Before I came to Singapore for my tertiary education, I had read a lot about the world's ranking of universities on the webpage. When I saw that Chinese universities had such low ranking, I felt that perhaps universities in China really had gap with that kind of advanced universities. But when I came to NUS, the situation was not that good. My tutors often said that it was because our extremely high expectations. Frankly speaking, compared with the universities in China, NUS has better hardware for that facilities here are better and wireless network could provide us access to internet everywhere in campus. But I have to say that the level of a university is determined by its academic level. The course module here is much easier than that in China, so I really could not imagine how I could survive after my graduation when I compete with my peers in China. Perhaps somebody may persuade me that low proportion of what you learned in university will be used. I cannot agree with that.
As I read a passage on the Internet, the world's focus has been shifted from western world to eastern world especially in China. The rise of China is inevitable and unstoppable. There are more opportunities in China than in Singapore. Than we should think about the question: what is the meaning for us to travel such a long way to have tertiary education in Singapore. As the less opportunities and lower academic level, is there any necessity for us to stay here? I do not know what my peers think about this issue, but I really have such a kind of uncomfortable feeling in Singapore and I feel our future is so uncertain. Perhaps there are some people who want to sharpen their English here, but in my opinion, it is not worthwhile to give up academic level just for English.
I still remember the conversation with Mrs Leo and she told me that English is the only link between eastern world and western world. I agree with her opinion. But I think that the time when western world learn Chinese will come soon. We can obviously see a fact that those universities with high world’s ranking all use English for their teaching and related ranking is conducted by western world. So we should see the problem rationally and realise that the universities in China are more advanced than western ones regardless of teaching language and facilities.
As I read a passage on the Internet, the world's focus has been shifted from western world to eastern world especially in China. The rise of China is inevitable and unstoppable. There are more opportunities in China than in Singapore. Than we should think about the question: what is the meaning for us to travel such a long way to have tertiary education in Singapore. As the less opportunities and lower academic level, is there any necessity for us to stay here? I do not know what my peers think about this issue, but I really have such a kind of uncomfortable feeling in Singapore and I feel our future is so uncertain. Perhaps there are some people who want to sharpen their English here, but in my opinion, it is not worthwhile to give up academic level just for English.
I still remember the conversation with Mrs Leo and she told me that English is the only link between eastern world and western world. I agree with her opinion. But I think that the time when western world learn Chinese will come soon. We can obviously see a fact that those universities with high world’s ranking all use English for their teaching and related ranking is conducted by western world. So we should see the problem rationally and realise that the universities in China are more advanced than western ones regardless of teaching language and facilities.
To be frank, I do not quite agree with you. I think it is true that some modules are easier in NUS, but you cannot deny that NUS is more practical.
ReplyDeleteFirstly, something taught in Chinese Universities is just profound but not useful. It is a waste of time to learn something you will never use in your whole life.
Secondly, I think in Chinese universities students are not free to choose their own believes. Everyone is forced to learn Marx Lenin’s old thoughts.
Thirdly, in NUS only students have interest in doing a research will apply for post-graduate study. However, in China most of the post-graduate students just want the diploma.
To some degree, I agree with you that some universities in China,say Peking University and Tsinghua University, are very competent in the world. Almost all the elite students in China gather these universities. As a result, there is a very good academic atmosphere there. I also believe that as the time goes by, such universities will become more and more famous. However, I do not agree that you said NUS and other universities were not that good. Just as your tutor said,"you've expected too much." As a matter of fact, modules in Chinese universities are more difficult than anywhere else. Generally speaking, Chinese university students are very excellent, according to their test results. However, this results are based on the sacrifice of your time to concentrate on your own thinking. That's why it is said that most Chinese students are not as good as their test results. Test results can't be the only judgement of a person. From this aspect, I think universities like NUS and other western universities are better than Chinese universities.
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ReplyDeleteWhat you said is true. Most of the course here is easier. However, I do not think difficult courses can benefit you. What you learned through difficult is how to solve the theoretical problem. Your thinking will be limited. Learning easier course can make you think the difficult problems. When studying in university, actually we are not learning the knowledge but cultivating our ability to think and solve the problem. On the other hand, you said that there are more opportunities in China. This is also true, but do you know how many undergraduates there are in China? I think there are many of them as capable as you. In my opinion, you can make enough preparation in NUS. Then you can go to world famous universities to further your study. Do you think you are not more competent at that time?
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