At Wuhan Changqing No. 1 Middle School, it is extremely different than what I expected. Their classrooms are big and can fit around 50 students. They are seated by rows and columns with two people sitting together side by side. The education and the expectations of their curriculum here to me is advanced than in America. As of now in their eight grade class, they learn Physics, Biology, English, and their version of Language Arts but in Chinese. Coming from a Chinese family I understand that education is the utmost importance in our lives. Here in China my exposure in this institution was far beyond my imagination. They learn about seven classes a day, but twice with one of their cores. Also, their teachers want to bring the best out of them no matter what. One example, was in their Mathematics class. Their teacher is very strict and demonstrated everything precisely. Doing so the students understood what the lesson was going to be on. The students seem very engaged in learning their current subjects. Their teachers are very caring on bringing everyone's maximum potential. They believe it is possible that with their strict curriculum, every student will reach their max potential in education. Understanding what they are learning is easy, being able to speak the language, but the way they learn is different. They have teachers that lecture them while in Maryknoll we have teachers that let us get engaged with our peers. The homework we get is moderately reasonable that we can get everything done in our own pace. Their homework from my understanding from other students take them about 4 hours. Seeing this and experiencing what they do makes me grateful that I live on Hawaii and learning the way I am now.
shawn williamson
11/19/2013 12:46:00 pm
Thanks for sharing Kris and hope you're having a wonderful time with Stephanie:)
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michelle ushio
11/19/2013 02:02:58 pm
Chinese style of learning sounds tough! Education is important in many cultures. You and Justin are getting to see and do so much. Enjoy!
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AuthorKristopher Kern, Vice Principal of Student Life & School Culture of Maryknoll School Archives
August 2014
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