Part of the purpose of education is to show students what world they are stepping into and how they can contribute. To that end, our Fellows serving a secondary school partnered with UBS to show our students what roles they will play in this ever changing world.
People from different worlds, connected
Sidharth, a Form 3 student from Pakistan, and Mark, a Chinese employee from UBS, seem to come from different worlds, yet this virtual meetup connected them.
“Mr. Mark listened to my experience and told me how I can explore my career with what I was interested in,” Sidharth pointed out after the Zoom sharing. They connected on their common academic interest of Chemistry and Economics right off the bet.
“While other speakers I met at school talked about their career, Mr. Mark talked about interesting things like how he studied Economics when he was a student. I feel that and that is interesting.”
Sidharth wished to meet Mark in person, “I couldn’t really ask him a lot of questions on the Zoom call, but I wished to talk longer with Mr. Mark in person.”
Creating a “what-if” for his students
Tomy (Fellow 19-20) and 2 other TFHK Fellows spearheaded this virtual meetup with UBS. Coming from a modest background, Tomy resonates with the circumstances of his students.
