Jack的小留学生日记 l 我喜欢的英国教育

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本期想跟大家聊一下教育这个话题。

“育人不育心,那就根本算不上教育。”--亚里士多德

教育就算不是人生最重要的事情，那也一定是人生最重要的事情之一。每个国家在施行教育的方式上各有不同。对我而言，教育不仅仅意味着课堂上学术知识的培养，更重要的是课堂外的培养：举止行为，道德品质，礼仪礼节等。我认为，亚里士多德的这句话很好的总结了这一观点。我喜欢英国的私立教育方式，他们在这一点上做的特别出色。

英国是教育制度最完善的国家之一，其第一所私立学校--温彻斯特学院（Winchester College）成立于1382年。因为历史悠久，英国的教育风格普遍偏传统和保守。我真的很喜欢这里的学习氛围。

我来英国后的第一所学校是克利夫顿学院（Clifton College），它成立于1862年，因在布里斯托中心地段拥有大面积的校园而闻名。我在这里度过了五年级到八年级的时光。从九年级开始，我到了现在的学校-布里斯托文法学校（Bristol Grammar School）（成立于1532年）

尽管两所学校的教学方式略有不同，但二者都高度重视学生举止行为的教育。这种重视体现在会告诉学生，尤其是年幼的学生，向自己的老师及同学表达谢意，有礼貌的使用“请”和“谢谢”。而且当身处一个历史气息浓厚的地方时，学生会自觉的规范自己的行为。

我刚来英国的时候觉得自己已经算比较有礼貌了，但是后来发现，很多地方还是很不周全，比如跟老师交谈的间隙我会显露出沮丧的神态，有时候会忘记说谢谢，经常没有重点的夸夸其谈... 很可怕的是，吃饭的姿势特别不好，我会不时的张开嘴咀嚼，食物还会掉出来。但是，随着学校纪律的不断约束，我的行为举止得到了极大的改善。我也很开心看到自己的变化。

除了行为举止教育外，英国教育的学术方面也同样优秀。尽管英国的课业与中国相比少了很多，内容也看似更简洁，但这绝不是大家所想的那么简单，我们一直被一些网上不实的信息所混淆。

总有人说英国孩子的数学不好，白人儿童不会做数学题，数学题很简单等等。但这都不是事实。我身边就有很多人数学成绩特别好，我的一些朋友就曾在“高级数学挑战赛”中击败了70%的A级高三学生（其中很多都是中国人），还有人13岁就可以流利背诵整个元素周期表。

如果说中国孩子们在数学上比较好的话，那英国孩子们可能在英语，历史，拉丁语，法语和科学上表现更为出色，对于刚来这里的国际学生来说，大家的很多科目，尤其是英语，会不如本地学生，所以就平均学术水平而言，英国学生可能会更高。

最后，谣传英国人不请家教或没有课外辅导班，这是不准确的。实际上，我在克利夫顿和布里斯托文法学校的许多朋友都有家教辅导，可以与家教一对一，也可以在家教中心进行学习。之所以大家不知道，是因为英国孩子们和家长不喜欢宣扬这些，对他们来说，请额外的家教会使自己看起来不太聪明。

总体而言，英国的教育在许多方面肯定与中国或者美国的教育不同。对于国际学生来说，必须要付出大量的努力才能有机会在学术上赶上当地人。但是可以肯定的是，英国古老的教育体系与悠久的历史传统会一生影响并改变你的生活。

 

敬请关注下周文章，我会介绍与学术和体育相关的课外活动。

Jack

英文版

"Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all." - Aristotle.

Education is one of, if not the most important thing one can receive, and every country has its own take on it. But for me, education is not only about just educating the academic side of things but is also about the education you can't get in a classroom - manners, morals, and etiquette. In my opinion, this quote from Aristotle sums it up quite nicely and I am glad that the private education in Britain does this very well.

Britain is one of the most well-established countries in education, with its first public school- Winchester College, founded in 1382. With hundreds of years of history, the British style of education is based on tradition and conservatism which is one of the reasons I really enjoy studying here. 

My first school was Clifton College, it was founded in 1862 and it was celebrated for having a huge campus in such a central location in Bristol. I studied there for three years from year five to year eight, then from year nine and till now, I go to Bristol Grammar School (founded in 1532). Although the schools have slightly different ways of teaching, the education of manners and behaviours is held highly within both.

These are just sometimes telling the students, especially the younger ones, to greet one's teacher and fellow pupil and to be polite and say "please" and "thank you", but this surprisingly does quite a lot and with the atmosphere of history and traditionalism, the students learn to behave and have good manners naturally. I for one can be taken as an example: when I first came here, I would say I was fairly polite but my manners and etiquettes were definitely atrocious; I get frustrated quickly when I wait to speak to the teacher, I sometimes would forget to thank my teachers or friends, I sometimes talk without making sense and is awkward towards people and my dining posture, it was horrid! I chewed food with my mouth open from times to times and can sometimes get food all over my face. But with time and the discipline from teacher took effect and I am much more improved and of which, I am even interested in. 

Aside from the education of character and manners, the academic side of British education is equally matched as well. Although in Britain we get way less homework than in China and the content might also seem simpler and more straight forward, it's definitely not as you thought it would be. And in recent years, we can see a lot of rumours around this matter which can be the most deceiving. First of all, English children are not all bad at maths; I've heard again and again throughout the years that white children can't do maths and is sometimes depicted to be stupid, but this is not really the case.  Personally, I know many people who can do really well in mathematics, especially an old friend of mine, who once beaten 70% of the A-level maths student(whom, a considerable number of them are Chinese) in the Senior Maths Challenge and memorise the entire periodic table fluently all at the age of thirteen. Second of all, maybe if you are better at maths, they are probably very good English, History, Latin, French and the Sciences, which for you, a foreign student who just came here, is quite a lot of subjects to master especially with your English not as good as them making them still better academically on average. And Finally, the rumour that British people don't have tutors or extra learning sessions is a big myth; in fact, many of my friend both in Clifton and at Bristol Grammar School has some sort of a private learning programme either with tutors or at centres. But what is true however is that they do not like to advertise it, as for them, having extra help make you look more unintelligent. 

Overall, British education is certainly different in many sense to Chinese or even American systems. But still, for international students, one must put in a considerable amount of work to even have a chance of catching up academically to the natives. But for sure, the history and traditions of this ancient education system will definitely influence and change you forever for the better. Stayed tuned for next week's paper, as I will be covering the extra-curriculum activities, both academic and sport-related.

Jack

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