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TheDistinctionsofEducationBetweenChinaandAmericaGoodmorning,dearteacherandclassmates.Today,wearegoingtotalksomethingaboutthedistinctionsofeducationbetweenChinaandAmerica.ThereareseveraldifferencesbetweenChinaandAmericaineducation.Wethinkthemostimportantdifferenceistheaimofeducation.China'seducationistomakestudentsmasterfundamentalknowledge.WhileinAmerica,educationistocultivatestudents'innovationability.Thedifferenceofeducationaimsleadstothedistinctionsinmanyotheraspects.Wewillelaboratethesedifferencesfromthefollowingperspectives.First,theeducationphilosophyisdifferent.InChina,wemainlylearnthearrangedcoursestograspthefundamentalknowledge.ThismakesChinesestudentslearningverypassive.Differently,studentsinAmericawillselectthecoursesthattheyareinterestedin.Sotheycanstudyactively.Second,theclass-roombehaviorofChinesestudentsisdistinctfromthatofAmericanstudents.Agood-behavedChinesestudentshouldsitstraightly,listenquietlyandtakenotesquickly.WhileaAmericanstudentsmaytalkfreely,thinklivelyanddiscussenthusiasticallyinclass.AndmostChinesestudentsdonotaskquestionseventhoughtheydonotunderstand,Theybelievethatsittinguprightistherespectforteachers.ButAmericanstudentsmayaskquestionsactivelynomatterhowclevertheyare,Theyusuallysitindisordersothattheycancommunicatewiththeirteachersmoreconveniently.Inaword,AmericanstudentsaremoreactivethanChinesestudentsinclass.Third,theemphasisofeducationisdifferent.WeputemphasisonthestorageofknowledgewhileAmericanpayattentiontothestudents’practicalability.So,whenwearesittingintheclassroomandlisteningtoteachers,Americanstudentsmaybedoingexperiments.What’smore,TheattitudetowardsexaminationscoresofChinaisquitedifferentfromthatofAmerica.Chinesetakeexamresultveryimportant,weusuallymeasurestudentsbythereexamscoresandChinesestudentshavetopassallkindsofexamsbeforetheygraduate.TheseleadsweChinesestudentsburyourselvesintextbooksandworkbooksforhigherexamscoresandtopasstheuniversityentranceexam.Differentlyfromus,inAmerica,theschoolreportsareregardedas‘privacy’.Teacherscanonlygiveparentstheirownchildren’sgrades,andthewholeclassresultswillnotbepublished.Theymeasurestudentsnotonlybytherestudyresultsbutalsobytherecomprehensivequality.Briefly,Chinaimplementsexam-orientededucationwhileAmericaqualityeducation.Lastbutnottheleast,theafter-schoollifeisquitedifferentbetweenChinaandAmerica.Chinesestudentshavetodoalotofhomeworktoconsolidatetheirknowledge.Thistakesmostoftheirsparetimesotheycanhardlyhavetimetodothingstheyareinterestedin.ButAmericanstudentshavemoresparetimethanus,theyalsohavealotoffreetimeafterdoinghomework.Sotheycantakeallkindsofactivitiestoenrichtheirafter-schoollife.Allinall,therearemanydifferencesbetweenChina’seducationandAmerican’seducationEducationisthesoulofanation.Educationsystemshouldbebasedonitsownculturaltradition.Wecan’ttellwhicheducationsystemisbetter.Everycoinhastwosides,eacheducationsystemhasitsstrongpointsandweakpointss.Weshouldrejectthedrossandabsorbthecreamofthemtoadvancetheeducationalmodernization.