American schools are quite different from those in China. In America, at the beginning of the term, students must select (挑选) their subjects and teachers first.
Selecting is very important for your marks in America. So at the first term, don’t select too many subjects, or you’ll feel very nervous and tired. Then you have to ask for some teaching plans. There is some information about subjects, time arranging, marks and textbooks. At the same time, you must choose the teachers. Different teachers have different teaching methods. If the teacher is called “killer” by the last grade, many students will give up choosing him, because this kind of teacher will leave too much homework, too many exams and give too low grades. There is another thing after you select the subjects and teachers. How to buy textbooks makes each student feel hard. The textbooks in America are very expensive. Each one is about $30–50. In order to save money, many students buy some used textbooks, and some students usually borrow textbooks from the school library.
In class, discussing is very important. The teacher encourages you to ask questions or show your own opinions. They don’t usually ask you to sit well. Instead they allow you to sit or stand anywhere you like.
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Students | At the first term, students can’t select too many subjects, or they’ll feel very Students can’t select teachers called Many students buy some used textbooks |
Teachers | The teachers encourage students to ask questions or show their opinions. They allow students to sit or stand anywhere they like instead of |
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US Schools ban bake sales
Can you bake（烘烤）? In the United States, children learn to bake from a very young age. They have “bake sales” at school. It is a tradition（传统）.
Students bake sweet treats（甜品）at home. Then they sell the treats at school. The schools make money. They may use the money to pay for field trips, art and sports activities.
However, now there are some different ideas about bake sales. Twenty-four states（州）don’t let students sell or buy sweets during the school day. They follow the Smart Snack rules. The rules say food at school must be healthy. But sweets like cakes and cookies can be bad for students’ health. So students have different ideas about bake sales.
Tracy hates bake sales. She says they aren’t good for children and there are other ways to raise（筹集）money. For example, schools can sell water. Schools should care more about students’ health.
But Ana likes bake sales. She thinks it’s more fun to buy cakes than carrot sticks（棒）. Students can make baked food healthier. They can use natural ingredients（天然食材 ）. Also, baking is a nice way for students to spend time with their friends and family.
US Schools ban bake sales | |
| Introduction | In the United States, children learn to bake when they are very As a traditional activity, students bake the treats at home, then sell The school spend the |
| Different | 24 states don’t let students sell or buy sweets when they are in the The rules say food at school must be |
Tracy doesn’t They are bad for children and schools can try something | |
Ana likes bake sales. Baking is a nice way for them to spend time with their friends and family, too. | |
【推荐2】You have been used to the learning environment in your middle school, and it feels like home. So it is not always easy to say “goodbye” to middle school.
After entering high school, you may face some new challenges. The schoolwork may become more difficult and require greater skills. Most students need support. Teachers and parents may give you a hand. However, you can’t depend on others all the time. What can you do to succeed in high school? Here are some suggestions that may give you some help:
Understand what kind of learner you are. Do you need silence to focus (集中注意力)? Then make sure the TV is not on when you are studying. Provide yourself with a quiet learning environment at home. Some students focus better in the morning; others at night. Find the right time so that your efforts will work well.
Learn to be better organized. It might be of some help when you get used to making a to-do list of all your schoolwork, and checking each item off when it is completed. Try to create smaller, more manageable tasks out of the larger ones. Big projects seem less difficult if they are done step by step.
Form good reading habits. Read every day — the more, the better. You can read everything. Reading newspaper is a great choice. Newspapers provide plenty of details and background. Moreover, information you get from newspapers is usually official and true.
High school life can be enjoyable. Old friendships might come undone and new ones will develop. Hope you will feel confident and work well in high school!
How to be | ||
| Introduction | It’s hard to say goodbye to middle school, and we have to take on some new | |
| Three | Understanding your learning type | ＊ Offer yourself a ＊ Find the |
| Getting more | ＊ Make a to-do list. ＊ | |
| Forming reading habits | ＊ The more you read, the ＊ It’s a good | |
| Conclusion | Make new friends, be confident, and | |
It is commonly seen that students take pictures of teachers blackboard-writing using their smart phones. This starts a discussion on whether taking a picture can take the place of taking notes.
Among those in the photo—taking camp, some can’t read their own handwriting. So it’s best to take a picture of teachers’ writing so that they can understand the notes. Some take pictures of notes because they know the phone is a safe place to store information. They may lose paper, but they may not lose their phones. Some take photos because they want to record exact words that have been written on the blackboard.
It may be convenient to use phones as note takers, but is a picture a replacemen（替代品）for the process of note-taking?
Taking notes may be an old-fashioned way, but a way which has a long history doesn’t mean it’s out of date. Taking notes is a traditional way to help make preparations for getting and understanding information. Teachers encourage students to take notes because the act of doing so is more than only recording necessary information—it requires students to ask questions about what they don’t know. The act of writing information down forces（强迫）the brain to begin to memorize something new.
I’m not sure which way is better. For now, I allow students to take notes however they see fit—handwritten or photographed —because I think that some notes, no matter what way of note-taking, are better than none.
Can taking a picture take the place of taking notes? Here is a discussion about it. Those who take a picture of teachers’ writing think they can understand the notes better. And phones are much |
