Hearing different stories from everyone about their education background from different countries, cultures, and morals was very inspirational and made me realize how my background has effected me to where I am now.
As a Filipino-American, my whole family immigrated to the U.S. to pursue a better way of life. Coming here during my 5th grade, I was able to have memories and compare the difference with teaching style and student behaviors.
I remembered going to my first day of class in the U.S., the first thing I realized were the students having a lot more freedom in the classroom. Everyone was having conversation with eachother during class. In the Philippines, no students were allowed to talk in the classroom without the teacher’s permission. I also noticed how students were calling the teachers by Mr./Mrs. their last name. We were not to call our teachers by their name or last name, instead Sir or Maam.
The main difference at the time was probably the level of education that was being taught at that grade. As a 5th grader in the Philippines we were taught middle school and high school level math. I was surprised of having simple multiplication and division for homework on my first week of school in the U.S.
There are many other differences between the two countries from my experiences, good and bad, but I am blessed and thankful of where I am where I am now…
