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Challenge oneself, Enjoy the world --- The World Scholar’s Cup

November 30, 2015

Challenge oneself, Enjoy the world --- The World Scholar’s Cup

The World Scholar’s Cup is a celebration different from other competitions. Instead of focusing on memorizing facts after facts, WSC is all about applying and relating knowledge to the world around people. WSC gives scholars all around the world the chance to interact and learn with each other, to understand different cultures and visit amazing places. Each year the WSC, leaders would choose a new country to host its global round in. Last time it was Kuala Lumpur and Ireland; this year it is going to be in Bangkok and Prague. One of the main activities scholars participate in is sightseeing and exploring the new city. The students who participate in WSC see it more like a family.

There are three rounds in total for WSC: regionals, globals, and the Tournament of Champions with four sections to pass for each. At each WSC round the scholars must, with their team, make it within the set rank to proceed to the next round. Each student has to go through debate, the scholar’s challenge, scholar’s bowl, and writing. The scholar’s bowl is a series of questions that a team works together to answer, similar to a quiz bowl. On the other hand, the challenge is a test for each individual scholar just like the ones taken in school. But what are we tested about? Each year the WSC team would present 6 new subjects with different subfields for students to research and study consisting of: literature, art, history, science, social studies, and a special subject known as special area. Every single minute spent studying on WSC is worth it. One quality aspect of WSC research is that one can balance it between school life and the competitions.

Students from SHSID went to the Tournament of Champions, held at Yale University. They received outstanding results, to name a few: Celine Sung from grade 11 received 3rd for overall student, Amelia Deshmukh from grade 9 received 11 for overall student, Jenny Feng from grade 9 received 5th for debate, and Terry Guo from grade 9 received 3rd for the art section within scholar’s challenge. These rankings are for world-wide results. Also, having visited Yale’s campus, the students were amazed by the infrastructure and beauty of the area. Yale’s original design is based on neo-gothic art; many of the buildings replicate castles and manors. Though the infrastructure looks old, many of the buildings were purposely burnt to get its appearance. As Nate Samuelson said, “The architecture and nature of Yale’s campus and the surrounding area are displays rich in color, culture, and beauty which perfectly compliment the prestige and history of the institution.”

Is WSC challenging? Yes. Can it be frightening? Yes. But will it be fun? Most Definitely！

(Written by Jenny Feng Picture by Jenny Feng Supervised by Sophia Yang)