On The Highway to Success 名校录取 | Interview with Jenny 首位毕业生访谈录

At HQIS Upper School, inquiry-based learning is the core of each subject area.

在HQIS中学部，探究式教学融入到了每一门学科中。

HQIS Inquiry Circle 探究循环

During physics class, the teacher will request Jenny to do many kinds of experiments. The basketball experiment let her understand the laws of gravity; the zero-resistance slide experiment made her understand the concepts of friction coefficient and acceleration; the doorbell alarm experiment allowed made her realize what the Circuit Theory is about.

Jenny为我们分享了两个关于探究学习的案例：物理课上，老师会让我们做各种实验：扔篮球实验让我了解了重力加速度；零阻力滑道让我了解了摩擦系数和加速度；门铃警报器让我了解了电路原理…

Physics teachers and Jenny one-on-one guidance to demonstrate the circuit by using Virtual Lab.

物理老师与Jenny一对一辅导，运用软件演示电路原理。

Another example is English class: when Jenny talked about human rights, our teacher guided her through the whole inquiry process, and she were able to conduct research autonomously, leading her step-by-step to find materials and useful resources. Every single connection makes Jenny feel satisfied and pleased. The brainstorming sessions Jenny had with her teachers and classmates were really helpful; in fact, Jenny was able to have a better comprehension from deeper points of view.

英语课上，有一次讨论的主题是人权，老师会一步一步引导我们找素材、分析、讨论、演讲。每个环节都很有收获和成就感。

在与老师和同学们的头脑风暴中也让Jenny对事物的看法更加全面。

▼ Check out the assignment video submitted by Jenny on "The Definition of Freedom From Torture".

点击下方视频查看Jenny关于人权的视频作业。

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It could give Jenny many other examples with many different topics, subjects, lines of inquiry, and opportunities for self-improvement. Jenny learned how to make videos and how to write research reports. But the best and most satisfying thing is that now she can stand in front of an audience, sharing with confidence her point of view and opinions.

这样的例子有很多，不同的学科，不同的探究主题，提供了很多提升的机会，Jenny慢慢学会了视频制作、写研究报告，最开心的是现在她可以很自信地站在大家面前分享自己的观点。

Jenny is passionate about history, and she learns a lot from historical documentaries. She's also an art lover, and she often visits exhibitions alone. This was her answer when we asked about her favorite hobbies. One of the things Jenny is most proud of is when she was founding our school’s film club.

Jenny非常热爱历史，经常通过纪录片来了解历史，同时她也对艺术十分热爱，经常会逛画展。记录生活、思考人生诠释了她的生活方式。Jenny在校期间最自豪的事情之一就是创立了电影社团。

Jenny told us that:" I created a Film Club because I like everything about movies, I love to watch movies and I love to make short movies, I enjoy the process of thinking before and after the completion of a movie. Here I met a lot of friends with the same interests. I also submitted one of my scripts to the Shanghai University Film Festival."

Jenny告诉我们：“成立电影社的初衷是因为想更多地了解电影，因为本身喜欢看电影。拍电影，也在拍摄和后期的过程中有很多思考。在这里我遇到了很多志同道合的小伙伴，我还向上海大学生电影节提交了我的原创剧本。”

Jenny integrates her “philosophy” into her art creations as well. Her masterpiece “Me” is displayed on the first floor of our campus, and it is so wonderful that many people ask if the creator is really one of our students.

Jenny也把她对生活的思考融了到了艺术创作中，悬挂在学校一楼长廊中的艺术课作业“Me”让人惊艳。

Introduction of Jenny's artwork 艺术作品解读：

In this picture, it illustrates two of “me”: the “original” one (the right half) and the “macroscopical” one (the left half). The thesis of this artwork is that every-one is made up of things around them. There is no “me” that exists because everyone is made up by experience. Everyone is just one carrier for experiences and memories.

在这幅图中，它说明了“我”的两个方面:“本我”(右半部分)和“宏观的我”(左半部分)。作品的主题是: 每个人都是由周围的事物组成的。没有“我”的存在，因为每个人都是由经验组成的。每个人都只是经历和记忆的一个载体。

The right side is painted and shows with only the colors of black and white. The face has stitches, buttons, and cotton that makes it looks like a doll—a man-made stuffed toy with no spirit. The only thing that has color are the faces cut from magazines. This illustrates all the influences the “stuffed toys” (every human being) takes from the outside world. It represents the influence of the outside world, the personality of every human being. The faces’s eyes were cut because they would look more like unidentifiable people.

右边的画是黑白的。这张脸缝了针，有纽扣，还有棉花，让它看起来像是一个没有灵魂的填充玩具。唯一有颜色的是从杂志上剪下来的脸。这说明了“填充玩具”(每个人)从外部世界获得的所有影响。它代表了外部世界的影响，每个人的个性。这些面孔的眼睛被割开了，因为它们看起来更像是无法辨认的人。

The left side of the painting has colors and beautiful decorations. It illustrates the “personality” people think they have. The eyes cut from magazines represent the identities of all people. The step of adding the eyes to this side of the artwork represents the step of adding “identities” to people. A mirror was put on the left-hand side so that you can try to interact with the artwork.

这幅画的左边有颜色和漂亮的装饰。它说明了人们认为自己具有的“个性”。从杂志上剪下来的眼睛代表所有人的身份。加上眼睛，代表了加上“身份”的步骤。一面镜子放在左手边，这样你就可以试着与艺术作品互动。

Jenny told us that this painting actually has another name, "Life Factory", and the meaning is: what you are now is just the result of your experiences.

Usually, Jenny likes to visit art galleries and art exhibitions, she loves to contemplate artworks and to communicate with artists. It is because of her “thinking skills” that Jenny finally chose Philosophy as her major of study.

平时Jenny喜欢参加各种画展，艺术展，通过近距离欣赏艺术作品来与艺术家进行思考和交流，正因为Jenny独特的“思考属性”，也促使她选择哲学作为自己未来研习的专业。

For example, the school's Earth Day let Jenny organize and plan a vast number of meaningful activities, such as the Million Trees project and the fundraising for Operation Smile.

学校的地球日活动可以让Jenny组织和策划很多有意义的活动，比如Million tree项目和给嫣然天使基金筹款。

The Model United Nations gave her a special opportunity:" I could stand in front of many people and share my opinions like a real UN deputy."

During the Literacy Week at HQIS, Jenny was able to read many stories and to share her ideas with younger students.

模拟联合国让Jenny可以有机会在大会上代表一个国家来思考，她运用了国际关系课的内容，结合实际，明白了什么是批判性思考。

文学周活动，她主动报名给低年级的学弟学妹们读故事，分享爱心的同时锻炼了她的社交技能。

Jenny participated in The Model United Nations as delegation held in 2019. Jenny作为HQIS代表团的一员参加了去年在美国学校举办的模拟联合国大会。