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Is there a Wellington College type of person? Yes, there is. Our students are works-in-progress. Our adults – we should be the finished article! The Wellington Identity is a list of five adjectives, each beginning with the letter ‘I’. Together, they describe the type of person a Wellington student is becoming.
Inspired
At Wellington College International School Bangkok we guide students to be inspired by everything they do, both inside and outside of the classroom, so they leave school as interesting people, interested in how they can shape the world around them. The Inspired teacher is the one who changed your life. The one who stepped forward every day – in or out of the classroom – to share their own passion for their subject, their own joy in exploration, discussion, creation, invention. And that’s a wonderful model for students. However inspired our teachers may be (and they are), our students can always be more.
Intellectual
Wellington College International School Bangkok wants our students to adopt a genuinely intellectual approach to their academic work and to their view of the world around them, in the knowledge that a Wellington education is only the beginning of an exciting and life-long journey of learning. As teachers inspire and challenge students, so they become interested and interesting: this is where intellectual development begins. We want our students to keep asking important questions – even difficult questions – and to be fired with a genuine spirit of enquiry.
Independent
Wellington College International School Bangkok encourages our students to become truly independent, as those who can think, learn and cope independently will be the leaders and game-changers of the future. A Wellington education is all about the gradual removal of stabilisers, a gentle freeing of the spirit, so that all our students leave the College having learnt how to think, learn and cope independently.
Individual
Wellington College International School Bangkok learning environment helps each and every student to be valued and developed as an individual, so their Wellington experience is much more than just going to school – rather, it is the journey to self. There is only one Wellington College Bangkok – but each student makes it their very own school. All our students have the space and freedom to become truly individual, respecting themselves and respecting the individuality of others.
Inclusive
Wellington College International School Bangkok teaches our students to be inclusive in all dealings with other people, so they leave the College not in a bubble of privilege and elitism, but with the ability to engage with their local, national and international communities, and with a burning desire to do good in the world. At Wellington, students understand that with great privilege comes great responsibility. We want them all to leave the school with a burning sense of responsibility to make the world a better place.