Sunday, May 8, 2011

The Contrast of Chinese and American University

       There are a lot of different advantages between Chinese university and American university.  China has a lot of very large universities and the scenery is very beautiful.  The students of Chinese university will have great fun.  What the knowledge they learnt from the teachers are very easy.  Therefore, their burden of study is not very heavy.  They also have time to do what they want to do.  For instance, they can find the part-time job, watching the movie, passing other documents and so on.  In the class, students don’t allowed to talk and they don’t permitted to argue with the professors.  What they can do just listen to the professors so that they can keep the class quiet.  Their final exams are very simple.  For example, the teachers will give the main point about the exams so what students can do just remember the answers.  However, this situation is not appear on American university.  We hear about the informality in an American class from time to time. For instance, American professors do not dress up and they generally call students by their first names.  Students can speak out in class, where they do not even need to raise their hands.  In addition, in many schools, students can drink coffee, tea or juice during classes.  American students sometimes argue with their teachers in class, give teachers suggestions on things that need changing, or even criticize their ideas.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Dave:
    I can not agree with your opinions any more. It is really a totally different experience of learning in America for myself. In Chinese society, we always emphasize the important of respecting a teacher or instructor. We seldom eat or drink in the class. We never speak in the class unless the teacher asks us to do.
    Chinese communities generally emphasize the respect to an elder and a teacher or instructor, especially in the public, classroom for example. It is strange for us when a teacher asks the students the opinions about his course.
    Therefore, the classroom is an important place for studying, so we seldom eat or drink in the classroom, especially when a teacher is teaching. We only eat or drink in the break between the classes.
    Futhermore, we seldom speak in the classroom unless a teacher asks us to do so. If only a teacher permits us to speak after our raising hand, we can do.
    This is a new experience for me. It seems that I am a young boy who just enters the elementary school.

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