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          Sharing Session by 2 Seniors from Independent School
          S harin     g  S es  s io n   b y 2 S    en  io  rs  fr o m In     de  p  en  den    t S c ho   o l
               On  20th August  2022, Kuen  Cheng  to do research on Malaysian Society now.
          High School invited two seniors who were  Finally, he stressed that we must be ready to
 A S harin g  S es s io n  o n  Fu r ther S tu dies  both  from  independent  schools,  to  share  confront failure and level up our mindset in
 A Sharing Session on Further Studies
          their experiences with their juniors about  continuing to fight for our bright future.
 in Europe  career planning and navigating their study-            Moving on, the sharing session was

          abroad journey.

 On August 5th, 2022, Friday, the Kuen  chance to explore and broaden horizons.   taken over by Mr. Then Chee Kin. Mr. Then
 Cheng High School Counseling Department        The first speaker was Mr. Ng Ke Liang.  graduated from Tsun Jin High School and

 held a talk on further studies in the EU   Next up, Mr CK shared ways of   He graduated from the Chinese High School  then to Taipei Medical University, he also
 (European Union countries) for Senior  university admission application. After   located in Johor and is now pursuing a  did some cancer  research in the United
 Middle Two and Three students. The School  seeking advice, students should prepare their   doctorate degree in the Institute of Sociology  Kingdom. He works at Shuanghe Hospital in

 was honoured to have invited Mr Chiau CK  personal statements and the documents   at National Taiwan University. He kicked off  New Taipei City and is currently a resident
 from MyStudy Education Consulting Sdn.  needed.  the sharing session by telling his personal  physician. He believed that participating in
 Bhd. for the sharing session.   experience in the past few years.   the UEC exam is a manifestation of support
   Apart from that, the fees should                          for Chinese education. Being honored as an

   The  event  began  on  a  lively  note,  be  taken  into  consideration.  Students  are   Mr. Ng was not an excellent student,  independent school student, he had so many
 with Mr CK’s self-introduction and a brief  advised to work part-time jobs in order to   but he had been working hard to chase after  opportunities to participate in different
 explanation of  the  EU’s  education  system.  reduce the amount of money needed.   his dreams, despite some financial burdens.  types of extracurricular activities.
 He started off strong, speaking of the   When studying abroad, he learnt how to

 many reasons to study abroad and more     During the Q&A session, Mr CK   arrange a perfect class schedule. He also    Besides, he stated that the professors
 specifically, in the EU.   emphasised the importance of mastering a   studied very hard to apply for scholarships  in Taiwan are actually similar to the teachers
 foreign language. Hence, he suggested that   in order to reduce his financial burden.  of  independent schools.  They  are always
   He emphasised five things to be taken  students should learn the local language if   Moreover, he even applied for an early  enthusiastic in answering questions from

 into account while selecting a college or  heading to another country.  graduation just to save some tuition fees. All  students and also will do their best in helping
 university - cost, course, criteria, culture   the efforts made by him above were just to  students to complete their research tasks.
 and career. He also stated that transnational     The hour-and-a-half-long session   be an independent self and not rely on his
 education is not only a challenge, but a  ended after taking a group photo.  parents anymore.    To sum it up, it was an honor to invite
                                                             the two speakers, Mr. Ng and Mr. Then to
 Jointly reported by:   Mr. Ng also said that he saw a different  share their experiences as independent

 Tan Qi Xuan Sr1A, Goh Zhi Xin Sr2ScA  picture  of Taiwan than he had imagined  school students with the students in Kuen
          earlier  after studying  abroad  there.  In  Cheng High School. Hope the students
          Taiwan, where young people have high  gained something from the sharing session
          awareness of social issues, has inspired him  to help them plan their future better.


                                       Reported by: Grace Low Shing Wei Sr2ScA


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