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The International Student Awards
Competition, launched by the British
Council in 2002, invited students to
compose a 'letter home'. Entrants were
asked to concentrate on their experience
of life in the UK and what they've got out
of it.
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The winners were announced at an
awards ceremony held at the Kensington
Roof Gardens, London in April 2003. |
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The British Council was very impressed
by the high standard of entries and everyone
who contributed will receive a letter
of thanks. The two categories were for
international students in higher education
and for those at boarding school. Each
category had one winner and five runnersup.
Yimon Aye, a 22-year-old student
from Burma, won the Gold Award and
was '…just so excited to have got to the
final. It is like a miracle… I know I am so
fortunate to be here because there are
only a few Burmese students in the UK.' |
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Yimon wrote in her letter, 'Dear teacher,
as you often told us, life is short and we
have to make the most of it to live a
worthy life.' One of the runners-up,
Sujitha Subramanian, wrote, 'I realised
that though world history can only
be the same thing, each nation teaches
its people history according to their
own perspective.'
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The boarding school winner, Dun Xiao
from China, is ranked in the top 50
in the National Cipher Challenge - a
code-breaking competition. In his letter
he wrote, 'Every day has been full. I have
broadened my view, developed my
English and gained so much knowledge.'
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Look out for some published highlights
of the letters in the next issue of Club UK.
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