In this column, Bizkids, we feature interviews with successful entrepreneurs and various professionals to share their advice to aspiring kids with entrepreneurial spirits. To send in your questions or advice, email wendyxu@beijing-kids.com.
It can be quite easy to forget about Christmas in China sometimes as it’s not an official holiday here. That doesn’t mean you can’t still have the holiday spirit here in Beijing, and what better way to do that than to prepare a Christmas dinner and spruce up your home with all the Christmas decorations you can get your hands on! To help you find everything you need to have a Merry Christmas, here is a list of some holiday decorations to ask for from your nearby supermarket or department store.
According to a new survey published today by the website The Student Room, 20 percent of students would have picked their majors differently having sampled their choice firsthand. With so many options, pithy truisms, and conflicting advice around, choosing a college major is hard. Whose advice can you trust? What are the major questions students should ask themselves before choosing their university degree? How do students know if they need a career counselor? What are those questions you might face in real life?
The importance of business and entrepreneurial experiences for teens is increasingly recognized. Are you or your teen ready to leave the nest and take the challenge? Once you have an idea, the very first step to introduce it to others is using an elevator pitch. As a brief, persuasive speech, you can use an elevator pitch to spark interest in your idea to potential clients or customers who don’t know you.
In this column, Bizkids, we will feature interviews with successful entrepreneurs and various professionals and share their advice to aspiring kids with entrepreneurial spirits.
In this column, Bizkids, we will feature interviews with successful entrepreneurs and various professionals and share their advice to aspiring kids with entrepreneurial spirits. To send in your questions or advice, email wendyxu@beijing-kids.com.
Confidence takes time to develop, especially when starting out. For people who feel they may lack the confidence to stand up on the stage and present, the advice I offer is simply “pretend you have confidence!”
Here are the materials and steps you’ll need to make a paper wallet with your kids, whether it’s to give them their very first wallet or finally start carrying one of your own for the first time in China!
Robbie, a 7-year-old student from House of Knowledge, along with his teacher Marianna Wilde, made a happy Halloween grave bat flying in the moon.
In our regular magazine piece ‘West Meets East’, we interview two Beijing families from two different cultural backgrounds about the same topic. This month, we talked to the Zhao family from China and Trivedi-Bajpai family from India about their parenting philosophies.