A Letter From Li Rulai’s Parents

Beijing Royal Foreign Language School is the most important reason why I still stay in Beijing, the hazy city—a letter from Li Rulai(Grade 2 Class 5) parent.

On 13th January, parents from RFLS were invited to go to a meeting. Mr. Wang Guangfa, who is the chairman of Fazheng Group Corporation, gave a speech to us during the meeting. He also showed us his future plan. BRS is going to build new gold court, wetland park, castle hotel, French style classroom buildings, indoor gym, swimming pool and laboratories. The nice environment with high standard teaching equipment made me feel really excited.

As the hazy weather is so bad recently in Beijing, many of my friends think of escaping from this city, even if they have to give up their great career and profound resources in Beijing. Their children’s health is their priority. Compared with their circumstances, I feel happy that I do not need to worry about mine.

About one year earlier, Mr. Wang gave a speech to us on the student recruitment meeting. From that meeting, I realized that the education theories of this school are closely matched with mine. Thus, I decided to choose this school for my boy. Now, it shows that I made a right decision. He has carried out his ideas to practice in this short period of time. So in this article, I would like to demonstrate what Mr. Wang has done for RFLS teachers and students.

1 Dating back to winter time 2015, some of the parents complained that students’ health would be damaged by the terrible hazy weather. I was surprised that RFLS took actions swiftly to solve this problem. The new wind system was installed in every classroom. I shared this news on my wechat moment, so many of my friends liked this, sharing it and showing their admiration.

2 At the beginning of new semester, my boy was too naughty to sit on his chair while having class. Instead, he crawled on the floor in the classroom. I was worried that his teacher would discipline him seriously. What surprised me was that, his home-room teacher Ms Li Mingyan prepared mats for him on the floor. This concern and love touched my heart and also my son’s. He made a great progress on getting used to the primary school life.

3 The first time I saw Beijing Royal School, I was attracted by its posh environment. Also, the teacher from the recruitment department was very kind and patient. She took us around the school and explained to us about the life that my child would have in this school. I had planned to send my child to a school which was near my home and quite famous before I came to BRS. After that day, I have changed my mind.

4 Most of the parents who choose BRS for their children have the plan of sending their children to study abroad in the future. The English teaching group in RFLS has strong capacity, as my son’s English has improved a lot only in one-year time! In the senior high school department in BRS, students can either choose the AP curriculum from the U.S. or the A-Level from the U.K. As a parent, this is really attractive to me. It can be seen that Beijing Royal School is able to get their students well prepared before they study abroad, as the English language education is soundly designed from primary school to high school. So I decided to let my boy study in here until he studies abroad.

5 I believe all boys’ mothers hope their little man can become a tall, handsome and polite gentleman. So I think doing more sport exercising would be helpful to my boy. However, outdoor exercise in Beijing is limited by the terrible hazy weather really. When I heard that BRS has a big indoor gym, I felt so extremely excited. Because no matter how bad the weather is, children can enjoy the happiness of doing sports at any time.

6 My son does not like to have a nap during the noontime. Sometimes, it makes me freak out. At school, students are required to have a nap after having lunch, but my boy is an exception. Considering about his habit, his home-room teacher decided to take him back to her office after lunch. He can read whatever he wants to read from the library corner as long as he can keep quiet. I feel thankful for Ms Li’s sacrifice of her noon break.

7 School bullying has become more and more prevalent in recent years. As a primary school student’s parent, I feel very worried. I am afraid of my boy bullying other kids because he is very naughty. Nevertheless, thanks to the excellent students’ rules at school and teachers’ patient and loving care, my pressure did not turnto anxiety. In addition, RFLS has a rich variety of interest classes, which can distract my son’s powerful energy effectively. Also, the home-school partnership is built very well to let me how things are going with my son at school. Because of the corporation by the school leaders, teachers and parents, students are making great progress including my son. He has also become much more confident than before, which makes me feel truly happy and satisfied.

To be honest, I have discussed the issue of escaping from Beijing with my son. I told him that we would move to a city full of sunshine and fresh air. After thinking for a while, he asked:” Mommy, can we take my school together to go? If we can, I would like to move!”. I was so surprised that he loves his school this much!

Beijing Royal Foreign Language School is the most important reason that keeps our family staying in the capital city—Beijing. I wish all the best to this school and I believe it can become better and better.