applications focused on majoring in International Relation or Politics, reflecting this awareness.
He also enjoys communicating with people. Mr. Darcy Au-Yeung is Badi's homeroom teacher as well as his Economics and TOK teacher. He chats with Badi frequently, and said: “Badi is very confident when communicating with others.”
The purpose of applying what you have learned and done to the development of society runs through Daystar's educational mission, as well as Badi's family’s values. His mother is the founder of a charitable organization that provides education to disabled orphans and children in need.
Badi was doing service in spare time.
Influenced by his family, his school, and his personal interests, Badi is very clear about his future direction.
He will devote himself to a gap year of service before entering university to go to Malaysia to teach and visit the youth and to serve in local community.
We randomly asked Badi a question to see how much he overlapped with how others describe him as a “good communicator and having a good grasp of himself.”
“Do you know what advice Mr. Darcy has for you?”
Almost without thinking, he said, “He would hope I won’t be too sure of certain goals and limit possibilities for future development.”
Perfect! Full marks! This is Badi. Whatever you say, he understands the context in seconds, and sees the whole picture.
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