I’m not a foreign “student,” but a foreign teacher – and I certainly have some general observations about the 1,000-plus Chinese students I’ve taught over the years. Especially, in contrast with the students I’ve also taught in America, Europe and Africa. Some of these are positive observations, others negative. For starters, I’m truly impressed by the Chinese and their deep tradition of education, appreciation of knowledge and respect for teachers. In the classroom, then, I find it enormously gratifying to teach young Chinese, the majority of whom are not only smart and charming, but also enthusiastic and energetic to produce the kind of stories that I teach them to write, in English. That said, I also see greater pressure on my Chinese students, because of the huge competition for decent jobs, in the world’s most-populous nation and its second-largest economy. I also see greater frustration among my graduate students, because so few of them were given the chance, as undergraduates, to study the subjects that truly interested them. So, one thing I try to do with all my students is to help them identify the topics, or the fields, that would lead to more enjoyable work, and more satisfying lives, down the road.
我不是外国学生，但我是一名外籍教师，我对这些年来教过的1000多名中国学生有一些大致的看法。特别是与我在美国、欧洲和非洲任教的学生形成鲜明对照。其中一些是积极的观察，有些是负面的。首先，我对中国人和他们深厚的教育传统、对知识的欣赏和对老师的尊敬印象深刻。在课堂上，我发现年轻的中国人是非常令人欣慰的，他们中的大多数人不仅聪明而且有魅力，但也充满热情和精力去创作我教他们写的故事。也就是说，我也看到中国学生面临更大的压力，因为中国是世界上人口最多的国家和第二大经济体，对体面工作的竞争非常激烈。我也看到了我的研究生们有更大的挫折，因为他们很少有机会像本科生那样，去研究那些真正感兴趣的学科。所以，我想和我所有的学生一起做的一件事就是帮助他们找出那些能让他们在工作中获得更愉快的工作和更令人满意的生活的话题或领域。
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