g concern when we think about a Chinese student; we don’t just refer to scores。 When I was in the mittee we had problems in accessing Chinese students’oral language skills but now we have interviews。
中國學生: 走出自己的圈子(3)
C: What characteristics of American students impress you the most?
D: Creative。
C: What’s the advantage of American education? In China; school educations are more knowledge…based than that in the States; do you think it’s good or bad?
D: I think it’s good for primary schools and high schools。 These levels of education in the States have problems with helping students to gain more knowledge。 Many students are bad at math; history; and grammar。 Many parents get their children out of the public schools and send them to private schools to get a better education。 I did see some undergraduates at Yale don’t know too much about history; even American history。 But at colleges; knowledge is not enough; you need to pay more attention to questions; how to ask a question and how to find a solution to the question。
大衛教授今年70多歲, 白眉銀髮, 有點仙風道骨的味道。 他常挎著揹包匆忙地走在校園裡。 一身樸素毫不起眼, 但停下來跟你說話的時候, 眼神裡的睿智和慈愛透著大教授的風範。 他告訴我一件軼事, 有一年他被邀請去白宮和總統共進晚餐, 臨行前發現自己沒有一套像樣的西裝, 於是決定第二天早晨乘火車購買。 可是早晨出門才發現商店都沒開門(他居然不知道通常商店幾點開門), 只好匆匆地上了火車趕往華盛頓。 到達以後叫計程車直奔商店, 換上新買的西裝準備去白宮赴宴, 可在路上一低頭髮現自己的鞋子是一雙穿了十幾年的老皮鞋, 舊得都快變形了。 只能掉頭回去買鞋, 一身行頭置辦好了, 終於在最後一刻趕到白宮。 這樣一位耶魯最高榮譽的終身教授, 親近、 平和得沒有一點架子。 他愉快地接受了我的採訪, 希望透過這本書可以和中國的學生交流他對學術研究以及在耶魯學習、 教學的體會。
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