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Many
Chinese students are reluctantly cajoled into
international business degrees and are sacrificing
their true talents. With an emerging generation of
business graduates, it is foreseeable that the
world＇s knowledge of Chinese culture will forever
be water －colors of mountainous Yangshuo and dandy
emperors.
I specialize in preparing students for the
International English Language Testing System
IELTS , a key hurdle along the way to overseas
study programs in theUK, Canada, Australia and New
Zealand. Chinese IELTS students typically come
from well －h(huán)eeled families and share an almost
unanimous ambition to study international business
abroad. Sadly, that ambition is not always of
their own choosing. Case in point my brightest
student, Bobo, who recently passed his IELTS test
with flying colors. Bobo is not just a gifted
linguist but also a highly accomplished
clarinettist. As a member of the Shanghai Youth
Orchestra, Bobo has performed in Paris, Berlin,
London, Vienna, Singapore, Tokyo and many
locations throughout China. It is his″taboo″ dream
to become a professional clarinettist in a major
Chinese or international orchestra. Why taboo？ His
parents steadfastly refuse to allow him to pursue
his passion. Bobo even had to smuggle his clarinet
out of his home to play for our class after I
jokingly dared him to prove his musical abilities.
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