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Posted in Philippines General Information on 03/29/2010 09:33 pm by admin
How students U.S. behavior in the classroom compared to students in other parts of the world?
I want to hear from teachers with experience both U.S. and foreign students. I know the teachers in our district recruited from India and the Philippines are experiencing hard times adjusting to the students U.S. behavior. I personally have less problems with behavior from my ESL students that come to the U.S. from Mexico, China, Africa, etc. compared to various problems I've had students with us (or even the foreign students are here in a while). I'm trying to learn or why differences in behavior?
While I am not a teacher currently I tell you the experience of our children. In a transfer that took our family from the States to France our children struggled with severe environment and lack of help for students in international schools we put it in (hope will better suit them. . . . . error). Was not given time to do any work at school, to do at home and to immediately killed, they had no problem with students holding back a year until the school can not believe they pass the exam given every couple of years where tested on ALL aspects of learning over the years (the Bacculaureate covered all school year and if you do not score high enough on one side only (math, language, etc.) that you are made to repeat the year again. After 1 1 / 2 years and the school than to put our children in the back of 2 years because they think their French is good enough to pass the tests, we found an American school in Switzerland and completed their high school there. homework is the key. The U.S. is never cool to do at home your homework. However, in Europe you will not continue in school without doing homework. Their schools in Switzerland there is mandatory study hall of 3 hours per night. In France the teenagers had little time to do because they always are at home or in the library doing their homework. The students are ready The minute they entered the classroom to learn. They are respectful of teachers as well as each other and quietly when the teacher is talking. It provided a reason for teachers to be polite to them as well and willing to listen to their ideas and suggestions. They also have field trips to learn about the country they are living on and to show their gratitude to the city where they went to school, they did continutal services for projects in the city in many ways, ie, beautification of the town square, Mentoring children younger people, helping with ski slopes when needed. This is because people loved them, trusted them and conclusion will hang out the windows and doorways to wave and shout greetings to them. I can not think of a better way to learn. Not only from books, but to learn first hand about a culture. Oh, and by the way - out of 250 students, with 47 countries represented. The schools are very dilegent to ensure all had some countries represented in their dorms which held 4 students. It gave them one to one contact in the same study and deal with other cultures and customs. Not all stars are shopping, but students will learn tolerance. How great is that.
