十来年前有回我和隔壁公司一位四五十岁的法国女士闲聊。
她说,“你们中国人数学都特别好!”
可能是为了防止我谦虚或者反驳,她还特别加了一句——
"That's a truth!"
我说是啊,我从小到大的确是不停的在学数学。
譬如说,我高中的时候要学柯西不等式;
大一的时候我要学拉格朗日方程;
因为我的专业是通讯,大三的时候,我还要学傅立叶变换和拉普拉斯变换。
法国女士听着不明觉厉,也很得意,“你看,我说的吧,难怪你们中国人数学......“
“但是,我刚才说的东西都是你们法国人搞出来的啊。“
如果我改变了她的什么固有认知,可能就是发现原来中国人也是可以抖机灵的吧。
在日本,一个中餐馆。一个人点了两个菜,一碗米饭。自己吃的正嗨,隔壁一桌四个日本男生一直用日语说,妈呀,能吃这么多吗?吃的完吗?中国女生真能吃呀。之类的,看我不理他们,估计以为我不懂日语,然后一直很夸张的讲。然后,我火了,直接盯着他们说,和你们有关系吗?几个傻缺顿时不敢出声了。估计,我给他们的影响就是,中国女人不仅能吃,还凶。对了,一个女孩子单独一个人吃饭,还点两个菜,估计日本人看起来也奇怪
谢邀。大概是当第一个举手说“我不同意”的人
大二暑假,刚到韩国,报了成均馆大学夏令营,压轴课程来自一个韩裔学者,旅美多年,头衔是联合国资深文化研究员。讲座内容是红山文化,可能因为全程英文,几百人教室里听得最认真的是欧美学生,中国学生基本都在百无聊赖玩手机
之前刚好在看红山文化研究,就听得格外认真,没想到越听越发现内容主观又前后矛盾。整场下来无非两个观点,第一,红山文化从不属于某国或民族,而是整个东北亚文明成果。文化要开放性,不能“民族狭隘”。第二,韩民族的很多史书和传说里都有红山文化的影子,比如把熊作为祖先的传说等等,红山文化跟韩民族有千丝万缕契合点
讲座连续几小时,旁边一个中国男生趴桌上睡了一觉醒来,忍不住抱怨“他们国家这点历史文化还要讲多久?”
我说:“不是他们国家的,是我们。”
玉雕龙,女神像,玉熊,在这儿不被划为辽河流域文明或华夏文明,而只能是东北亚文明,进而“韩中文明”
整个讲座的立场已经不是“搁置归属”,而有些“强化归属”的意味。这些对东北亚文化充满兴趣的欧美学生,会从此认为玉雕龙和太阳神熊就是韩国文化象征吗?
讲座临近结束的提问交流环节,还是安静,我忍不住了,举手说“我完全不同意你的观点,我认为你的观点没有达到客观、中立和真正的开放精神。”
满场哗然。学者愣了一下,说私下讨论吧
讲座一结束我就跑到台前,跟学者说:“我不是一个民族主义者,但我认为在一个国际学生作为受众的讲座,一个联合国资深研究员的主讲人,不应传达这样的内容。
文化需要开放OK,但搁置争议和刻意模糊归属不同。经济是血肉文化是筋骨,每个民族都希望聚焦和深扎历史,才知道未来向什么方向走,去迎接什么去避免什么,包括韩民族也一样。为什么红山文化就要为所谓“区域文明开放性”完全出让民族归属呢?我是否可以说檀君神话和白衣民族的传说,从不属于韩民族,而应属于整个东北亚?
退一步讲,既然先谈了搁置争议,又为什么一再强调与韩民族的联系呢?”
英语混韩语,没管语法和逻辑,一口气讲完发现身后已经站了一小撮人。有个阿塞拜疆男生站到我旁边,补充说,“我不是亚洲人,也不太了解东北亚文化,但我很同意她的说法。”
学者轻声回:“理解你们的意思,讲座内容来自我之前一本著书,观点有分歧可以保留,我认为你也有道理。其实这个讲座已开过很多次,每次内容都相同,每次的听众里也有很多中国学生,但之前从来没有人主动表达过不认同,你是第一个。”
其他几个到台前来讨论的留学生,也都过来互相加了Facebook。阿塞拜疆男生说,他从头到尾都认为这不符合一个文化研究员的客观立场,但对红山文化了解太少。他一直在等有人能向学者表达异议,也很开心看到最后有个中国女生站了起来
泰国留学生对我说:“红山文化很古老也很迷人。如果我们民族的东西被这样讲解,我也会站起来说我不同意的,你很棒!”
那一刻突然觉得,在之后所有面对类似情况的时候,我都要成为能第一个站起来说“我不同意”的人
你们怎么会有这样的幻想觉得你一个“个体”做了什么事情改变了国家的印象?又哪里来的信心,你能改变那帮白皮任何一丁点刻板印象?
意识建构这样庞大艰巨的事情,对于一个从来不出国,充满了racist成见的外国屌丝,你中国人横着做竖着做都不会改变任何一丁点成见。一个个自渎满纸以为自己干了什么了不起的事情,抱歉啊,请去深入了解这帮白皮的伪善和骨髓里的傲慢。
你演讲稿满堂喝彩,不出两个月,他们什么都不会记得,只记得好像讲得不错。或者说,谁在乎你中国人是在地球的那头是建设还是挨饿,他们真的不关心。我们的荣耀与苦难在他们眼里一文不值,最多是酒后的谈资。
因为两个月后,掌握所有媒体话语权,掌握所有学术理论权,掌握制定游戏规则的强大西方帝国机器,会继续炮轰你们,把你们污名化成吃着狗肉,吃着婴儿,脏乱差的野蛮人。
你一个独立的个体去百般迎合,费尽口舌解释中国边疆历史,解释鸦片战争,解释中国内战分裂,they wont give a fuck. 你能对抗掌握了所有话语权的宣传机器?你们哪来的信心?
为什么韩国人吃狗肉比中国人厉害多了,他们不炮轰韩国人?为什么日本人未成年人色情业都被联合国谴责了,各种扭曲压抑的社会病态,在他们眼中看到的是一个温柔绅士的国度?为什么捷克妓女在欧洲不比俄罗斯少,大家只知道天天嘲笑俄罗斯女人是鸡?
为什么?因为我们,还有俄罗斯,不愿跪着。你不跪着,你就是敌人。你是敌人,舆论机器就会造谣你,你个人力量能对抗强大的话语权机器?太天真了。
刚出来都有费尽口舌解释的阶段,时间久了,早就放弃了,因为只要喝醉了,你就看到白人骨子里觉得鸦片战争是他们的荣耀,你依旧是庚子拳匪的模样,只不过你被他们教化的文明点了。
何必解释,你们随便。
“你吃狗肉吗?”,”吃啊吃啊,还吃婴儿,你要知道不列颠人的肉在那边可值钱了,有兴趣什么时候跟我去中国玩吗?”
你要知道,正义根本不存在,正义被创造出来就是为了服务强权。这个问题,我想写个文章单独说说。而白人掌握了制定正义与文明标准的话语权,你的习俗永远都是野蛮的,要不跪,要不桀骜不驯。西方文明大概是人类文明里最迷信拳头大小,我们已经牺牲了古老的田园理想,花了近代史200年的苦难与牺牲,就是为了在未来掌握制定正义与文明标准。
我出门在外,入乡随俗,你说谢谢,我也谢谢,你留门,我也留门,你小声说话,我也小声说话。你问我是不是日本人?对不起,我是柬埔寨人(有时候是哈萨克,或者尼泊尔)。你们有什么高兴他们说你是日本人?我入乡随俗,尊重你的习俗跟你学着做,但不代表我就要认可你的行为才是文明的标准。
因为你的安逸和文明是建立在全球殖民地苦难的基础上的,我们中国人没这个机会,我们没办法有个庄园跑马,背后靠着在印度的东印度公司来养活。我们没时间说谢谢,没机会慢节奏,没时间过多的礼仪,因为我们是一个大国,人口密度太大,节奏太快,我们的生存环境压缩了我们社交泡沫间距。
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有些答案看到的是,那种把白人的歧视臭脚,捧成宝贝,还反过来帮助歧视。
有个答案说去英国湖区玩,发现很多贴着中文谷歌翻译的字条,让中国人不要在房间晾晒衣服,不要大声说话什么的。她反过来帮助老板把语法重新弄对再贴,还以为自己给国人长脸了。
真是太可笑了,先不说老板的行为本身如果只贴中文,按照英国社会常识,已经涉及歧视。其次,不喜欢中国客人,可以不做中国客人生意。不要挂booking,中国人就会订不到了,皆大欢喜。但是这种屌丝开的小旅馆不挂,就要倒闭了。你要赚中国人钱,一个做服务业的,请了解客户的需求,不要瞧不起客户。
最后,就算中国人不对吧。你一个做服务业的,怎么不想想为什么中国人要在房间里挂衣服?你一个旅馆不提供清洗服务吗?你这种小破旅馆不提供清洗服务,本身就不对。就算你不提供,既然客人有需求,你可以收费委托外面洗衣房,你可以贴中文关于如何委托洗衣房的告示,洗一桶衣服也就2,3磅,中国人能给起你这钱。
而那位自以为给中国“长脸”的人,真是把歧视当宝,还反过来歧视自己的同胞了。对不起啊,你这不是给中国长脸,你最多给外国人一个印象:瞧吧,中国佬自己也瞧不起自己。
第三次更新:
居然被举报不友善了
第二次更新:
居然过5000赞了,那我就顺便提下一次大半夜闯进来一个白人妹子,连哭带喊的说后面有人在追她,我赶紧把门给锁了,不过没有出现其他人,报了警后不久,妹子就坐警车走了,我这也算是英雄救美吧。
第一次更新:
吃完中饭抽空看了下,居然这么多赞了,谢谢同胞们的关爱,出国后很真的很怀念国内的治安,有时候睡觉的时候贼想念可以半夜出去撸串的时候。祝各位幸福快乐。
以下是原答案:
在加州街角开了个便利店,附近比较乱,报道有枪杀事件,而且有黑社会收保护费。
一开始本着多一事不如少一事,万一起冲突受伤甚至go die了就要命了,我都客客气气的给了,等人走后来几句国骂。
一次过来两个黑人收保护费,打头的在柜台前开口就是一句群嘲,一脸鄙视的看着我,双手一摊示意要保护费,我当时顺手就从抽屉里拿出手枪指着他恶狠狠的说:“这是最后一次,下一次,别怪我的枪不长眼睛了”。那两黑人明显被吓坏了,一开始还嘻嘻哈哈的,当场要哭的样子,他们没想到我敢这么做,华人不是都很好欺负的吗。
其实当时我都抱着死就死吧的想法了,把那两黑人吓跑走后,我发愣了了很久,把枪收好,全身一直在抖,如果当时黑人也拔枪,射杀我的话是不用负法律责任的,我的枪保险都没开的。
从那以后再也没有人过来收保护费了。
有一次在我们学校全校面前讲了半个小时中国的教育。400多个人吧,鸦雀无声的听着。听完之后全场鼓掌了两分钟。把中国的教育系统和英国的教育系统进行了比较,然后说出了我们的故事,为什么中国人数学都好。之后再也没有人在学校对中国人有那么多偏见了,让老外感受到了中国牛逼。
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体育成绩的事情 抱歉抱歉 我原来在体校练过一段时候,用了体校优的标准。
以下为演讲稿,谢绝转载。
感谢我的好朋友 翻译在路上。
又更新一波啦!翻譯來啦!
Good evening everybody and welcome to Jaw. Two years ago I talked about a traditional Chinese Festival in which I got great feedback from you. It is your interest has inspired me to do this talk today about the Chinese Education. Pledging allegiance to Chinese flag was something we used to do every morning in our school, but not here in Bedales. When I first came to this school people always asked me what life was like back in China, “was school really hard? Was it very strict?” Before I came to Bedales I studied in China for 8 and a half years and I have to say that the education system back there was totally different. I have been very lucky to be able to experience both two different education systems but I know I am not the only one, a whole bunch us who have been to school in more than one country, some of us will prefer the education system in one country and others will love the experience we get here in Bedales. Today based on my experiences I would like to compare the two educational systems I have experienced and to tell you what life was like for me back in China.
大家早上好,欢迎来听这次Jaw(闲谈?)。两年前,我讲过的中国春节得到了你们很大的反响。是你们报以的兴趣让我今天想来讲一讲中国教育。升国旗是我们每天早上都要在中国学校里做的事情,但在Bedales不会。当我刚来到Bedales的时候,很多人都问我关于中国的生活,例如,“学校难吗?”或者“学校严格吗?”之类的。在我来Bedales之前,我在中国上了8年半的学,我可以说两国的教育系统真的是完全不同。我很幸运能体会两种不同的教育系统,但我知道我不是唯一一个。其实还有很多人也有过在别的国家读书的经验。有些人会偏向一个国家的教育体系,还有人会很热爱在Bedales的学习经历。今天,我会用我的个人经历,去对比我所体验过的两个教育体系,并且还会告诉你我在中国的生活是怎么样的。
A couple of months ago there was a documentary made by BBC TWO called “Are Our Kids Tough Enough – Chinese School. Can I just have a show of hands on how many people have seen or heard of this documentary? [Pause, wait to answer]
In this unique experiment, five teachers from China take over the education of fifty teenagers in a Hampshire school to see whether the high-ranking Chinese education system can teach them a lesson. The experiment lasted for one month and showed clearly how Chinese teachers taught and the effect of Chinese teaching on British students. This documentary is just one of the things which inspired me do this jaw. I will not tell you the result of the experiment yet, I will play the trailer now and a short clip which should give you a brief idea for those who haven’t seen the documentary and I will let you know the result at the end.
几个月前,BBC做了一档纪录片叫做“Are Our Kids Tough Enough - Chinese School”。看过这部纪录片的同学能把手举起来让我知道有多少人吗? 【停顿,等待答案】
在这个不寻常的实验里,5个从中国来的老师在一个汉普郡的学校想看看用中国的教育方式能不能教授50个英国青少年。这一个月的实验很清楚地展现了中国老师的教育方式对英国学生的影响。 这个纪录片只是我做这次Jaw的原因之一。我现在还不会告诉你这个实验的结果。我现在要先放一下这个记录片的预告和一个小片段去让那些没有看过记录片的人能大致了解一下,然后我再告诉你们结果。
I want to ask you a question. Do you know how many hours on average do Chinese students spend in school as a teenager? Can anybody make a guess?
[interact with audience]
I’m afraid that you are all wrong. When I was 13 in junior high school in China, I spent eleven to twelve hours in school every school day. If I had stayed at school in China, that would have gone up to 14 to 15 hours a day. Wow! 14 to 15 hours every weekday! And that is just school work. You might wonder how Chinese students live with that time table. In fact, even Chinese people cannot answer that question.
我想问一个问题。你们知道一个中国学生,作为一个青少年,平均会在学校里度过几个小时吗?有没有人想猜一猜?
【跟观众互动一下】
我想你们都错了。当我13岁在中国初中的时候,我周一到周五每天会在学校里待11到12个小时。有些时候,可能会到14到15个小时。哇!每天14到15个小时!然而这只是为了学校功课。你会好奇,中国的学生是怎么在这种高压时间表下面活下来的。事实上,就算是中国学生,也无法回答这个问题。
New:
中国的课程「跟英国比」是不一样的。我每天通常早上6点起床为了能在7点到校。在学校的一天始于7点钟在操场上的早操。
「放视频」
在这之后,我们会在各科老师的讲课中度过漫长的一天。每节课通常有40到45分钟。每天有12节课(译者注:一天八九节课再加上自习)。我12个小时的学校生活通常会以2个小时的必修晚自习结束。
在中国,每个学生的一生都会有2个大考。一个是中考(相当于英国的GCSE level考试=中等水平考试),另一个是高考(相当于A level考试= 英国高中课程考试)。就像在英国一样,考试的结果决定你会去哪个高中,或者大学。不过中国考试程度的会相对难一些,而且你只有一次机会。“实现你的梦想”--这个标语诠释了高中考试。考试通常有3天,科目包括:数学,中文,英文,地理,政治,物理,化学,生物,还有体育。
中国还有艺考给那些想去艺术学校的学生。同样,这个过程特别严格。虽然它不会要求你有很高的高考分数,但是艺考面试非常难。基本上,你需要照着一张照片素描3个小时,之后你会有3个小时去画一副上色的画(水彩?),最后你有1个小时的时间完成2副写生。(译者注:演讲者爱好画画,所以用考美院的过程做了例子)。
暑假的时候,我回到了中国,然后跟这些需要艺考的考生们一起上课。我们每天要画9个小时,每个星期上6天课。但是过了一个月之后,我的画技有了显著对提高。跟我一起上课的考生现在还在画,他们会一直这样画到3月份----他们艺考的时间。
我还想谈谈高考的体育考试。你们会想,体育怎么考?这个嘛,我们考试的方式在英国人眼里看来可能有点儿搞笑。每个人都要跑100米,400米,之后女生跑800米,男生跑1500米。你还会被要求在限定时间内用篮球(或者足球)往返运球。当然,还有立定跳远和推铅球(女生2kg,男生2.5kg)。
一个优异的男生成绩:
• 100米:11.5秒
• 400米:1分10秒
• 立定跳远:2.5米
• 推铅球:11米
• 1500米:4分15秒
这些成绩会变成分数,算在高考成绩中。
我的一个朋友在中考中只拿了612分(满分800分),而她想报的学校需要614分。只因2分之差,她和想报的学校失之交臂。中国有句话,“一分之差,一生之痛”。这个严酷的考试体系让学生们在高压中学习。西方的教育专家也因此批判了这个体系,因为他们认为,它让学生们变成了学习机器。无论如何,在这个高强度下,中国的学生们学到了很多扎实的基础知识,并且在科学领域取得了很多成绩。不过跟「英国」的学习生活比较,大部分中国学生确实会羡慕这里的课程表。我们每天只需在学校学习7到8个小时,放学后会有很多空余时间。「自从在这了学习」,我第一次能有丰富的课余时光让我享受。不像在中国,我大部分的同学会通过各种方法和途径去补习(或学习)那些我们在学校里学不到的课本知识。课后时间不仅仅让我有时间去学习知识,同样帮助我找到了我真正感兴趣的事物。如你所见,2个不同学校的学习经验可以让我感悟出2种不同的学习成果------- 一个只专注在提高成绩,一个却让我们变成了一个有见识有内涵的人。
当我最开始来到Bedales,很多人问我“你数学真的很好吗”?我不懂为什么在中国看上去平常的事情,在英国却不太常见。随着我生活在这里的时间越来越长,一些在英国人看上去容易的事情,在我看来却很麻烦。循规蹈矩很容易,但独出心裁却很难。在构思的时候,我挣扎着想要找到我的兴趣。小组讨论更是我的噩梦。在这里学习2年之后,我想我已经学习到了正确的方法。这些方法我可能在中国没办法学习到。
The timetable in China was very different. Everyday I used to get up at six in the morning and rush to school for seven o clock. Morning exercises on the football pitch kicked off a school day at 7 am,
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followed by a long day of lessons with a teacher standing in the front of the class lecturing. Each lesson usually lasted 40-45 minutes and there were 12 lessons every day. The 12-hour school day finally wrapped up with two hours of compulsory study in the evening.
In China, every student takes two big tests in their life, one is the entrance test for senior high school at the age of 15 (equivalent to GCSE level), and the other one is the entrance test for college and university (i.e. A-level). Similar to the UK, the result of the exam will depend on which High School or University you go to however it is stricter and you only get one shot. This slogan here says work for the high school entrance exam, fulfil your dreams. The exam lasts only 3 days and the topic tested includes: maths, Chinese, English, geography, politics, physics, chemistry, biology and sport.
There is also an art exam if you are attending art college but again the system is very rigid. It requires a lower score academically but the art exam is as well difficult. Basically, you do one sketch from a photo for 3 hours, you then paint a coloured picture for 3 hours and final you do 2 life drawings in one hour. Whether you are able to attend art school depends entirely on these 3 artworks.
During summer holiday, I went back to China and attended a course with people taking this test. We drew 9 hours a day, 6 days week but then after one month I do feel that my drawing skills improved a lot. The people I drew with is still drawing now and they will continue drawing 9 hours a day, 6 weeks a day until march - that is when the art exam take place.
I would also like to say a few things about the sport exam. You might think, how can sport be tested? Well, the way they do it is quite funny in British eyes. Everyone will have to run 100m, 400m, 800m long distance for girls and 1500m for boys. You will then be asked to dribble a basketball or a football around the cones in a certain time period. There is also standing jump and finally students were asked to perform shot put. For girls the ball is 2kg and for boys it’s 2.5kg.
The result is then transformed into marks, which then counts for parts of the exam.
A friend of my only got 612 marks out of 800 for her senior entrance exam but the schools she wanted to apply for required a score of 614 marks. With just a 2-mark difference, she couldn’t apply for those specific school. There is a saying in China, ‘one-mark difference, one life apart’. This rigid exam system makes students study under huge pressure and Western educators criticise this system because they feel it makes students study like machines. However, because of this pressure, Chinese students tend to have a more solid foundation of knowledge and achieve more academic success in their science subjects. Compared to school life here, Chinese students would be jealous of our timetable. We just spend 7 or 8 hours studying in school every day and we get plenty of free time after school. This is actually the first time in my life that I have able to enjoy my after school time! Unlike China, most of my friends here choose to do different activities and try different things which we simply cannot learn in school. The after school time helps us to improve ourselves not only our academic performance but also to give us a chance to find out what we are interested in. As you see, the two different school experiences can lead to two different learning outcomes - one focuses more on the development of academic skills only and the other focusses on making us a broader person.
When I first came to Bedales, a lot of people asked me “are you really good at math?”. I did not understand that things which were normal in China seemed not to be expected of what we do in England. As I have been here longer, some things which the British find easy caused me a lot of trouble. Following instructions was easy but developing stuff on my own was hard. In design I struggled to find my own interests and group discussions was a nightmare. After studying here for almost 2 years I think I have learned the right skills and that are skills I would never have learned in China.
One particular difference I’d like to mention is the difference in the teaching of mathematics. Over the past decades, Chinese students, particularly those from Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, have consistently excelled in a number of international comparisons of mathematics achievement For example, in the Second International Mathematics Study, Hong Kong students ranked first in the 17-18 year old age group. In the Second International Assessment of Educational Progress, students from Mainland China ranked first in the 13 year age group. Similarly, 15-year-old students from mainland China took first place in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA ).
However, the mathematics learning conditions of Chinese classrooms were described as “crowded, large class size, passive learners, dominant teachers” while the teaching method was found to be “passive transmission” and “rote drilling”. This is just how a normal Chinese classroom looks like. Because of the Chinese population, it is common to have fifty to sixty students in one big classroom with only one teacher teaching every lesson. The students do not move classrooms during break, instead, the teachers move so every lesson is conducted in the same classroom. It is hard for a teacher to manage fifty students at the same time. As a result, teachers have to speak on a stage in the front of the classroom instead of walking around in the classroom and helping the students. The students seldom discuss or have interaction in the class. Normally we listen, take notes and memorize during the lessons and do plenty of exercises after school. As I said, a Chinese student normally works until 11 pm daily. Also we got numbers of tests on every subject such as a monthly exam, half term exam and final exam.
Chinese teachers also emphasise logical reasoning, mathematical thinking and proof during teaching. This was evident from classroom observations where high level thinking skill questions such as ‘why?’, ‘how?’, ‘what if?’ were asked during lessons. In the context of students’ working on proof, Chinese teachers demanded that students state a reason for every step, even if it was seen to follow through from the given criteria or previous condition. In the high school mathematics examination paper, if you do not write according to the mathematical format required, marks will be deducted. As I said, every mark in the high school examination counts and it can change a student’s future.
The relationship between Chinese students and teachers is also very different. Because teachers have to control all 50 kids in the classroom, they require huge amount of discipline from the students and the teachers are normally very strict. In some schools, students still salute to the teachers when meeting them as a tradition left by Mao. In this cartoon, the students are saying “good morning, Mrs.” in the hall way and the teachers replied by saying, “hello, students”. This is not a not uncommon seen in Chinese middle schools. There is no way that a student could name a teacher’s initials in China as it would be regarded as a very rude behaviour.
On the contrary, British students have more interesting classes, for example, we have lots of discussions in class which are another way to gain knowledge and improve our communication skills. We can also get many chances to speak out our own opinion in the class. In short, Chinese teaching method emphasizes mastering knowledge and the ability of passing exams, British-style teaching method emphasizes the process of learning knowledge and the communication skill.
When comes to ability, I have to mention two key abilities among British and Chinese students. One is logical thinking, and the other one is creativity. Most Chinese students might be good at logical thinking because of the mathematics education in China. Compared to British education, Chinese education pay much more attention to mathematics and push the students to reach a higher level in maths. Sometimes even the Chinese students ask themselves why they need to study mathematics to such a difficult level, but finally we figure out that we are not only learning math in the class but also developing our logical thinking ability. Those tough questions make us master the way to solve problems. Once we develop our logical thinking ability, we are able to overcome tasks which are not just from maths but for our work or life. That is why Chinese education pays more attention on it. However, creativity is also an important ability that we need in our life. In my opinion, this ability is not just about coming up a new idea but also include speaking skill. As we know, English education gives students more chance to speak out their ideas, like this public speech we do in class help us improve our creativity, presentation skill and communication ability.
If there is one thing I would like you to take away from me today is that, I am not judging which educational system is better, they are just different in so many ways. In the BBC documentary, after just one month of Chinese school, the students achieved 5% higher in exams than their British counterpart yet do we really want our students to be studying 12 hours a day? I think Both countries large amounts of very talented students and I believe if the two countries can encourage more exchange between China and the UK education sectors it will be beneficial to both Chinese and English Students.
今天吃寿喜锅,合作伙伴请客。
地点新宿。
跟他们讲了一下我去孟加拉国的见闻。
主要是贫富差距极大,有钱人在几百年前就是地主传承到现在成为买办和资本家。十几岁的小女孩在成衣厂辛苦工作一个月收入只有140美金,很多穷人男的买不起裤子在下身缠块布。而有钱人办个婚礼至少要50万美金。
他们感叹了半天。
我最后说,中国和日本的地主买办没有趴在普通人身上吸血,所以大家能在这里吃寿喜锅。
所以啊,日本普通人要感恩维新志士。
中国普通人要感恩TG。
所以外国朋友不要再相信那些TG的负面消息了,不存在的。
几位深以为然。
16年中国有个洗衣机广告涉嫌种族歧视:这个洗衣机把一个黑人洗成了中国人。这条广告在国外引起很多争议。
http://www. zhihu.com/question/4683 5451
我当时在美国爱荷华州立大学念书,市场营销课上,老师讲举出这个广告强调广告营销的要点。
广告放完,作为课上为数不多的中国人,我就很尴尬,国人崇白厌黑的现象确实存在。也没想洗地…
这个时候班上一个马来西亚同学也站起来补刀:他们中国人有严重的种族歧视,他们中国女生在晴天竟然会打伞!只是因为她们喜欢白皮肤。而且他们对待我们马来西亚黑人和对待美国白人完全不一样,中国人不喜欢我们马来西亚人喜欢美国人吧啦吧啦…
当时我就忍不住站起来讲:
1.我们中国人对待所有来中国的外国朋友都十分友好。这是因为我们的热情,在中国白人和黑人都会得到欢迎和善待。
2.中国人不喜欢马来西亚,相比而言更喜欢美国是因为历史原因而不是种族原因,美国在二战时候帮助我们赢得反法西斯战争的胜利,而我们不喜欢马来西亚的原因是因为在1969年,很多中国人在马来西亚遭到压迫和屠杀。(马来西亚同学瞬间黑脸),新加坡的建立就是源自马来西亚对华人的压迫。
3.相比黑皮肤中国人确实更喜欢白皮肤,这更多是因为社会因素。因为中国人的皮肤十分脆弱,曝晒会很大程度改变肤色。自古以来,在我们还没有对其他种族的了解的时候,我们就偏高白皮肤(《诗经》中描写美女就用“手如柔荑,肤如凝脂”,难道那个时候我们孔子就种族歧视讨厌黑人?不过这个句子不知道英文翻译就没在课上飙出来)
因为富人不需要像农民一样在田间劳动,所以白皮肤在中国象征着富裕,和更高的社会阶级。这就是我们更喜欢白皮肤的原因。
教授对我的发言所带来的另一个观点很感兴趣,并在课后找了其他几个中国学生了解信息,制作了PPT,在下一节课的时候对上节课讲的中国人的“种族歧视”问题进行了更正。
我用实际行动打破了老外以为“中国人数学都很好”的stereotype!
每次去日本的时候,都会和打交道的人聊天。特别是聊起“代购”的时候,我都会改变他们很多认知。
日本人:“朋友,你怎么看待那些在各种药妆店各种店铺大买特买甚至买光店铺的?貌似他们不是自己用吧?是买回国再卖给其他人赚差价是吗?”
我说:“是的,你说的没错,这在中国有专有名词,叫代购。”
日本人:“我很讨厌这种人,或者说不怎么喜欢这种人,他们眼里貌似只有钱,缺乏对于产品的尊重,难道不是需要产品才买吗?每次和饿虎吞食一样横扫各大店铺,有时候买到连我们真的想用的时候都买不到!”
我说:“没错,他们只想赚差价,但是你先听我说,我们聊聊关于这个问题。”
第一步:开始从中国内地巨大的社会撕裂性开始讲起
从粗暴的配套跟不上的城镇化,到大城市和小城市的巨大撕裂,从大城市内部的折叠,再到没眼看的野蛮生态与基尼系数,就像最新的指南一样:当代中国,主要矛盾已经转变为“人民日益增长的美好生活需要和不平衡不充分的发展之间的矛盾”。
第二步:开始聊关于撕裂的弥补与社会发展的意义。
社会的稳定需要弥补撕裂,弥补撕裂是一个考验人性的事情,先富不会带动后富,这是个恶性循环。只有真正有信仰的人才会做这种工作。当代中国,大多数人无比功利,从一级市场到二级市场,从金融到实业无不如此。各行各业在功利化的发展下都追求者钱,就和你眼中的这些代购的一样。
第三步:引入马克思理论,商品的价值以及普世意义。
但是,这些代购并没有玩任何资本把戏,他们是真的购买了产品,实实在在的通过最真实的GDP进出口甚至是消费,去贡献者日本的GDP。他们不像资本市场各种质押发股套现,完全是资本魔术,也不像国内某些玩概念的公司想着野蛮粗暴发展,他们默默的背着东西,默默的贡献着价值。
而最主要的是,国内大部分人,是远远没有时间和资本去日本买东西的。但是日本的商品确实有实实在在的需求在,在需求面前,前文里的巨大社会撕裂性扑来,看着周围高层级的人用着日本的好产品,而自己却因为某些原因用不上,进一步加剧了社会的撕裂性。
你可以理解为,原本的社会曲线就是不均衡的,但是加入了国际影响后,非但没有中和,反而进一步加剧了这个斜率。这是对社会主义的破坏,也是对信仰,对主要矛盾的忽视。
恰恰因为有了他们的搬运,才稍微从某种意义上弥补了这些撕裂,相比于很多只顾自己发展不管下层人民的企业家,他们才是那种真正为广大人民谋福利的人啊!
第四步:换位思考
这个社会的发展,永远都不是那些先富的人,那些功利的人带来的,他们只不过在虚假的高速路上带来泡沫的人,社会的发展是真正需要这些具有博爱的人,带着所有人一起享受生活的人带来的。这也就是是马克思的共产主义的终极目标,也是我们国家最终的目标。不,也许可以说是任何国家的最终目标。
生活在日本,你有政府为你兜底,没有高企的房价,也没有不可逾越的行业鸿沟,你只要安心工作,就不会太差,但在中国不一样。在中国,如果你放慢了一步,你就会被社会远远拉下,并且每一年被拉的距离会呈现加速度增长,在这样的时机里,仍然还有这样一批人,不辞辛苦的满足广大下层人在还房贷、还车贷、拼死拼活加班以防止被拉下的挣扎中的一点点对高质量产品的需求,多不容易啊!这个钱,他们值得挣,至少比很多资本家值得挣,不是吗?
然后成功的改变了很多日本人对于代购的看法,引起了很多人对于中国社会矛盾状态的理解,也引起了很多人对于马克思理论的巨大兴趣,甚至还问我日本有没有专门研究这个理论的人,我说我日本不太好,你可以自己查查看。
反正在日本的居酒屋啊,合作伙伴啊,旅店老板啊,Airbnb房主啊,餐馆老板啊,朋友啊等等,几乎都是这个反应。
在澳洲和欧洲,这套思维也比较好用,不仅可以解释代购,还可以成功引起别人对你关于社会理解的兴趣。
但是在HK就不行了(当然HK也本来就不是国外)。为啥,因为HK比我们大陆更加撕裂啊。。。233
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