EP1: Education between China and US-ElianSun

EP1: Education between China and US

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Hello hello hello

Everybody is alien again welcome to the speak out show

And today is the officially

Officially

Ally is

Is the first soso eeisode one okay

Because the previous episode is just a brief introduction about this show

So today we will have a topic

But before talking about this topic

I want to talk more about myself and this show it wouldn't take a lot of time

But i think i should

I should talk about it a little

So let's get started okay

First i want to explain my english name

If you listen the last episode

You may know i am a chinese

So why i name myself

Alialiit

It's not

Not a common name in america or other english countries

But i think it is from a

It is from europe

I think and i do search it online and the meaning of alien is it

It comes from

It actually comes from heberbrio and meani of alilier is gods kindness

So i think it has a good meeting

Right

It's a fortunate and positive mini in english world

So i choose this name

And because the letter e in my chinese name

There's a character aa chinese character has the same prosination

Pronunciation um with e

So i choose this name okay

Second is about this show

If you listen the last episode

You may know why i start this show

Right

I just want to credce my english

My spoking english

I just yes

My initial goal to start is to practice my english

But so i'm not

Just i don't start this um adcast for business

For money probably in the future

If you interested

You're interested in me

Please conact connect me okay

That's anyway

That's not for today

That's not for the current situation about this show okay

And because i'm a student

I am it is a assad business for me right

It's not my main business

I don't have a job

So i do it partly for fun

Yeah

So i don't like the person who tickets as a main business

I don't have a professional audio office

I don't have professional microphone

But just sterday

I've just bought a microphone

A easy microphone

So i want to make my audio too you know more ounds more clearly

Okay

Not clearly

But clear

Yes

So anyway

It's a good start

And let's get into today's topic

The education between china and united states

Well for me

Actually i have experienced both educational system or educational form

That is very different

Actually to be honest

I am a college student

Freshman

Although just a freshman

But i think i have some um argument on this topic before college

I always in the system

The education system of china

The primary school

Middle school

High school

I was a typical chinese student

So i'm not

I'm not like the rich kids in big city

Like beijing and shanghai

They went to international school from very young age

Right i'm not a case

But actually i am currently in a signal or china

Us cooperated university

So although i not physically present engnei says

But i have i'm kind of really experienced so called us form education right we use the same system as in united states college students in their life like canvas

If you ever go to american universities

You must have heard about this right

But i will start with the china

The chinese education first

So i will talk about the differences later

Well i have searched a lot of information oni

And i found it in most areas or most countries in agent education system is kind of similar countries like korean

A japan

Taiwan

Taiwan is a disputed area as so i

If i want to do purkets in china mainland

I won't mention a lot about taiwan

Okay

So in

You can see in these areas

The students suffer are suffering from high pressure

From weather school

Their parents or families they will they have a lot of tests exams

Studying for scores

For high score in school

So it is kind of horrible for

For kids

Especially for primary school student

Even primary school student i'm not kidding in china

If you

You just kids seven over seven years old

You're sent

You will be sent into private school

And according to my observation

There are a lot of parent

They continue to compare their own kids with others in terms of exam scores in terms of the ability after class

Like he can play piano

Um she can

That's very well

You know something like that not just study

Not just studying scores

Yes

So is it do brings a lot of pressure for chinese kids in their young age

So take my experience as an example

My parents sent me to study playing piano

Since i was five years old

Yes

It's very small

Kid very small

And to be honest

I love plane piano in

In five here old

Yes

You know kids always curious about the world

And they like you try a lot of normal things

Right

So at the beginning i do love playing piano

However as i grow up

I gradually found that playing piano is

Is not the attractive thing for me

So i lost my interest toward piano

Yeah

This is the family education kind of thing

The education is not just a the school education

Right

However

Even i lost my interest to play piano

My parents in a period of time

My parents forced

Forced me to play

And i was very resistant about this

I remembered

I often cry by myself on the piano bench

Because i really lose the interest of so called the king of musical instrument

So it's a sad thing

The sad memory for me

If i were the parents of markets in the future

I want forced my kets to study a hobbby is not a hobby

It's even not a hobby

If you don't like it right

I want to force my kid to study a thing

He or she have no interest

It have no interest in actually my dad in many years ago

After the said experience

He can't see

He can't see that he's wrong

Yes

He said he shouldn't force me to do this

And the

The whole family got unhappy

Got unhappy

And he said he probably he will encourage me to try some new sports

Right

It could be fun just sitting in front of the piano compared to this right maybe try something new hobby

I remember that

In especially

What at the time i give

Give up explain the piano

Probably around two thousand sixteen

It's very popular for um elementary school askids to study playing piano

In that time actually around twenty sixteen

The economy of china is very strong and especially for middle classes

Parents have money

Parents have extra money for due to educate kids

Especially to let them learn a new skill like this

And as a kid at a time

I don't understand why every almost every middle class parents would like to let their kids to study playing piano

Yes is the as common phenomenon

I don't know

Probably there is a corresponding term in psychology

But i thouw

I could for me

I will call it the mindset of following a trend just like by who closes the trends on tiktok

Right now yes follow these trends just the a popular thing in two thousand sixteen

Yes for me

There are lot of classmates of me

They have they learned piano

Before yes the same time around two thousand fifteen sixteen

They're almost every classmain the class of my miid middle school are high school

A lot of

A lot of them have learned the piano

But most of them gave up playing piano

After elementary school

So why a man a popular explanation about this is because they need to study hard and to go to us good university or good high school

If you are not chinese

You may not know in china we have high school entrance examination and university or college interest examination

We have to make examination for a teenager

Yes

A teenager under a team

If they not study hard

If

If they not study hard

They won't enter

They won't enter a good high school or university that's reality

And get a good university or good high school in china

You must be in most areas for me

Um for me

I think in most areas you be

You should be the top ten students in your class

So it's very brutal and cruel for kids for teenager

The

The first eighteen years this day they at school study hard

Just

But if yes for most kids in china

They are like this

It's a very competitive education environment and to be honest the host

Which is me

I'm just twenty years old

I want

I don't want to lie

I just just want to be a real one

This pokkast just to be a real one

During the twelve year of chinese education for me

You know six year elementary school

Three year middle school

Three year high school

The most disgusting three year for me is high school

I'm not exaggerating

My high school was called the prison

Yes

My high school was called a prison in my hometown city

From most

From a lot of high school students

I'm not exaggerating again

Again

And me

Me tell you why especially for the audiences

The audience from overseas

Who have no idea about chinese high school totally nice

I will talk about the daily routine of my high school

I know the daily routine in united states or some developed countries they their high school

I know some daily routine they get off school at two or three pm

Which is really early

But in china

It is a completely

It's a complete different circumstances

It's a completely different

Well my high school is abbody in school

But i live in my home

After i after school

I go back to home

It is a short

A short ride just ten minutes by car

So it's not far from the school

Between my home

Um is not far from the home

It's not far from the school

Yeah

I need to get up

And

And the school need us to be in the classroom before seven am yes ama morning ring the the morning reading is because especially for the northstamp of course ses like chinese

Like english

Yes english

We need to remember for english

For example

We need to remember these words

And for chinese we anneed to remember these articles

Their ancient chinese articles

There the ancient chinese poinms

So that is

That is point after high school i was in college

There's a um aus teacher tous us inese students are good at member riding

I think he's right

He's right

Of course he's right

Because since will were a kid

We were forced

We fored ed to meorize these useless articles

Useless poinms

Even though we don't give it sfun

We don't like it at all

Actually most people don't like to remember like a machine

Even you have a passion about writing a poem or ancient chinese articles

You don't like to be forced to do this thing right is not comes from your pure love or passion

But others like you do this

And you so who so we are education less to to be a machine

So it's very sad

Well

Let's get back seven oclock ck the the morning morreading the first ass is eight am and around twelve am

We'll have a dinner

不不不

We have a lunch

After lunch

We have an one hour sleep

Fortunately we have a sleep and rest time

But just one hour and about two p two pm will have another will have the afternoon classes

Until five thirty

Pmi guess ii was kind of forgetted

Yes

Five thirty pm will have a dinner and after dinner

We just have thirty minutes for dinner

And i can't imagine that there are other high schools especially in shandhaong

河南

河北and shansei province

They even just the school just give students for one fourth or fifty minutes

Even ten minutes for

For their student to eat

To have food

That's not healthy

That's definitely not healthy

Not good for students health is horrible

I think it's terrible

Horrible

Very horrible

Especially in the four provinces

I mentioned before yes

The the education

Education problem is momost serious in the four provinces in china

Because there a lot of population in the four provinces though for students is stressful and competitive

Because there are lot a compared to big city

That's like beijing and shanghai

Guangzhou

Shangzjithe the four provinces don't have a lot of good universities

Like if you're chinese

You may know that eight five

Two One One

These are the the sample of good universities

Top universities like king ingua and beijing university

Like that

So let's get back again

Back to the point after dinner will have a like four hours self studying process in this four hours

We basically just do our homework

Not at home

But in school

Everybody just study

Put your head down

No talk

No talk no phone no computer

You can't use any electronic devices

Not at all

Just with your pencil

With your pen

With your paper

Examination papers do your homework

Do exercises

Do practices

Practices

It's very boring is anti human behaviors

It's really antti human behaviors in the most energetic age

We're not allowed to do this

Do that

Like have a romantic relationship with gross

Yes

Having you know felling love is with others is strictly bned in most chinese high school

Because parents and schools think you must study hard

The primary go for you is to study hard

But not have a relationship with growth

So it is a really depressed or depressive is depressive environment for teenagers in china

We don't have enough peace do exercises just sitting on the chair in the classrooms

Studying

Study study

If you're a foreigner

You is hard to imagine in two thousand and twenty six in twenty first century students are like this i swei am not lie or cheat

I just wanto say the real cases happened right now in china

Or more accurately this happens in some twenty two two two or to five for me the high school three years

But the whole adducational system

Nothing nothing changed the same as before

It's just the same as before

So current high school students are suffering pains like me

You too suffer before you

You to suffered before so nothing changed it said

But you can change the policicies

You can change did the whole environment

So that's why i choose an american style university

It's because this depressive environment education environment in china

I don't want to experience again again

I don't anna be a nerd

Who just like studying

Who just sitting on the chair

Reading books like a machine

I don't wanto be that nerd

That kind of nerd

I know there are a lot of foreigners says chinese people are good at doing math

Just do math

I know that is a sutire and mockery right

That's definitely not a good impression

However actually i choose to study mathematics for for

For being a major in university

But you don't have to be a nerd

Even if you study math okay

You can be a common people or just be healthy

Be physically healthy

Be strong or not just the this city learn like image

I choose mass

Because i don't have a clear plan about my future

But i think mh is a basic discipline for me

And for for the future computer science is not the bad choice

It is very popular many years ago

But the ai is developing so fast

And i don't know the future of computer science is not a not bad choice

But i think a studying mass is definitely a not bad choice too

And i don't hate mathematics

I just hate doing mathepractices

Practices

I just hate doing a lot of useless practices

So a lot of chinese students didn't want us study mass after gococoo

Just because they hate mathematics problems

But i think mathematics itself is interesting

It's a

It's a universal language

And it is there a lot of thing to explore not just hard problems

Borroing

Borring practices

So it's not the whole matass is playing well

Anyway i get in i finally kind of get rid of the traditional chinese education system

And yes i have a high

High relatively high expectation about this us form education of course

I wannhave my free time like right now i start my pockets

I'd have lot of free time

That's a good points about us education

And another advantage

Advantage for me to be at a student in such aus style university is that i was encourage to express my ideas more

You know in traditional chinese education classes

We are not encourage to chose talk about our our ideas

Because in most cases

The teachers will told you

They're right there

The authority our government told us

The parties is the best

You know the communism is the best

So we really have the chance due to express our own thoughts

But in united states and us form schools

Teachers encourage youed to express yourself whatever in the classes

I take like esl english

I second language

The teachers encourage to talk about

To

To talk more

Don't be a

Don't be too shy

Just to be brave

To show yourself right like what i'm doing right now just be brave

Don't be shy down the stage

Doing some presentations that although that could be

Sometimes that could be annoy so

But it's a good practice for you to express yourself due to practice your spooking english and gradually in this process you will become more confident

You know

Actually i think a lot of especially university students

A lot of chinese

Actually they are smarter than united states is in americans right

Yeah

They're smart one advantage of chinese education is that students are good at memorizing and good at taking exams

But we're not smarter enough to express our

To express ourself and to show we have these abilities

We are good at it

Good at such things

So what's

What's important is to for

For us to

Is to express ourselves brively

But in even in this english environment is not in a english country

So aa lot of classmates of me

They still be shy

They still kind of fair to speak out

To show their english to

To do express themselves

So he's common is common well after talking about the advantages of us education tion wn't talk about some couns as time goes by at least for me

I think most classes are useless

I don't know if whether i am a beliver of charlie curk

But i do think the idea of college is a scheme to some extent is correct

I think in most cases is correct

啊 Yes

I believe this opinion for example

Even i said that the elesl classes i talook before and currently in progress

The actually i don't think i'd get a big improvement for

For my spoken english i think i have been to

I have have been two united states before

And i think a two weak experience in a united states is better than two semester of taking yourself classes

Because all all we speak to

Not frequent we speak not that much

Yes we speak not that much

Even we do some presentations

We prepare in advst a lot of students just using a use ai to prepare the draft before they step onto the stage and give a presentation

They just use ai to finish their draft and decide what they

What they gonna say so it's not a real practice for their smoking english and for me definitely currently

The time is the time of this episode is thirty seven minutes

Have

Oh oh my god

I can't believe i have speak english for thirty seven minutes

It's a very long time for me

Since i was a kid

I haven't have aa suootball time speak ak english for that long time too little english um another class is

Is um apart from spoken english class of esl

We have another class of esl

Which is academic writing

An another academic writing class is eng for me

I think the two academic riting classes are used as too

Because i don't want

I don't won't be a scientist or a scholar or a researer in an institute or university

I don't need to write academic papers in the future

For i think for most students

College students

It is true right

You don't want to be a scientist

You don't

Don't onna be a researcher

You'don't need to write acdemic papers for the future in the

In the cacareer of your of the future

We just want to find a job

Get paid

Support our families and writing is not our main work

I believe that most are most under graduates

After the graduate

After the graduation of college

They won't write any academic paper

After

After the graduation thesis unless

You anna pursue a graduate degree or postal degree

Phd right

So

But for me there's a contradiction

I want to be

I want

I want to pursue my masterter degree in maybe

In laty states in the future

So probably i need to write a demic papers

But i don't like to write such papers

I don't wna be a scientist

I want

I just want to find a job

So the goal of i

Why i'm here be at college is to find a job in the future

A market

The

The reason

Why choose to pursue a degree in us

And to pursue a matter degree in us

If you find a job

I want to be a researcher

I repeat that again again

So why need

Why need to take these academic writing classes

It really occupation of time

It really

It costs to a lot of time

And is almost useless for your future career

I would rather to spend more time on studying mathematics

Studying linear algibra and calculus

I think the most useful classes i have take in the last two semeter ies mass classes is the classes relevant to your major

So another point

Yes i mentioned charlie curt before one point i really await

I really agree with him is said

He once said

College forced you to choose a lot of courses

That you'd wanna take right like in the four year

For example in the four year plan of our major

Mass major we have to take history classes was a fuck

Why a mass students need to study history

And if you fail these classes

It will

It will a factual gpa

Why i don't understand

I really don't understand

Why the college force you to choose the history classes

You You

You must

This is not the truth

Is

Is not the choice

You

You don't have the right to choice it must take classes in it have i remembered

It has three credit

It has three credits you must take it this class

So it's kind of ridiculous right history

I think if you have the interest in history

I think the only thing you need to do is to read more history books

You'd have to take this class in school

If you don't like it

And you need to pass the exams or shit thing like that this can be stressful too

And for mass classes

I think

Even for mass classes

The classes relevant to your major

I think the i'm

I notied that there are a lot of students

They just directly choose to not come to the classroom

Because a lot of classes is in the morning

It's hard to wake up

It's hard

Especially

Venter right um

It's one reason

Another reason

I think some students think is the process is slow

And if you don't need to follow the teacher one step step step

And especially

With ai tools you can study more efficiently and more quickly right for me

I think study math and or other subjects

The point is to study by yourself or so called active learning a taking classes is actually aa form of passive learning

Because the teacher is always talking

Talking

Talking all the about his ideas of this concepts

This exercise

This example

This concept

Yeah

These concepts

The teacher is just talking in front of you

But if you not

If you're not pay attention on it

It's just a passive learning

You'll just listening the the real efefficient wait for you to stuying math is to a think first think second right down into have output the teacher's words is just input for you just get into your brain

Probably youwill forget it in tomorrow

Yes

So it's really a low efficient we way to study

Taking classes is not a good way to study

I prefer personally

I prefer um talking with ai

If you have problem

You just ask yes

Asking problem is very important in the process of studying

Vass just turn your thoughts into problems

And ai will give

Give the more detailed answers

So you will answer everything

You asked it will give answers immediately

It has no emotions um in contrast the human teacher will blame you

If

If you are not doing well in some cases

But ai is a very patient teacher

It will

Ai will we'll answer you immediately and give you patient guidance

Whatever silly or stupid question

You ask right well

You let's have a brief

Mmmary

So why i think such us style universe is a scheme too first the school forcyou to take the the courses have really no relevance to your major

And you don't wna take it

Take them second the modern classes

The modern way of learning in the way of learning

Modern classes is low efficient

It's the inputs

More inputs and less outputs

But what a good way to study is more outputs

I think they must study smoken english like most chinese students due they are good at listening this basically a process of input

But for me i'm doing right like what i'm doing right now to speak out

Speak out

It's a process of output

As you speak more

You will have a fluent english right

The third point is that the modern universities forforce due to take a lot of time on academic writing

But most people why they pay a lot of money

Even they have studan deaths especially in america

Why why they are right here

Why they go to college

They want anna find jojoeverybody want want

Want to be rich

They wanna find a good job and has good wages in the future

They don't want to be a research al scientist of scholar

So writing academy paper is useless far most of college students

You know the apa style

Such stuff is garbage

I think well

That is basically all the content of today of episode one

I know this episode may not a very happy episode

It's not aaaa very positive episode

If you feel sad after this listening it

I'm sorry about it

You may think i'm complaining about education whether in china or usi sure

I think i'm just talking something real

I'm just talking about marial thoughts

I'm

I'm not complaining

I gave my evidence

I give my ideas

My evidence

My arguments all of them

It's not just complaining

It's not just emotional stuff

I just want to explain education between china and us in my perspective

In a more real way close to reality

You know if you have different opinions or ideas

I welcome you to leave helmons below to talk about and talk about eecation tion

Me have a discussion with me okay

Accept that welcome all right all right

So i have some questions about to my gud

To my audience

If is that are you a student comes from american or china or other countries

You can share your own stories in schools

Run below in the comment area

We welcome

Friendly talking

Friendly discussion

Welcome to lealeave your comments again

And that's off today's pokers exsosold one of speak out

Show i speak out

Today

That is definitely the longest time

I speak english in front of a microphone

In front of my phone

Wow

It's a really amazing being english for the long time

It's good start

It's good start

Thanks for listening seveness episode stay tuned

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