School is the best place for people to be educated. Everyone has to go
through this stage in order to be knowledgeable, so they can be useful in
society and solve any problems they encounter. Not only they are
educated for themselves but also for their countries. Different countries
have different systems on how to teach students. Canada's educational
system is a perfect and ideal way to ensure that students will live
successful lives. Canadian high school students study both
compulsory and elective courses together. They pursue academic studies
based on the achievement of credits. In the meantime, they take
prerequisite courses that are related to their university studies. Hence,
they know the basic fundamentals before getting in the universities. After
completion of required number of credits, the universities take their
averages and determine if they are qualified for the studies in universities
that they choose. Even the students' averages are low, they can still go to
universities that don't require high averages. Therefore, many students
can easily study in this highest level of education. However, all courses
are mandatory in Taiwan. High school students study the same courses
together no matter what they plan to take in the universities, and thus it is
hard for them to know what they are interested in. After graduation from
high school, students have to write a major exam on all kinds of courses
to achieve a score, which determines if they are satisfied for their chosen
studies in the universities. Each year, there is a lot of failure students
from getting in the universities and they just quit and go for the jobs.
Human rights are very emphasized in Canada. Canada never has
any corporal punishment in any levels of education. At school, teachers
do not use any violence to punish students. They only warn impolite
students verbally. Because in Canada, teachers have no rights to punish
their students physically, and there not have been complaints about
students get hurt in the school. But in Taiwan, corporal punishment at
school is so common that almost no students have ever been exempted.
From grade one through senior high school, the corporal punishment
exists, and teachers are allowed to carry out the process of it. Students
get punished if they do not achieve as what the teachers say to be
"standard mark" on the assignments, tests or exams. There are reports
about teachers that go beyond the proper limit by hurting the students
badly, or sexually harassing them. Teachers are charged and go to
courts. This is ironic that teachers are thought to be the most admired
people in this country. Students in
Canada study in a way of comfort. They do not have much pressure from
anyone. Parents do not force their children to do over the limitation on the
children's academic studies. In addition, school assignments are not
much everyday, but they are very important and useful to finish. Upon
completion of homework, students have leisure time; they like to have fun
by watching movies or going out for outdoor activities on weekends to
relax themselves. However, school is a very competitive place in Taiwan.
It can be described as a match between students. After school, most
students take private tutoring to supplement regular schooling in order to
get into higher level of education, for example, universities. Moreover,
after they come back it is already late in the night. Then, studying until
two or three o'clock, is something quite usual, and they only have a
couple of hours to sleep because school starts early the next day. There
has been news about students that could not stand such heavy works,
and so they chose to quit it by committing suicide. In
conclusion, Canada and Taiwan have a lot of unlikeness on their
academic studies. Those three differences mentioned above are which
can be pointed out. But most importantly, Canada is a wonderful and
relaxed place to study.
. but also for their countries. Different countries have different systems on how to teach students. Canada's educational system is a perfect and ideal way to ensure that students will live successful