The reporter went to the American high school: students only slept for 4 hours a day
Hualong Network - Chongqing morning paper
American journalist Edward Hume, won the Pulitzer prize for the highest News Award. He spent a year in a public high school. One year of experience, he wrote a book called "School of dreams". The first chapter used the title: "4 are magic numbers: 4 hours sleep, 4 latte, 4."
this book describes the students in the high school: to get the highest average score of 4, they sleep only 4 hours a day and put down 4 cans of latte, so that they can stay up all night.
in a similar American high school, the experience of Chinese girl Tian Tian is exactly the same.
competition began on the first day of school
Tian Tian entered Dyer's high school, the first day of school, the placement exam! It turns out that the school will teach mathematics, science, second foreign languages and other subjects by stratified teaching. There are five classes of class in light mathematics. Every subject in the field of the field of childhood is the highest. Like many American high schools, Dyer requires students to study mathematics, English, science, including biology, chemistry, physics, history, etc. Although school closes at 3 p.m., students spend a lot of time finishing their homework.
once, Tian Tian spent 3 whole days to finish a 17 page paper. The reason is that the history teacher played three films about slavery in the class and arranged the paper accordingly: "how did the three films reflect the history of American slavery?"
what is the standard of writing for middle school students? Once a student wrote a lot of knowledge about a certain event, he was criticized by the teacher. "There is no point of view, just a pile of materials!"
textbooks have more than 100 Jin
some people have calculated that American high school students need to carry 112 pounds of textbooks a year, about 104 Jin. Sometimes, teachers do not even have classes, so that students can dip into the library to check and write papers. "The answer is not right or wrong, but you must be insightful and logical." Tada Shigesakae's teacher's mantra, American education emphasizes the critical thinking from childhood, and the pressure of students is enormous. Of course, that does not mean that they do not need to memorize. In addition to compulsory courses, American middle school students have to deal with a large number of elective courses.
in tin Tian high school, almost 90% of parents gave their children tutoring. Unlike Chinese students who need to cope with the mid-term and final examinations, the number of examinations in the United States is more frequent, and each examination result is related to the "future".
this is also mixed with the American "college entrance examination baton" effect.
, and when students fail to distinguish between success and failure, extracurricular activities become another battleground for competition. A cruel reality is that there has been a "special" column on the American college application form, and students not only need to list the specialty, but there is a hierarchy of "award areas: state, national, and the world" in the form. If it is not a brilliant achievement, it is not exceptional. Expertise must be "different". Students with long columns are not likely to be admitted to prestigious schools. According to global magazine
you can't imagine that American high school students are so hard on
American students are not as easy as they imagined. From preschool to college, 112 big exams
more
American students from preschool to grade 12, with an average of 112 required standardized tests. In international examinations, countries whose performance is superior to that of the United States requires only about three examinations for the same students.
tired
students in the United States need to spend 20 to 25 hours a year on exams (excluding school level exams).
4.0 4 hours 4 cans of coffee
to get the highest average score 4, they sleep only 4 hours a day, filling down 4 big cans of latte, in order to be able to stay up all night.
revelation to Chinese children
American education is "beautiful"? That's Misreading! What is the middle school like in the United States? Maybe we really have too many misunderstandings. Recently, a group of early Chinese immigrant families began to attack the beautiful middle school landscape built by short-term visitors and exchange students on the Internet, and reprimand as "irresponsible and popular".
when studying abroad is becoming younger, we may really need to know a real American middle school life. Edward Humes, an American journalist, won the Pulitzer prize for the highest News Award. From the autumn of 2010, he spent a year in California high school in Whitney, a public high school. He attended lectures in the school, chatted with students, interviewed students and teachers, taught a thesis writing course in this school, and even took the exam himself. This book describes the image of students in Whitney high school. Some people say that Whitney high school does not represent all high schools in the United States, and Whitney's high school students do not represent American high school students.
however, the mother of Tian Tian, a Chinese girl, has always stressed: "until now, many people are still misreading American middle school life and American middle school students. In fact, the United States has a large number of students working hard, achieving excellent results and striving for excellence.