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Chinese kids are not that well-behaved. I've just heard from several people that taught in Japan, Korea or Thailand that they found the kids here are more undisciplined when it comes to their behaviors. Any truth to this?
Well that's up to you really isn't it, The answer lies in the language you use i.e "myth".
Fortunately on the other hand the truth doesn't require our belief in it for it to be true.
Other than that you have an anecdotal myth on your hands.
nevermind:
Says who? You? Suddenly you're the self-appointed decider of what's true?
I think Chinese children behave worse than some other children and possibly better than some children. When the little emperor syndrome is at play anything can happen.
Are you kidding? I think they're great. I remember in my schooldays there'd be fights between one whole year of kids. Like a few hundred kids. I remember teachers getting pinned to the wall with chairs, my friend knocked the gym teacher out with a shoe, we'd be stoned, we were a rabble. Jeez, in my experience here kids are amazing. They're still just kids mind you but far more respectful to teachers than I remember when I was at school.
At least you don't have to worry about kids bringing guns to school.
crimochina:
wait the kids bring guns to school in thailand , japan , or korea???
nevermind:
But you DO have to worry about crazy bastards stabbing all of them. Oh, and Hi Xiao Lin!
The children here are generally quiet and attentive in class. They respect the teacher. They study and do homework (too much, IMO). And, as mentioned, there is far less violence in the schools. On the other hand, I noticed more than a few parents who simply do not know how to communicate and raise children. There is far to little communication going on between parents and children. But this is China...
As long as you respect them and make them feel they are worthy in your sight, then they will end up learning respect. There is a long mile to run to inspire the respect in China's children, but that's part of a teacher's endeavor. You do it with patience, with faith and understanding. Children know what teacher deserves their affection and respect. Like any plant, you need to plant the seed, harvest the soil with the needed ingredients, water it and let the nature do also its work. They will grow in respect around you.
I don't know about Japan or Korea, but I taught in Vietnam, and kids were better behaved there.
I think it depends where in China you are. If you're in Shanghai teaching a bunch of rich brats, it'll be different than teaching a bunch of kids in ShiJiaZhuang.
Public university students tend to be well behaved, especially seeing as they know their English grade isn't worth much. Plagiarism is rampant though- they'll be very nice, quiet, and respectful to you in person... but God help you if you expect original work. I had 3 groups try to act out the dialogue from "The Big Bang Theory" instead of writing their own script, for a video project.
second hand information from other teachers i ve met in different countries ,koreans ,japanese and vietnam are better behaved but thailand and cambodia were about the same as china. but things do change, also may be big difference between urban and rural schools. see this frequently in the province of shandong.
In my experience I have seen that the kids are not disciplined or courteous at all and seem to not know how to behave in public other than to sa jiao when things don't go their way. For that reason I will not teach kids anymore and I haven't for over 5 years. I love kids and as a matter of fact our baby should be here in a matter of weeks but I had to draw the line.
A myth? I think in America people generally do believe that Chinese kids are very well behaved and are model students. That's the perception there because America gets the best (and sometimes richest) Chinese students. In reality they are just kids and there are all types just like American kids. While there may be more physical fighting in the west there are different problems you have to deal with here depending on what age you are talking about. Almost all problems with kids here (materialistic, nationalistic and inability to follow the rules) are just a reflection of how they were raised.
Franck3:
I have lived in the US for over 53 years, I have lived in Four different countries including China and visited 36 other countries. My experience is that the US has by far the worst behaved kids on the planet. When I was younger with young children. I got to the point where I would not invite any of my friends over that had kids. I had to repaint my den after one visit of two eight year olds. There perents though it was cute. Franck3
giadrosich:
Franck, have you taken your medication lately? Your split personalities are showing.
I did post this before? Do not know where it went. I have lived in six different countries and visited 36. The best behaved kids were German. The worst were American. Age group 4 to 12. Franck3
99Silva:
I can see what you mean by American.....the most violent fights I've seen were when I was attending school back home. A guy stabbed another kid with a fork. The fights here are more like power rangers acting/fighting!