Four boys in Form VI were selected to represent Australia in the International Linguistics Olympiad, held at the Taipei National University from 20 – 26 July.
Forty-six countries were involved and it was an intense competition with individual papers of six hours duration and team competitions going for four hours, both without any breaks.
The boys were accompanied by Ms Fin who reports that for their first international competition they did well to keep pace with the incredibly high standards.
The team t-shirt was the ”talk of the town” and was designed by Luke Kelman (VI) and attracted many positive comments from other competitors and team leaders. The boys made friends with likeminded young people from all over the world and the farewells were intense and emotional. Food was a highlight on this tour and the boys were quite adventurous, tasting everything on show in each banquet and on one occasion, being brave enough to try” Stinky tofu” – an acquired taste we all agreed!
