专访｜听Headboy分享他在温彻斯特公学的体验
原标题：专访｜听Head boy分享他在温彻斯特公学的体验
导语
英国高考刚刚放榜，被认为学业在过去一年遭到二战而来最大干扰的这批考生，考取了英国高考有史以来最好成绩。
今天，我们有幸得到了Jiaqi Cao的分享，他今年刚从英国九大公学温彻斯特公学（Winchester College）毕业，将于9月入读伦敦政经学院的Philosophy, Logic and the Scientific Method专业，他也是温彻斯特公学多年来难得一见的华人head boy。听听他分享过去几年在温彻斯特的学习和生活吧。
01
为什么选择这所学校？
Initially, coming here was my parents’ idea and I was reluctant to leave my old school. However, out of the potential schools that I had visited, I preferred Winchester, as I was able to visit my soon-to-be house and felt that there was a strong sense of community across the whole house. I was also impressed by the music facilities in particular, and how accessible they were.
最初，来这里上学是我父母的想法，我不愿意离开我的原学校。然而，在我参观过有可能报读的学校当中，我更喜欢温彻斯特，因为我能够参观我即将入住的宿舍，并且感受到整个宿舍有着强烈的团体意识。学校的音乐设施和很容易就可以使用也给我留下了特别深刻的印象。
今年由于特殊原因，只有和宿舍同学的合影。
02
怎么考进温彻斯特高中部？
Since I was a sixth form entrant, my exam was quite different to the standard procedure. Since I was originally planning on studying Physics, Philosophy, and Economics, I took an exam for all those subjects, as well as a general exam paper, which tested my reasoning and comprehension skills. The philosophy and economics papers did not require any previous knowledge in the subjects. For the weeks leading up to the exam, I took a crash course in Philosophy and Economics, and did a couple past papers. Ultimately, the exam was not as hard as I thought it would be, and many of the questions were not looking at what I knew, but rather how I approached an issue.
Talking with my friends, I know that the normal entrance exam for first years involved Maths, English, Science, French, History, and Latin.
由于我是Sixth Form高中部入学的，我的考试与标准程序大不相同。我本来打算学物理、哲学和经济学，所以我参加了所有这些科目的考试，以及常规入学考试，入学考试测试了我的推理和理解能力。
哲学和经济学论文不要求已经具备学科知识。在考试前的几周里，我参加了哲学和经济学的速成课程，并做了几份过往考卷。最终，考试并没有我想象的那么难，很多问题都不是考核我所知道多少，而是我如何解决问题的。
和我的朋友交谈，我知道一年级的正常入学考试涉及数学、英语、科学、法语、历史和拉丁语。
I had interviews alongside my exams with the heads of departments, school management, and our housemaster. My housemaster told me later that he was mainly looking for someone who would fit into the house and contribute something to the community, and I remember his questions were mainly about what I did outside of the classroom, and what I could bring to the house. I could remember quite clearly the school management asking every applicant about DIV, which is a special subject offered at Winchester.
除了参加笔试，我还与学科负责人、学校管理层和宿舍舍监进行了面试。后来我的宿舍舍监告诉我，他主要是在找一个能融入这所宿舍并为宿舍作贡献的人。我记得他的问题主要是关于我在课堂外做了什么、我可以给宿舍带来什么。我记得很清楚，学校管理层向每位申请者询问了 DIV，这是温彻斯特提供的一个特殊科目。
The head of department interviews were extremely varied. The economics teacher mainly asked me questions to find out what I was interested in within the subject of economics. The physics teacher asked me to solve a couple of physics questions, which were based on simple concepts but were quite tricky. The philosophy teacher and I had a philosophical debate during the interview, where all of my beliefs were challenged. At one point, he asked me a question and I began to answer, but he stopped me, saying that he could tell that this was a question that I had prepared – he asked me to answer for myself and what I really thought. Personally, I found the philosophy interview to be the most enjoyable.
学科负责人的面试非常多样化。经济学老师主要是问我问题，看看我对经济学这门学科有什么兴趣。物理老师让我解决几个物理问题，这些问题基于简单的概念，但非常棘手。
面试时我和哲学老师进行了哲学辩论，我所有的信念都受到了挑战。有一次，他问了我一个问题，我刚开始回答他就阻止了我，说他可以看出这是我准备好的答案——他让我回答我自己的真实想法。就个人而言，我发现哲学面试是最令人愉快的。
03
有什么印象特别深刻的温彻斯特传统
There are various traditions at Winchester that are quite unique. For example, Winchester Football, or ‘Winkies’, is a sport played only at Winchester, and one of the most popular sports here. Every year around the start of March, there is a Winkies game known as XVs, played between 2 teams, each representing a half of the houses at Winchester. It is undoubtedly a highlight of the year, with most of the school showing up, and art being created for the event, dedicated to the players. The atmosphere of the matches and the build up are quite special for me, and I was involved in the art projects for XVs for every year I was at the school.
图片来自校方
温彻斯特有各种非常独特的传统。例如，温彻斯特足球（Winkies）是一项仅在温彻斯特进行的运动，也是这里最受欢迎的运动之一。
每年三月初左右，都会有一场名为 XVs 的 Winkies 游戏，由两支球队进行，是温彻斯特宿舍之间的比赛。这无疑是今年的一大亮点，学校的大部分人都出现了，并为这项活动创作了艺术作品，献给球员。比赛的气氛和集结对我来说很特别，我在学校的每一年都参与了 XV 的艺术项目。
Winkies已有100多年历史，每年比赛都是学校的一大盛事，不仅大部分师生都参加，很多往年校友都来观看。以上图片是Jiaqi所在宿舍的球队队长的画像和队服，由Jiaqi主导，宿舍里几位同学一起作画，为球队打气。
04
温彻斯特公学学生的日常
In the top 2 years, we usually get up and have breakfast at around 8am, and go to morning lessons at 8:45. We have a break at 10:45 and have lunch at 1pm. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday, we have afternoon lessons from 4-6pm in the Winter and Spring term (2-4pm in the Summer term).
However, on every other day we do not, and we instead have the time to do activities such as sport or art. This time is known as ‘ekker’.
Tea is at 6, and we have a designated homework time in house (known as ‘toytime’) between 7 and 9, with a short break at 8.
Finally, we have a whole house meeting and sign in at 9, known as ‘preces’, and the younger boys have to sleep at around 10.
For the top 2 years, there is an additional sign in meeting at 10:30, and no strict bedtime. I mostly spend my hours after preces doing any additional homework that I did not finish during toytime.
在高中部这两年，我们通常早上8点左右起床吃早餐，8点45分上早课。我们在 10:45 休息，下午 1 点吃午饭。
周一、周三和周五，我们在冬季和春季学期下午 4 点到 6 点（夏季学期下午 2 点到 4 点）上课。
另外的日子我们则不跟随这套作息，而是有时间进行体育或艺术等活动。这个时间被称为ekker。
下午 6 点晚餐，我们在 7 点到 9 点之间有指定的作业时间（称为toytime），并在 8 点短暂休息。
最后，我们在9点签到，召开宿舍会议，称为preces，低年级的男孩们必须在 10 点左右睡觉。
高中部的男孩在10:30会有额外的签到和开会，没有严格的就寝时间。我一般会花大部分会后的时间来完成之前没有做完的额外作业。
图片来自校方
At school, I would often create my own oil paintings in the art department building (‘art school’), since doing so was free and quite relaxing.
I would also practice the violin and piano in the music department building (‘music school’), as it was very close to my house, and it was very easy to just walk in to any empty practice room and practice on a grand piano.
In the evenings, I would often spend time with other people in the house in the community kitchen (known as ‘conduit’) and make some food, or in the TV room.
除了上课，我经常在艺术学院所在的教学楼里创作自己的油画，因为这样做很自由也很放松。
我还会在音乐学院所在的教学楼里练习小提琴和钢琴，因为它离我宿舍很近，而且很容易就能找到空的练习室并在三角钢琴上练习。
晚上，我经常和宿舍其他人一起在集体厨房（称为conduit）做饭，或者在电视室里。
Jiaqi与同学的合影
05
如何当上Deputy head boy？
这些围巾都是有特殊身份象征的，不是想买就能买到。比如带红色的围巾，全校每年只有3个人有。
I was named deputy head boy as I was going into my final year at Winchester. I was first put forward by my housemaster, and the headmaster picked me from the nominations of other housemasters.
I learned later from my housemaster that the main reason that I was picked was because of my achievements outside of the classroom, such as being part of the orchestra and coming second in an art presentation prize the year before.
当我温彻斯特的最后一年时，被任命为deputy head boy（副学生长）。我的任命首先是宿舍舍监提出来的，然后校长从其他众多舍监提名人选中挑选了我。
后来我从我的舍监那里得知，我被选中的主要原因是因为我在课堂之外的成就，比如参加管弦乐队，还在前一年的艺术演讲奖中获得第二名。
（编者注：Jiaqi所指的艺术演讲比赛是温彻斯特公学一年一度的The Kenneth Clark Prize，这个比赛要求学校所有高中生都参加，Jiaqi以黄公望《富春山居图》的中国美学作为演讲主题，在200多人当中脱颖而出，成为进入总决赛的六个学生之一，并最终取得第二名。）
艺术演讲比赛的颁奖晚宴
As deputy head, my main job was to watch what was happening around me – for example, what the school was doing to combat COVID risks, and then report back to the head boy and the school management.
Each Friday, we would have a meeting with all the prefects, discussing various things about how the school is run, what the management have done for the week, and how the students feel about it. Personally, what I learned from the role was that with most of the things that I did as a deputy head, I could’ve reasonably done if I was not a prefect.
However, I realised that being deputy head gave me the motivation to organise activities and be more involved in the community, which I probably would not have done to the same degree if I was not a prefect.
Essentially, I learned the importance of not being scared to create new activities and trying to change things, both around the house and the school.
作为副学生长，我的主要工作是观察我周围发生的事情——例如，学校正在采取哪些措施来应对 疫情带来的风险，然后向学生长和学校管理层汇报。
每个星期五，我们都会与所有prefects开会，讨论学校的运作方式、管理层在一周内所做的工作以及学生对此的感受等各种事情。我从这个角色中学到的是，就算我不是prefects，我作为副学生长所做的大部分事情，我也可以合理地完成。
但是，我意识到担任副学生长给了我组织活动和更多参与社区的动力，如果我不是prefects，我可能不会参与那么多。
从本质上讲，我学到很重要的一点，是不要害怕组建新活动和尝试改变宿舍和学校一些事情。
毕业典礼上学校给Jiaqi在内少数优秀毕业生颁发的纪念金币。
06
温彻斯特的Div有什么独门秘方
DIV is a non-examined subject that all students at Winchester must do. It is led by a DIV teacher, and what we do in the lessons entirely depends on what the teacher wants to teach. It is mainly a lesson where we discuss whatever topic the teacher brings up, and it reaches the interesting topics that may not be covered in lessons.
Personally, the most valuable skill I learned in DIV was gaining confidence and knowing how to present in front of an audience: our teacher would often get us to make our own presentations, and at one point, give our own 40-minute lessons on whatever we wanted. It was probably the subject I was best at, as I enjoyed the discussion and presentation elements.
DIV 是温彻斯特所有学生都必须做的非考试的科目。它由一位DIV老师带领，我们在课堂上做什么完全取决于老师想教什么。主要是我们讨论老师提出的任何话题，它会触及课程中可能没有涉及的有趣话题。
就我个人而言，我在 DIV 中学到的最宝贵的技能是获得信心并知道如何在观众面前展示：我们的老师经常让我们做自己的展示，例如有一次，老师把40 分钟课程全都交给我们支配。
这可能是我最擅长的课程，因为我喜欢讨论和展示的部分。
Jiaqi给老师留念的画，在毕业典礼前完成，毕业典礼当天交给了老师。
07
名人讲座
Winchester would often offer talks given by famous speakers every couple of weeks or so. We have many societies within Winchester and many of them organise talks that anyone can attend. Many of the talks are organised by the boys themselves.
I usually turn up to many of the high profile appearances, with the most recent one being a talk and Q
