The value of holding junior positions (5E So Tsz Ying)

I think it is unnecessary for young people to hold a senior position in the first few years after graduation.

First, a lack of work experience in junior positions may prevent young people from being good leaders even however brilliant they are. Without the experience, it can be difficult for them to be empathetic with the difficulties and needs of their subordinates. They may therefore become too strict and inconsiderate.

Second, working in junior positions can allow young people to gain valuable experience. In the junior positions, young people can learn to cooperate with others but not just giving orders which enable them to be good team players.

Finally, holding junior positions, young people can enjoy more spare time for further studies. After a few years of sustaining learning, they will be equipped for capability of carrying out duties in senior positions.

In a nutshell, young people should value the opportunity to equip themselves in junior positions at the beginning of their career. Do you agree with me?

Junior Form English book competition (1st term)

Date : 1~22/11/2010
Theme : Fiction
Prize : Champion, 1st runner-up, 2nd runner-up for each form

The winning class will also be awarded $500 to choose books for the library at the Stanford House’s book fair (16/2/2011)


Here are some titles recommended for you:
《 The Escape of the Deadly Dinosaur : USA 》
Author ： Hunt,ElizabethSinger
Call no.：F HUN ( A1 )


An eager young scientist has brought to life a dangerous flesh – eating dinosaur by crossing its DNA with that of his pet dog, Freddie. Can Secret Agent Jack Stalwart capture the dinosaur before it destroys New York City ?

《 Be a perfect person in just three days! 》
Author：Manes, Stephen
Call no.：F MAN ( T2 )
One day at the library, a book falls off the top shelf and hits Milo on the head. It’s called “Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days”! The book’s author, Dr. K. Pinderton Silverfish, doesn’t look too perfect himself. In the picture on the back cover he’s wearing a clown nose, and mustard is dripping down his chin. Milo flgures the book is worth a try anyway. Perfect is obviously the perfect thing to be! But who’s ever heard of wearing a stalk of broccoli around your neck for twenty-four hours? And that’s only the first day…


《 Diary of a wimpy kid :|bRodrick rules 》
Author：Kinney, Jeff
Call no.：F KIN ( A3 )
Whatever you do, don’t ask Greg Heffley how he spent his summer vacation, because he definitely doesn’t want to talk about it.
As Greg enters the new school year, he’s eager to put the past three months behind him… and one event in particular.
Unfortunately for Greg, his older brother, Rodrick, knows all about the incident Greg wants to keep under wraps. But secrets have a way of getting out… especially when a diary is involved.


《 The Gizmo 》
Author： Jennings, Paul
Call no.：F JEN (H1 )

Stephen’s bra is starting to slip. His pantyhose are sagging. His knickers keep falling down. Oh, the shame of it .
He stole a gizmo-and now it’s paying him back.
Guess what will happen next?

International Day, 11th November, 10 at MKP

Wanna know more about other cultures without leaving Hong Kong?
Wanna meet people around the world without buying air tickets?
Wanna interact with foreigners using English language at lunch time?
Wanna make friends with people from different parts of the world at MKP?

Here comes your chance! Come and grasp this very opportunity by simply joining our International Day! It will take place in the school hall from 1:20 to 2:05p.m. on 11/11/10 (Day C).

In this cultural event, you will meet some exchange students from Lingnan University. These nice people are going to hold games for us Makopanians and there will be sharing session and some presentations as well.



Antony Mudukuti
Africa



Maleehah
Pakistani



GONZALEZ M. Monica
Colombia

Please don’t hesitate. Do come and take part. Let’s welcome these new friends with our hearts!

*You can take your lunch boxes with you to the school hall.

Pursuing Your Dreams and Careers (Mr. Jacob Kung)

Good morning, Principal, Teachers and Students,

Today, as a Careers Guidance teacher, I’m very pleased to have this opportunity to share with you my working experience and why we’ll have to be responsible for pursuing our dreams and careers.

This year, we’ll help you to learn different virtues and responsibility is one of them. Do you know what responsibility is? Is the word “responsibility” difficult for you? Perhaps I’d use another word “D-U-T-Y”. If we have a responsibility or a duty, we’ll have to do something and can’t give up.

Perhaps you’ll agree with me that we can’t avoid doing some duties in our life. One of the things we’ll have to do is to pursue our dreams and careers. However, it is not easy to protect your dream and find a job that suits you best.

I believe finding a career that suits our true passion is very important. Ask yourself these questions, "What am I passionate about?" and “What do you always like to do?” You will discover what type of job suits you best by thinking about your interests.

For example, like a few students in MKP, if you’re serious about playing football and like to be a football player in the future, you’ll have to protect your dream and work extremely hard to make football your career. Although the training will be hard, you can’t give up because it’s your duty to protect your dream and career. Please don’t tell yourself you’re just a little bug. Please don’t quit your training and said football isn’t for you.

Like me, I dreamed to be a pilot when I was a small child. However, I haven’t protected my dream and my eyes. As a result, because I did NOTHING, I COULDN’T DO ANYTHING.

I finally had another dream when I was in secondary school. I wanted to be a teacher. When I was in university, I told myself that this time had to be different. I started to read hundreds of reference books, watch hours of videos and do a lot of part-time teaching to learn how to be a good teacher. When I left university, I realized my dream and became a teacher in a secondary school in Tin Shui Wai.

I guess we all need to be patient in pursuing our dreams and careers. We have to prepare ourselves very well for the chances in the future. We have to find our interests, know what we want to do as our careers, take up our responsibilities and just go for it!

An Unforgettable Interview with Reverend David Dean

5A CHUNG PUI LAM
5A FU HON LAP
5B CHAN CHING TING
5D HO CHUN SING
5E HO HING NING
5E MAK TSZ LAM

On 26 June, we went to Mong Fook Church in Mong Kok with our teacher and Dr. Michael Leung to interview a Reverend. His name is Rev. David Dean and we asked him lots of questions about Christianity, his work as a missionary, his family and how we should live a Christian life. Some of our questions are as follows:

1.As a Christian, what do you think about those so called “Pseudo Models” in Hong Kong?
2.As drug abuse among teenagers is getting serious, do you think Christianity can help solve such problem? Why?
3.Since pre-martial sex is more common among teenagers nowadays, how will you appeal them to stop doing this?
4.What will you advise us to overcome all difficulties in our daily lives?
5.How will you guide a teenager to follow Jesus?
6.Did you feel any pressure from other people when you became a missionary?
7.Why did you become a missionary? Anything happened in your life that made you want to become a missionary?
8.As a Reverend, what’s your opinion about honesty?
9.Is that possible to be honest all the time as a Reverend?
10.What do you think about white lies? Can you accept it?
11.Do you expect your sons to become Reverends? Do you have any expectations of their careers?



As you may imagine after viewing our questions, interviewing Rev. Dean was a totally new experience for us because we had never asked a Reverend so many questions. We were amazed by Rev. Dean’s answers because he answered our questions patiently and based on what the Bible says to share a lot of opinions with us about honesty, chastity and so on. We were eager to know more about his thoughts.


We all felt that nobody, except Rev. Dean, could share his views about different taboos like teen sex with us openly. We could learn from him about the ways we should do to be good Christians in this world. Now, we all understand that we should live like submarines in the ocean. We are in this world, but not of this world. We should follow the footsteps of Jesus Christ and determine to live a Christian life so that we can all be good witnesses of God to the world.

Was talking to him funny and meaningfully? Of course! It was an unforgettable morning to all of us. It would be great if we could talk to him again to share our ideas with each other once more.

5C English Class Presentation

Mind Reading!

Recently many people in Hong Kong talked a lot about Mind Reading. Now, we would like to show you how Mr. Lam, a mind reader, in ABC Secondary school used mind reading skills to stop his students from telling lies!

In fact, we may guess what people think by looking at their facial expressions and body language. Hope all of us could learn to be great mind readers and help other people someday!