学校希望学生成为一个独立的思考者，批判性地思考，做出自己的决定，有自己的想法。
————摘自3月13日Adam Flower媒体采访
媒体采访时间：2021年3月13日媒体采访地点：IEIC国际教育创新大会 · 春季峰会 · 上海站 新闻媒体中心媒体采访嘉宾：Adam Flower，上海闵行区协和双语教科学校·EMW融合课程外方副校长
▲现场媒体采访
媒体记者：
First of all, please share with us your feelings at today's IEIC scene?
您在今天的IEIC现场有怎样的感受?
Adam Flower：
It looks a very successful event. There are a number of schools represented. I've never seen so many people who seem to be interested in bilingual education. So I'm sure the event will be a fantastic success.
这是一个很成功的活动，有许多学校的代表。我从没见过这么多人对双语教育感兴趣，所以，我相信这次活动一定会非常成功。
媒体记者：
When parents plan for their children's international education, what kind of school age stage do you think is the most suitable?
家长们对于孩子做国际教育方面规划的时候，您觉得什么样的学龄阶段较为合适?
Adam Flower：
I would say that because the schools in Shanghai China are so well developed the bilingual school system, it's not necessary for parents to necessarily move their children out of China, out of schools until the age of 18. At the age of 18, the students will be responsible to choose which to have a university or which have a country they wish to study in at higher education.
In Shanghai, there are a number of excellent bilingual schools, there are also a lot of resources to support students development to help them make the transition to universities both in the United States and in the United Kingdom.
我想说的是，由于中国上海的学校非常发达，双语学校体系非常完善，在孩子18岁前，家长没有必要让孩子出国读书。在18岁时，学生将开始选择去哪所大学或哪个国家接受高等教育。在上海，有很多优秀的双语学校，也有很多资源支持学生的发展，帮助他们向英美等大学过渡。
媒体记者：
What abilities do you think students who wants to enter a British private school should have?
您认为进入英式私立学校所必须的能力是?
Adam Flower：
British schools expect students to be an independent thinkers to think critically to come to their own decisions and to formulate their own ideas, given that the resources and skills are available to them, that's quite important.
英式学校希望学生成为一个独立的思考者，批判性地思考，做出自己的决定，有自己的想法，考虑到他们所拥有的资源和技能，这是非常重要的。
媒体记者：
Which ones need to be prepared in advance and which one need to be cultivated after entering school?
哪些是需要提前准备的，哪些是入学后需要培养的?
Adam Flower：
Students need to be given a stage in which they can speak or perform. Also they need to be able to Excel on the sporting field and in music. Once they move to the UK they will certainly improve their language skills, they will get to work with students from a number of countries all over the world will be in English. So they will become a lot more internationally minded once they enter the British schools themselves.
学生们需要有一个可以说话或表演的舞台。此外，他们还需要能够在运动场和音乐方面表现出色。一旦他们到国外求学，他们一定需要提高自己的语言技能，因为他们将与来自世界各地的学生一起在英语环境工作和生活。
因此，一旦他们自己进入英国的学校，他们将变得更加具有国际意识。
