Beijing 35 middle and high school students study in North America

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42 senior high school students from Beijing study in North America

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Find self-confidence in cheerleading

Half a year ago, 42 students from the six-year experimental class of No.35 Middle School went to the United States and Canada to study. Recently, children have returned to Beijing after half a year of exchange and study. Teachers said that they were surprised by the change of children; The children themselves said that the six-month study tour benefited a lot. This afternoon, they will give a performance to report their learning achievements.

The gap between the two performances

Four years ago, No.35 Middle School started the six-year consistent curriculum reform project for junior high school and senior high school, and used the review time of the second semester of junior high school to take the first semester of senior high school, leaving the second semester of senior high school for students to study in the United States and Canada for half a year.

In December last year, the first batch of experimental students left for the United States. Forty-two tourist students entered 42 different schools in the United States and Canada, and boarded with local volunteer families to fully experience North American education.

? When the children came back, we were surprised to find that they had grown a lot, with more smiles on their faces, confidence, thinking and initiative. ? Speaking of the changes in the students' return from study tour, Wang Hongjun, the vice principal, has eyes full of surprises.

? Before the students went abroad, we had a pre-departure party. At that time, all the teachers thought it was too tired to organize a party. The students have no opinions of their own, and they are all waiting for the teacher to arrange them. The children in the experimental class have good academic performance, but many children are used to being arranged by their parents since childhood, with poor self-management ability and weak initiative. When I came back from this study tour, the children said they wanted to hold a report performance, so I set a theme for them and went on a business trip. I didn't expect that when I came back from a business trip, the children handed me a 22-page stage script. The first page read? Looking in the direction of dreams? They have rehearsed all the performances, and even the lighting and sound are useless to the teacher. ? Wang Hongjun was deeply touched by the different scenes of the two performances after half a year. What have the children experienced in the past six months?

You have to learn from scratch to say hello

Language difficulties are bound to be the first hurdle for children. Only when they go abroad do they find that even a greeting has to be learned from scratch.

Zhai Chengcheng was assigned to New Jersey, USA. She said that when she first arrived in America, she was surrounded by strangers, and her English was not fluent, so she often made jokes. ? The pronunciation of English learned in China is very different from that of American English, so sometimes it will be misunderstood. For example, once someone told me? How are you? (Hello), did I hear that? How old are you ? (How old are you), so I answered in English? I'm 16? Listen to each other without rhyme or reason. Another time, my host wanted to clean the tent and asked me to help her with the ladder. I didn't know? ladder? Yes? Ladder? I took it for granted that since it was cleaning, I definitely wanted a broom, so I gave her a broom. ?

Many children said that they found that English textbooks in China were too impractical when they went abroad. Say hello, for example, from childhood to college? How are you？ Fine,thank you? . But in fact, there is no such question and answer abroad. When we meet on the road, we usually ask each other? How are you doing? In fact, this sentence hardly needs to be answered, which is equivalent to meeting each other and saying? Hi! ?

Wang Jiefeng, who came back from Iowa, said that it was the first time to meet someone to greet him? What? s up? When he was studying in China, he didn't know how to answer, because what did this sentence mean? What's the matter with you? What happened? ? I didn't expect it to be used to say hello abroad!

When it comes to language, you have to talk about eating and ordering food. Almost all children have encountered this headache. Lu Yaojia, who is studying in Missouri, said: I can't understand the menu. Every time I go to a restaurant, I have to ask, is there a menu with pictures? But many restaurants have no pictures on their menus. ? Children have their own strategies, some order the set meal directly, some? Order whichever name is longer. .

forced to learn Spanish

Zhai Chengcheng attended STEM School in East Orange, New Jersey. More than 9% of the students in the school are black, and many of them are native speakers of Spanish. ? The area where my host family lives is full of Hispanic residents, and everyone talks in Spanish. The first time I asked for directions, I spoke English, but the other person didn't understand. Even eating and ordering food was a Spanish recipe. ?

In this atmosphere, Zhai Chengcheng decided to take Spanish as an elective course. The school provides Spanish and French teaching to students, and Cheng Zhai has become a placement student in the Spanish class.

From the beginning, I didn't understand a word. Later, Zhai Chengcheng made little progress and finally caught up with everyone in a stage test. ? My host family has friends who speak Spanish, so I have the opportunity to practice. ? Zhai Chengcheng feels very lucky. She wrote a speech in Spanish for this report performance back home.

Finding Confidence in Cheerleading Lu Yaojia spent half a year studying in Clinton Middle School in Missouri. In the afternoon report performance, she will perform street dance, which is what she learned in the cheerleading training of Clinton Middle School. But Lu Yaojia said that the biggest gain brought by the training is not to learn to dance, but to find? Confidence? .

? When I was in China, I never took part in activities like singing and dancing, but after I arrived in the United States, I really envied their female cheerleaders at the school basketball match, and I thought it would be wonderful to be a cheerleader. So I signed up for cheerleading training. I want to try something I haven't tried before. ?

Cheerleading training time is one week, and it takes three hours to practice every day. At the beginning of training, Lu Yaojia was a little embarrassed, for fear that his movements were not good. But she soon discovered that American girls were very confident. There is a fat girl in the cheerleading team, but she doesn't seem to be worried about it at all. She always makes every move with confidence. It looks as if she is the most beautiful girl in the school. Seeing that Lu Yaojia was a little stiff, the cheerleaders encouraged her: You are so beautiful and in good shape, why don't you feel confident? ? Under the influence of everyone, slowly Lu Yaojia also found a feeling of confidence. Dancing really makes me very happy, and learning those dance moves is very fulfilling. ?

yes? Country? Learn? Hit the cabinet?

Wang Jiefeng, who is studying in Iowa, joked that he was in? Rural areas? Stayed for half a year. ? It's really rural. There are cornfields everywhere. You can hardly meet people when you walk on the road, but the corn is delicious and people are very friendly. Perhaps it is because there are too few people, so people feel very close to each other. ?

Iowa is an agricultural area in the United States. Wang Jiefeng said that the biggest supermarket in his area is as big as the supermarket downstairs in Beijing. Because the land is vast and sparsely populated, you have to drive when you go out. If you go shopping on foot, it will take at least 15 minutes.

Because there is no car, Wang Jiefeng's means of transportation is a bicycle. ? Few people ride bicycles there, so my bike also takes the motorway. However, all the motor vehicles took care of me very much. When they saw me far away, they began to give way. When they passed by me, they almost used the reverse road for fear of touching me. ?

Wang Jiefeng's school is the largest high school in Iowa, but the total number of students is only 1,2. And he is the only China in the school.

During his six months in the United States, Wang Jiefeng tried many new things, including going to a Lao-language church, eating Lamian Noodles in the United States, and taking a course at school? Woodworking? . ? In the woodworking class, the teacher taught the family to saw the wood with a chainsaw, plane the board with a plane and other skills. We spent half a semester each making a wooden cabinet. ? Wang Jiefeng still has photos of his own cabinets: a decent bedside table, simple wood grain, and simple groove patterns on the edge of the cabinet door. ? The cupboard is left at school when it is finished. You can take it home if you want, but you have to pay 25 dollars. ?

are all students in China? Genius?

China's basic education is world-class, and children who study abroad deeply realize this, because their performance in science study abroad always surprises foreigners.

? It's really nice to have physics and chemistry classes? Pull the wind? . ? Many children say so. Sun Yijia, who is studying in Canada, said that once in a chemistry class, the teacher gave us an assignment to balance the chemical equations. Sun Yijia finished more than a dozen questions on a page in a short time. When she finished, the classmates next to her were still working on the first question? Competing? What about? Sun Yijia couldn't stand it anymore and said, Let me teach you a simple method. ?

Wang Jiefeng said that when he was doing his homework at home at first, the host of the host family was always surprised when he saw it. Are you sure you don't need a calculator? ? It is hard for them to believe that those figures can be solved by mental arithmetic. At a family gathering, the host took this as a special function and asked Wang Jiefeng to perform live. A guest gave a two-digit multiplication problem, and Wang Jiefeng quickly gave the answer. The guest was surprised to find out the calculator and checked it again. After finding that the answer was correct, he looked incredible.

is learning really? Your own business?

growing up, students have heard the teacher say countless times? Learning is your own business? Only when they went abroad did these children really understand that learning is really? Your own business? .

? 8 minutes in a class, half an hour to talk about homework, 2 minutes to lecture, and the rest of the time to study by yourself, read books, discuss or play with mobile phones, no one will care about you. ? Wang Jiefeng described the American classroom he saw in this way. What surprised him most was that no one came to the American school? Collect homework? .

? In the first half of the semester, I always wondered why every time the teacher assigned homework, I didn't accept it, and I didn't see everyone focus on handing in homework. I didn't care either. I thought the homework was not important, but the exam was important. If no one took it, I wouldn't hand it in. I didn't expect that in the United States, the test scores only accounted for 15% of the total scores, and the homework scores accounted for 8%. Every time I get good grades in the exam, the teacher asks me why I didn't hand in my homework when I got good grades in the exam. I was surprised and asked? Where to pay? ? The teacher was surprised, too. Answer? Why don't you just put it on my desk? . I quickly handed in all the homework I could find, and made up some hard in the second half of the semester to keep my score. ?

formula tables and calculators for exams

? Examination is not an end, but a means to test the learning results? This sentence was familiar to the students when they went to school in China. Studying abroad has given them a deeper understanding of this sentence.

exam scores account for a small proportion of the total scores, while homework and projects account for a large proportion of the scores, which is almost the way of score statistics in all American schools.

? The first time I took the trigonometric function test, I actually sent a formula table during the test. What else is there to test? ? Zhai Chengcheng was surprised by such an examination method. ? In chemistry, the periodic table of chemical elements is posted on the wall, and calculators are allowed in science exams. ? At first, Lu Yaojia didn't understand such an exam. ? We once had a chemistry test, and after the test paper was handed out, the teacher gave us five minutes to ask each other questions that we couldn't. ? What does Wang Jiefeng think of such an exam? Very shocking? .

? They think that at this stage of social development, there is absolutely no need to keep all the formulas in mind, as long as they can look them up with tools. ? Cheng Zhai Cheng said,? And compared with exams, they pay more attention to students' inquiry ability. Doing projects is highly valued in all schools. Some schools usually only get more than 2 points in a test, but they can get 3 points in a project, which means that they can't pass without doing research on the project. I did a project at the end of the term, research? Golden section? The school is very supportive of how it is calculated. In order to ensure that I have enough time and energy, I am exempted from the final report of all subjects related to this topic, not only from mathematics and physics, but also from historical reports. I feel that American middle schools attach great importance to cultivating students' personality and encourage students to find their own development direction, and schools will provide various conveniences for this. ?

the career class goes directly to the hospital

? Help students find the direction of development? Many students who study abroad have a deep understanding.

Lu Yaojia said: American middle schools have been helping students find their interests and let everyone find their own direction, which seems to be the biggest task of the school. ? Clinton Middle School, where Lu Yaojia is located, offers students a wide range of courses, including home economics, food and nutrition. ? Because some students may just want to be housewives, the school also provides opportunities for such students to learn relevant knowledge. ? Clinton middle school has been teaching students since the ninth grade? Vocational experience education? . The school will let each student choose a career he is interested in, such as nurse, courier, salesperson, etc., and then help students contact relevant units and give them a week to go to the workplace for internship and experience in person, so as to help students know whether they really like this career.

Wang Jiefeng's school will give students a special exam in the tenth grade, covering all aspects. After the one-day exam, a detailed report will be generated to inform students of his position in each field. For example, your English reading level beat 25% of your peers and your math level beat 91% of your peers. This makes it easy for children to know their own strengths and? Short board? .

Cheng Zhai Cheng said that her school will hold a career course every ten weeks, and employees from all fields are invited to give lectures and answer students' questions. The course is arranged for a whole day, and students can choose to listen to up to three lectures in a day. Besides career talks, schools often organize students to go out of school? Travel? However, the destination of every trip is almost related to vocational education. Once, the bus directly took the children to a projection room, where a craniotomy was broadcast live in the hospital. The school hoped that such activities would enable children with medical potential to discover their hobbies.

Good sportsmen are popular at school

Exercise is as important as study, which is the unanimous feeling of children returning from study tour.

? At the end of each season, the school will hold a grand celebration, at which every player is formally introduced. There are always many outstanding players? Fans? . ? Wang Jiefeng said that in American high schools, he really felt the importance attached by the school and even the whole society to sports. ? The competition between several middle schools will be reported by the city newspaper. Our school's basketball team is very weak, and the final game was 21-, but the main players are still sought after in school, and many girls want to squeeze into cheerleading. The school football team is a Mexican-American student.