In the year of my exchange, the school courses were all 90 minutes, which was enough for teachers to leave time for students to study and ask questions. Of course, the fundamental differences between the educational systems of China and the United States, as well as the consideration of school management, all these factors limit the change of course length. But when I was a sophomore, many courses were changed into joint courses, that is, two consecutive courses were the same course. In a word, talking is better than nothing. In addition, under the schedule of half international courses in general domestic courses, domestic courses should be easy to learn. After all, there is an exam.
First of all, regardless of the international department, No.5 Middle School is a very good high school with rich mass activities and strong teachers.
But the teacher in the international department has to say. In fact, by the time I got to International III and International IV, many teachers had left International I and International II. Most of our teachers are young new teachers, but as TOEFL teachers, we can't speak. In fact, if there is no problem in teaching, why do many students study TOEFL outside school instead of staying at school? Moreover, from senior four to senior two in international high school, sat is facing reform, and it is a problem to learn act or sat. But in fact, in the international department, there are no special professional teachers for act and sat. Because there are not enough teachers, all the teachers here are made up. For example, one teacher teaches writing and grammar at the same time, and another teacher teaches act grammar and TOEFL writing.
The main problems encountered as an international fourth-grade student:
1) There are a lot of school activities, but we may not be able to attend them for the following reasons: ① The International Department and the regular classes are not in the same building, and there are many activity notices that we can't see at all. ② Many movable teaching buildings actually forget the International Department. There are very few people in the international department. There are forty or twenty foreign students, including six boys, who want to take part in some activities, such as football matches.
2) You have to admit that the International Department is a discriminated class in No.5 Middle School. Many people think that students in the international department are very idle and don't study every day. They think we are rich children and local tyrants who only show off their wealth. I can't help it. People who can't stand other people's eyes suggest not to come.
3) We have been teaching for one year, with a tuition fee of 55,000 yuan, but we have not received the corresponding service. For example, the heating in the class is not good, which freezes me to death every winter. The class teacher said that the students of the last class bought their own electric heaters. I have nothing to say. (2) In-class projection and ordinary class are two extremes. We use an old-fashioned projection, which looks very old at first glance. We throw a piece of cloth in the distance, and the ordinary class throws it from above with a new whiteboard. To tell the truth, when we volunteered in Qin County in the first year, we all felt that the school projection in this legendary poverty-stricken county was much higher than that in our class. Our projection breaks down almost every two days, and every time an electrician comes to repair it, but it can't be repaired at all. We responded to the above request to change the projection, but the school refused to change it, which led to the invalidation of many projections used in teaching.
Bottom line: I don't know how short of money No.5 Middle School is. Tuition is getting higher and higher, teachers' salaries are getting lower and lower, and our service is getting more and more disgusting. I like the teachers, classmates and atmosphere in No.5 Middle School very much. But I can't understand the administrative department of No.5 Middle School.
I think: 1) The brilliance of No.5 Middle School is the painstaking efforts of the students in No.5 Middle School. Club activities are done by students, and the results are tested by students, which has nothing to do with administrative teachers. 2) There is no international department in this world. If there are more people, there will be an international department. Because learning TOEFL and brushing TOEFL is not a class with many people at all. Unlike math and other cultural courses, there is a clear curriculum, while English is a gradual and continuous breakthrough process. Everyone has their own shortcomings and weaknesses, and it is impossible to study together in a class at a certain pace. This is why many TOEFL classes outside are one-on-one.