微雨过，小荷翻，榴花开欲燃。又是一年毕业季！

毕业季总是免不了伤感，而疫情下的毕业季，除了伤感增加之余，又多了一份遗憾。尽管如此，充满神圣感与仪式感的毕业典礼却没有缺席！

下午，阳光明媚，万物可爱，领科教育上海校区在校园大草坪上举行了2020届毕业典礼。领科教育上海校区校长梁兴安、学术副校长Emmanuel N Barthalomew、副校长康健、IB负责人林雪梅、校长助理顾蓓蓓、全体教师以及家委会代表出席典礼，共同见证这一神圣时刻。

毕业典礼

国歌响起，胡译仁和李天行两位主持人宣布2020届毕业典礼正式拉开帷幕，参加典礼的师生全体肃立，为在抗击新冠肺炎疫情中牺牲的医护人员和逝世同胞默哀一分钟。

校长致辞

疫情之下，梁校长感慨颇多，对毕业生的嘱咐也比往年要多，“第一，以对未来的信心更坚韧地面对困难，不要浪费一场危机。要相信困难总会过去，灾疫也会有结束的时候，社会总会在混乱、失序之后走向秩序。若不好的事情发生在你身上或身边，唯有面对，无法逃避，果断行动。第二，应对不确定的事件，形成独立判断，洞察大势，提早准备。这一点对多数人而言是一件极难的事，逆向思维，大胆假设小心求证等等思维方式会帮到你。遇事要有备选方案，不能只有一个选择。第三，保持与家人的沟通，父母永远是你的靠山，同学也是你可信赖的战友。同时，要学会管理你的财务，不能大手大脚。”在嘱咐和建议后，他更是希望毕业生勇敢地迎接疫情后时代的挑战和克服困难。

A Level毕业生代表发言

第13届A Level毕业生温迪同学，已收获1份帝国理工学院和2份伦敦大学的录取。他分享了关于学习生活的三个看法：

The first question is what’s the most valuable thing we obtained from our school life in Ulink. In my opinion, it should be our memories of the days with schoolmates and teachers. I’m quite fascinated by the ideas of “once-in-a lifetime” .Those days maybe not perfect but they’re unique. Whether those memories are sweet or bitter, whether those days are sunny or rainy, when we look back, those days become our treasures eventually. Even an experience of “detention” can be a lesson.

The second question is which skill we learned is the most important. From my point of view, it must be the critical thinking skills. We should think independently since sometimes the informations may not match, especially when we hear news from media. From different stand points of view different ideologies ，the contents of news canbe totally different. 

The last question is about culture. We should try integrate into the local culture when we studied abroad and enjoy the experience of living and study, however, we should bear our culture in mind. In my point of view, we should take the essence of the foreign culture and mix it with our culture.

IBDP毕业生代表发言

领科首届IB毕业生王敏敏同学，已收获加州大学圣地亚哥分校、加州大学圣克鲁兹分校、巴布森学院和意大利博科尼大学的录取。她分享了两年IB的学习和生活的感悟。在演讲中她用一则小故事幽默地描绘了学习过程中的挑战与磨炼以及获得成功的喜悦，最后她呼吁全体毕业生要珍惜青春时光、实现人生梦想：

“We are entering the next phase of our life. We have officially come to a time when we should forget about everyone, whether it’s our parents, teachers, or our friends, to figure for yourself where to go in life. We seem to have so much free time now, but the truth is that we have less time than we think to reach for our dreams. And we have more power now than ever to either continue on our track or make a u-turn.

I have interacted with most of you in the past 4 years, and I think we have the potential and we better exceed people’s expectations. We  better pursue our passions. And we better be the  best versions of ourselves.”

2020年每个人都在努力，一切都似乎过于漫长和沉重，对我们毕业生来说更是如此：CAIE和IBDP考试的取消、线上完成最后的学业……虽然心中充满未知和遗憾，但追逐梦想的步伐从未停止，坚持在迷雾中忍耐和前行。同时，在这样艰难的时刻，毕业典礼乘风踏浪而来，并每一个环节的仪式感都没有少，这或许能给毕业生们带来些安慰。这特殊的毕业典礼为这一段求知岁月画上圆满的句号！