Our courses come in three varieties:
- long-term Above and Beyond courses (online via Zoom and Canvas);
- winter and summer study camps (online via Zoom and Canvas);
- camps abroad with face-to-face teaching to explore the culture, history, politics, and economy of a particular country (the UK, the US, major European countries).
我们的课程有三种：
- 长期课程（通过Zoom和Canvas在线教的）；
- 冬季和夏季学习营（通过Zoom和Canvas在线教的）；
- 国外夏令营，面对面课，探索特定国家（英国、美国、主要欧洲国家：德国、法国、意大利、荷兰）的文化、历史、政治和经济。
There are four main goals for all three varieties of classes:
这三类课程都有四个主要目标：
1. reach a level of profiency and fluency in English (C2) that allows one to enter a UK Russel Group or a comparable US university on a competitive basis;
1. 达到英语流利程度（C2），使人能够在竞争的基础上进入英国罗素集团或类似的美国大学；
2. acquire academic vocabulary, critical analysis, and efficient Oxbridge-style research and essay writing skills that would benefit students in their high school independent projects and allow to succeed at university level, aiming for a high 2:1 or a first-class degree qualification essential for Masters/PhD applications and work placement;
2. 掌握学术词汇、批判性分析、有效的牛津剑桥式研究和论文写作技能，这些技能将有助于学生在高中独立项目中取得成功，并能在大学取得成功，目标是获得硕士/博士申请和工作安置所必需的高2:1或一级学位资格；
3. develop data literacy, data analysis, and data science skills, along with computaitional thinking, programming, and statistics—all invaluable components in competitive university applications and working life;
3. 培养数据素养、数据分析和数据科学技能，以及计算思维、编程和统计，所有这些都是竞争性大学应用和工作生活中的宝贵组成部分；
4. instill a culture of intellectual curiosity and independence, buttress the importance of critically assessing any information one encounters.
4. 灌输一种求知欲和独立性的思考文化，支持批判性地评估所遇到的信息的重要性。
What kind of student would do well in our courses?
什么样的学生会在我们的课程中取得好成绩？
The kind of education we provide is not for everyone.
我们提供的教育不是每个人都能接受的。
We focus on priming students for success in an international high school setting (iGCSE, A-level, IB) and a UK or UK-style university (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland). The skills we teach, however, wouldn't go amiss in other settings like Chinese/US high schools or universities, so if you are considering applying to universities in multiple countries, do get in touch and explain your situation—we might be able to advise you on your options.
我们专注于为学生在国际高中环境（iGCSE，A-level，IB）和英国或英国式大学（澳大利亚、新西兰、加拿大、爱尔兰）的成功做好准备。然而，我们教授的技能在中国/美国的高中或大学等其他环境中不会出错，因此如果您正在考虑申请多个国家的大学，请务必联系并解释您的情况，我们可能会就您的选择向您提供建议。
We do not do hand-holding and spoonfeeding. If you are used to getting information given to you on a silver plate, this kind of education may not be for you. We require students to spend at least as much time as they do in class on doing independent work and homework, ie. for our Above and Beyond class this would mean 6 hours of face-to-face teaching and 4.5-6 hours of individual work and revision per week, not including lighter interest-focused materials like YouTube documentaries/vlogs and films/music. This means one whole day per week dedicated solely to English, science/economics/politics/history, and data literacy. If you cannot guarantee this time commitment, this class is not for you.
我们不填鸭式灌输。如果你习惯于从银盘上获得信息，这种教育可能不适合你。我们要求学生在独立作业和家庭作业上花费至少与课堂上相同的时间，也就是说，对于我们的课上和课外，这意味着每周6小时的面对面教学和4.5-6小时的个人作业和复习，不包括像YouTube纪录片/视频博客和电影/音乐这样的兴趣较浅的材料。这意味着每周一整天专门学习英语、科学/经济/政治/历史和数据素养。如果你不能保证这个时间承诺，这个班不是为你。
This class is for peope who can organise their time and successfully juggle their commitments. If you happen to miss a class, it is your responsibility to catch up, watch the recording of the class, and submit your homework on time. If you expect the teacher to cover the same material for you at the expense of others who have covered it before, this class is not for you.
这门课是为那些能够安排时间并成功完成任务的人而开设的。如果你碰巧错过了一节课，你的责任就是赶时间，看录音，按时交作业。如果你希望老师为你提供同样的材料，而其他人却要为此付出代价，那么这门课就不适合你了。
This class is for you if you like to be in a challenging academic environment and feel a sense of progress and achievement when you discover something new, when you suddenly come up with a nice turn of phrase, when you rejoyce at having found the missing link. It is for you if you feel the school-level knowledge to be inadequate and lacking in depth.
如果你喜欢一个充满挑战的学术环境，当你发现新的东西时，当你突然想出一个好的词组时，当你为找到缺失的环节而高兴时，你会感到一种进步和成就感，那么这门课就是为你而设的。如果你觉得学校水平的知识不充分，缺乏深度，这门课适合你。
This class is not for you if you expect us to cover school-level material at the pace of a school. If you are missing some important school-level context, the teacher will assign some lectures to watch and summarise, some exercises to complete, and a presentation to give—all in the space of a week or two. However, generally we would expect students to possess the basic knowledge of school subjects. This is why this course is called Above and Beyond: we are about supercurricular knowledge and not the basics.
如果你希望我们以学校的速度覆盖学校层面的材料，那么这门课就不适合你了。如果你错过了一些重要的学校层面的背景知识，老师会在一两周的时间里安排一些讲座来观看和总结，安排一些练习来完成，并安排一个报告。然而，一般来说，我们希望学生掌握学校科目的基本知识。这就是为什么这门课被称为超越：我们集中超课程的知识，而不是基础知识。
