Sixty Chinese students studied for three weeks in Tacoma public schools. They practiced their English, but they had an unusual experience: they learned independence and creativity.
“In America, the classes are very open, and every person has a different idea,” noted 15-year-old Liu Hui Yu, who adopted an American name, Jennifer, for her visit. “It’s free. I like it.”
“I think the greatest thing I learned in America is their way of studying,” added her friend Jiao Xiao Yuan, also known as Caroline.
“They are not studying for a test, all the way around. They really read books, and they write what they feel about the book.”
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Once I asked a Chinese grad student who worked in a lab where I did what thing he loved being able to get in the U.S. that he couldn’t get in China and without hesitation he said, “freedom.”
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“The Zhao of Education” (aka Yong Zhao)
Graffiti on the wall
Says “Question one and all”
As Zhao of Ed
Has wisely said
“Without it, we will fall”
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For several years now in NJ, Eastern Christian HS and a regional Catholic HS have been enrolling clusters of teens from China, with school community members housing them. The parents are sacrificing spending those years with their teens at home so that their kids will experience less-rote schooling. The parents may anticipate that the cultural experience will also make them more “career-ready” in a global economy.
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