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Canada Educational Trip - Day 6

5/4/2016

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Day 6 was absolutely hard work - three schools in Victoria to visit and learn from. How should I rank these great experiences in the end? Let me see...
The Vice Principal gave us a talk
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A guest waiting room
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A beautiful natural scene
Here comes the 3rd place - Royal Roads University (above). This is a rather young university as it has not even reached 30 years. This school focuses on social science subjects like business, tourism, education, and cultural studies. So, those looking for popular subjects like law and medicine may find this school not relevant for them. With our short stay in the campus, we did not get to see much of their facilities. However, interestingly, this school used to be a residential a century ago and it turned into a military school before becoming a university. Its old buildings and Japanese gardens gave us unbelievable images! Just imagine yourself studying in this environment...what a pity it doesn't run a poetry course!
Campus cinema
Campus cafe
Thumbs up for this tour guide!
The 2nd place goes to the University of Victoria (above). I personally loved the professional tour-guiding, showing us all the major facilities and explaining the campus life style. Also, I am impressed by the university's many relaxing catering areas, its attractive cinema, and its new sports centre. Studying is not only about books and examinations; it is a part of living. This university captures just that and ensures that learners have quality learning as well as living environments. 
At the library
A carpentry class
Auto Body room
Hairdressing room
The Number One experience of the day to me is Vic High - Victoria High School (above). The school has a long history and its current main building is over a hundred years old already. Besides, there were two things from this school that struck me. First, many of its courses are divided into 3 levels to suit learners of different competence. Students of different years may freely join a course at their desired level. Second, they offer many practical courses for students such as leadership, photography, hairdressing, auto body (car fixing), and carpentry. It is very rare for a Hong Kong school to have these as school subjects.

In Hong Kong, it is often said that we study for examinations. But in schools like Vic High, we have a strong impression that learning is for making a living and contributing to one's community. And honestly, school design should be like this. We don't need exam-takers, we need people who know how to serve and help each other to build our society. However short our visit was, this strong message keeps ringing in my head - we should design a practical school curriculum to equip future global leaders in diverse fields. And my boss will agree with me that YWPS, despite being a primary school, has been heading exactly for this direction for the past decade.

See you on Day 7!

Dr H C Lee
19 Comments
Lachlan Lai
5/5/2016 04:27:05 pm

Wow! How brilliant is that university, Royal Roads University! If I can learn and study there! It will be definitely a great environment for me to think. Vic High - Victoria High School, really surprises me. If I can choose my favourite subject for my future, it going to let me feel freedom to organise my mind and make the most out of my head. And car fixing class, it is unique, not many schools do have these classes! It helps students get more chances in working for the community!

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Jasper Yeung
5/5/2016 04:42:07 pm

Victoria High School have a car fixing class,which surprise me.It is unique for not many schools do have these classes. I guess that they have it because it is important to fix some machines in Canada.

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Zachary Hui
5/5/2016 04:46:36 pm

WOW! The Royal Roads University has a wonderful view! I haven't seen any school in Hong Kong have such a nice view. Hope Ying Wa can also have these gardens!!

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Anson Fu
5/5/2016 06:06:17 pm

I like cars very much! I think I will also like the car fixing class!

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Jason Hui
5/5/2016 06:21:27 pm

Did you learn some teaching methods suitable for primary students? I hope you can surprise us by teaching in another way when you come back(I don't mean that I dislike your method now.).*v*

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Dr H C Lee
5/5/2016 08:30:06 pm

This is an excellent question Jason. We all wish to learn better teaching methods in this tour but we have very different cultural and physical contexts between Canada and Hong Kong. I will see what could be borrowed ^^

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Marvin
5/5/2016 06:41:10 pm

The schools were pretty.The Royal Roads University is pretty that I could make a poem there,but it is so young.I never thought that schools give courses like how to make a car.Since it is a good school,does it make good food?

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Mark Tse
5/5/2016 06:46:27 pm

I love those universities as well especially the University of Victoria because it have many interesting classes and facilities.

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Isaac Wong
5/5/2016 06:58:08 pm

You visit the Victoria High School and the school is very huge.

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Isaac Chan
5/5/2016 07:06:56 pm

It's special that the Royal Roads University's design was a little bit old-fashioned(not saying that it's bad, it's nice actually!) and the great building was seen as a spectacular view. Then, the University of Victoria brought you to another 'time', as I could see a fast food store called Cinecenta. Finally, the Victoria High School's facilities are very recent.
From these pictures, I have a feeling that studying in Canada must be a pleasure. And by the way, you teachers must be really exhausted after doing that lot of 'time-travelling'!

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Chester Man
5/5/2016 07:31:17 pm

Wow!The look of the Royal Roads University is so fabulous!When I first look at the photos,I thought it was a palace!Victoria High School surprises me also as it has a car fixing class!

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Jose Lai
5/5/2016 08:38:05 pm

I personally think that the view in Royal Road University is extremely beautiful. It's such a great thing to have such a great nature view in school.

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jomund chang
5/5/2016 08:47:21 pm

I really hope that I can study in an environment like that!The air is flesh,all is full of green,The school is more bigger than Hong Kong!How could that be!Is it a palace has turned into a big and beautiful Royal Roads University ?Is really a big copare with Hong Kong

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Au Ting Hei Oscar
5/5/2016 10:01:33 pm

Vic High's practical courses really amazed me, but what I love most is the spectacular environment in Royal Roads University! Japanese gardens in a school? Impressive!

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Benjamin Wong
5/8/2016 03:07:40 pm

The school was so luxurious! The guest waiting room was bigger than our classroom!

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Heison So
5/8/2016 09:33:47 pm

The Royal Roads University is AWESOME! It looks incredibly beautiful! If I can study,learn or even live in those environment, I think I can enjoy myself for my entire life there without leaving.
Too bad my home doesn't look like this.

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Chan Kwan
5/9/2016 05:06:15 pm

I have never seen such an enormous school. It is just like the castle of a rich person. The sights there are also fabulous and beautiful. I hope I will have a chance to study in that school.

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Ryan Chang
5/9/2016 05:55:06 pm

What a special university! It is such a shame that in Hong Kong our value is that if we don't study well, we will end up to be a barberer or other "bad" jobs.
In Canada, they have a university for these subjects!

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kenneth kok
5/9/2016 08:56:31 pm

wow! the garden was so greeny and spacious it is suitable for playing Hide And Seek!

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