UNREACHABLE AND UNTEACHABLE STUDENTS
Every Chinese college and university has them, from top tier down to the bottom 4th tier.Usually every class has at least one and the unlucky teacher may be saddled with several. Occasionally, an entire class may be beyond reach.
No matter what the pedagogy, the methodology, the materials; there are some students who have decided that higher education is only an endurance requirement. In America there is an educational philosophy that no child shall be left behind. China has a slightly different bent – no college student shall fail to receive a diploma so long as the tuition has been paid.
Nationally, 5% of Chinese university students are unreachable and unteachable. At Zongshan University 1.6% of the post-graduate non-English majors are unreachable and unteachable.
Chinese students know full well that they will not be failed even if they never attend classes. They are allowed to retake a final exam, with a different teacher each time, until a teacher is found who will pass them. Failing grades issued by foreign teachers are administratively changes rather regularly. The Chinese educational system deprives the teacher of a major external motivational tool and the students take advantage of this situation.
These students are not too hard to identify. They sit in the back row and try to blend into the back wall. Some sit up front, arms crossed with a scowl on their face that says a D-8 bulldozer isn’t going to move them.
Some give themselves away by telling the foreign teacher “you do not understand China” or “you do not understand Chinese students” or “you do not teach like a Chinese teacher.”
Others will declare their open contempt for English due to some misguided nationalistic pride. Some will state that they do not need English now or in the future. A Shanghai University student declared that his father was a very high Shanghai Government party official and that his father would always take care of his future, both politically and financially. This boy was well connected and his future was assured. Within months his father was caught up in the political purge and power shift that saw all of Shanghai’s political leaders replaced. His father was imprisoned and made to forfeit all of his money and property. The boy was weeks away from graduation and would receive a useless degree.
A young man in Guangzhou insisted that he would never need English because his father was Chairman of the Board and majority Shareholder of a major Chinese company. This boy wasted his educational opportunity in reliance on his father’s position and wealth. Within two months of the boy’s graduation his father was imprisoned for economic crimes and sentenced to death and forfeiture of all money and property.
It is sad indeed to watch any misguided student pursue a path of self-destruction. But no matter what you say or do, they are determined to serve their time at university without earning an education because they know an education (Diploma) will be handed to them as long as their tuition is paid. Educated idiots!
I think one person couldn’t depend everything on his or her family,because that is temporal and not belong to himself or herself. So we must create our own field and make further progress .
Acturally speaking,most of the phenomenons stated in the passage are true,and the education system of China is not satisfied,I don’t want to comment more on it.But I have something to say about the E-mail.First,I want to show my great respect for the student’s patriotic motion.However,his acute words should point to some westerners and Americans who have a hostility and biase against China but not Martin. He is our English teacher ,we should respect him . He doesn’t meant to hurt our feelings towards motherland but let us know how to behave well and how to achieve success.Word gets around, I don”t agree with what Martin has done referring to “the student has been identified”. Everyone has the freedom to talk,although he is offensive to Martin, Martin is our English teacher and an old repected man who should be placid, good-tempered and forbearing.What he did seems to be a revenge which will not encourage other students to give viewpoints or suggestions that will be helpful to our English teaching reformation and better understandings for each.In the end ,I want to say to Martin:”we are your students ,we respect you,and we could get along well.”
I have to admit that China is also a developing country, and we also have dignity. And we have to admit that America is one of the strongest country in the world. That is true that our own country is becoming richer and richer. But there is a huge gap between China and America. We want to become strong just like America,so we have to study English well. Because most of the advanced technologys are in America and Europe. We need to study English well.Not just for ourselves, but also for our country’s future.We should show our love for China with the correct way.So the student’s attitude is correct, but the way he used I don’t agree with . I suggest that the student go to class and study English well.I believe him is not the unreachable and unteachable student.
Granted, there are some “unreachable and unteacherable” students bothering teachers, and there are deficiencies far from satisfying in present education system. But those alternative students just take up little partion and would never erase the good impression of Chinese students given to the world. And the educative reform is advancing further and deeper. As for english study, I think it’s not wise enough to connect foreign language learning with national dignity. English is just a tool for comminicating and it is not attached to America. Just like before you enter into other’s home you have to knock the door and get the admission, English is the brick for Chinese to go internationally.
I don’t think that the student who sent the email to you is UNREACHABLE & UNTEACHEABLE .But I am not in favour of the way he expressed his opinion.
Surely it is enough that this student who sent the below anonymous used ultra words, he should pay attention to the etiquette no matter what happened before and what he wanted to express. This is a issue to attitude that indicates something about the cockles in your heart.
Actually I have his thought. Maybe as foreign students to our teacher ,our classmates and I have different comprehension to foreign culture, to why to learn English and to everything about this class, whereas and after all we are deeply in love with our motherland just like this student’s describing in his mail.
In fact, not everybody was born to have a successful life. It is common that some students are unreachable and unteachable, not just in China, but in other countries of the world. A man would not change only if he wants to change. A man would not plan for his future only if he is thinking about it. Only the person can help himself, no body else can do it, including teachers. So, just skip all these unreachable and unteachable students, DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME.
It is so sorry for that man who make you angry ! I don`t agree with him for his words and his attitudes . Our country is still a developing country , we all hope she become more poewerful . It`s no doubt . Every person loves his or her motherland,it`s also no doubt . I hope you give him or her some time to think more deeply and aren`t angry with him ,please .
But ,in another word , each country has its excellent quality , they are all smart and studious . Respect should be gieven to them , and only in this way can we stay and live in such a harmonious world.
I think there is no any unreachable and unteachable student in the world.They will try to pursue for their owned things if they study harder .We have these so-called unreachable and unteachable students because they get lost in the university and in the way of their lives.But no man shows them the exit.
On one hand ,I think the main problems are Chinese education System and the Society’s prejudices. Chinese education System is a big and hard question which many educational experts try to resolve. But the problem hasn’t ever be resolved for these years.We can receive so many news that the only one thing the students can do is just taking the exam in Newspapers.TO receive a diploma can find a good job in China.The consciousness tell the students how to run.On the other hand ,I think it is the students’ problem.Many good students will become Mediocre after four years life in the university.Why?I think these students get lost in the university and they just don’t know how to learn and what to learn.They get tired of the teacher and what they can do is wasting their time in the university.And they know how to pass the exam thouhgt they don’t listen to the teacher.This is the problem of Chinese education System.
For the e-mail,I agree with john-class3 . Thank you !!
There are a lot of problems in educational system of China, not only in college. The Chinese are trying their best to seek some improvements.
Now return to our muttons. As I know, there are some students who don’t attend the class indeed. Some of them choose to play games. I think it’s too bad for them to do so. But there is another instance. Some students choose self-study. After four years, they become well-educated, even more excellent than the others who always sit in the classroom.
To my way of thinking, the college should take measures to better control the students. Maybe keeping track of the attendance is a good choice. But this can’t be deemed as having solved the problem thoroughly. We should get to the root of the problem. We must create a favourable overall environment and make sure that all the necessary factors are in place.
We live in such a environment that almost all the TVs, radios and newspapers say fine words of our country and our party, and we refuse to accept anything disagreeable. We have not freedom of speech just like America. That’s very sad.
Try to tolerant the points you may disagree, and don’t be fear of them. After all, you are a adult, and you can make a clear distinction between right and wrong.
we have to admit that America is one of the strongest country in the world. That is true that our own country is becoming richer and richer. But there is a huge gap between China and America. We want to become strong just like America, most of the advanced technologys are in America and Europe. We need to study English well for our country’s future.We should show our love for China with the correct way.
I don’t agree the way the student choose.
I remember in Martin’s first class he told us the reason why he was in China is because he wanted to help the Chinese students learn English well and make use of it to strive for a better life and career. He felt this work meaningful. These words impressed me a lot.
I think there actually are some unreachable and unteachable students for varieties of reasons. Sometimes they just cannot overcome the cultural differences and they cannot adapt themselves to some changes to the ways they have gotten used to. As for the student who sent that email, I think he had probably misunderstood Martin and I hope he will apologize sincerely to get another chance. I think Martin is a kind man no matter how harsh he appears to be. All Martin wanted to do is encourage us to speak out English and make a progress.
One more word to that student: if you want to be respected, first respect others. This is a necessary quality in daily life.
I agree with that English is very important .We will use English in everywhere and every time. So, nowadays, we have put more and more attention on it in Chain .Although there still are someone who do not aware the importance of English clearly, more and more people, especially college students, study English very hard. Maybe culture shock is inevitable, but I believe that we students and foreigner teacher will overcome it finally. Let us make efforts to improve our English better.
At first, I think that the student is expressing his or her opinion, but maybe he used the extreme way. People from different countries have different thought about the same thing.
Secondly, I think the phenomenon in the “UNREACHABLE AND UNTEACHABLE STUDENTS” is common in our country, but I think it also happens in American. I consider that English is not to learn for test, but to use to communication. So we learn English not just for a diploma.
The students you’ve talked were very ordinary in my undergraduate class.Some of their parents were officials,therefore,they didn’t have to plan for their future.They played computer games in the dormitary everyday and always went downtown to waste or squander extravagantly .Some of them were so poor that they had to loan to pay their tuition and living expenses.Whereas,they were sitting in front of the computer except the class time and skipping classes was common for them.They didn’t join a club or some other extracurricular activitis at all.I’m confused that they should have knowed that feast today and fast tomorrow but why they did all those things.Now we’ve graduated from our home university,those classmates whose families are rich are in the units where their parents arranged.The classsmates whose families are poor are mostly doing grass-roots unit work.I really don’t want to see such phenomenon,but I’m firmly convinced that the majority of my classmates will have a brilliant future!
First, I think there is no unreachable and unteachable student in world. If you think someone is unreachable and unteachable, maybe you use the wrong method to teach him or her.
Second, everyone has to be learning to make choice whatever he decides to do. As we know, people always encounter some special things before they really maturity. Some people maybe misguide, though they need friends and well teachers who gives correct guidance for their lives and choices.
Last, if there some bad phenomena in China, they also exist in other country or in the whole world.
Every English teacher has a good dream on trying their best to teach their students well ,I think..But their methods on English teaching are very different .It has not only one method on English teaching which every English teacher love .In china ,students can find a lot of excuses to escape.My dear proffessor ,the person who sent the email to you is just a random one .Because no one can do everything perfectly ,every English teacher also received the letter like that ,I think..I believed that not any good English teacher would care about the letter like that .especially you are a very good English teacher come from the USA.
However ,I do not agree with the letter .Who have any problem on the English teaching method or who did not agree with the method can communicate with English proffessor ,which are the group we can respect for,I think .So you may not be to angry ,most of students like you very much .
First,I think the student didn’t affront Pro.Martin on purpose.Maybe he just misunderstood the article”culture shock” and loved China very much.
Second,”culture shock”is a problem that we should face if China wants to be open to the world and enhance the cooperation with other countries.China is an old country with many years’ history.Some phenomenons mentioned in the article may result from some traditional custome;but other phenomenons are not good and polite,which will have a bad effect on foreigners’impress on China.
However,I think China is a hardworking,improved,mordest,optimistic country.Many politics have been submitted for the better and quicker development of China.Just as Deng Xiaoping saied:”How can a new theory be evolved if it is not based on a summation of the practical experience of both past and present generations of scientists, both Chinese and foreign?” I’m sure that China will have a good future.
By pass
I think the student’s computor was under the controling of some hanker,or Mr.wolff making a joke with us.A real friendship can stand well in the storm.Just forgive or forget it.
Neutrally speaking, there is no need to feel uneasy about the student John’s email, nor the words in the article “CULTRUE SHOCK”.
We ourselves still feel sick for the people spit in the street, not to say a foreigner from the most developed coutry. However, it’s not easy for a developing country to maintain a good level of the populace’s cultivation, especially the country with 1.4 billion population. I think any cultured and broad-minded foreigner would understand that, it’s a gradual process to uplift the quality of civilian. There is no need for a foreigner to focus too much on such kind of thing and keep on reminding other these facts.
I don’t think Martin’s words has gone beyond the limit such that we can consider them as an insult to our country. Instead we may consider it as a frank statement. Every foregner in China has the same feeling, Martin is the one who is willing to show the natural feeling with his chinese students.
On the other hand, I don’t think it’s suitable to treat the student John as an unteachable one, even to give punishments on him. Everyone has the right to express his opinion as long as he dosen’t go to far. American people understand this much better than Chinese. However, I don’t think the liberty of speech is encouraged in this class.
Finally, I don’t agree with the manner in which John expressed his feeling, but I don’t think he deserve to much denuncement.
In fact, I can’t agree with you absolutely.
We are born in different countries, so sometimes we use our brian to think in different way and then we will have some different opionions.
Maybe the student was just talking about his or her opionion, but regrettably by a wrong means.
So, Mr. Wolff, please forget it.
I think it’s a teachers’ job to teach all the students they have, no matter how the student acts. Speaking frankly, some students are stubborn indeed, which raises a great challenge to the teacher. They don’t follow the orders or arrangements made by the teacher, even sometimes just going on the contrary. But I will never call them unreachable or unteachable. I suppose they are just lost, or not conscious about the right thing to do yet. With no doubt, that’s the right time when we need a teacher. If everyone knows the right way to go, I guess there won’t be any teacher needed any more. So teachers need to be patient and tolerant, especially to the stubborn students.
Pro. Martin, you are a very good English teacher come from the USA in my heart. I think the student didn’t affront you on purpose. The student is just expressing his or her opinion. I don’t agree the way the student’s choice, but please forget it.
To be honest,I think the student who sent the email must misunderstood our professor.Everyone owns the right to express his(her) views,but one should think seriously to choose the appropriate way.I think the way the student choose is a bit too much.From a different perspective,may be he just love our country so much.But some words in the email seem to be unfriendly.As the old saying goes,if you want to be respected,you must respect others first.
As we know,our contry is growing bigger and bigger and every Chinese is proud of motherland.We should work hard to contribute to the motherland.And we are also appreciate for what the motherland give us.I will never forget the reason for Pro.Wolff being here——he is appreciate for what China gives him.That really inspires me a lot.All our professor have done is for our good.
I don’t agree what the student saied.I thought the student was too sensitive. It’s nothing with whether Professor Matin had insulted our motherland. It’s the teaching way which Professor Matin chose and the pressure he gave to us wanting to let us to touch the outside of the world, especially the Bussiness world.In my opinion that is good for our perspect to be further.
Yes, i adimited that Professor Matin has mentioned the word that china is a developing country and china needs to learn from other country in his lecture. But,it didn’t mean anything, and it’s true. If the student are ingrained and keep thinking that everyone who gives advice to our country is insulting us, then, i would say he is denyingprogress.What’s more, please be more politely before you talk to others, especially the one who is your teacher.
Professor Matin, please forgive this student, i’m sorry about his attitute and his way to show his feelings. But, as you konw, he was just misunderstood you and cannot accept the different culuture shock.
There is a chinese saying we can share:A person is great when he can be tolerant and forgiving to many other people.Both of us should remember that.
I thought maybe the student who affronted you was a a bit too radical for his patriotism ,he should not express his patriotism in this way and attitude . There is a lot of bad habits and unciviliazed culture in our country indeed,but the right way to love our country is to accept the reality modestly, correct it and improve it! Of course ,we also will not allow the person with ulterior motives to discredit the dignity of our country. Your are a kind ,generous and tolerance,just forgive the kids who made the mistake!
The words in the Culture Shock, just as the medicine tasted maybe bitter ,but it’s good for the disease. In this article, a lot of bad habit and unciviliazed culture are listed.It’s maybe true,some of these ,we also can hardly bear of it,but minority has the bad habit . And our government have make great efforts to improve the impression of China.As a college student,what we can do,just improve our English,know more about the culture of Western，and develop good manner and proper active.
It is no doubt that the student did a wrong thing.
First, he should not express his opinion in such discourteous way. Even if professor Wolff may said something wrong that made you have a feeling that he insulted China, you should told Martin about your opinion in an appropriate way. And I believe that Martin is not wilful to insult China. Second, I do not think he is a real patriot. He threatened a foreigner not to insult our motherland. That is absolutely not a proper manner to express his patriotic feeling.
Last but not the least, he should make it clear that if Martine did insult China or not before he did such an extreme action.
May be it’s another culture shock! On the way to progress, it will not always be plain sailing; there must be something inadequate to it. Just like the USA has many problems along with its development, china also has many problems with its underdevelopment.
I think the student who writes the letter doesn’t mean to offensive Martin. We are taught to love our country since us entering the school, so may be some students are sensitive to the words sound not good to our motherland. Everyone has the freedom to talk, and may be we shouldn’t take too much care about it. We all respect our teacher Martin and know that what he said is good for us, he just want us be a responsible student. I think not long after we are familiar to each other, we will get along with each other better and better.
I have to admit that there do exist such unteachable students and I think their parents and the somewhat unfair society make them unteachable far before they attend university. As to the mentioned education system, I agree that it’s not really responsible for the students. But in many universities in China, it may not be all-negative. At least it allows some students to skip the lessons which are somehow boring and not so rewarding!
And I also want to say something about the students sending the emails. I believe they’re not unteachable, they’re simply too impulsive and not sensible enough. They may have not understood the real intention of Martin. The article is not an insult. It just shows some true experiences of foreign teachers in certain parts of China, which do contain some true elements, and has no insulting conclusions. It is understandable that every nationality doesn’t want to be commented on its weak points, but threatening is no good way to solve the problems. After all, people have the right to tell the truth and complain about it. What we should do is to show the cause of the problems to the foreigners, and do something to change the situation.
To be honest, I make the acquaintance of somebody who always wastes his time in university and has not enthusiasm to his study. In their opinion, the knowledge they pick up in university is useless and they will get the diploma easily. There are many reasons for this phenomenon, the main reason maybe is the Chinese educational system which our country is tying to make some changes. Some courses which the university set are obsolete and free from reality. But English is important for us to open our eyes to look around the world and to absorb the other culture. So we should make every endeavor to improve our English.
I think every teacher has his or her own way of teaching.We have been teached for more than 10 years by the same method by chinese teachers,they are all good teachers.But you ,Pro.Martin give us a so different and special way of learning english ,it is a good start,I like it.
Maybe, there are some misunderstanding between the student and the teacher, I wish that the student finally can come back and learn english well.
my last word on “culture shock”
an odd objective obliging but a little lovely old man,that’s Martin
Your article “Culture shock” made me felt a little depressed. Actually, most of the items that you enumerated showed the life in our country with great reality. Some of them are merely the typical differences between United States and China in the culture, but the others have nothing to do with the culture. Many people of our country were lack of proper education, they did a great many uncivilized behaviors in public life. However, it doesn’t mean that all the Chinese people act like them. Indeed, we also deeply hate what they did and call their behaviors as “corrupt customs”.
I look down upon that student who sent the anonymous email to you. For one thing, sending an anonymous email to abuse someone else is not an honorary behavior, for another what he (or she) said showed up his ignorance and narrow-mindedness. In my opinion, Our Chinese people should have the magnitude of a great nation and should be able to bear any critical utterance. Unfortunately, some of us failed to have such bearing, what they expected to receive were only unrealistic compliments!
I want to give you some gentle reminds. You should not have related the so-called “corrupt customs” with Chinese culture, because comparison of cultures is kind of touchy topic in China at the present time. And please don’t laugh at the poor again. I believe that you own the adequate insights to realize that they were the sufferers of the unfair social institution.
China is a country in which different opinions are suppressed completely for long time. I think our country need more critical utterances to keep sober. We should welcome all the well-meaning criticisms without reference to their correctness or error.
I might not agree with all your viewpoints, but I respect your right of uttering them!
I know you, my professer Martin has being working in china for eight years.SO if you do not like China, you will not stay in China for so many years.I remembered you said’China is a young man, he is getting stronger and stronger’. That student must catch some words of you, he may misundestand some of you words.So that’s ok!
Pro.Martin,I do not deny the phenomenon you present in the “Culture Shock” existing in China,while they cannot represent that all citizens do like that.All the Americans are polite,really?And,maybe some behaviors are different from what you have seen before you came to china,but it do not show that they are not good.
I think it is very important to learn the English well. Naturally, we should also learn foreign cultures. But we live in China, so we still do not quite understand some of the teaching methods of the foreign. I think the student is unintentional. Hope that the teacher can forgive him.
1.What some foreign teachers found strange about Chinese culture.
They mought find diferent about the Behavior,the consciousness and the lifestyle in chinese people from their own culture. They will have misunderstanding about the chinese people and they will have some erroneous views about the country.
2.How some westerners see you and China.
I think some westerners may love chinese people and respect china except some politicians with ulterior motives .Because China has 5,000 years of culture and history and chinese people would like to help every people and they love peace.
3.What NOT to do when you go abroad.
I think respect is very impertant in this pluralistic world.We have some erroneous views because we don’t understand the foreign country deeply and we will make some mistakes under the culture shock .We must not laught at others culture when it is different from our unique culture. If the white people in American keep the idea about the black people like their ancestors in the 17 Century.Obama will not be the American president today. So when I go abroad,I will respect the foreign culture .If I have some doubt about their Behavior,consciousness and lifestyle,I will join in their disscussion which will crops up the misunderstanding.
At first,I agree with some of the observer that there are mistakes between you and that student.He or she expressed his or her viewpoints in a special and terrific way, he or she may not means that originally and shouldn’t have thought that it will turn out to be this. However,it is no doubt that each of us should learned sth useful diligently and seriously in the college.what’s more ,English is undeniably indispensable for our future so that we have better to take it earnestly .
Everyone has the right to express his opinion, but since we are members of the society, so in many occasions we should consider other people’s feeling. Frankly speaking, the student who sent the email is too radical, I believe no one will feel good when receiving a email like this. Maybe there exists misunderstanding between him and Professor Martin, but that’s not the right attitude to solve the problem, I think he should use a more mild way instead of threat.
We can’t deny the phenomena Professor Martin states in his article, they exist in many colleges and universities, more or less. And there really exist students who don’t take their study seriously; they are more interested in a diploma than knowledge itself. It is also true that the education in our country is weaker when compared with some developed countries, many aspects are far from perfect and need to be reformed. But I believe China’s education will become better and better, of course , that needs time.
I think Professor Martin is a little pessimistic in his article, no mater what , these phenomena are not the main trend. But I think this can be understand, as a foreigner who has a deep feeling for China, he may be depressed when his enthusiasm is hurt, I think what we need is effective communication.
Yes, the student was too radical to send the e-mail. But I think no teacher can say one is unreachable. A teacher has the duty to teach his or her students to treat the problem in the proper way rather than just give up him. We are young. We make mistakes again and again. I know it isn’t a excuse, but we are learning in the process.
The writer of the anonymous letter is one who loves China; he expressed it in this way. Actually, the whole letter is ok, except the sentence in red which makes a letter like a threaten one. When we understand this, it just not big deal, and so there’s no any “unreachable ” student.
But there are indeed some unreachable students, everywhere, not only in China. The cause of it is complex and a long story to tell. Some tv plays has a ideal story about how a fantastic teacher change them to reachable, but it seldom happens in reality, especially you just have little time with him.
everyone has his own opinion which should be respected by all others,no mater s/he is a teacher of student. English is,so to speak, a communication tool to most of us(linguists not included).it serves to help understand each other from different places with different culture.Therefore,if we’re more sensible、tolerant and most of all,appreciative while getting along with those who are too different from us,a better world would come.
I have read the CULTURE SHOCK.In my opinion,there were most of something what you had said is real.China’s culture is reallly different from the western.Factly,sometimes I also dislike someone who does not queue and always be late.In all,part of chinese people have some bad habits.I think that it because the civilization or education is not good enough for reaching everyone in our country.But,with the development of economy from the reform and open policy,China has got great improvement in many fields.And I firmly believe that our country will be strength more and more.And the culture also will be become well.
We all get angry sometime. The student who writes the letter seems a little too angry maybe. Well, some of his words surely seem unpiloted and even aggressive. I must say that we can tell people what we think in a better way, not by saying:”Mind yourself.” I am sorry for what he said but if we all could understand more about each others’ culture, there would be less misunderstanding.
To be honest,i am quite agreed with your opinion.however,we have got used to this situation for so many years that we cann’t change the habit at once.What you have seen maybe is just part of the case.As I know,there are many students study english very hard,not only for their jobs and future,but also for their interest.Every coin has two side.SO,maybe one day,the education system will be reformed with the effort of this generation.
Well, it seems that culture shock is so normal for us. Because different people from different areas or countries have their own way to behave or to live. And it is no need and impossible for everyone in the country to behave in the same way. Difference exits everywhere.
In my opinion about unreachable and reachable students , on one would like to be unreachable, and no one is unreachable. It is just a problem of attitude. But indeed, everyone should be responsible for their future, and they should work hard on their work.
I admit that there are some “unreachable and unteachable” students, but only a few. Maybe you have seen that some students didn’t work hard at their study and wanted to get a job with the help of their family, however it can not stand for all of the Chinese students. Most of the college students try their best to learn the knowledge, especially some students from the country. They want to change their fate through go to college. So professor , you should not the bad side among Chinese student ,you also should find some good things . Perhaps there are some misunderstandings between you and the student who sent the e-mail to you.
I have read the article about culture shock, in the paper I know that a lot of characteristics which we are used to are alien or even unacceptable to the foreigner.
In my opinion, most of these characteristics listed in the article are not appropriate, even to us Chinese. So it is no wonder the foreigners feel disgusted. We have to change these bad habits. I think it is unacceptable that spiting and littering in any countries.
It is the first time that I had the chance to learn the foreigner’s perceptions about our characteristics. I really feel the culture shock, we are used to most of these characteristics, and we do not think it is inappropriate. If they do not do as that we will feel weird. I wonder, is there no foreigners do that in their countries?
Though there are lots of uncivilized phenomenons in our country, I have confidence that it will better in the near future. We have found the inadequate, and the most important, we have the consciousness to change.