[blog 9] A long road ahead for China's education

 During these months’ staying in Singapore, I reflected a lot on China's education. With the largest population in the world, Chinese government made it possible for every child to go to school. China's education has its own advantages. Students who have received Chinese education for some years have a solid foundation, especially in math and science. However, some disadvantages are visible.

 

  Firstly, unfair policy is a very important issue. Students in some provinces or cities are enjoying education privileges. An obvious example, compared to students in other provinces, students in Beijing are much easier to get into Peking University and Tsinghua University, known as the two best universities in China. According to MOE (2011), 0.026% (135 out of 510,000) students in Sichuan province are admitted by Tsinghua University while the number in Beijing is 5.2% (398 out of 7,6000). On this issue, the government cannot make up a reasonable explanation to us. In the same country, why should students get different policy?

  Secondly, Chinese education focuses too much on examination rather than practical ability. In most students’ and teachers’ eyes, the mark is higher than everything. It is easy to see students burying their heads in books and text papers but of seeing various activities organized for students, especially in Primary and Middle School. I think it’s due to the large number of students and limited schools or universities in China, pushing students to compete hard for the higher-level education. Students in China do suffer a lot.

  In conclusion, it is not totally the government we should blame. They have made effort to improve Chinese education, which is restricted to the national conditions to some extent. Too many people makes it hard to distribute education resource equally. All in all, chinese education still has a long way to go. For us young generation, we are the coming main force of society. If possible, we should shoulder the responsibility of the development of Chinese education.

[blog 8]:Be a rational basketball fan

  NBA playoffs have just opened its curtain this morning. Now, it is the time for NBA stars to show off their excellent skills; it is the time for the best sixteen teams out of thirty to fight for the supreme honor------the NBA champion; it is the time for fans to enjoy this visual feast and yell for their beloved superstar. Basketball is full of passion and miracles, and basketballs are always enthusiastic and crazy. However, it is momentous to be a rational fan.

  To have a favorite player is human, but it is improper to speak ill of other stars. For instance, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James are the two hottest superstars in NBA. Those fans in favor of Kobe always attack the character or reputation of LeBron, and vice versa. In fact, every player has his strong points; otherwise, how could he step into NBA. As for fans, it is imperative to be generous and tolerant. We cheer for our favorite teams, at the same time, we can appreciate good games performed by other talented players.

  The spirit of this game lies much on cooperation, recreation and passion. Only be rational fans can we experience the essence of basketball.

  By the way, best wishes for Derrick Rose, the headed star of Chicago Bulls, regarded as the most powerful enemy of my favorite team, Miami Heat. Rose was badly hurt this morning in the game against 76ers.

Reading Strategies （blog：3）

       Today, we learned three strategies for reading fast. They are preview, skim and cluster. When I started to learn English, I always read an article word by word. And this method doesn't work anymore because I am going to step into the university. By then, I have to handle a demanding academic reading load, so it is important to build up my reading rate.


        In fact, I have been using these three reading techniques since I was in middle school. They do improve my reading ability. And among the three strategies, I prefer preview to skim and cluster. Not only does it cost a little time, but build the structure of the whole passage in my mind, so I can have a good understanding of the article.


        Different people have a different preference. So you just need to choose the one that is most suitable for you.

Three-dimensional painting

Three-dimensional painting is a kind of painting which makes use of visual changes. If you watch the painting in a normal focal length,you will not see anything interesting.When you change focal length of you eyes and keep for a while(keep your eyes about 20 cm in front of the screen),you will be surprised to find that there is a particularly clear potential picture（ which can not seen in normal focal length) behind it.


Someone may have difficulties finding it in a short time,but the magic thing about it is the moment it appear.


Here is an example:




(It is a lily)
(find more in http://www.liuhs.com/)

About Cooperation

 It's excellent that we group X did such a good presentation today. It's the result of our five excellent people's cooperation. So now I want to talk about cooperation.

  First, I will give a brief introduction to the process of our presentation.

  We five people have five ideas at the beginning. We could not come to an agreement because everyone thought his idea is the best. Finally we chose one idea by voting.

  Even if we have decided the idea, we still had much trouble conducting it because everyone wants to develop the idea in his own way. After some fierce discussion, we made a compromise and made up our mind to do that cute machine------Food Guard.

  As far as I am concerned, cooperation is the most effective way to do a task especially a tough task well. We can do our exam paper by ourselves, but we cannot produce a computer, a plane by ourselves, right?

  When we are in a team, we are not alone anymore. We have many suggestions toward a certain problem, and we can choose the best one. That's why cooperation is of such vast importance. Yet, sometimes we are not very gleeful if our idea is not accepted. So what should we do? Complaining does not work. We should come to terms with it. We have to face the fact that the ideas of other people can be better than ours. Now that we are  a team, we have the same goal------do our task to the best. Try to learn from your teammates rather than always be self-centered.

  When we step into our career, cooperation will become part of our work even our life. Master the skill of cooperation, we can do a good job and live a comfortable life.

(blog1）Find You Own Learning Style

Friendly People in Beautiful Country

  One month ago, I together with other students was on a flight from Beijing to Singapore. I still remember how complicated my feeling was at that moment. On one hand, I can’t describe the excitement in my heart; I have started imaging what kind of a life I’m going to live in Singapore even when the plain haven’t took off. On the other hand, after all, it’s the first time I go to a foreign country which is far away from my home and my hometown, so it’s no wonder I felt a sense of loss, because I won’t see my parents for a quite long time.

  When I arrived in Singapore, the first impression the strange city left on me is HOT. I felt how different it is compared to those typical Chinese cities.

  Except hot, I found Singapore is a really beautiful city, clear floor, green grass, tall tress and colorful flowers came into my view.

  After some days’ staying in Singapore, I got to know many Singaporeans.

  I found it’s a little unbelievable that people with different colors and beliefs can get along so well in such a small island. I believe it’s tolerance that make this multicultural society so harmony.

  

  And people here are really friendly. They are always willing to help those who are in trouble, no matter who you are, where you come from. When in a bus, if the driver learned you are new here, he will introduce something about this country to you and tell you when to get off. When in a MRT station, if you aren’t sure about your routine, the people there will guide you to your destination. When crossing a road, if you focus too much on your cellphone to notice the light has turned from red to green, people besides you will give you a signal.

  Those who I am most grateful are my befrienders.

  When we heading Singapore, it’s them to welcome us in the airport, which really left a great impression on me. Then after we settled in RV, they show us around and tell us a lot about Singapore, such as how to get to a supermarket, where to buy a cellphone card and where to change our money. But for them, we couldn’t get accustomed to this completely new country so soon.

  And they invited us to a big ship to celebrate our Christmas. It’s such an unforgettable experience because it was the first time I have a holiday in a foreign country, it was the first time I get on such a big ship.

  Then came the orientation camp, we played game together, went to fly kites near the western beach, went to have a BBQ in a church and prepare our talent show. Though we been together for only two days, during this period we got to know each other better. We really had a great time.

  Now, we don’t stay together, but we have built great relationship. We have become good friends, may be a lifelong friendship.

  Thank you, friendly Singaporeans and befrienders, you make us sm3 students feel that we are not alone, because you are always around us and ready to lend us a hand.