中美高中有何不同？

 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CHINESE HIGH SCHOOL AND AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL

 

HOW MANY YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL年级不同

■In the United States, high school is from 9th grade to 12th grade. 美国高中是9到12年级

■However, in China, high school is usually from 10th grade to 12th grade 中国高中是10-12年级

 

TEACHERS MOVE VS. STUDENTS MOVE

■In Chinese high school, students stay in the same classroom for the whole school year. Instead, different teachers come in for each period. 中国的高中，学生班级固定，老师走动。

■Different from Chinese high school, American high school students have to change their classroom for each period.美国高中，学生走班，没有固定班级。

 

TEXTBOOKS

■Chinese students buy their textbooks each year and the textbooks are soft cover and relatively thin. Students make heavy use of highlighters and annotations in their books. In addition, the textbooks often have moral lessons built into them. For instance, when a particular scientist is highlighted, aspects of his/her life that are exemplary are extolled, such as hard work, protecting the environment, overcoming obstacles, etc. 中国学生买教材。

■On the other hand, American textbooks are hard cover, updated every six years (at least in Indiana), and are rented to students. Students are not allowed to mark in their textbooks in America. 美国学生租借教材。

 

DEFINITION OF “CLASS”

■American high school call each grade a “class”. For example, when I talk about senior class, it includes all students in 12th grade. 美国把每个年级叫做一个“班”（届）。

■But in China, each grade is divided into small classes, because students do not change classroom for the whole school year. 中国把一个教室的学生叫做一个班。

 

BANZHUREN VS COUNSELOR

■Another significant structural difference between American and Chinese schools is the concept of head teacher or “banzhuren”. The banzhuren takes additional responsibility in delivering instruction, supervising their specific class of students, and in knowing their students and the families of the students and in communicating with those families. 中国有班主任。

■In America, the individual teacher is expected to make parent contact when a student misbehaves or is not performing at a satisfactory level. In American secondary schools there is also a person called a guidance counselor who will assist with parent contact. However, the guidance counselor will have a case load of 350 to 500 students and she often must resort to group counseling sessions. 美国没有班主任，但是有学术辅导顾问。

 

CLASSMATES

■In American high schools, you can have classmates from different grade levels and you most likely have different classmates in each period. 美国的每堂课，同学都不同。

■But in Chinese high school, you would have the same classmates for your whole high school career.中国的每堂课，同学都相同。

 

SCHEDULE

■In Chinese high schools, you would take the same exactly courses as anyone else in your grade level, except there would be several teachers for each course. 中国学生的课程表相同。

■But in American high schools you and everyone else would have different schedules for each weekday. For example, every 10th grader has to take geography twice a week, but you may take geography in first period on Monday and in fifth period on Thursday.美国学生的课程表因人而异。

 

CLASS SIZE

■Here in the United States, class size includes everyone in that grade level. Usually, the class size is from 20 to 40 people. In China, since each grade level is divided into small classes, class size is usually from about 50 to 70, so the entire grade level can have more than one thousand people! Another way to look at this is that American students are in a classroom of 20 to 25 students for each period. 美国的高中班额通常在20-25人左右，私立学校甚至更少。

■Chinese students take all courses with the same group of about 50 to 70 people for each period. The large population is one of the reason why Chinese schools are so crowded and also the reason why there is much more competition for college entrance in China.中国的班级较大，50-70人一个班很常见。

 

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