Mint Chan Ching-man's hard work finally paid off yesterday when she received her results in this year's Advanced Level examinations.
Mint, this year's winner of the Best Improvement Award of the South China Morning Post Student of the Year Awards, scored a B in Geography, a C in Use of English and Ds in Economics and Chinese Language.
She was delighted with her results, especially with the C in English.
'I have spent a lot of time on this subject as I go to a Chinese school. To be as competitive as students from English schools, I knew I would need to work even harder,' says the 19-year-old from Yuen Long Lutheran Secondary School.
'I only got an E in the HKCEE so it's a big improvement, and I have to thank my teachers for their help.'
Mint has put in tremendous effort to get to where she is now. Five years ago, she was a teachers' nightmare and failed most of her subjects. She was hanging out with the wrong people and was not interested in her future. Fortunately, her teachers never gave up on her.