學校希望學生成為一個獨立的思考者，批判性地思考，做出自己的決定，有自己的想法。
————摘自3月13日Adam Flower媒體采訪
媒體采訪時間：2021年3月13日媒體采訪地點：IEIC國際教育創新大會 · 春季峰會 · 上海站 新聞媒體中心媒體采訪嘉賓：Adam Flower，上海閔行區協和雙語教科學校·EMW融合課程外方副校長
▲現場媒體采訪
媒體記者：
First of all, please share with us your feelings at today's IEIC scene?
您在今天的IEIC現場有怎樣的感受?
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.
這是一個很成功的活動，有許多學校的代表。我從沒見過這么多人對雙語教育感興趣，所以，我相信這次活動一定會非常成功。
媒體記者：
When parents plan for their children's international education, what kind of school age stage do you think is the most suitable?
家長們對于孩子做國際教育方面規劃的時候，您覺得什么樣的學齡階段較為合適?
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.
我想說的是，由于中國上海的學校非常發達，雙語學校體系非常完善，在孩子18歲前，家長沒有必要讓孩子出國讀書。在18歲時，學生將開始選擇去哪所大學或哪個國家接受高等教育。在上海，有很多優秀的雙語學校，也有很多資源支持學生的發展，幫助他們向英美等大學過渡。
媒體記者：
What abilities do you think students who wants to enter a British private school should have?
您認為進入英式私立學校所必須的能力是?
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.
英式學校希望學生成為一個獨立的思考者，批判性地思考，做出自己的決定，有自己的想法，考慮到他們所擁有的資源和技能，這是非常重要的。
媒體記者：
Which ones need to be prepared in advance and which one need to be cultivated after entering school?
哪些是需要提前準備的，哪些是入學后需要培養的?
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.
學生們需要有一個可以說話或表演的舞臺。此外，他們還需要能夠在運動場和音樂方面表現出色。一旦他們到國外求學，他們一定需要提高自己的語言技能，因為他們將與來自世界各地的學生一起在英語環境工作和生活。
因此，一旦他們自己進入英國的學校，他們將變得更加具有國際意識。
