Why should I go to college in America?

I am the son mentioned in the article. I read an article once and was surprised. Dad, who has begun to forget everything, rambles about my classmates. His memory is accurate, like a few treasures. It seems that I only mentioned that some of his classmates went abroad at dinner. It seems that it is really "the speaker is unintentional and the listener is interested". Anyway, I forwarded this article to several students mentioned in the article who have been studying in high schools abroad. One of my classmates (the top scholar in Chongwen District in the year of my senior high school entrance examination) wrote back to me, saying that after studying abroad for one year, her concept had changed. "I just wanted to go to a first-class university before" and "Now I want to work hard to do what I want to do". I'm not surprised at her change of mind. Just like when I was studying in the United States (2006-2007, grade six), many changes have taken place. However, when I was in the United States, I didn't have a clear idea about where to go to college in the future. Although my "friend who forgot to make friends" and several Harvard doctoral students from famous universities in China, such as Peking University and Tsinghua, advised me on more than one occasion to "come out to study in the university" and told me that "I won't know that the university wasted too much time until I got out" ... However, I had no idea about the problem that seemed far away at that time. At that time, I was mainly busy with the work of American schools It is said that American schools have a light academic burden and are not nervous about homework. But it depends on the angle. In math class, there is not much homework in one academic year, and it is really not a big challenge. However, I have an assignment at school every day, that is, reading notes. This homework should be written every day and checked by the teacher every week. At first, I thought I could use the template of "feeling after reading" in domestic Chinese class to cope with reading notes, that is, I usually write down the outline of the book first, and then write a few words of my experience. I don't know, the teacher's "calligraphy" (calligraphy is almost as wild as English and extremely difficult to identify) is always a lot of problems. These questions are simply "too damaging to my self-esteem". I really don't understand what his question has to do with the books I have read. Probably the first dozens of reading notes, the teacher wrote "I need your reaction", "What's your thought" and "Give me your opinion" in almost every comment ... yours, yours, yours; Mine, mine, mine. After reading this book, I know that I read other people's books to generate my own ideas. When my dad interviewed the teacher who corrected my reading notes (similar to the China Parents' Meeting, but one-on-one interviews), he politely asked the teacher to "give more opinions" on the words, sentences and grammar of my reading notes. Dad said afterwards that what the teacher said to him made him feel "embarrassed" (I understand that actually means ashamed). The teacher told dad not to worry about my husband's English (grammar) If you read more books, you will naturally make fewer mistakes. There are few people who can't speak and many people who can't think ... These words make me understand that my daily homework is actually teaching me to think, inspiring me to think and "forcing" me to think. In order to finish this kind of homework with my own reactions, thoughts, ideas and opinions, I have to read more books and look for information online. Slowly, the content of "Zhu Bi Yu Pi" becomes "discussion" and discussion, sometimes just adding two English words after my name: "Great job". As a result of reading and writing every day, at the end of the first semester, I got an A, not only in mathematics and science, but also in all eight subjects such as drama. The life that requires you to finish your homework creatively every day was interrupted after returning to China. First of all, I found that in the United States, I log in countless times a day, and almost all students can't live without Wikipedia. This harsh fact makes me unable to imagine how I would face my future homework without Wikipedia. Once I heard my dad talking to someone, saying that it was not long before he returned to China. He met an alumnus of Peking University who had become a minister and asked him how to explain to a child why this country blocked Wikipedia. Shortly after this conversation, Wikileaks was made public. Of course, this matter has nothing to do with my father's complaint. However, I am also sure that the "alumni" in charge of this matter will not vote against the decision to unseal the wiki. Thank you, uncle! Wiki unsealed. But I found that Wikipedia was no longer needed. I don't need Lowe's help at all because I have "standard answers" in my homework every day. In my homework, I also showed you four great classical novels, but these books are not so much for you to discover and create anything from reading, but rather for you to remember some conclusive dogmas that "others" want to "educate" you. I have never been reluctant to read like this, and I would rather lose points here. In terms of actively "losing points", there are even more fierce students. Entering the third grade, the pressure of the senior high school entrance examination is getting bigger and bigger. The teacher gave a composition topic: "Grade Three". One of my classmates (the one who was admitted to a middle school in New Jersey according to my dad's article) bravely described his happy life on the third day of New Year's Eve. Of course, when the teacher commented, he didn't get any pleasure from his alternative ideas. In our examination questions, there are also topics that seem to need "creativity". There was a political exam in senior one, and a topic needed to be "talk about your opinion". When marking the papers, the teacher said lovingly to the arrogant students who didn't score on this topic: "Son, what do you really think you should talk about?" ! "In the snickering of students, these elites who will almost certainly enter key universities in China will naturally find their own positions of" answering questions "and" holding their own opinions ". Look at this topic: "Please compare the foreign policies of theodore roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson". Look at this again: "Please analyze how the political, economic, and diplomatic crisis of the 1980s in 18 affected the articles in the Constitution of the United States of America." . These two topics are two of hundreds of similar topics that I need to think about when preparing for the AP(Advanced Placement) American history exam. It is impossible to find a "standard answer" to such topics in textbooks, and it is impossible to list only historical facts. I know that if you want to answer the question "Comparison of Mao Zedong's and Deng Xiaoping's foreign policies", especially when you want to evaluate policies and people, you need certain qualifications. However, imagine, who is more likely to properly grasp the world trend and national interests, a person who has been expressing his views on the country's foreign policy since middle school or a person who only knows what diplomacy is after entering the diplomatic service? Creative thinking is needed, which is not the mainstream in domestic schools. In order to prepare for SAT and AP, I used the time when I was a freshman and a sophomore. Even so, you must always be vigilant and don't let those brain-stirring questions break into the "standard answer" site. At school, our "research study" project has only two compulsory credits. Courses that cultivate critical thinking and stimulate creativity, such as SDP, are only listed as elective courses in our school, while in other schools, such courses may not be listed as elective courses. Fortunately, after I attended the DI(Destination Imagination) global finals held by the University of Tennessee with several classmates, I realized that the non-mainstream in one place may be the mainstream in another. Before going abroad last time, a "returnee" sister said to me, "Don't think that you will naturally speak English when you arrive in the United States." I remember this sentence. Similarly, I know that going to college in the United States may not make good use of American educational resources. My father sent me abroad, so the internship is my personal responsibility. (Note: Dong Yifu is a student of Beijing No.4 Middle School, and will soon be promoted to Grade Three. )