Whizz-kid just loves to learn
Read outside the syllabus is the advice of one of 17 Hong Kong pupils with top IGCSE scores.
[First published on 03 February, 2012] For whizz-kid Alvina Fok, studying is a passion – an attitude that helped her to achieve one of the highest IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education) scores in the world for both mathematics and science.
Fok, 16, was one of 17 pupils in Hong Kong who achieved top scores in the Cambridge international examinations last June, it was announced this week.
She was the only Hong Kong pupil to achieve the award for science. She scored 10 A* grades – the highest you can get.
Fok, a Year 12 International Baccalaureate pupil at South Island School, said: “I like to ask questions and solve problems. I find that the most important thing is to love what you are learning and read outside of the syllabus.
“I have never received pressure from anyone when it comes to academics. All the pressure I get comes from myself.”
Fok wants to continue her studies in Hong Kong and stay close to her family. “I want to be a doctor because of my love for biology, and I want to help people.”
