School learning

School learning

call me henry.i grew up Vietnam , where we usually don't ask questions or have much contact with teachers.Rarely will students raise their hands.From the day i engtered kindergarten and all the way though high school,i just listened and took notes in class.Each evening it was my responsibility to memorize the materrials that were presented in class that day.There were no discussions, debates,or challenges to the teachers' point of view. The teachers were always right because they were the teachers.

When i came to the Unites States the school system surprised me.My classes were hardly ever quiet.One day we had a discussion on the topic of gun control.Everyone participated in it .The class atmosphere was exciting and fun. The argument went on until the end of the class,and everyone seemed to enjoy it.To my surprise the teacher encouraged the discussion and listened to what the students had to say.This felt very different to me.The teacher was treating the students like friends,net like in Vietnam where teachaers kept their discance from the students. hearing the discussion ,i learned a lot .

Thinking back on school days in Vietnam ,i realized that i wasn't very good at communicating with people because i hadn't had the practice.i coudn't even express myself clearly about the materials that i learned in Vietnam.Fortunately,from that day i have been orking on expressing mry thoughts in a clear manner so that people can understand what i mean

我叫亨利，我在Vietnam长大。那是一个我们经常不问问题甚至与老师没有任何联系的地方。很少的学生会举手发言。自从我开始上幼儿园那天一直到高中，我上课时仅仅只是听老师讲课然后做笔记。我每天晚上的任务就是记住当天所学的内容。我们课堂上没有讨论、辩论或者是挑战老师的观点。老师总是正确的因为他们是老师。当我来到美国，这里的教学模式让我惊讶，我在的班级几乎不安静。有一天我们讨论关于枪支的控制的话题，每个人都参与了，课堂气氛十分兴奋而且有趣。这个争论直到下课才结束，似乎每个人都对此很感兴趣。让我惊讶的是这个老师鼓励我们讨论，热切还听我们学生的发言。这让我感到非常不同。这里的老师对待学生如朋友一般，不像Vietnam那的老师总是与学生保持着距离。听了这个谈论。我学会了许多

回想起在Vietnam学习的时候，我意识到我不善于与别人交流因为我没有过训练。在Vietnam上学时我甚至不能把我自己的观点表达清楚。从那天开始我已经知道了如何把自己的观点表达清楚那样别人才能理解我的意思。