Grading Systems: How are they different?
Some international students experience culture shock when they study in different educational students from their own. In addition to classroom environment and teacher-student, some students are used to grading systems that might be different from their own. For example, a passing grade in a class might only be 50-60% in their countries, and then assume this percent is the same elsewhere. Then, we they discover that the standard is higher (let's say, 70%+), they feel that this is unfair.
Furthermore, some students complain that they have too much homework (2 hours a night), and that they have no time to do anything. However, these are students who don't have jobs, no families to take care of in the US, and no other community responsibilities. Many American college students work to pay for school (not just fashion clothing and iTunes downloads) AND go to school at the same time.
Again, when expectations and experience collide and are different, then misunderstandings can happen.
So, are there other aspects of culture or education that you have found different when traveling to a new country? Of, if you have gone overseas, what aspect of culture do you think you will find the most challenging to adjust to?
Best,
Randall
3 comments:
I think we kind of have the same problem in Brazil but it happens at different sociocultural levels. Besides, it seems we have two completely different educational systems within the same country - one especially designed for students who come from poor backgrounds and another one for the elite. For example, a passing grade in the public sector (where the majority of poor students go)is around 60% whereas in the private sector (at the best schools) it's around 70%. In Brazil, 90% percent of our public school students have a part time job and they do go to school every day. On the other hand, most of the students from the private sector spend much of their time studying and doing extra-curricular activities such as learning one or two foreign languages and taking computing classes. What is unfair is Brazil is that if you're born poor, you'll have to struggle to get an education let alone having the same job opportunities. As to my experience abroad, I once took a course in the US for English language teachers from Latin America, since it was a short course, it seemed to me that the professors had little time to cover all the topics they wanted (or had planned to) or maybe they didn't have a clear agenda... They ended up talking about lots of things at the same time but we didn't have enough time to discuss what was being taught or even share our opinions or previous experience with regard to the topic in class. It was like doing a litle bit of this and that and not learning anything at all. We were always pressed for time and needed to rush from one class to another - time was indeed a big issue there.
I m muhammad i think in our high schools the most difficult subject is calculus it is not for anyone but depends upon the teachers how they teach and the the student how much they get this subject seriously.but the problem creates when the result of calculus become just thirty to forty percent.we can handle it ourself by doing daily practices problems. do practice of exercise at home which you done on that at your university this can help you more. sometimes students dont take it seriously and they take this subject easy and take it behind for the spare time but i think it is not too much easy as they think.
Daily practices and concentration in class can make them perfect in calculus. THANK YOU
I think there is a problem with grade inflation at both the high school and university level in the U.S. High grades are too common. Many students believe they should get a high grade simply for showing up regularly to class. In other countries, perfect scores are unheard of, and only a select few earn the highest grades.
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