What did you find the most surprising thing about the school system in the United States? How are the customs in the classrooms in the US different from the customs that you have experienced in your country? Do you think students who speak the same language can learn together better or not? Do you think translating English into your language would help you understand reading better? Why or why not? What class activities do you think help you learn better and which ones are not very effective? Give an example for each.
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Andy N
9/2/2015 06:32:06 am
They have great opportunities like English second language. There is also eservices if need to add a class if you were on a waitlist. Difference between my country Hungary and the United States are. Hungary is much stronger education system there and the United States has more opportunities. Also in the United States have classes for people that want to speak English better. That depend if the students understand the question in their own language and if not then it’s maybe better to speak English or ask a teacher. Translating in my language can be easier because we can learn of our mistakes and sometimes not. Other thing is good to translate in our language that we can learn from what we are reading and better understand it for some of us. My writing class and my reading class are effective to me. My writing class is helping me to be more specific in my essays and my paragraphs. The other thing is reading class helping me to find the verbs, adverbs, pronoun, and noun and so on and so forth.
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Ameer K
9/4/2015 01:14:49 pm
In United States schools , there are many options like English the second language. But also we had this in my country Iraq , you could choose any language and there were many subject choices, I have a problem understanding all of what teachers are saying ,
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ILLIA D.
9/4/2015 09:57:58 pm
Ok! I was shocked from American's adult education. First of all it is the opportunity to obtain degree in any professional knowledge what you would like to do in the future. The second one is that you have a chance to do it without any fees. In my opinion it is a great support for the immigrants. This action from the government shows that you are needful for this country. In addition this pushes you to become better, because lots of people who arrived in America do not have degree from their country. Moreover everyone has time and an opportunity to learn a new profession in the new country. This situation helps to obtain new knowledge and learn a new language. The last thing I believe is that I will be successful in my new country. Good luck for everyone who will read this!
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Laura G.
9/4/2015 10:38:39 pm
To be honest i am very sad about education in America. Mi kids are students in middle and elementary scholl and they beame to be a kind of ''lasy'' students. Study here it's easy and hard in same time, you just really want to be interested in this. My husband and i were in adult school before college and i am amazed of this wonderful teacher team. And now here in ARC i am amazed of this professional stuff. About what class activities i am not sure ,but it;s always helpfull to read by ourselves in class and be checked by teacher. My opinion about learn togetter it's always helpful, because you can always ask about something what was hard to anderstand during the class time.
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Khalel A
9/5/2015 03:08:58 pm
In the United States there are students from all over the world and from different languages and different ages learn at first the English language and more students are facing problems in the beginning to understand the English language in reading, listening, writing, and I am one of them. There should be a special program for new students, according to the age groups because the education of young people is easier than the older style of teaching with the use of educational stimulus, encouragement, and do not embarrass the student because the only forestry style generates frustration and student translations into useful language in terms of understanding the meaning and help to read better and teacher adoption in teaching only and ask questions to students makes the lesson boring and ineffective book but the use of Legends assistance and varied by teacher lesson concept and make it easy and interesting, especially the older students there need Style special education to understand the English language accurately.
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Hawraa
9/5/2015 08:50:20 pm
I didn't find a many surprising thing about the school system in the United States it's almost the same in my country but we have a little stronger system in education. In the first it's hard for us because we don't know the language and we have to work hard to learn the language then it will be easier when we can understand the meaning of the word. In my opinion students who speak the same language can learn better together because they can explain to each other what they don't understand, and I think translating English to our language it's the best way to learn because when we know the meaning of the word we can learn faster.
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Nahd. I
9/5/2015 10:01:31 pm
The most thing in the United States is different from my school it is the uniform, because in my country there are uniform for all students in the school while here does not have a uniform. From my point of view I think the students who speak the same language in school cannot learn faster because they will speak the Same language and their English will not improve. And also if we translate some word into my language will help is so much to understand and remember always what is the mean of the word.
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Rasul M.
9/5/2015 11:30:44 pm
To my surprise, the school system in the United States is very flexible for students with different levels of knowledge and talents. In America students pass tests with their level of knowledge and this gives them the opportunity to take the classes that they will pass and develop the skills to take higher level classes. Unlike the United States, some other countries make students take classes at the same level with everyone else, which makes most students fail and not contine learning. Another plus in the American school system is that students can choose the classes that they need for their future careers, and not take the classes that they don't need. This makes them focus on specific classes and achieve success in their future careers. The flexibility of the United States school system is most surprising and that is its advantage.
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Mohammad Hami
9/6/2015 01:19:04 am
Last year I went to visited one of elementary school at the end of spring time. It was really surprising to me when I went inside one of the class and I saw all students class activities which they finished on their dally bases in the class and they paste it on the walls, even I was wish to start elementary school with them but unfortunately , I can’t go to set in grade 5,6 because I am already adult, but about school system in the united states , they have very good methods, and here is more opportunity like such as internet and technology students can access to the internet and the can get information from online and some student can study online, the deference of here and between my country is that, here in the united state they help students financially, in my country we don’t have this technology such as computer internet and projector in the classroom and also we don’t have professors in the elementary , middle , and high school it is very important to have professor and more knowledgeable person instructor in the class. about custom, here is so big deference than my country because in my country girls schools is separate from boys schools. and also if two student they are from same country , if they set together in the class and if they speak between each other’s same language in the class it will not help them to learn English easy and faster . Why they can’t learn faster because most of the time they speak their native language in the class. they won’t be able to improve their English in the class.
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Inna S
9/6/2015 09:46:16 am
The education system in United States is broad. There is public school system and private. In addition the program intensity varies from town to town. A more expensive town like Folsom has more better classes and more intense program than a town like Del Passo. Part of this issue is due to "no student left behind" initiative. The lazy students end up slowing down the program for the whole class. In other countries the program doesn't change but the lazy or not so sharp students get held back by a year. This doesn't happen often in the States. I think learning English with students from other countries is better because they can help out each other. Writing down words in my language helps me learn as it helps me to understand the exact meaning of that word.
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M,sediq
9/6/2015 09:48:45 am
The American education system
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Pavel L.
9/6/2015 01:27:59 pm
The public school system in the United States is very low compared to the public school system in my country. In my country kids begin learning a 2nd language in elementary school, participate in sports, and music. In my country kids have to memorize pages of books at an early age to improve memory. Our public school are at the level of private school education in the United States. The customs in the US are very different than the customs in my country. Kids grow up to respect and listen to the teachers. They sit straight in class, hands folded across the desk, and complete silence. Discipline is very strong in the schools in my country. In the United States kids are growing up to be lazy and disrespectful to adults and peers around them. This is a problem in lack of discipline from a young age. For some people it is easier to learn a new language when they speak the same language and can help each other out. For others they learn better when nobody speaks their language because it pushes you to learn faster. I like working in groups because it gives you more practice to use what you have learned.
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Alzira H.
9/6/2015 03:07:42 pm
What has surprised me about the school system in the United States is the fact that the students come from various races, ages and economic classes. The customs in the classrooms in the US are similar to Brazil, there is attendance, the length of time is comparable and there is always plenty of homework. I do not think that students that speak the same foreign language would be better for studying English, it may be easier to speak and translate to one another, to learn English well, students must always be speaking to each other in English. Translating English into Portuguese does not help me understand better, many times translating only confuses me because there are words that cannot be directly translated. All the class activities help me to learn, I like to working in groups because everyone is speaking English together. Every class activity helps me learn English, if I can hear it, speak, read and write I will become more fluent in English.
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Mohammad E
9/6/2015 03:54:48 pm
One of the most surprising the is my classmate from different country with one goal in ESL class to learn English. Each of them has different idea in future to get in one of the best University or just learn English so collage is the key to success in future .US is a country of opportunity to achieve on your goals ,specially education and community colleges is one of them.
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Mohammad E
9/6/2015 03:59:52 pm
One of the most surprising things is my classmate from different country with one goal in ESL class to learn English. Each of them has different idea in future to get in one of the best University or just learn English so collage is the key to success in future .US is a country of opportunity to achieve on your goals ,specially education and community colleges is one of them.
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Ecaterina
9/6/2015 09:52:58 pm
I am now starting to study in an American school. Everything for me is new and different unlike my country's school system. First of all, what surprised me is that I can choose classes which I prefer to learn in the semester. Second, the grading system is letter based system. But the best thing for me is that I can drop a class just in case if it is difficult or if I can not make it because, for example, my job.
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Iryna Ivaniv
9/6/2015 09:53:19 pm
Surprising things: that's readily available for all students to take advantage of and get an education. Even if one cannot afford, there is financial aid and student loans.
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Ismael AL
9/6/2015 11:25:26 pm
It is kind of challenging when you have to learn English as a second language , in fact it is a lovely and popular language . But , also it is not easy to learn . when I arrived with my family to the USA two years ago , I was surprised because of many reasons , for example I fond that different teachers have different English accents . Sometimes it is hard to understand what they said . Also , I got confused of the classroom customs , it is modern and lovely but it is different than my experience . In order to pass this matter many of students who speak the same origin language were teaching each other , I believe that can help specially at the beginning . In my opinion , every class activity is necessary to be fluent in English . Good language helps to get gob and to survive in the USA .
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Sviatlana L.
9/8/2015 11:50:43 am
I was surprised that in the US there is no uniform state system of education, each state has the right to determine its own structure.
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Celso V.
9/8/2015 08:04:15 pm
The most surprising thing about the school system in the united states is been able to get education for free. In my country Peru you have to pay for everything from tuition, uniform, books, etc. And even in college you can get your classes for free if you qualify for financial aid in my country we don't have anything like that.
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Viktor Kun
10/14/2015 02:27:50 pm
In the school system of the United States you can see a lot of students from different countries. Many of them arrived in the United States with having a knowledge of English. In college in the United States of America scholarship is much higher than in other countries. I believe that students who speak the same language, they can learn very well, but if they want seriously to gain knowledge. Yes, of course translated from English into my native language helps to me understand reading very well. In the college each class is good in its own way. First, reading is very good for students to understand what is written in the text, and how correctly pronounce the words. Second writing also helps to students very well, they can learn to write correctly.
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Cong
10/14/2015 07:30:08 pm
In my opinion the school in America is more helpful than my country. The student have everything to help them study. For example, they have computer in school to help them research some information. They do not have too much student in each class. In my country they do not have good technology to help student study. Other wise, they have so many students in 1 class( around like 40 - 50 students). I do not think people speak same their own language everyday can learn English language. Because English like driver. if you practice, you will better. I'm not translator English to my language to understand it. I just guest when I read. After 1st time i read, i will use dictionary to see what it mean. Because when you guest, it can help you remember that word forever.
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12/14/2015 10:50:20 am
I was surprised about the school system in the USA.Inc my country- Russia it's different system: all students has uniform in school, one kind of books. We can't drop a class like here. I think in USA more opportunities and also is very good point for students in USA can get education for free, but my country can't. I very happy to live here and I can improve my language.
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