The teacher recommended “Encounters with American Education,” and I read it with great interest. I’ve never been this excited, probably because the book is so thin
It was easy to read, and it was the Kind of American education I liked, so I finished it quickly.
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“Encounter with American Education” is about a Chinese journalist [male] whose son was sent to Los Angeles to receive An American education when he was 10 years old
He was filled with doubts, and many of his friends urged him to at least let his children finish their basic education in China before going. But he still took the baby
Shortly after I went to the United States, I was worried about my son’s study and growth, but gradually, he felt the changes in his son
He deeply felt the gap between American education and Chinese education.
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1. The free:
A. There is no unified textbook, no unified examination, and no classification and ranking of students (just the opposite of China)
B. Students in the United States don’t have to learn math until 6th grade (this is one of my biggest concerns)
C. Students can laugh loudly in class. (As an experienced student, as far as I know, I don’t think any student in China dares to do so
He will either be reprimanded or sent straight out of the station.
D. Students are allowed to play for at least two hours at school every day and are sent home before 3pm, and students do not have textbooks at all!
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2. Trust your child’s creativity
This can be seen from the composition questions assigned by the teacher.
A. “China’s Yesterday and Today” (this kind of assignment in China is at least a graduate or graduate student will write a paper!) I’ll see you at the beginning of this assignment
This was the kind of difficult task the author himself used to write a thesis after graduate school, when he was 30. He was worried, but
He believed in his son. After all, it was homework that had to be done. Finally, through the unremitting efforts of the son, looking up all kinds of information, finally, the 10-year-old
The boy finished the essay, divided it into chapters and sections, and clearly listed a bibliography at the end of the essay. His consciousness is really high
Ah, now I am a junior in college, and I have never done such a perfect assignment, let alone listed a bibliography at the end of the article, what a shame!!
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B. How DO I See Human Culture?
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3. Find ways to guide
A. To borrow the author’s words: “Although American primary schools do not indoctrinate children with a lot of knowledge in the classroom, they try their best to make children’s eyes
Light to the boundless knowledge of the ocean outside the campus; They don’t have children memorizing a lot of formulas and theorems. But they took pains
Teach children how to think and how to find answers in unfamiliar areas. They never divide the students into groups without examinations
But to recognize their efforts, to praise their own conclusions, to protect and encourage their creativity
Create desire and experiment.”
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(This is similar to the education we receive now. Teachers never teach us the answers to questions, but teach us how to think about them,
How to think in a different way. And the teacher always praise and affirm everything we say, even if again how donkey lip wrong horse mouth, the teacher also always can
In fact, this practice gives us a lot of confidence, let us more dare to say and do, dare to in the future
To express our own feelings and thoughts in any appropriate way on any occasion. Suddenly feel very lucky, life can be so happy, accept
An education similar to that in the United States.
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4. The parents’ meeting
A. Form: Just like a get-together, the classroom was beautifully decorated by the students themselves, with balloons and ribbons. And it’s parents and kids at meetings
All present. (Again, this is different from the Parent conferences in China, which tend to be, or to exaggerate, “always,” only attended by parents,
And the news of a parent-teacher conference can be very unsettling for parents and children, because it seems that every time there is a parent-teacher conference, there is something wrong with the children, or
What mistakes did you make?
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Here I would like to quote the author more aptly: “This reminds me of the parent-teacher conferences back home. The school opened the notice of the parents’ meeting, parents and students began to worry
Uneasy, as if facing a severe test. At the parent-teacher meeting, the school leaders and teachers are on top of each other
From the school loudspeaker), speaking in cadence, sometimes pointing out the tough competitive situation, sometimes assigning difficult examination tasks, sometimes
Point the finger at a typical student or parent and then issue a blanket warning. At this point, the parents sit in their children’s seats, their eyes lowered,
All ears. The parents of those children with bad academic performance on weekdays, are jumpy, on pins and needles, after the “toss”, but also with toss
Finish his teacher to seriously study how to toss about (discipline) children’s countermeasures. And the children? At this time is hiding in the home haunted to guess home
The scene of the long meeting, full of worries waiting for the return of parents, do not know what teachers and parents privately managed, their own situation and what will happen
Change? I don’t know how many children were beaten by their parents after the parents’ meeting. It’s the day of the parent-teacher conference, especially when the kids are taking finals or
The parents’ meeting before the entrance examination is undoubtedly a scary day for the whole family. Parents are waiting for the “sentence” from the teacher, and children are waiting for the teacher
Double judgment with my parents.”
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B. Content: The teacher sometimes asks the students to write some poems (in English, of course) in class, and the teacher doesn’t tell the students these things
West must write well, the future is to save binding printing. Students are very easy to write, the content is not limited, speak freely, without any pressure, because
This is not a writing contest. (I have always been a person who has been afraid of writing essays.) The teacher gave the “secret gift” at the parents’ meeting
Parents and children.
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C. I read my son’s poem time. He wrote: Time itself has no speed, only because of the existence of people, time becomes different, is the same
Personally, time will also change, when you do not know what to do, time is not slow, but fast, because it is lost; And when you want to do
When you have too many things to do and feel like you don’t have enough time, time actually slows down because your creation has slowed it down. The speed of time is under man’s control
In the. I have only one feeling after reading it: I feel ashamed. A 10-year-old boy has such an understanding of time that I’m afraid I don’t have one yet
To know)
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D. At the end of the parents’ meeting, the author, like traditional Chinese parents, walked up to the head teacher and asked him a question: “Has my child been studying recently?
What’s the problem? The teacher’s answer was thought-provoking: Your child doesn’t have any problems. If there were any problems, I would have contacted you long ago, not now. you
Do Chinese always study children’s ‘problems’? I said it was a plan for a rainy day, but the teacher smiled and said, Let s use more energy to find the children
Their loveliness and their potential, encourage them, guide them, fill their hearts with confidence, light and joy, so that children will have more
Only with greater interest in learning can we have greater strength to overcome difficulties.”
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5. No examination determines your life.
The school will hold several examinations each semester, and the highest score will be taken as the final result. (It seems that China is improving in this area, too.
Because a lot of students get screwed.)
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6. Develop self-confidence
A. American primary schools start from the first grade to offer speech classes, allowing each student to express his or her advantages and expertise in order to exercise speaking ability and communication
Ability, the ability to interact with people. “Da Yu Mo” : “full action loss, modest benefit, time is the way of heaven.” See, the Chinese ancestors always taught us to be modest
Be careful, don’t make too much public, do things in a low-key and high-profile way. Ha ha.
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7. Volunteer service
My son’s school requires every student to complete at least 200 hours of volunteer work a year. I think every school in America does
There are similar requirements, the purpose is to develop students’ personal social responsibility.
Not only elementary schools but also universities are paying attention to this. American colleges and universities are paying more attention to students these days, according to admissions officers
For achievements in community contribution and volunteer service and the growth that has resulted. Some universities even require students to:
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A. Each time you volunteer, take a few minutes to do something for yourself, what you learn, and how this experience has affected you
A record. This part of the content can be recorded in notepad with a pen, or upload their own blog, social circle (wechat).
B. Take the initiative to talk to your teammates and team leaders and tell them what you did that you thought was important. You can ask the permission of the team leader for your own participation
Activities to collect and record images, such as taking photos. With authorization, you can upload your own social circle or blog.
C. Actively seek out opportunities to learn more. Take the initiative to learn more about volunteers with your teammates and teachers on the volunteer team, or with your school’s service advisor
To serve the opportunity of activities, learn about the past activities, what can be gained, and discuss with the planning teacher, decide to participate in social activities suitable for me.
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(It can be seen that the three requirements are “active”, “record” and “share”, only after active communication and learning will feel, and to
Write it down and share it with others to infect more people to do it or help them, which is more conducive to the sound personality of students
The harmonious development of the society.
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Here we look at the importance of social service activities for Ivy League schools (Table 1) and public schools (Table 2) in reviewing college application materials
Sexual disclosure.
From the data, the requirements for social services of these elite schools are very clear. Its importance is self-evident. \