Sammy

Majoring in Global Business at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sammy is an outlier who deviates from the general impression that most have on students in a commonly-acknowledged top-notch programme. Brought up neither in a wealthy family nor a prestigious secondary school, Sammy dreamt of entering the Global Business programme, which was not popular among his peers during his college years. The discouragement almost appeared to be sounding: no one from his secondary school had ever made it to the global business programme, why on earth would he think that he would be the chosen one?

Sammy has been longing for the chance to explore the world since a teenager. Constrained by the financial situation, books were his lens when travelling could not be his choice. Sammy believes that reading sets a fair ground for youths from different classes. Overcoming the inheritance of wealth, social status and power, Sammy decided to offer a helping hand to youths who face similar struggles and equalise the right to equality education. Aspiring to prove to the younger generation that they can, Sammy provides free tutorials to secondary school students and shares study tips on a social platform.

Having experienced and broken the cycle of opportunity inheritance, Sammy acknowledges that the income gap breeds the resource gap, especially in nurturing youths. Sammy dreams of becoming an entrepreneur in providing education to youths one day.

Sammy是就讀於香港中文大學環球商業管理系的學生,他不是出身於富裕的家庭,也並非就讀於傳統名校,而這些都與大眾眼中修讀環球商業管理課程的學生的既定印象有所出入。而在中學時期,因為環球商業管理系收生分數頗高,由此一直以來身邊的同學都以此為不可能達成的目標,而這就恰恰與Sammy相反。雖然身邊有不少質疑的聲音,但這也並不影響他的決心。

從十幾歲開始,Sammy就一直渴望探索這個世界。但是受限於家庭經濟狀況,他只能透過書本去看世界,了解其他國家的風土人情。所以Sammy認為閱讀書籍、學習新知是可以為不同階層的青少年提供一個平等的機會,同時他也將這一信條付諸行動,希望能夠向基層家庭的學生提供援助,例如為中學生提供免費輔導、於社交平台上分享學習技巧等等,期望給予他們接受平等教育的機會,擺脫社會上因財富、地位的差距所帶來的枷鎖。

Sammy透過自身的努力改變了因家庭經濟因素所帶來的阻礙,他深切體會到收入的差距所帶來的資源差距,這也是為什麼他希望成為一名教育家,一直為青少年提供平等的教育而堅持。

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