American education is free and easy? It's all a lie!

American education in many people's minds, is relaxed, freedom, equality, ability, quality ...

But in fact, many people see the surface of American education.

Wang, who has been a teacher in China for many years and now a high school teacher in the United States, has spent years restoring a true American education that he sees in his own eyes.

Easy behind the heavy

"Relaxed, is the illusion of many Chinese students to high school in the United States," Wang said. "Chinese students only see classroom learning as learning and are accustomed to accomplishing the tasks assigned by teachers."

Schools in the United States are different, schools provide students with different levels and levels of courses, American schools to choose what courses students as their own rights, students want to learn what can choose their own, "of course, students want to relax, you can choose those easy courses," Wang said.

Wang said that the child can get a in every exam, but the usual work is never done, "he is very relaxed, but he is not aware of the United States education, this course of choice for his college not a little help."

With the pressure of "interfering with student selection", Wang the child's parents. "My son didn't score very well in the exam?" What does it matter if you don't do your homework? As long as the exam results are good is not it?

"This is the first reaction of the child's parents after listening to Wang.

"Many Chinese students and parents do not really understand the American education system," says Wang, who are receiving American education in accordance with their usual Chinese approach.

In the United States, when a child wants to go to college, he needs to be prepared no less than Chinese children. American High School is 4 years, 9 grade ~12 grade.

From the day of high school, each of the children ready to go to college to design their own 4 years of high school life, the first is the choice of classes, especially the students who want to one or two stream university, elective course is more important.

Universities in the United States attach great importance to the four-year high school curriculum, which is based on the difficulty and challenge of a student's four-year high school curriculum to speculate on the learning base of the candidate and the potential for future University study.

And those difficult courses are also high, so the goal is one or two-stream college students will try to choose as many difficult courses as possible.

In addition, students ' extracurricular and Off-campus performance is also an important reference index of university. David is a Chinese child born in America, this summer he came to China to volunteer with an international NGO to help people with disabilities, "since high school, American children are often involved in such activities, which are counted as credits and valuable references to college," David introduced

In addition to this international organization, which specializes in helping people with disabilities, he often volunteers in the community's homes for the elderly. "Many American high school students take a course early in summer vacation to summer school, there are also a variety of summer camps organized by American universities, or courses, and some sat classes (the SAT is a standardized test for freshmen in the United States, similar to the Chinese college Entrance examination), or go to work, participate in various volunteer activities and so on.