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This is from Aug 22's 蘋果日報:
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. N2 c/ n. l0 S5 M0 f9 c' 本 報 訊 】 有 一 顆 行 星 以 其 名 字 命 名 、 早 前 獲 科 技 大 學 破 格 取 錄 的 中 華 基 督 教 會 譚 李 麗 芬 紀 念 中 學 應 屆 會 考 生 陳 易 希 ， 昨 日 首 度 公 開 其 中 學 會 考 成 績 ， 他 僅 得 12 分 ， 中 、 英 文 科 不 及 格 ， 同 得 F 級 。 陳 易 希 承 認 ， 會 考 期 間 只 顧  研 究 ， 未 有 專 心 應 付 考 試 ， 但 認 為 求 學 不 是 求 分 數 ， 未 來 會 惡 補 語 文 。 科 大 指 ， 取 錄 陳 易 希 不 是  眼 其 學 術 成 績 ， 9 月 會 安 排 陳 入 讀 準 備 課 程 ， 相 信 可 提 升 其 語 文 能 力 '
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; {$ J) g+ D% v0 y& a8 iSo he knew he would go to U no matter how bad he would do in 會 考, and he even admitted he didin't study hard probably because of this.
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I think typical Hong Kong testing standard can't and shouldn't apply to him because he's not a typical Hong Kong student.  99.9% of u-grads will go the typical route: get in U, learn something from the books whether they are useful or not in the real world, get the degree, and find a job.  I don't think he will go this route.  科 大 will try to give him a lot of guidences and resources to 'dream big' and align companies to work with him to see he can come up with practical and commercized inventions.
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+ Y& W4 X0 O0 fIf he's in the U.S., he might simply drop school and go start his business with venture capital $$.  He is probably wasting his time to 'play the test' game in Hong Kong, and I'm glad he didn't have to do it.
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Originally posted by novenber at 2006-8-22 01:30 AM:
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stockman

To my surprise most people don't think 陳 易 希 deserves to go to U with only 12 points from the HKCEE.  I don't know how many of them are out of jealousy and how many of them truly worry about how he can handle life in U.6 P" o1 }( C3 a

* @! ^* `7 I9 ]3 u" M' ~I wondered how many of those who objected are currently in U or have already graduated from U?  An A student in high school may help him do well in U, but an A student in U doesn't always lead to a good future when he enters the real business world.  Of course it all depends on what you studies.  You definitely need to be a good student studying Medicine or Laws to become a good doctor or lawyer.  But how about Business majors?  How about Political Science?  An A student in Marketing makes this U grad a good sales person?
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The HK government tries so hard to convince its people that learning is not about tests and scores, but the truth is scores very much determine everything.  From what I read 陳易希 has learned and achieved so much outside of the classroom and those not covered in the syllabus and exams.  This is reported in Aug 22's 蘋果日報:
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1 ]- ^7 e: p7 x+ h1 g# F'陳 易 希 在 暑 假 遠 赴 美 國 加 州 理 工 學 院 參 與 火 星 研 究 期 間 ， 在 大 學 宿 舍 認 識 了 一 名 巴 基 斯 坦 裔 同 房 ， 後 來 得 悉 他 妹 妹 曾 遇 上 交 通 意 外 而 終 身 癱 瘓 ， 只 有 一 隻 手 指 可 以 活 動 ； 陳 易 希 遂 與 學 院 的 同 學 合 力 發 明 單 指 操 作 的 電 腦 輸 入 裝 置 ， 讓 她 可 藉 此 與 外 界 聯 繫 。 陳 易 希 昨 日 說 ， 同 房 的 妹 妹 現 已 開 始 使 用 該 裝 置 ， 操 作 順 利 。 他 計 劃 把 裝 置 運 來 香 港 展 出 。'; B8 r0 O6 p5 m, U5 }

2 ?! W, h, U2 U8 iNow do you think this is a greater achievement or having 9 or 10 As for HKCEE?  Which one has a bigger impact to the society?  If going to U helps prepare a person for the future and contribute to the society, do you think what he did during the this summer is a great contribution?  How many U grad or even PhD can do what he did?
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6 y' m2 K: u: E5 V/ R) AWhat I try to say is by typical standard, meaning based strictly on test results many more people are more deserving than 陳 易 希 to go to U.  But he's not a typical student and he has already achieved a lot in his young life.  He deserves special treatment and should be admitted to U.  In any society, special people always get special treatment -- so no need to complain 'it's not fair'.  They may be smarter or work harder and they earn the right to be treated differently.  When many students use their spare time on Karaoke, movies, playing sports, YouTube, MySpace, or even 26FUN, 陳 易 希 probably spent his time on his next invention and missed all that fun.  Is it fair?
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; D4 `' |# c$ @' aFrom what I read I believe he'll move to U.S. to further his study in a few years.  The HK government should feel sorry to see him leave, but I think under the current environment in HK 陳 易 希 won't maximize his potential.  Hopefully he will return to HK after he finishes study in the U.S.