Xiao Hao from Zhejiang came to Sao Paulo to study through a cooperative project of the Hong Kong Foundation. Fortunately, he won the half prize, which saved him $65.438 million in four years. Xiao Hao has been studying in Sao Paulo for two years.
Xiao Hao said that before coming to the United States, he always thought that students here were easy to learn, but after coming, he found that this was not the case. ? Relaxation has a lot to do with how many courses you choose. If you are not strict with yourself and choose fewer classes, you may not be very busy; But if you choose more courses, it will be difficult and stressful. The school requires each student to take five courses, including mathematics, science, art, English (English literature) and a second foreign language (Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Greek, Latin, etc.). ).？ Like most diligent students in China, Xiao Hao overweight himself and chose seven courses.
Generally, students have five classes every day, class ends at about 3: 30 in the afternoon, and then they have two hours of physical exercise. In addition, the school will organize various extracurricular activities and clubs. If you take an active part in activities and do your homework after school, you will be very nervous all day. And many schools in America have classes on Saturday morning. ? There are many activities here. The task in school is not only to study, but also to participate in various activities and clubs, because applying for a prestigious school requires an examination of all-round quality. ? Xiao Hao's goal is MIT or Princeton.
The students in Luyuan Middle School have to do two hours of extracurricular activities or club activities after school every day. Community activities include helping farms, caring for stray animals and serving in nursing homes or women's rescue centers. Luyuan Middle School, like other boarding high schools, requires all-round development of children. English and mathematics must be studied for four years, science and a second foreign language for three years, history for two years and art for two semesters. Every child has at least five classes every day, and children who participate in sports teams usually play games on weekends. After finishing physical training and art training, I have to do my homework in the evening. Like students in China, students in Green Park often go to bed at eleven or twelve o'clock in the evening.
Go to Yale University for graduate study.
Small class teaching and discussion teaching are the choices of almost all boarding high schools. However, the real essence of American middle school education lies in hierarchical teaching to meet all the potential needs of students. Almost all middle schools offer cross-grade courses according to students' level, and for students' various hobbies, schools will invite teachers from outside the school or contact universities to provide students with learning opportunities at all costs.
For Xiaoqing, who is eager to learn, the happiest thing is that hodges Middle School provides students with a wealth of courses. ? I have many favorite classes to choose from every semester, but time is limited. ? He took five courses last year and six this year. ? All courses can be taken across grades. I am studying black-and-white photography now, that is, the kind that I want to take pictures with film; I also chose Spanish, and the school also offered courses in French, Greek and Latin. Do I really have to choose? Speech class? Is to teach everyone how to make a speech, but unfortunately I don't have enough class hours. ?
Xiaoqing also corrected some misunderstandings of domestic parents: many people think that American students' science scores are much worse than those in China, but they are not. American high school graduation exams are not demanding, but students will not be satisfied with just meeting graduation requirements. For example, mathematics courses in American high schools are graded, and students can choose high-level courses as long as they have the ability. Xiaoqing's current elective mathematics is equivalent to the level of sophomore year.
As a strong player in the ten-school alliance of American boarding high schools, Choate School is the competition object of many middle schools. Almost all China students here have their own specialties, some are violin masters and some are contestants. A student in the middle school attached to the National People's Congress has gone beyond the teaching scope of the school. Choate School helped him contact Yale University. At present, this student goes to Yale University for two postgraduate courses every week. He studies? Formal semantics? , that is, the mathematical analysis of computer language.
Pass the language barrier and learn to make friends.
Xiao Xue came to Hotchkiss Middle School to study 1 1 at the end of his sophomore year, which is equivalent to rereading the sophomore year. Now it's 12, and it's a graduating class. ? Senior three in China, I can't learn anything new after reviewing all the year round, and I want to go abroad to have a look. ? Like many problems encountered by students in China, Xiao Xue just understood, but couldn't say anything. ? Listening and reading are all right, but I don't know how to organize language to express myself. ? Fortunately, the teachers in hodges Middle School gave careful help to the students. Teachers will patiently help students practice their expressions. Can students still practice? Learning skills? The office and the teacher make an appointment for one-on-one oral practice, which is free of charge.
Xiao He, who entered loomis Middle School in 2009, has adapted to the teaching and environment of the school. However, Xiao He still remembers the confusion and anxiety when he first arrived at school. ? When I first came here, my vocabulary was insufficient, so it would be difficult to communicate. Besides, there are great differences between foreign students and China students. They are bold and willing to express their ideas, and their classes are very active, which China students have not cultivated since childhood, and they will be somewhat unaccustomed. ? Xiao He suggested that children planning to go abroad should lower their expectations first. ? Before going abroad, every student in China has ambitious goals. Students in China are famous for their diligence and Excellence. However, after entering a foreign high school, I suggest that you lower your expectations, concentrate on adapting to different learning styles and environments, and make more friends, which is very helpful for your future study and development. ? Xiao He said that because American private high schools teach in small classes, it is easy to make friends, and the relationship between students and teachers is also very close.
For children who want to go to high school in the United States, experts advise parents and children to prepare at least from junior high school, and students should apply for American high schools when they are in the second year of junior high school in China. Because American high schools have four years, from Grade 9 to 12, which correspond to Grade 3, Grade 1, Grade 2 and Grade 3 in China respectively, the best time to enter American high schools is to directly apply to enter Grade 9 in the United States at the end of Grade 2 in China. At present, many parents in China think that it is enough to send their children abroad in senior three, and one year is enough to prepare for the American college entrance examination. As a matter of fact, few schools are willing to accept children of graduation grade again, because students can't adapt to foreign teaching within one year, and many children have to reread the second year of high school.