Hi my name is Dianna Gui, I am 16 and I am from Shanghai China.
My name is Vivian Luo, I am 16 and I am from Beijing China.
My name is Saffron Huang, I am 15 and I am from Guangzhou China.
Bevan: So, what do you think there are the differences between NZ schools and Chinese
school, in China?
Vivian Luo: Well, I think the main difference is like the expectation is different, like
in China everyone does the same subject, you stay in the same classroom for the whole day,
and you basically just have different teachers coming to teach you, and you either choose
this group of subjects or another group of subjects, it is not like here, you can say,
I want to do art, like Chemistry or something else, you can choose like your own option
things stuff, that is completely different, you do not have to move around at all.
Saffron Huang: The classes are massive, like 60 people, 60 kids in a classroom, it is pretty
big, the school itself is huge. And oh did you guys ever have to do the like the warm
up, like the exercise routines oh, in the morning, you do exercise routines in the morning,
and like as one big school, you also have to at certain time of the day, we you have
to do eye exercise, and really, because in the school time, so much reading and just
focusing on textbooks, your eyesight gets terrible, and we have like this eye exercise,
you like eye massage, around you eyes, it is kind of weird, I don't know, that is the
difference.
Vivian Luo: It is not like here at lunch, you can just go out to play football or something,
and we basically have no time to do anything else other than study. And the homework amount
is like massive, it's the same amount for everyone.
Saffron Huang: We didn't have a field either, a big block for our school oh, everybody can
go home for lunch, you can just walk home for lunch, and walk back school.
Bevan: What do your parents think about schools in New Zealand?
Vivian Luo: My parents think it is a lot easier, be kind of like different easier, not like
everything is just not difficult, you are expected to study by yourself more, like the
teachers don't push you to finish by tomorrow, you have to learn how to study at your own
pace, or else you will fail your test, in China teacher just give you heaps to do, you
just have to do them.
Saffron Huang: Everything is due next day, and over here you expect to do more co-curricular
activities, and in China, you just expect to school for studying, you go to school and
learn things and back, you do not play football at school.
Dianna Gui: My parents believe, now that they have seen my brother and me going through
school here, the misconception is that although China has a higher academic requirement, something
like that, studying here is not any easier, because although it seems easier, but if you
do not put effort in for it, it still going to be very hard for you.
Vivian Luo: Like my parents sometimes get annoyed with me, because I do a lot of co-curricular
I have to drive you here today to do this, you are going to be wake up earlier in the
morning to do that, I think they brought me here in first place because they don't really
like the education system in China, part of the reason why they brought me here because
they think I have more options, like variety here.