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a new immigrant from mainland China
When I put-year-old son to the United States, to send him to an apartment that is not far from the American school, I was like their own favorite things to one I do not trust people to care, worry all day long. This is what kind of school ah! Students can laugh in the classroom every day for students to play at least two hours, less than three in the afternoon, home from school, the most eye-opener for me is no textbook.
that blonde American female teachers saw my son brought the Chinese fourth-grade textbook, the gentle and said: “I can tell you, before the sixth grade,ghd purple, his math not learn!” face her benevolent smile, I like endured a Sap. For a time, really doubt the boy into the United States to life is not done the most stupid thing.
day every day that passes, watching his son carrying empty bags every day excited to go to school, I could not stop a sad heart. In China, he started first grade, school bags on the full, dark, from first grade to fourth grade for three bags, a more than a big sense of “knowledge” of the weight increase. In the United States, he was not a burden, it can be called to school? A semester later, called his son in front of the school asked him to give him the United States the impression that most of what he gave me a smile of American English: “Freedom!” As the word like a brick on my forehead on the film.
At this point, is really an affectionate remembrance of Chinese education. Seems to be more deeply understand why Chinese kids can always learn in the international competition to take the Olympic gold medal. However, the matter has been the cause of this? Only fate.
knew a year later, his son grow a lot of English,paul smith sale, not directly home after school, but often go to libraries, from time to time on the back of a big bag of books back to. Asked him what time to take so many books, he watched a borrowed name of the book side of the computer, without looking up and said: “Operation.”
Called homework? Saw children playing on the computer screen the title, I’m there almost to tears?? “China yesterday and today,” such a big topic, even if Dr. dare to do it?
So I asked who strictly acoustic Lise to the idea, the son frankly say: The teacher said the United States is the country of immigrants,[Transferred] to understand … …, so that each student write a description of their ancestors living in the country of the article. Requirements summarized in this country’s history, geography, culture, and analyze the difference with the United States, to explain their views. I heard, not even the strength to sigh, I really do not know for a year-old child to do such an adult may not even do the project, what would be a result? Only one-year-old child that if education was bragging, I am afraid the future is the ability to eat as well.
A few days later, the son of this work is completed. Unexpectedly, the print out is a more than 20-page booklet. From nine of the Yellow River to the hieroglyphics, from the Silk Road to the flag … … bustling. I did not agree, nor criticism, because I’ve gone a little stunned, first, because I saw the son of the separation of the chapter and article, section, and second, the article concludes with a list in the bibliography. I think this is my graduate school application after the manner of writing, when I three-year-old.
Soon, another son of a composition it out. This is “how do I look at human culture.” If there is scope to follow the previous work, this time be described as being unrealistic. Son sincerely asked me: “dumplings is culture?” In order not to delay the future generations,Paul Smith, together with my son and had access to the authority of the tool. It took some effort, we completed the concrete from the abstract to the concrete to the abstract and from the repetitive process of agonizing, the son is a few nights sitting in front of the computer trouble of making a fuss. I do like his dedicated, can not help but smile in mind, a primary school, how to understand “culture” meaning unlimited extension of the rich and they can not determine the concept? I wish to “eat” the son of another endless interest in dumplings, steamed buns on the fuss. Education in the United States has become undoubtedly the son of unfettered made to the article, and the print is 10, is his cover article in the back of another column with a reference book for books. He triumphantly told me: “What you say is the culture? Quite simple?? Is the man who created all people to enjoy.” Self-confident look that seems to find the others failed to find the truth. Later, the teacher read the children’s work brought back, above a teacher’s comment is: “I have arranged the original purpose of this assignment is to enable children to broaden their horizons, active thinking, and reading the results of their operations, often into the I hope I children enter the realm. “This comment is asked his son what it means.
son said the teacher did not feel pride for us, but we are shocked her. “Is not it?” My son asked me.
I am speechless, I think this child to understand how so many things at once? On second thought, no wonder, dare to make even the culture of the subject are the children, not sure what else to do it?
the end of sixth grade son, the teachers left their jobs is a bunch of “World War II” issue. “Who do you think responsible for this war?” “Do you think the failure of Nazi Germany, what is?” “If you are a senior advisor to President Truman, you will have what attitude the United States dropping the atomic bomb?” “Do you think drop the atomic bomb was only one way to end the war? “” Do you think the best way to avoid war today, what is? “?? If two years ago, saw this problem,Best represents the elements, I will certainly complain: It was not work, clear is a preliminary training run for Senator! By this time, I can calmly think through the logic of which was.
schools and teachers is being asked in this all set up, the children transfer to a humanitarian values, to lead the children to pay attention to the destiny of humanity, so that children learn to think a major problem. These issues in the classroom are no standard answers, the answer that some children may need to actively look for cable lifetime. Looking 12-year-old son to read with great interest the completion of these operations look to find information, I can not help but think back to the way history of World War I learned, in accordance with the age of death of recorded events to be back, knowing that the book’s conclusions are as pedantic, “the Bible” to remember, or,Father wrote to his son’s letter, how to go toward a bright future through the exam then? At this point I think we in the pursuit of knowledge, process, repeat the previous conclusions are often far more than their own thinking. Without their own thinking, it could have a new creation.
when his son graduated from elementary school, are already skilled in using computers and microfilm library system needs to find his information on a variety of text and images. One day the two of us for the feeding habits of lions and leopards to argue with. The next day, he borrowed from the library of the United States National Geographic Society filmed the video description of this animal, took my stand by, watch the discussion. The face he did not understand what the child has to know where to go looking for the answer.
son’s change led me to re look at America’s primary education. I found the United States while not in the class of primary school children a great deal on the inculcation of knowledge, but they are trying to lead the children’s attention outside the boundless ocean of knowledge, they let the child know that life all the time and space are their classroom learning; they do not allow children to memorize a lot of formulas and theorems, but they took pains to tell the children how to think about the problem, teach the children themselves in an unfamiliar way to find the field; They do not test the Students are divided into 369 and so on, but make every effort to confirm the children every effort to commend all the children to think for themselves conclusion, to protect and encourage the creative desires of all children and attempts.
one occasion, I asked the son of teachers: “how do you keep kids memorizing some important things?” The teacher smiled and said: “The people’s creativity, there are two things more than rote More important: one is to know where he needed to go looking for it to remember much more than knowledge; another one is the integrated use his knowledge to create new capacity. rote, not let a person knowledgeable, will not let a man become wise, this is my point of view. “
I can not help but recall one of my good friend and my first conversation. He majored in astronomy, from the Institute of American universities into the day to win a doctoral degree for five years, he has been with honors enjoy generous scholarships offered by the department. He said to me: “I feel very strange, if with classroom grades for the scholarship, the Americans often not Chinese rival, but one to practice in the field, conduct research topic, Chinese students often do not so U.S. students clever, so creative. “I think his feelings may be just what the basis of two different education systems resulting from the difference between. Chinese are too used to go in a designated frame of mind, travel fairs fist, and if they lost a regular reference for many Chinese people feel may often not free, but the paramilitary groups and a loss.
I often think of China’s primary education, think of those who sit in class with both hands straight behind the children, think of those heavy course, the number of operations, stringent test … … it was a sacred and people dignity, but also great people feel depressed and bound, but how many generations are compliant with its will, it as a way to change the destiny. This is a continuation of a culture, it may has its own glory, but the face needs of each individual creativity of the information society, to face tomorrow’s world, what should we look at that gave birth to our own civilization?
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