Timothy

As an SEN with learning disabilities, Timothy does not excel academically and works hard to compensate for his own shortcomings. As an IVE student, Timothy doesn’t have much space to use his talent and very often needs to work overnight to finish his work on time with his SEN handicap. He however didn’t give in to his limits and faced his handicapped head and continued striving for excellence.

Outside of academics, Timothy’s goal is to help those around him and work to become a social worker to help more people and spread positivity to everyone around Hong Kong. Timothy demonstrates incredible social skills and uses his kind heart to help others like himself through different activities, like acting as a weekend coach for baseball and taking pride in the number of friends he made through helping people.

Timothy thinks Hong Kong’s society is lacking in opportunities and freedom. It is also oppressive in his eyes. Timothy hopes Hong Kong can give SENs more chances to meet new friends and acquire new skills to compensate for their lack of academic skills and give students opportunities to find out what they like to forge their own paths.

Timothy，一名有特殊學習需要（SEN）的學生，雖然在學業上並不出色，但能將勤補拙。修讀於毅進文憑（IVE），Timothy認為自己在計劃之中沒有機會發揮所長，更因為SEN的緣故，經常需要用更多時間和精力去通宵完成作業。雖然如此，但他沒有因此而氣餒，反而越戰越強，繼續在學業上推進自己。

學業以外，Timothy以幫助別人為己任，自己更是為這個目標而努力學習，期望在將來成為一名社工，在社會上發光發熱，散播正能量。有見及此，Timothy在不同的活動之中都以社交技巧和友善的態度幫助別人，以期達成自己的目標，例如在週末作為棒球教練訓練球隊的時候結交不少朋友。

Timothy認為當今社會缺少協助SEN青少年發掘個人能力的機會。相對外國，本地的教育制度較為壓迫、限制學生在學習方面的自由。由此，Timothy指出香港社會能夠提供更多機會去讓SEN學生擴闊社交圈子以及培養生活技能，從而彌補他們學業上的不足，最終能發掘與開創自己的道路。