By Simon CHAN (ELED Year 4, 2014-2015) Introduction Under the dramatically evolving atmosphere of school policies for the past decade, the Territory-wide System Assessment (TSA), originated from the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) in Australia, was introduced and implemented in Hong Kong commencing with Primary 3 in 2004, then Primary 6 and Secondary 3 …
By Simon CHAN (ELED Year 4, 2014-2015) Filmed based on the novel “Dokani”, “Silenced” had aroused public awareness over the unnerving, hidden ordeals of a number of kids at a school for the hearing-impaired. The true story commenced with the recruitment of a new teacher, Kang In-ho (Gong Yoo), who soon witnessed the hair-raising incidents that had …
By Simon CHAN (ELED Year 3, 2013-2014) He woke up from panic as he did for the last four nights. Still gasping like having been drowned, he reached out for the straight-A certificate right next to the pillow, almost instinctively. “I didn’t fail. I didn’t fail…” he repeated again and again until he was sure he …
By Simon CHAN (ELED Year 3, 2013-2014) I was from a single-parent family. Was that the reason my dad had been so concerned about and so loving to me? My dad literally loved me unsparingly. I remember coming home sobbing the other day (8 years ago when I was 10) after tumbling over a rock …