Pudong Campus | Fascinating Career Day

When we were kids, we always looked forward to growing up, because when we grow up, we can do a lot of things that we always wanted to do. There are so many interesting careers in the adult world that kids are filled with curiosity about. This week, to satisfy their curiosity, Pudong Campus invited ten parents from different professions to give them a very special and unique personal growth class.

The ten lectures were sorted into different themes and arranged in different rooms beforehand. Students made choices according to their interests in advance. In order to provide students with a great experience, parents also made excellent preparations.

By no surprise, there were many students waiting for the “Adventure of Disneyland.” In this lecture, Alex's mother shared her experiences of working in the Marketing department of Shanghai Disneyland. Based on her true stories, students realized that not only the lovely cartoon characters contribute a lot in making Disneyland popular around the world, but also the heroes who work hard behind the scenes. Some lucky students even earned prizes thanks to their great performance in the Q&A part. Every big company starts off small, even Disney. The students who attended "How to Start a Company," under the guidance of Hallie's mother, conducted a book trading activity to test whether students acquired the knowledge to help them earn the most profit with the lowest cost. During the "International Trading" lecture, students were told about the history of international trading and Dora's mother helped the students work as groups to simulate the good transactions between various countries. Meanwhile, in the room of "Work in a Law Firm," Nicholas's father and his students tried to negotiate and sign reasonable contracts for their clients as lawyers.

In addition to these serious careers, in the lecture of "How to Write a Good Story", Sean's mother taught the students very practical writing skills, but also made many students yearn for the writer's life. Obviously, what makes students even more excited is everything they want to know about games. So in the lecture of "Music and Game", students realized how many steps it requires for a game to move from design to release, and how to pick out those games which are suitable for children? The students listened attentively in fear of missing any details. Speaking of games, how can you miss the lecture of the future? In the lecture of "What Will Happen When the Young Generations Grow up", Eva's father pictured out a fantastic future for the students, which made them curious about technology and innovation. In the lecture of "Yoga and Health", students could do more than sitting and listening. Jerry's mother asked students to stand up and do yoga together, and even the teacher couldn't help joining in. So many professions, mostly for human beings, but still there was someone who doesn’t forget about the earth and its animals. Stanley's father advocated "Animal Protection", hoping that the children will not forget their responsibilities as global citizens, protecting the earth on which we live and protecting the animals that live here with us.

In these ten lectures, students gained more than just knowledge to feed their curiosity. Although this special personal growth class has already finished, those dreams about future careers are just starting to shape the students’ minds.

长大后我就变成了你

小时候的我们总是期待长大，因为长大了以后就可以去做很多自己想做的事情。大人的世界里有那么多有趣的职业，让孩子们充满好奇。为了满足孩子们的好奇心，本周，浦东校区邀请到了十位来自不同职业领域的家长，给孩子们上了一堂不同寻常的成长课。

因为家长们来自各不相同的职业领域，因此讲座也被划分成不同主题的会场，学生们事先根据自己的兴趣爱好来做选择。为了上好这一堂课，爸爸妈妈们也是做了充分的准备。

“探索迪士尼”的会场早已人头攒动，在这里，Alex的妈妈和学生们分享了她在上海迪士尼市场部工作的经历。从中，学生们了解到，迪士尼之所以能有今天的成功，被全世界的人所喜爱，并不只是因为有那些可爱的卡通人物，也有幕后辛勤经营着的英雄。而每一个认真聆听分享的学生也收获了来自迪士尼的礼物。能收获的当然不只是欢乐，在“如何开始一门生意”会场，学生们在Hallie妈妈的指导下，进行了一场图书交易的活动，考验学生们能否运用在讲座中学到的知识，用最低的成本获得最多的回报。不仅如此，在“国际交易”会场，Dora妈妈给学生们讲解了人类的交易从很早以前就不局限于距离，而学生们也以小组为单位，模拟各个国家进行跨国交易。而在 “律师事务所的工作日常”会场里，Nicholas爸爸带着学生们尝试了，作为律师，如何为自己的客户商讨并签订出合理的合同。

除了这些一本正经的职业之外，在“怎么写一个好故事”会场，Sean妈妈传授给了学生们非常实用的写作技巧，也令很多学生对作家的生活心生向往。当然，更令学生们心潮澎湃的当然是在“音乐与游戏”会场学习有关游戏制作的种种趣事啦，一款游戏从设计到诞生要经历哪些环节，怎样筛选出适合孩子们的游戏，学生们全神贯注地听着，生怕错过一个细节。说到游戏，怎么能不说说未来的生活呢，在“长大后的未来会是怎样的”会场，Eva爸爸给学生们勾画出一幅充满幻想的未来图景，让学生们对科技和创新都充满好奇。而在另一边的“瑜伽与健康”会场，Jerry妈妈还带着学生们一起做起来瑜伽，连老师也忍不住要加入进来。这么多的职业，大多数是为人类服务，但依然不会有人忘记我们最好的朋友，所以在“如何保护动物”会场，Stanley的爸爸向学生们发起了倡导，希望孩子们不要忘记自己做一个世界公民的责任，保护我们赖以生存的地球，保护地球上的动物们。

在这十个会场中，学生们都收获了很多足以喂饱他们好奇心的知识。这堂成长课虽然很快就结束了，但关于理想和对未来的憧憬的小小种子却已经悄悄埋下。