catherine wang arrived in the uk in january 1999. in order to develop and extend her english language skills, she spent the first few months at sherborne international college. then she joined aldenham to take a two-year‘a’level course, which will enable her to enter a british university.

　　catherine found that the emphasis on maths and science in china had equipped her well for two of her“a” levels----maths and physics. to challenge her imagination, she chose art as her third subject. she said it was quite rewarding and challenging.