Why So Many Chinese Students Come to America

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[@Justin_Joy]

They go to America Because they don't have to always use a VPN to access KZbin.

[@WorldWideWong]

...like one you can get by signing up for NordVPN Oh wait, wrong sponsor

[@d0fabur5st82]

Justin Joy I am using Peking University wifi with VPN to watch KZbin Right now.

[@def8332]

d0fabur5st it was nice knowing you. Jk 😬

[@leonleon2021]

Don't worr, we don't give shie about yt.

[@FrankRaofighton]

This is a joke, don't take it seriously, LOL

[@brownkinglokoslim]

We had this kid from Africa who came into our school as a freshman, the same year he was bumped up to a sophomore, which was the grade I was in at the time. He graduated with us as well, he was the smartest kid I ever met and really down to earth.

[@brownkinglokoslim]

@Charmaine Olac he was from Kenya

[@arthas640]

That sort of stuff makes sense though. If a student is moving cross country and already knows the language, chances are he's from a wealthy family who can afford to get him tutors or extra schooling prior to the move. My Thai family members often got sent out of country for schooling but they'd gone to private schools and went to after school tutors prior to the move so they were already extremely well educated and spoke 2 or 3 languages before showing up in the new country. A few went to America and 1 went to South Korea so they all spoke fluent Thai and English and the one who went to South Korea learned Korean as well, and most spoke a little Japanese and Cambodian too. Usually if a student moves to a new country they're already in the top 10%, 5%, or higher of their national average. The kid who moves from Vietnam to America is going to be top tier, not average.

[@doujinflip]

The smartest people I ever met were native African. There's a lot of education and creativity there, it just needs a better governance environment to take advantage of those skills before those folks develop the opportunity and commitment to emigrate.

[@arthas640]

@@doujinflip that's what's kept Africa, India, and a few other regions rather weak. People get educated and the first thing they do is try to move. America, despite its flaws, has always been a global innovator not so much because it's the best educated but because its amazing and drawing in those who are. Some of the smartest people in the world move there and since they have some of the best schools and a melting pot society built on integration once people go to school in america they often end up working for american companies either back in their home country or they move there permanently. The UK is fairly similar in the regard. Meanwhile in many African countries corruption and poor governance often leads to people looking for better shores even if they're well educated and/or wealthy, and the endless brain drain really affects the countries. Colonialism did a ton of damage to many african nations but after the end of imperial rule many of the well educated natives still left for their colonizers or for thriving economies like America, sometimes due ethnic/religious tensions, war, or just hating the way their countries were run. This trend is starting to reverse a bit but hasn't stopped either.

[@RobertMJohnson]

@@doujinflip that must be why they are more innovative than North Americans, Europeans and Australians, eh?

[@klipklapklop3359]

It’s simple don’t be smart in a smart place Be smart in a dumb place

[@skskskskskssksksksks9544]

Dude that's literally how I roll lmao I go to the worst school and get in the worst class to be the 'top' in my class

[@freedomvirus5297]

Haha..that is what I do.

[@freedomvirus5297]

China top Unis are hard to get in. Those who flock outside China has a second chance.

[@Queen-qy4qc]

Rude

[@darksideorbit8898]

@@freedomvirus5297 All of the top universities are in the USA

[@willstonebridge2476]

The truth is that for the rich Chinese families it is easier to get into a good universities here in US than in China via the tough Gaokao (Chinese college entrance exam), which you can only take once a year and have to study very hard for years in high school. But if you choose to study at a US college/university, then you will have a much easier time in high school as you are off the hook.

[@anonymike8280]

Then they're hindering themselves. Secondary school, undergraduate college, and graduate and professional school are all different entities. The number of people who have done badly at the lower stage and then do better and better as they move up the ladder is astounding. Rich kids and many of the affluent go to prep schools where the alphabet goes A-B-Z and no one get a "Z". People get grades in secondary school by knowing how to identify and meet the class requirements. You do not have to be brilliant to do this although there are always a few people for whom the whole thing is a snap too. These types sometimes do not get very involved in the whole academic rat race and still come up with straight A's. They really do not teach you very much in high school. The point of secondary school from the point of view of any regime is that the straight-A students are ones likely to be conformists politically. They often have no moral core and will go along with any system. In America, the university-trained leftists you see all over the place in the media and government are in fact the conformists. If they resist change, it is because they fear the development of new elements which might compete with their own children and because, dagnabit, as you get older, it just gets harder to morph. If you're seen doing it, it's embarrassing for one thing.

[@karlmannyang]

All rich class have more chance for better education worldwide, gaokao is the best system for poverty class

[@admin1054]

Yeah its hard to get into the top university in China but once they get in to their surprise the quality of education is not that very good and its not worth the trouble so why bother when they have the money to cone to America where the world’s best universities are waiting for them.

[@user-vc1bf7ld8t]

@Charles Chin this is why I hate the fucking capitals

[@lesleylee3755]

@@karlmannyang Also the best way to kill students that aren't 'strong' enough, right?(Charles darwin would be proud)

[@wenwen2621]

As a person who took 9 years of education in China, and 7 years outside China, I always criticise GaoKao in terms of its structure and the ways Chinese schools prepare the students for it. The three years of high school can be a torment for most of Chinese students, but on the other hand, GaoKao is definitely a fair and efficient system. China is big, the size of population is crazy, and it is still developing, so it is hard for China to allocate resources equally, including education. But under the system of GaoKao, people from remote and impoverished areas have the opportunity to take high quality of tertiary education in big cities. The government recognises their hard-work by taking special consideration even though their grades are relatively lower than other kids from those big cities, and also help them financially. Their lives will be definitely changed!!! Imagine, if China also adopts the same uni enrolment system as US, it will take them a long long time to find “the right” students from 1.4B people. And those from less-developed areas will suffer from disadvantages of having not so much experiences and co-curriculum activities.

[@swesleyc7]

Thank you for the reasonable and contrary perspective. I agree an exam that determines your life sounds very Spartan, but it's fair and efficient.

[@jinjunliu2401]

1.4B should be changed to something like 100 Million, because not everyone takes the GaoKao in one year

[@bilibiliism]

My thoughts as well. The American system works in the highly developed first world. But if China is using the same system, only children from the richest 10% would have opportunity for education. Gaokao system gave everyone a fair chance to be in the game.

[@ankush-kl2nf]

same here in india

[@NotShowingOff]

I don’t think it’s fair. Simply efficient. Judging by one standard and nothing else means you can’t see a student by more than one number. Many students won’t be the best mathematicians or physicists at that age, but that doesn’t mean that they can’t be great at the fields later. By making this a high stakes, all or nothing exam that can be gamed by the wealthy, you are essentially weeding out ppl and relegating them to jobs that they might not be good at, but a test says they have to be. It’s a low cost way to divide the population. No politics needed. But a waste of human capital.

[@denzeltan4190]

China: exists PolyMatter: _It’s free real estate_ But honestly tho, keep it up! I’m enjoying it:)

[@sebastianelytron8450]

He even threw in an Apple reference. Heaven for this guy must be being trapped in an Apple store in central China.

[@EugeneAyindolmah]

Vancover and Australia: _exist_ wealthy Chinese: _It's free real estate_

[@imakevideos5377]

yea but you cant buy real estate in china

[@imakevideos5377]

@@EugeneAyindolmah yep pretty much, i have no issue with this (as an australian) the chinese students are very nice and have a better view of australia than america.

[@kampase]

US, Canadian & UK Housing Market: exists Chinese millionaires: It’s free real estate

[@jgray2718]

Until very recently I was a math professor at a community college that has a lot of Chinese students (Santa Barbara City College). I asked a few of them how they ended up at a community college in the US, even a very good one like SBCC. They had a few answers for me. I have no idea if these are true or not, but it's what they told me. It's also possible that these are only true in some places and not others, as I had students from Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and several other places _(some of them couldn't even understand each others' Chinese)._ (a) It's very hard to get into a good Chinese college, and the 2nd tier colleges don't lead to good jobs. (b) Once you get into college, the education isn't actually that good. Everybody passes and you don't learn much. Their high schools are stronger than ours but their colleges are not. (c) If you're not from a family in high standing you're probably screwed. You're better off moving somewhere else, like the US. (d) The Chinese government has agreements with some colleges that the government will pay their tuition. I imagine it's mostly universities, but apparently even a high-end junior college like SBCC could qualify. If you're from Beijing and you don't like the cold, coming to SBCC is probably like attending college in Hawaii. You can even see the marina from the building I taught in. I also found a surprisingly huge amount of cheating among my Chinese students. I always assumed that the Chinese reverence for education would make that unlikely, but a really high proportion of my Chinese students cheated in a variety of ways, some of them quite creative. It was almost always the students who were reluctant to talk to me, too. This is just a guess, but it seemed like many of my Chinese students were intimidated and unwilling to ask questions or ask for help, but they felt like they had to pass so they would resort to cheating. A lot of them also came from very rich families, so the pressure to succeed might have been quite high, especially in a math class. Also their student visa gets revoked if their grades slip too far _(and the threshold is pretty high - more than one student told me their visa would be revoked if they got a C in my class)._ It probably didn't help that I taught a lot of statistics, which includes quite a bit of reading paragraph-long problems and absolutely no solving for x. If you are bad at English statistics can be quite hard, and a lot of my Chinese students _(and East Asian students in general)_ had pretty weak English skills _(not the Singaporeans though; I only had 4 Singaporean students I can recall but they all had perfect English. Like, better than most Americans perfect and almost no accent)._ I should also note that some of my absolute best _(and favorite)_ students were from China. My Chinese students who took their educations seriously were awesome - disciplined, hard working, insightful - everything a teacher could ever want in a student. But that was true of my students from Mozambique, South Korea, Mexico, The Netherlands, Ukraine, the USA, and every other country*. Nothing will get rid of preconceptions about people from a particular country faster than meeting a bunch of people from that country and finding out they're pretty much like people from other countries with a few differences in upbringing and language. *: I now realize that I wish I had made a map of all the places my students came from. I taught there for 15 years and it's a very international school; I probably taught students from at least 50 different countries, including Kazakhstan _(only one student in 15 years, but she was awesome),_ Congo _(a brother and sister fleeing civil war. Two of the nicest people I've ever met),_ Zimbabwe _(she wanted to be an economist so she could help her country prevent future monetary disasters),_ Azerbaijan _(I think she was a model; she certainly looked the part and would show up to school every day in a very tight cocktail dress with full makeup, a glitzy handbag, and high heels. For a midday class. She was a super hard worker and very intense),_ Myanmar _(in April 2020 she had to move back home and take my 5 - 7 pm class at 2 - 4 am her time, but she handled it well; she just got up in the middle of the night and came to Zoom class in PJs, then went back to bed)_ and lots of others. It would have been a nice way to remember more of them.

[@RobespierreThePoof]

Oddly enough, though I've taught at four colleges/universities, none of them had many international students. I've always wondered why. There must be a certain set of American universities which are known in China. I've had one student from Guangzhou. One. Ha! Compare this to the UK where i did my postdocs... Almost every university has many Chinese students, no matter what variety of university: Oxbridge, red brick or grey brick. (Actually, i think there are fewer at Oxbridge but that's likely due to the admissions committees)

[@jgray2718]

@@RobespierreThePoof How was the weather at your colleges? It's super nice in Santa Barbara, and several of my students told me they came specifically for that. We also had a ton of Swedes, as their government would also pay our tuition and moving from Sweden to southern California must be pretty sweet. Not nearly as many Norwegians or Danes or Finns, but I think we only had agreements with Sweden and China. The other Europeans got a little annoyed by the huge number of Swedes because everyone just assumed every non-British Euro was Swedish :-)

[@user-xh3xx9zl9g]

more connection, more peaceful🎉.

[@yuluoxianjun]

information enough

[@kishore369]

How important is China? Polymater - *YES*

[@SevericK_BooM]

I agree to this, every Chinese exchange student my school ever had were filthy rich, and academically jaded.

[@wtr0]

Not true, there are two types: The filthy rich flexers (who usually don't care much about studies), and the hardworking, middle class students who are usually extremely intelligent and diligent.

[@raider968]

To be fair, would a poor family send their kid overseas to study? Universities are extremely expensive and international students have to pay everything upfront. No poor person could afford that. So of course most international students are from affluent families.

[@s45gr32]

@@raider968 That is what I was thinking. There is no way a poor Chinese family going to be able to afford international school tuition.

[@AlvinC-sz3li]

It is mostly true for high school exchange students, but barely in college or graduate school

[@HerocowTheRusher]

@@raider968 Middle class families may struggle a lot in the process of transitioning overseas, often choosing to come over is a gamble that you put all your money into, but a reasonable amount of middle class families are able to handle it with some measure of hard work. The language barrier is often the biggest issue in the end.

[@yungkuromi]

“Ask questions is disrespectful to the teacher” I went to a school where kids would beat up the teachers.

[@paulmakinson1965]

It is not about respect for the teacher, it is about not losing face.

[@iluvubb247]

Also, that’s why some students are left behind too and stay stuck probably. Poor students, not every one is born with the same speed and intelligence and etc

[@sugakookies8063]

Kevin Smith Your comment is so inaccurate that I’m wondering if we’re even talking about the same thing😂

[@chrisp7110]

@@paulmakinson1965 Amen to that :) Muricans wouldnt know that stuff even if they tried

[@lemonybasil9423]

@@chrisp7110 I bet you are a self hating American

[@CellRus]

Hard subjects, hard maths, hard science DO NOT equal success in life. A lot of Asian kids struggled with networking, communication, conveying ideas and being creative because of the way their education has forced them to become machines. I always thought Asian kids were superior but I was wrong on so many levels when I came to the UK. Sure, I excelled at school (I was excelled at work back home too) but yet I always felt so behind other western students when it comes to being active, being creative, being mature. They were excellent at it, and was NOT bad at schoolwork either. So all in all, I am the one who's less educated while my peers are much more well-rounded! Real-life works require collaboration and we Asian kids didn't get taught that, and so we suck at it. There's nothing to be proud of that.

[@unifieddynasty]

I can imagine the insurance call: 'Hi, I'd like to insure myself against not having enough Chinese people around.'

[@Vandarte_translator]

Operator: Wr'll fix it right away. (sends 10k more chinese students) These 🅱ois and Grills are top students.

[@william2chao]

US thought those Chinese Student will take democracy with them back to China. But most of them ended up staying.

[@vishwanathbhat3019]

@@im_bchen Are you the member of 50 cent army? Because I have seen you defending Ccp in a lot of videos

[@tyvernoverlord5363]

@@im_bchen only 49, oh okay red chinese communist agent...

[@MrValentineYT]

@@im_bchen please stop talking, your not on a streak he just didn't respond yet and is probably asleep. Secondly your original comment about William Chao being an American spy is so stupid that I actually lost brain cells reading it. Also we all know that China's numbers are wrong, as most of their numbers are pretty much only people in the cities. The worst part is that they could have you know actually fixed the problem before it got worse instead of trying to hide it and causing it to get worse. Also wtf does "Freedom brain" even mean, if that is supposed to be an insult to Americans then either you are actually retarded, or you are just trolling which in that case good job. Imagine stroking your own ego publicly just because someone probably just fell asleep listening to your retarded bullshit. (Btw I don't agree with everything that Tyvern said so don't put that on me)

[@MrValentineYT]

SsexyChinese ok

[@christopheredwards1273]

Bringing democracy back to China is impossible right now. Almost important resources is controlled by the government in the excuse of national security and nationalism. In addition, any action to trying to spread ing democracy will be monitored and most of them are threatened in various forms. As ordinary people, I have no idea and courage to make changes about this country. For the second thought, I just wanna better life for my own family.

[@pengfeili3326]

Reason 1: US has much more and much better educational resource over China; Reason 2: Chinese families are getting rich at rocket speed and still value education over other properties; Reason 3: Chinese people have a extremely good impression on US. The three reasons are sufficient and necessary conditions. And the conclusion doesn’t hold water if missing any of the three.

[@donttalkcrap]

Strange that you profess to know, yet you clearly have never studied overseas - at least not in an English-speaking country. Reason 1: US has *many* more, and -much- -better- higher educational -resource- *standards* -over- *than* China; Reason 2: Chinese families are getting rich at rocket speed and still value education over other properties; *(properties? are you talking about real estate properties???)* Reason 3: Chinese people have -a- *an* extremely good impression -on- *of* US. (I am guessing you meant to say *of*. If not, then perhaps you meant to say, *upon* ) Even minor grammatical errors change the entire meaning of what you are trying to say. Which is why no-one can trust Chinese to tell the truth.

[@pengfeili3326]

@@donttalkcrap Great! At least, my opinion is shared with others here via English language, and apparently had exchange with you. Thanks for pointing out the grammar errors. But some of them changed what I mean. Reason 1: donttalkcrap edits: US has many more, and -much- -better- higher educational -resource- *standards* over *than* China; (I mean to say that US has many more high-quality educators, high-quality education methodologies, and high-quality colleges/universities. That's why I use "resource", a uncountable noun) Reason 2: Chinese families are getting rich at rocket speed and still value education over other properties; (donttalkcrap comments: properties? are you talking about real estate properties???) (I mean to say *properties*. The real estate property is just one kind of properties. Houses, cars, furnitures, home appliances, what we play, what we wear, and what we eat are all properties.)

[@admmmanta5807]

@@pengfeili3326 everything you said is the truth ,he maybe is from Bangladesh or india so he is jealous cuz he cannot afford an overseas education Booohoooo

[@fionazhang9308]

you are biased!

[@creamsoda6427]

donttalkcrap Lmao

[@Shovlaxnet]

12:03 America's so good it has 181 universities in the top 100 🇱🇷God bless the USA🇲🇾

[@honkhonk8009]

Yeah US got hella good Universities. Simultaneously being the best at everything and being worse at everything is litterally a national identity for the US lmfao.

[@iamdoor2561]

The flag on the left is Puerto Rican if I’m not mistaken and the flag on the right is definitely Malaysian lol.

[@Shovlaxnet]

@@iamdoor2561 Liberian - which makes sense! They were colonized by us

[@iamdoor2561]

@@Shovlaxnet But I would not be ignoring that Malaysian flag anytime though...

[@jonathanng138]

Damn didnt expect to see Malaysia here as a Malaysian, I wanna leave this shit hole country as soon a possible

[@imyasharya]

This reminded me of how students do the same in India. They prepare themselves a lot for the entrance exam to IIT but only few gets selected.

[@siglan6148]

The US should be taking Indian students over Chinese students. Indian people are way more respectful, less insular, and India is an ally of the US so we wouldn't have to be too concerned about spying. China also has an immoral culture focused on getting ahead at any cost.

[@pewpew9711]

@@siglan6148 Big facts right here. We do military training and technology development with India, so why not accept more of their students to make both of our countries better.

[@meghanachauhan9380]

@@siglan6148 aww that's so sweet of you. But as an Indian I prefer cleaning the mess in our own country and creating educational institutions that can compete on global level. In our already hyper competetive world, it wouldnt be a good practice if Americans had to compete with foreigners in job markets. I guess it'll be better for both our countries if each country develops it's own educational sector than having to export it's students to other countries

[@siglan6148]

@@meghanachauhan9380 That's even better, I wish India the best in the future.

[@knockknock2229]

@@siglan6148 I'm an Indian,I think everyone should allowed to study irrespective of their origin and financial constraints doesn't allow that much people from India to study in abroad

[@wilsonli5642]

I get the impression that for richer Chinese families, having a kid study and work overseas is a way to establish a foothold to build up offshore wealth that can't be taxed or seized by the Chinese government for whatever reason. I've also heard that it's pretty hard for average citizens in China to invest private wealth, so the relative openness of Western markets is attractive aside from the tax issue.

[@wilsonli5642]

@acrobatsutr How many people really consider the impact - direct or indirect - of their investments or consumption habits? Do you?

[@kingkylie9655]

this is true my friend had the same opinion and theyre chinese

[@kingkylie9655]

@acrobatsutr this is dangerous. ppl always blame foreigners for their own inadequacies. this is what happened to the jews. dont go down this hateful road it will only make u ignorant and bigoted. westerners can always go to china and establish wealth there as a foreigner very easily.

[@stephenhui3948]

Wi

[@ShidaiTaino]

Andrej Ginovski tell that to people who can’t afford their rent

[@sleepysuperman]

3:30, Singapore topped all 3 categories., wow!!

[@klipklapklop3359]

Yeap but for the 2018 PISA China topped all 3 categories dropping Singapore to 2nd

[@skskskskskssksksksks9544]

Bro I feel shit as a Singaporean lol

[@jimmychoo1661]

China failed badly behind USA and Russia in reading. Either they can’t see well or read.

[@junyouhans]

As a Singaporean I felt like it is a good country but just casual,till I saw that score I knew I was living in a Asian parent country though my parents aren’t like those

[@share_accidental]

when you’re a singaporean but suck at your studies 😂 i definitely didn’t contribute to these stats...

[@JeanAlesiagain3]

I'm a Software Engineer, born in South America. I lead a team of engineers in a U.S. based company. In our team we have American, Chinese, Mexican, and Australian nationals. I love working with Chinese people because they do everything I tell them just like I tell them, nice and fast! They work on weekends without being asked. They are very smart. Americans have advanced social skills. They will tell you when they disagree with you. They are easy to exchange ideas with.They have really good organizational skills. They are also very smart. I know you cannot generalize. This is simply a recount of my experience. I think we greatly benefit from this diversity.

[@RobertMJohnson]

there are few things funnier to me than ANYONE thinking that there aren't incredibly smart/talented students from every major country. not that you insinuated this at all, Jean, but for everyone else: there are incredible talents from EVERYWHERE. there is no "best place" or "smartest place". i've seen the smartest motherfuckers from Spain, China, India, Pakistan, Syria, England, Ireland, Belgium, Mexico, the US, etc etc etc

[@poorlittlesheep4098]

My parents are open-minded enough to send me to the US for high school and college. I'd like to point out something the video didn't mention. You can't just put all Chinese international students into one category. Based on my experience, there're three. 1. Rich family with spoiled kids: they don't need to go through the pain of Gaokao (which they will most likely fail), and send the kids so they, at the very least, can learn another language. These are where the stereotypes come from. They usually go back to China after graduation, if they could graduate that is. Typical universities: UC (except for berkeley, LA), xxx State University, etc. 2. Decent family with decent kids: the parents know well the flaws of Chinese educations, and send the kids to broaden their horizon and have a better future. Around 50/50 stays in US or go back to China, depending on personal values. Typical universities: UTexas Austin, U Mich, UCLA, etc. 3. Average family with excellent kids: Cinderella story, self-explanatory. They earn their tuition by financial aids. Very likely to settle down in the US and bring their family with them. Typical schools: MIT, Caltech, Ivies, you get the idea, mostly hardcore tech schools. Edit: No offense to any of the "typical schools", state universities are huge, not saying all the crazy riches are there, but relatively speaking, you're more likely to find a rich oil businessman's son in UC Irving than in MIT. And of course these are highly summarized, there sure are poor family with stupid kids, and I personally know geniuses whose parents are crazy rich too, there's just no limit to their future. So next time when you're labeling Chinese students, at least try to think about this and ask why they do what they do.

[@TheJuggernaut88]

Yeah i went to college in Southern California and i saw the whole spectrum on chinese students. It's just easy to clump the bad ones together because they stand out so much. the good kids are in the library studying or keeping their heads down being productive. the bad kids are driving around in their loud fancy cars, wearing expensive clothes/jewelry, and smoking outside the buildings. I once witnessed a chinese kid super loud on his phone in the library, stuff like that really leaves an impression on people. UC Irvine does have the title of "University of Chinese Immigrants". No judgement, im just saying i've seen the good and bad.

[@caribbeanbreeze3361]

Way too many Chinese you'll need to go back to your country and fight for freedom cowards.

[@nswinoz3302]

@Caribbean Breeze. I find it difficult to see how prejudice some people must be to make your statement. This is how Australia treated its Chinese students at one particular point in time and today we have significant numbers studying here! Australian Prime Minister - Bob Hawke promised to allow Chinese students to stay in Australia after the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, he made this statement after receiving a cable from the embassy setting out in graphic detail what had happened on 4 June 1989. Apparently some 44,000 were eventually given full visa status to become residents of this country. We have the highest intake of refugees per capiter in the world post WWII, but also have one of the toughest points based immigration system for people to be granted residential visa to come and live here (almost the opposite). Our census states that 50% of the population have one parent born overseas and 29% of the entire population were born overseas themselves, myself included. We have few issues with the Chinese who call Australia home and generate $32 Billion AUD per year from all our international students studying in this country in a not for profit sector. USA could do a lot worst in fixing its own trade deficit with China than to allow more students in? Oh! Before you jump to any assumptions English born from Irish parents married to Australian born of Dutch parents. I have no issues with any culture that tries to give its children a better life with a good education and neither should anyone else. NSW in Oz

[@chonew6746]

l agree with your viewpoint.

[@raina2311]

Yes, totally, I think because the economy has been doing well, we are having a spectrum of students, from economics background to focus of their studies. I have seen Chinese students who study arts as well (not only tech and science). There are different combinations too. I have met a girl who owned 2 condos downtown Atlanta, and she was going to Emory at the time. She was very humble and sweet. Not all rich kids are assholes lol

[@jamsonren9640]

So true, I was at the bottom of ranks at schools back in Shanghai, and last 9 years of school in u.s. (Chicago) I was always on top

[@01124]

Same in india

[@nextwenxd4777]

Ngl illionois is so easy I used to live in Indiana and I felt like I was in the was the wrong grade.

[@jamsonren9640]

​@@alexribeno1612 just enjoying my superiority to you mutts. Long Live China :)

[@thetecno5800]

@@jamsonren9640 Ironic considering that my Chinese classmates study 24/7 while I play on my Xbox and I still get much much higher grades than them 😀.

[@christopherqu7383]

@@thetecno5800 good job?

[@mbkn5h]

3:38 As a Chinese, born and raised, I have full confidence to say that no teacher in the country wants a silent classroom. Every single teacher I met asked the students to raise as many questions as possible. And my classmates would cheer for anyone who asked a valuable question and would consider the person smart. What you said in this part of the video never happened in my life. I wonder where you heard that from.

[@yzhang9198]

I absolutely agree with you on the first half, but from what I've experienced as I grew up in China, the fear of asking questions because of the potential consequence of being regarded as a dumb student is also real. In fact, I've even had a teacher in high school who literally called out student for asking dumb questions in class and let everyone in that class to laugh at him. I'm happy for you to not experience any of it, but I would argue that what was mentioned in the video certainly exists, and perhaps not-so-rare.

[@tynao2029]

this is basically anti-Chinese propaganda video

[@mbkn5h]

@@yzhang9198 I would like to know more about the teacher you mentioned. Why did she/he call out students to do that? What for?

[@RetardskillMe]

China is a large country. Education standards vary place by place. Same for the teachers. Some can be real shit-holes.

[@erickzamudio1130]

Byron Gong there are good Asians and there are lots and lots of endless bad Asians but I think you might of been raised by a nice one

[@AVA-mh1ch]

I went to school in Thailand till I was 9 and then I came to US. When I got here, I was ahead of other students (in math at least) , they were still doing the multiplication test every week and I was always the first one to finish first. Which was surprising cause I was one of the last person to memorize the multiplication table in Thailand. Anyways, I just wanted to say that sometimes I wish I still live in Asia so I’m pressured to study hard. I just want to be smart 😭

[@yossarianmnichols9641]

US education below the college level is horrific. It is underfunded and censored by the political police in the community. You have to go to a rich suburb in America to get a good high school education. They teach at the college prep level. When the schools were filled after WW II the US was wealthy and state revenues were increasing every year. My generation had very good, well funded schools. After 1980 the states started to rein in costs and class sizes started to increase. By now the public school system is a skeleton of its former self.

[@RobertMJohnson]

that's funny b/c American Asian and white kids beat every single nation on Earth except 6 in the 2018 International PISA exam in reading, math, science.

[@jolie1543]

i think it really depends on where you are, some schools in my district are the most toxic places ever & everyone will look down on you for not taking 15 APs and having a 4.0 while being the founder of 3 nonprofits or win prestigious national awards 💔💔 our education system is hella easy from elementary through middle, but in high school it suddenly covers half your college courses LMAO

[@waltdill927]

Having taught English and a few courses in American History, Culture, etc. in China for several years, i found that it was impossible to avoid conflict with the regular teachers for trying to be innovative in class or to expect students to do more original work. The idea of the student doing about two thirds of the work and the teacher acting mostly as facilitator and adviser was strange to them. Foreign teachers were not allowed to establish their own grading standards or to design their course content around the skill levels or abilities of individual students or classes. Chinese teachers would ask for our suggestions, finally ignoring our recommendations, and then turn around at the end of semester and make demands for "passing" almost every student, even the ones who never did any work at all in class. i spent most of my free time with a few serious students who were preparing for the Big Exam, and i would test them for comprehension in their subject area and give them pointers and tips about how to "read" the exam, or encourage them to strike out on their own and try new things. The Chinese classrooms really are nothing but long, boring lectures and quiet students taking notes. The saddest thing to see were students who were afraid to ask questions in class, or who would "lose face" by not always having the right answers. It made me want to cry on a few occasions. The better students wanted more than anything to experience the sort of unpredictable, project-oriented, and creative classroom that many foreign teachers wished to give to them. I loved most of it, though.

[@Peirithous]

Therein lies the difference between rote memorization education and one where critical thinking is always encouraged as we do here. Great insight. Thanks for sharing your experience 👏👏

[@arthas640]

It's all about different priorities. In many countries they prioritize rote learning (memorizing facts) and "hard sciences" like math while also prioritizing your test taking abilities. In the US there's more focus on creative problem solving, free thinking, and a focus on how different subjects are connected. That's one of the reasons that Americans still perform well in workplaces and innovate so much yet still score low on tests compared to countries like China or Japan. Some countries focus a little too hard on tests and it can turn students into very smart calculators and memory banks, and they'll score great on a test but if you give them a real world problem they may only solve the problem at an average level. We see this sort of thing in military history and in military's today, countries with rote learning and strict hierarchy can get hampered by it. When faced with a problem the officers will perform by the book even if things dont work out well that way. They may even keep performing the same solution over and over even if it's not efficient. The US meanwhile will break "protocol" and try to figure out a creative solution and may even throw the book out. During joint operations many strict nations like Japan will often note how often the Americans simply ignore their own protocols but still perform well. As a Nazi general once said that "war is chaos and the American army practices chaos on a daily basis" while the Soviets described Americans as "we cant plan against US strategy as the Americans feel no need to read their manuals or follow their own doctrine". The US has a tendency to teach broad learning, teach them a good base of knowledge, and then teach creative problem solving so that you can train someone up and then set them loose to create their own solutions. More strict nations meanwhile will have people memorize facts and rules and teach them to follow guidelines. Both systems can work well, Japan and America have wildly different teaching strategies but both have thriving economies but Japan performs far better in tests while Americans still innovate on an astonishing scale.

[@linkly9272]

@@arthas640 haha, hearing the purported quotes from the German and Soviet officers makes me so happy for some reason. maybe, despite all its problems, deep down i still love this weird ass country

[@arthas640]

@@linkly9272 america has some weird hidden strengths and one of them is thriving on chaos. When it comes to the military america is a bit weird. Most countries were either modern european (or European influenced) militaries who focused mainly on large armies in set piece battles, they were large rabbles like China, or they were rural spread out countries that used smaller more independent units. The US was a bit weird in that it was a large european style military power who spent much of their history fight along a massive frontier fighting low intensity conflicts against natives and smaller powers like Mexico spread across an entire continent. This lead to american officers being given more latitude and independence and a strong reliance on NCOs and lower level officers. This came in really handy in both world wars when american officers didn't have to worry about micromanaging tiny details and could lay out a set of goals and a rough plan and they could rely on their NCOs to adapt and over come. Controlled chaos.

[@jialiu0312]

​@@arthas640Could you please explain how to become more creative and innovative please. Especially in science and technology fields. I don't think Americans are better at innovation in science and technology.

[@gabbyvelasquez3767]

i go to an art school in canada and i didnt think there would be SO MANY international students from china and korea. they stand out like a sore thumb because they're very rich looking (nice clothes), and they all hang out in packs with people from their country. the times ive spoken to them they have really thick accents and difficultly understanding english so i guess thats why they choose to stick to people who speak their language. but it confuses me, like, if you can't speak the language why would you come to canada of all places to study art of all things?

[@peterwang5272]

Because they don't have to compete so hard everyday in China like me to get a diploma.

[@zihengli2638]

The reason is very simple. In China, in most cases, only those who behaves poorly in academics goes to learn art. Especially for those rich kids, they learn art abroad just to avoid the ruthless competition in China and get a degree easily. Many colleges abroad know that so they offer some very easy, low quality but expansive programs to make money from them.

[@minoena]

@Srika Redhouse english and french?

[@user-xs4hv4vg7c]

hey just a korean passing by (and im trying to study abroad with a low budget). S Korea universities asks students for representable test scores on social studies and natural sciences even if you’re considering your major in art, films, music, gymnastics etc. I think the students you talked to may not have the ‘representable’ scores. In scale of 1 to 9 (1 in the best), you would get a 6 even if you scored 90% on your test, and yes this one is based on my experience. Your grades do not depend on test scores, it depends on the PERCENTILE.

[@arthas640]

Going to US, Canada, or the EU for school is very prestigious in most non western countries, if you're Chinese for example and go to an American college that's sort of like having an Ivy League diploma. Japan is another country who's schools are extremely prestigious for foreigners but South Korea and China hate Japan so they rarely go there for schooling. Rich Chinese parents will pay top dollar to special schools who'll get their kid into an American school and teach them basic English to do it, and Canada (mainly Vancouver) is a less popular, but still good choice for them. Once a Chinese kid gets back home with a diploma from a western school he's much more likely to get a good job, sort of like if you're an American and apply to work someone with a degree from Yale.

[@fantastic180]

Very good and decent explanation about Chinese students study aboard in US. I am Chinese and I am impressed by this video's explanation. Very nice video.

[@yashmoitra]

_hold up_

[@imakevideos5377]

@@yashmoitra vpn bro, i have never known a chinese who does not know what they are although they may not have one

[@user-vg3zf1vj7z]

yeah, your are right

[@dvf1736]

@Lucifer Maou it's illegal like jaywalking in illegal in the US. It's not enforced and they let it happen since many businesses need it and many people use it anyway. It's to block out the simple folk. They know they can't stop the ones who truly want to access the internet. There are too many and they often are too smart. So rather than fight a useless war they just gave up

[@user-po7vf5kl4l]

Eagle J. Using VPN in China is like using drugs in U.S., where it is illegal but not heavily enforced

[@mfgJoseph]

The factual part about China is mostly true, but 3:48 “to ask questions is to disrespect your teacher”? I went to school in China and this is the first time I’ve heard of this BS

[@abcxyz6606]

There is so much BS in this video. It take some extreme examples and presents it as a norm, especially the chinese college exam and education culture.

[@liangryan]

utube viewer yeah this video makes it sounds like all chinese people are nerds and aren’t creative...

[@1994rastaboy]

Did you study with another international students, like a language course? Because it's different. I actually got my bachelor's degree in Chinese university, and all of the things he's saying in the video is completely true. No one ever asks questions during the class and sits in total silence.

[@paulryan5984]

@@1994rastaboy And also with the social credit score system on the way, there will be no questions at all because of fear.

[@mfgJoseph]

@@1994rastaboy I don't see how your college experience in China supports the assertion that “to ask questions (in Chinese high schools) is to *disrespect your teacher* ”. To address your concern: I attended school there for 16 years.

[@sumairbajwa7284]

Very main difference is Asian education system: Theory Theory and Theory (make them memorize), European Education system: Treat them as human not as robots.

[@sampleentry5253]

Europe can do this because they don't have to deal with literal billions of people competing for few jobs. In that way, Europe (and to an extent, North America), is privileged. When you have to filter the talents/competencies of billions, then rote memorization is the fastest and most efficient way to run the filter as quickly as possible. European/American education emphasizes independence, which I would argue is more important than mindless memorization for modern companies, but that is incredibly slow and carries an inherent risk of not having much educational oversight.

[@tiongdoraemon5771]

bruh that's literally how china and singapore got very successful idiot

[@electronicbamboo6764]

It’s the US not europe

[@pranavkondapalli9306]

@@sampleentry5253 there is no authority that creates jobs based on how much you got from rote memorizing. Its based on entreprenuership and start-ups. Doesn't matter if you have gotten 99.9% in college, if there's no one to hire you, there's no one to hire you. Europe is 'privileged' cause it dedicates a lot of school/college time for making a good entreprenuer. India/China on the other hand don't, which is what creates limited jobs. You need to have experience, know what you're doing and most importantly, have a good enough passion to learn something, to get a job, or maybe even to make a startup to make more jobs. The rigid system of rote memorization will *never* create more jobs than there already are, and due to a broken economic system and corruption, many of these asian startups will have fierce competition by already well off companies paying bribes to eliminate said competition. Unless there's a good environment and good education system for startups, you're rarely going to see many. And by extension the job pool is further going to be limited

[@connectingthedots1309]

China will make europe look lika joke in future

[@w00borg34]

"whereas in american college, students start getting serious" LMAOO alright bud

[@MattHawk5.0]

i think he meant, if they choose to get serious, thats when they do it. lol

[@Mike__B]

Well on average... yeah they do. Because they find out they can't just slack off like they did in high school and get a passing grade, doesn't mean they turn into super students... they just well turn into students.

[@rubiconcrossing4480]

@@Mike__B I have slacked off more in college than I have in high school. I literally have a midterm tomorrow that I'm studying for right now

[@Mike__B]

@@rubiconcrossing4480 Out of curiosity, what year are you in college?

[@rubiconcrossing4480]

Mike B 4th year electrical engineering student. The midterm is in American History.

[@limerence8365]

You know something is wrong when military funding is ten times or more the funding for education, and that country isn't even in a major war.

[@Chiphunk]

In fairness to them, they have one of the biggest targets painted on their back too and are involved in support roles in conflicts that are global in scale. That's not to say they don't overdo it to a silly scale, but I understand why the statistics lean the way they do when you account for all of the many facets "military spending" covers in their case.

[@RaveYoda]

@Stephen Jenkins "Also, the US has global responsibilities in its many allies." Trump: "Hold my beer."

[@stephenlee1664]

@Stephen Jenkins I don't think it's that bad of an idea to roll back on our global police attitude. Just maybe doing it with a bit of subtletly rather than a full frontal punch to the face approach would have been better.

Well, the US rule (or used to rule) the world so it makes sense for them.

[@lindafukuyu5767]

US spends way more $$$ for Military than Education.

[@AminiumMusics]

PolyMatter: How many China-related videos should I make? Also PolyMatter: Yes.

[@piup5]

I really hope you're just making fun of these comment formats

[@AminiumMusics]

@@piup5 sometimes it's okay to be cheesy - just having some fun (:

[@princesse0920]

This makes me very thankful to live in America where I don’t even have to take a standardized test to get into a college. I always complain about school but watching videos like this makes me appreciate my school more.

[@user-ob6el2tg4w]

The only reason: the domestic examination failed,Foreign universities rank high.Those who really go abroad to learn knowledge are study for phd.

[@theylied1776]

We have a client that is a real estate developer, last year we handled the financing for a student housing facility near a University. We did a walk through insurance inspection, almost 40% of the students in that facility were from China.

[@tynao2029]

that is why all of the Anti-China sentiment and racism in USA is so idiotic, the Chinese give the American education system all of their money (foreign has to be much more than in-state students), the Chinese pay for all of the real estate development that comes from housing the students, and everything the Americans want domestically such as their iPhones, Apple products, everything in WalMart, everything off Amazon, is made in China. China and USA are best friends but they need to embrace it, learn from eachother, improve eachother's faults and help eachother, instead of this basic level of xenophobia and racism

[@theylied1776]

@@tynao2029 It's not Xenophobia. We just don't like Communism.

[@tynao2029]

@@theylied1776 then you are living in the wrong country, the USA is the most communist country of all

[@theylied1776]

@@tynao2029 How exactly is the United States communist?

[@ShidaiTaino]

theylied1776 and are the Germans Fascists

[@Phoenix3391]

hey man, I appreciate this video. Very well done. I can't say I'm not biased since I am Chinese and proud of it, but I was also born in the US and am currently in university now. I know both sides of the picture, as my parents have taken their Gaokaos and were the first wave of people to study abroad. Thank you for this. It puts a lot of things I've been thinking about into words.

[@obiechan8994]

Phoenix3391 You are a Chinese American or simply an American because you were born in the USA

[@RobertMJohnson]

chinese nationals come to the US to study in order to place spies in the US

[@yanzhangmd]

It is very important that people from both countries to learn from each other. That builds understanding and easier negotiation. These two cultures really need to influence each other.

[@thetiredworm2100]

Ya I agree a bit, I think honestly, from observation, there is a lack of knowledge amongst Americans, I don’t think it necessarily needs to get stricter, but rather a more efficient style of teaching needs to be put in place, whatever that is, Chinese tend to be better at math and science, however their style of education is much too strict. School is important, but it’s not the only important thing in life

[@iwhatwasthelastnell8829]

@@thetiredworm2100 Really I think the issue is that the level of teaching/curriculum level seems to shift slightly from one state to the next. For example, I grew up in a Eastern state. The curriculum in such state, when studying history at least, deals with global studies and introspective studies (US soley). Nevertheless, in other Southern and Western states, there is alot of information that us stretched out, so they learn and have the ability to retain less information about foreign entities.

[@xiahualiu]

Yes, sure after studying for 2 years in US all my social accounts in China were banned due to “illegal political propagation” when I tried to defend my Taiwan friends from insults from mainland China. I said “living in Taiwan does not mean he is a traitor”, and got reported and permly banned. Now there is full bs about US and other countries on all Chinese social media and the gov just let them grow. I have to say at least 90% people in China think the villain US is bullying China and never want to know about the world other than China. CCP is manipulating all things in China, they don’t give you a chance to talk freely, they mute anyone if they perform a little difference from what they called the mainline moral which is made by themselves.

[@doujinflip]

The problem is the CPC deems American culture as fundamentally threatening, and actively discourages the Chinese people from seeing and absorbing Western media without the Party's commentary on how inferior and imposing the foreigners are. The US by contrast has always been open, or at least never closed off; Even before the lifting of racial immigration quotas there have been active and vibrant Chinatowns since before the Civil War. Nowadays it's a near everyday instance to interact with Chinese people, but usually it's those who read traditional script and speak Cantonese/Minnan/Taiwanese Mandarin -- with modern Mainlanders takes a lot more effort to get to the individual underneath and expand more than what we can simply see by ourselves on CGTN or People's Daily.

[@RobertMJohnson]

chinese nationals study in the US so that they can drop a few spies into US institutions

[@blasm1713]

Not only América, they also come to Europe, half my faculty is Chinese. I study in Madrid, Spain

[@bekycybille1889]

5

[@donttalkcrap]

In my year of 198 students, there are 16 local, 45 India, 27 indonesian and the rest Chinese. Locals make up 9% - the other 91% are asian.

[@blasm1713]

@@donttalkcrap where are u from? What University?

[@hihi-zh2sc]

we have 14billions people,u need to understand

[@---mx7lc]

nina lym Ok... you can be first!

[@MAC-vi7fy]

It is very simple. Most of the international students come for 2 reasons: 1.Better education 2.The fact that you can get better education even though you are escaping rigorous exams like Gakao in China, JEE in India. That's it.

[@haotianxie6684]

I came to study in the us when I was 14, and I wasn’t sent here because I am not good at studying, I was always in the top 2% at my school (no.1 middle school in my city) in terms of grades, and my teachers were very confident that if I continued my studying in China I would be able to attend a 985 school (top 30 in China). However I came here because I really want to escape Gaokao... The stress is truly horrific and I don’t want a single metric to judge my value as a college candidate. Moreover it is shameful to repeat a grade in China, hence most people would only take gaokao once. Most people literally have just one shot at gaokao. Nevertheless I do still think gaokao is a good method to level the playing field. Even for a family as well off as mine, I can’t gain any unfair advantage, hence kids from wealthy families have to study just as hard to get in a decent school. Ofc they would still have an advantage in terms of resources like private tutor, better nutrition for cognitive growth, less worrying about hardships in life etc. but the work still has to be put in. Unlike what happens here in the us. Wealthy families and legacy students are admitted with lowered standard or no standard at all, racial quotas enable low performers from minority groups to get in prestigious schools with mediocre grade. At least gaokao provides an equal opportunity, not just forcibly aiming for equal results and granting unfair privileges to wealthy people. I still remember back in high school, there were these two friends of mine, one of whose parents graduated from U Mich, he got in U Mich with a gpa of a measly 3.1, and the other was ethically African, got in Stanford with worse grade than I got and I got rejected by both schools with higher grade, harder classes taken, better extracurricular and letters of recommendation 😑. Luckily Berkeley accepted me after initially placing me on the waitlist (that Stanford guy got in straight), but that experience still left a sour taste in my mouth. I don’t hate the players and I’m still friend with those two, but the US university admission process is, in my opinion, not as impartial as that of the Chinese, and sometimes quite infuriating. But the Chinese system is too monotonously focused on a singular aspect of a student (gaokao grade) and stressful. I guess it still comes down to picking your own poison.

[@kiwi_juice0]

yeah im american and i agree, the affirmative action based on race is really unfair :/. Admission should be based on skill, not skin color.

[@hanhai8515]

lol I just read through your essay and I have a similar experience

[@amc9437]

Interesting comment, thanks for sharing your experience!

[@shadowyshadow6498]

@David Hutchins That's not my experience at all with Chinese people

[@tynao2029]

@David Hutchins because STEM (science technology engineering mathematics) is a universal language based in numbers, not a stupid, useless nationalistic language. Do you ever wonder why after 25 years in USA, most Americans cant even speak their own language, let alone Chinese?

[@Indiansareallpajeets]

I am Chinese and I come to the US to study because I love American culture and environment.And I want to experience different things and meet more diverse interesting people, and I have an American dream.❤

[@user-vw4hs5px3s]

How's the neighborhood safety there? I am asking cuz I'd like to study in the US one day too, but the robbery and shootings I saw on the internet is horrible and terrifying

[@PlayWaves1]

You are welcome 👍

[@kaseywahl]

I've been teaching in a Chinese high school in Beijing for 2 years. Wow! What a well-researched, thoughtfully organized video. My students are preparing to study abroad in the US right now, and so many of these concerns arise on a nearly daily basis. I'm impressed by how much I can confirm from my experience and how much I've learned on top of it. Thanks for making me a better-informed teacher.

[@GSLY72]

@Wazzup www.economicshelp.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/co2-emissions-per-capita.png

[@marjolainezhong3654]

Wazzup You should thank Chinese students and Chinese tourists for their contribution to your GDP!

[@qncsc]

this is not a great video. there is a lot that could be clarified. and a lot that is not really accurate. otherwise, i don't know what all your enthusiasm is for.

[@user-ph5jk7of8x]

@Sam but product made in China is so cheap and well

[@RobertMJohnson]

how many future spies are in your classes

[@zhoupeng4940]

I came to the U,S since 2013. My family already put around $ 562,137.24 on me in 6 years. It has been paid for tuition, rental, car, food, etc. In addition, we cannot acquire a job due to visa.

[@youruncle5555]

good

[@jeffreymathew4698]

Thats very unfortunate, i hope you and your family can get visas so you can live happily here!

[@mentallydegradedcharlamagn1481]

Are you ethnically Chinese or actually Chinese. I don’t really see a Chinese person with that much money. Maybe I’m ignorant.

[@zhoupeng4940]

@@mentallydegradedcharlamagn1481 Actually Chinese, technically the real middle class Chinese.

[@heyitsritzy7629]

I went to the Fay School (shown at 5:13) and I can confirm. So many of my peers there were boarding students from China. Imagine moving across the world for school in the seventh grade, wack.

[@4godand4thegays73]

HeyItsRitzy your parents payed over $40,000 so YOU could attend that school? I don't feel like you of all people should be pointing fingers

[@lexismith8206]

English in America is very difficult, especially on standarized testing.

[@parasthapa770]

LOL if only you knew about English Exams here in Australia

[@unlockwithjsr]

Same, I am an international student, and when I did the US SAT, I remember all of us in my high school in Kenya, we had amazing scores in Math but very poor in English, yet most American students were very good in English but not so good at Math, maybe it's because Math is more of Rote memory while English demands creativity and self-expression. Most international students aren't good at that. Like the education system of my country is all about cramming and passing exams, while I see US students create stuff and innovate, I admire the US model

[@MTC008]

while filipinos find it very easy lol

[@user-rx9ny4yo2e]

@Google Chat Moderator I have never seen a place where swear words were allowed in tests.

[@user-rx9ny4yo2e]

@Google Chat Moderator yes

[@user-hy6cp6xp9f]

I studied Chinese in high school, and the confucius institute offered me full ride scholarships to study abroad in China for a summer, semester, year, and 4 years. They're promoting cross cultural connections, and my mind has changed a lot towards China since studying abroad in Shanghai. Yes, I'm more open minded towards China but not because of propaganda. It's because I've been there, and know what the people are like. They're just like us, and it saddens me to see how Hanban and the Confucius Institute is being treated as an agent of espionage. Understanding is not brainwashing.

[@Zerospacedude]

lol but it is, it's a front, hearts and minds...

[@olivejake3053]

Maybe you were a bit too open-minded. The truth is China is excellent at propanganda. The people ARE NOT equal to China. My Chinese friend even told me how they are scared of speaking the "wrong" things because some students are actually spys. I think more communication with Chinese who immigrated can benefit you.

[@user-hy6cp6xp9f]

@@olivejake3053 it's quite an obvious fact that China is controlled by an autocratic government, and they do not enjoy many of the political freedoms we do in the west. That has nothing to do with an organization that just teaches, or at this point taught, *language* to people. I know lots of Chinese people in the US, and I would not defend the CCP. I wasn't propagandized, I just realize that the organization was connecting people, which I feel is a noble goal.

[@masterimbecile]

8:55 is a pun. 海龜 (hai3 gui1) means sea turtle, which returns to land to lay eggs. On the other hand, 海歸 is a homonym (same pronunciation), but is a shortened form of 2 words together: 海外 (hai3 wai4, "ocean beyond" i.e. foreign) and 歸來 (gui1 lai2, return). As a whole, the pun means "return from beyond the seas", as sea turtles would once they are mature and can return home to contribute.

[@JamesAJ]

As a Korean migrant, I can completely understand the part at 4:30 - after all, we also have one ultra-important exam that literally determines your life - 수능 - and even then it doesn't really mean you are "better". Your parents just had more money to hire private tutors. That's it.

[@HenningGu]

I have lived and studied my whole school life here in Germany, but I regularly got exposure with Chinese and other Asian students. Especially the Chinese people see their gaokao result as something to justify their superiority, but where baffled when I told them I graduated with 3,3 aka lower-average 😅 And the Chinese students at the uni are struggling now, because our education doesn't nearly rely that much on memorizing. Also, not to seem shallow, but Sky Castle depicted the emptiness after years of studying rather well imo.

[@swesleyc7]

The problem is there's one exam that determines your life, NOT the families who can afford tutors (it doesn't mean they're intrinsically wealthy) ... Complaining that some people can afford tutors is complaining (ignorantly) for equality of outcome, not equality of opportunity. You want multiple options for success and access to it, not be resentful of others for what you don't have. If you had the money, you'd buy tutors for your kids, too.

[@dargondude2375]

@@swesleyc7 you do know you're talking about kids right. People who are born into a poorer socioeconomic status. Unless, you think being born poorer is actually fair.

[@swesleyc7]

@Bhum Brahmavira Thanks for the reasonable reply. I see your point, except doping is not allowed and tutors are. Doping is cheating and tutoring is not. Even with tutoring, it's still you who has to complete the exam. Tutoring doesn't mean you'll see success in the same manner enhancement drugs can. If, say, the Chinese govt. was offering affluent families tutors because of their connections or wealth, then we'd have a problem: inequality of opportunity. Then that would be cheating and unfair to others.

[@swesleyc7]

@Bhum Brahmavira Right on. I'm with you.

[@chrissy0829]

Back in school, many Chinese classmates have cheating and plagiarism problems. Someone got kicked out of school because of cheating in the final exam.

[@kevinkacer6184]

This is a stereotype. It’s highly biased

[@farrahconstant6240]

@@kevinkacer6184 No, it's the truth.

[@mayainverse9429]

3:38 US isnt even on the math chart lol. guess thats why our politicians cant figure out how to balance the budget.

[@RJDA.Dakota]

Modern schools don’t know how to teach math/arithmetic

[@cainmayn944]

But still doing way better than a majority of countries

[@lesleylee3755]

@@cainmayn944 You guys can't even beat China , considering how many Chinese there are,just admit it, American education (education below University)sucks

[@cainmayn944]

@@lesleylee3755 china is just quantity > quality

[@lesleylee3755]

@@cainmayn944 I mean one on one,in average,you guys still can't beat China .Don't force me to scare you,cause you Will be scared how terrifying Chinese education is, and that is why they are better than America.Plus American education (under University)sucks

[@alimustafa629]

When you are that early, there are no China jokes

[@brandonkey181]

There are lots of china joke

[@Redfield3X]

Brandon Key here, a Chinese joke: “Freedom” jajajaja always gets me

[@brandonkey181]

@@Redfield3X much appreciated

[@diggoran]

I wish I was that early. I'm getting sick of these unoriginal jokes covering up actually interesting comments

[@DanyBLG]

Ok...as a non-chinese foreigner let me answer this question real quick: EVERYBODY wants to study in the US, if you are rich and smart enought and you want to study on the best colleges of the wordl....all of them are in the US...like any academic hypebeast knows that the US is your first option...the answer is not as complex...evrybody dreams to get to MIT or Priceston and Chinese are by far the most populated country, so it makes sense that a lot of them want to study in the US

[@edwardjaycocks5497]

I never ever wanted to go to the US and study I did it all done in the United Kingdom just as good

[@pax4370]

@HenryDavidT true.

[@sunrisetoo]

Edward If you believe all Chinese students are brainwashed, if you don’t want to open your eyes and look the real China, it is your problem. Try to talk with some Chinese, be open minded. The world is not what you think.

[@edwardso8903]

@@sunrisetoo not saying all Chinese are brainwashed, but majority of them who are studying abroad are pretty much pro - ccp. How do I know? Cos I know them personally, alot of them. Open my eyes? I have talked to many of them whom gives the same answer - China > England, or England is boring and china is so much advanced with better food etc... Some even say they love ccp more cos they are studying abroad???? You need to open your eyes and know that ccp propaganda is insanely strong in the west. What is the reason behind ccp officials tweeting on twitter? What are those KZbin channels for? Yeah they are for Chinese students who study abroad. I guess ccp is as white as an angel and for sure there is no propaganda, and majority of the Chinese students arent brainwashed 😂

[@imniyeye8853]

@@edwardso8903 Wouldnt say its brainwash or anything along those lines~ its just what normal humans do, they are born and raised there and so they prefer their homeland, it doesnt mean theyre brainwashed or so called 'pro-ccp'. Anyone somewhat to a extent would prefer their own hometown over a foreign country that they live in, its just normal human thing. Ive been living in the UK for past maybe 15years and yet to me UK is pretty boring overall, and theres alot of factors that takes place in why i think this way e.g ive been to most places in the UK so it gets boring to see the same thing for the past 15 years. UK's night life is just not for me, i mean if anyone likes clubbing then sure uk aint bad, but personally during night time its mainly just clubbing u cant do much else, and if im not into clubbing it gets boring. Now China in the other hand, the country is massive so it would take a really long time to get bored of, also my roots are there so theres more to 'relate to'. Also personally i would prefer chinese night life cuz usually alot of people come out during mid-night time(like around 7-9pm when sun is down) not to club but to just walk around the streets or play sports (pingpong, basketball, badminton) and u watch old people dance and sing and ALOT of street food is open at this time, the one i love the most is prob BBQ, imagine sitting there with your father having BBQ at 9PM with a 2 bottles of beer thats what i desire the most~ Now u may ask if I prefer China so much why am i still here in the UK~ well the answer is simple, ive been living here for a pretty long time, and pretty much all of my close friends and family are in the UK, so i dont see the need in moving back to China just yet~ however i do go back once in a while just to see some of my other family members. Emm~ when it comes to advanced, my personal opinion is that China is on the upperhand compared to the UK due to its 'cashless' payments MOSTLY every shop has even those street food carts 😂 ud think they would only accept cash but i was suprised when they offered scan and go as a payment using Weixin. And obviously their super fast bullet trains, it gets u across city in less than half an hour running at 327mph. Also their face recognition surveillance camera, theres a reason why China has a pretty low crime rate. Its really hard to get away, but obviously some people would say something along the lines of something to do with 'privacy' BUT ure in the streets... street is a public area... This is the reason why little children and old people are able to walk around during night time safely most of the time, obviously sht happens, since the system is not perfect but it does lower alot of crimes, and figures shows~ Emm apart from those theres some more but those are the main ones why i think China is in the upperhand when it comes to advanced. And to be fair... if a party is able to raise multi hundred millions of people out of proverty, it really isnt that bad after all. Not saying its perfect cuz obviously every party does some shady sht, but you cant deny the fact that raising multi hundred millions of people out of proverty in such a short period of Time is not impressive. propaganda or not but lets be honest every country has some propaganda sht. You cant deny that, so i dont think thats a point worth comparing. Unless if u say UK has absolutely 0% propaganda. Well lets end it off here i dont even know why i wrote a whole ass Assignment worth of text 😂😆 aight im just bored its quarantine man allow me. edit. And about that chopsticks comment, China not only used chopsticks but they also used spoons. obviously not your type of spoon but it was made for soups, which we call soup spoon.

[@caesar7734]

I’m from the UK and a lot of foreign Chinese students attend our universities as well.

[@jimmyhuang8382]

As a traditional (studying at the best high school in the region) Chinese students, I am planning to apply for US college because domestic competition for good Chinese college is tooooo intense and plus my family can afford the tuition for US college. I'm not lying that those who get into Tsinghua and Peking University can at least get into Ivies in the States after proper preparation. Guys not all Chinese students simply go to US because they're rich and want to flex. There are people like us who really just are pursuing better educational resources.

[@hwg5039]

God damn the Tsinghua and Peking students are WAYYYYYY better than most of the Lvy League students

[@jimmyhuang8382]

​@@hwg5039 Emmm, I didn't mean to be too extreme, but it's really hard to define "better". I can say with 100% certainty that most of the students in Tsinghua&Peking University had way better math&physics ability than even the MIT&Princeton guys, and they study much much much more harder since primary school. But in turns of creativity, leadership and other attributes, there's no guarantee that best Chinese students can surpass their counterpart in the States... Chinese and American educational system are fundamentally different actually, both in their purpose and resources: Chinese education is overly career-oriented, and the resources are very limited due to its population, so the educational system basically acted as a filter and also "equalizer". This is way Chinese college produced enormous amount of engineers and tech guys. Yet in America, educational system is more democratic (in Dewey's concept), and it is now a social equalizer but a tool for elites to consolidate their social status. Their huge differences mean that the students coming out of them can't be compare simply by one standard, we should really consider context and criterion when contrasting them, otherwise it's meaningless I'm just a standard STEM student who is also interested in sociology & philosophy, so there might be problems with my immature idea...

[@hwg5039]

@@jimmyhuang8382 well said man

[@Song-tn8qy]

Canada is safer for you imo, at least do a tour and do some research before you apply to the school. Dont just listen to w/e travel agency are telling you....

[@jimmyhuang8382]

@@hwg5039 thx

[@dendrobatus814]

I've never saw anyone who get into trouble for raising questions in my whole school life, maybe Im not from the China you mentioned.

[@dendrobatus814]

@John D. That why we could use teachers like you.

[@dendrobatus814]

@John D. Cross that, you just might be giong to bully those students who ask questions lol.

[@RomanBraixen]

@John D. And how much chinese do you speak?

[@y.z.6517]

Actually, the opposite is true. The Chinese value on asking question can be summed up by Confucian: "I am not ashamed to ask [even] people with lower status than me". By contrast, western people want to appear to be skillful without letting people see you practising it. Also, people often worry about appearing to be condescending. Thus, western people are more likely to refrain from asking and answering questions.

[@Xanthopathy]

@@RomanBraixen why would he even learn chinese in the first place lmao flipping the point doesn't work

[@th2315]

just think high education as a profitable industry, we Chinese paid 25k for each semester to study in UofT, without that money been put into research funds, the university could not maintain its level and standard.

[@abditus5842]

Is that the University of Texas? Did you see that Bo Mao a professor at UT was arrested for stealing and exporting secrets to Huawei. Last year a University of Tennessee professor Anming Hu was arrested for stealing secrets and sending them to China. Seven professors have been arrested in the last 18 months. So screw the funds wumao.

[@th2315]

@@abditus5842 no, it's university of Toronto, one of the best in Canada(for sure the highest world-ranked in Canada (what chinese people care most)). For a totalling 60,000 undergrads university, there are 10,000 international students from CHina, I can only see Chinese students in statistics and maths classes, which is crazy.... the tution for international student is around 60,000 CAD a year while for local students is 3,000.

[@condexom3555]

hwa lil / because our kids now want to learn easy courses not maths,physics etc..even my kids really like maths , but they listened to their idiot friends around them to learn something easier so you can earn money fast and easy.

[@th2315]

@@condexom3555 Man, I'm actually happy to see that your son picked his favoured subject, and believe me, if he turned out doesn't like that subject, he still have the freedom to change. And it's good to see someone disclose what he would devote to when he is young. I personally didn't have that kind of freedom, so I picked what most CHinese people tend to choose, maths, statistics. And I didn't like maths at all, the reason most people think asians are good at maths, especially chinese people, is because they are required to do tons of computational homework in high school, and in university, the material gets more proof-orientated, so it's crazy boring. I happened to learn some history courses in third year and find that humanities and social sciences are interesting and stimulate my critical thinking in way I never had before. Also from my own observations, the program-picking is also somehow related to governmental propaganda, people who studies maths and statistics are lessly like to seek for any radical social changes (compare with those who learn history, social science, political science, laws ), we chinese students were told to learn more mathematical subjects by the society cause that's the only subject can find us employment. And the chinese society biased on people who learn humanities. Our only standard is see education as a tool to profit, which is really sad. But after I lived in western country for four years, I started to see that in the end most of these mathematical computations, analysis will be taken place by AI and machine learning. quote from one of my liked movie 'We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.

[@tymandude1510]

That's a big reason Canada let's foreign exchange students in. Honestly I see at as a win win, we get funding for better education and you get access to to our schools.

[@jacksonramsey4848]

I’m so thankful to be an American, I never did great in school but eventually I found my way. I could never imagine going through what the Chinese have to

[@yanhan9373]

yep，because they are rich and dont want to suffer the world most hardest college entrance exam……

[@thetennisjournal]

One of my best friends was a Chinese foreign exchange student and all of this said seemed true. At the end, i think the university really screwed my friend with high debt and at the end the job prospects did not seem great.

[@ingore9021]

Can we appreciate that Singapore is top on all these lists

[@don24864]

Bruh I had Chinese foreign exchange students as my group project teammates and let me tell ya, every single one had on the Balenci Balenci & Goyard drip everywhere they went. They treated their $2,000 shoes, bags, & purses like scraps lmao but overall very chill people to talk to even though it was difficult for them to speak English. I miss college :(

[@daiharry8466]

very insightful, also it’s worth to mention that most Asian countries are overcrowded which makes education + early stages of career highly competitive. Korea, Japan are equally stressful but only less population

[@rifat6049]

so is india, bangladesh, pakistan .. and pretty much all of southeast asia

[@Monk98]

As a Vietnamese International student I can relate... eventhought this is talking about China.

[@byc6230]

Nightcor EDM are you sick or what?

[@Monk98]

Your life must be very sad. Need a friend? Not me of course go fuck yourself

[@Daniels-bs6qt]

Sorry to hear that, but best of luck in future! Hopefully everything goes alright for you man.

[@xianyang5271]

@@Monk98 I have some Vietnamese friends , they are all nice people. I found we are similar. easy to understand each other.

[@dvf1736]

@MATHA NOSHTO-MAN that's not really how the war went. It was more of both sides doing horrendous stuff with no clear victor so the US pulled out due to domestic issues. People often forget that Vietnam was backed by China and the USSR

[@ednaz4421]

I remember coming to the US when I was 5 and attending kindergarden. The school taught 1+1 in math while I could already add three digit numbers.

[@haydenreed5039]

Most kids already know that stuff lol when I was 5 I could do the same thing but in America when u get to 8th grade and stuff it's a lot harder

[@thebestcentaur]

"Everyone's favorite-TAXES!" In the words of CalebCity: "I gotta calm down-I almost hit him"

[@aka4009]

Tbh, every country has lots of students come from china because of their huge population? I'm a university student in Japan and my university has many overseas students especially china and india.

[@dengsamuel4557]

@@alexribeno1612 tf u mean by steal? They are litterally just students trying to study. Unfortunately your “free world” loves make problems all over the world, but I guess it’s all justified because it’s in the name of freedom right

[@Cha4k]

I have a bunch of Chinese friends who go to uni. All of them (The guys at least) admitted to me that they cheat by paying others to do their work. Only one of them is working hard to make it on his own. Rampant cheating is going to devalue university qualifications

[@miliba]

they bring disgrace to their families

[@simontheman4337]

Report them to the professor please.

[@edwardsmith5650]

All those friends are Chinese agents. It doesn't matter to them about how they get grades. Their purpose is to expose American kids to Marx and Communism. The have no choice. Their families would die if they didn't.

[@sam2273923]

They cheat in online games too

[@dana-jd2kr]

Edward Smith what kinda of fantasy delusion are you in...

[@zchris426guang]

Yamamoto Isoroku ,Chief commander of Japanese navy during WWII who attacked Pearl Harbor was Educated in Harvard university 1919-1921

[@tonyfox21]

😮😮

[@donbrashsux]

Well that didn’t really help did it..

[@123amberli]

I am shook, just now learned this........that's crazy.

[@PM-oh5xs]

Harvard attracts some of the smartest people around the world. People have different agendas. People don't stay in the USA because USA sucks if you are not white. The 250million people blackball you. You have a better chance in your home country with a Harvard degree.

[@peterwang5272]

So? What are you imply？

[@eunhastolemyheart6098]

I’m China, my math teacher was constantly complaining about how slow and stupid I was at math. When I came to North America (in grade 2), I was way ahead of everyone else in my class and the math was similar to the kindergarten level in China.

[@TheOpsRaven]

3:48 to ask questions is disrespectful? I'm pretty sure every teacher asks the class if they understand/have questions after each lesson. I've seen students go up to the teacher's desk as opposed to raising hands but I don't think this statement is right.

[@vigneswarisuresh]

Actually, to interrupt a teacher is disrespectful. He misinterpreted it. You can ask doubts at the end of the class after noting it down to not interrupt the flow for the teacher and other students. (I'm not Chinese but similar rules apply here)

[@happythedog11]

I think that’s how it’s done in America, from what I’ve seen from other videos it’s disrespectful there, I might be wrong but that’s how I see it

[@JayseabeeSTL]

Quite a few of the international students at my university drive around town in Range Rovers and nice Mercedes/BMWs. A few of them even have Maserati's, lol. (Rural Midwestern town)

[@user-gp9ie6ot3l]

A true story: When an international student bought a used Maserati from Chinese dealer, break down in the middle of way then found four wheels came from different brands.

[@bunbogioheo4126]

@@user-gp9ie6ot3l lmao

[@williamylee]

I am one of the Chinese students in the US. I came here to avoid the freaking hard Gaokao. SAT & ACT are much easier ways to get into a college equally good or better.

[@deyili49]

Kan Ding stop being rude ugh

[@Maelstromme]

Kan Ding Academics as a concept in the West and *Especially Asia* are incompatible with human nature. Human biology is designed to learn in a specific way from a young age. This is defined in our instincts and shared psychology. The most effective way to learn is through play and hands-on work. This is a trait all mammals share, including humans. All the Gaokao is doing is further straying from human nature and thus causing more psychological harm than average education already does to the child’s mind.

[@bluepharos9748]

@@kanding3369 it really does sound like you're spouting propaganda, ngl. When she said its not human nature, she/he meant that it's not the "ideal" way of learning things. In other words, it's inefficient to learn by rote learning/turning yourself into a human calculator. Human beings are special because we are creative thinkers. Even the most STEM student/professional need creativity for problem solving, innovative creations, and figuring out new concepts. Forcing a child though the mental pressures of exam doesn't foster creativity, it kills it. And thats if you're aiming for a STEM profession. You make the mistake of thinking humanities (the artists, writers, historians, linguistics, teachers) are not equally important in shaping the course of human history. Science and engineering will progress, but it's not going to be because you force more children to run themselves to the ground memorizing for hours and hours in a day, only to forget everything 5 years later. It's when you teach children to be passionate, innovative, instill a curious mind in them and make them love learning. These kids with flexible minds will not be left behind in the future, but possibly those, who's main goal for the majority of their young life has been for just one single exam, will be. Case in point, even if China does well in STEM subjects, Finland, with their "learn and play" method, still rank higher than China. A mix of both fun play and serious studying, as Singapore has done, whilst taking into account the child's interest in extracurricular activities foster healthier and smarter kids. In other words, your propaganda is false.

[@Maelstromme]

Arinrin 001 Couldn’t have said it better myself.

[@deyili49]

@@kanding3369 Calling ppl loser on the internet is rude. And it's also a coward thing to do. Hope u'll have a nice day :)

[@zj5004]

I was just an average student who only scored around110/150 in my high school math in China, while I came to U.S. my calculaus was NEVER below 90...Many American and Chinese students want to team up with me each time we doing labs. I helped TA explained class materials on reciation period when students asked her questions that she can't answer more than onces...

[@rajat.2]

A Video Not About Airplanes??? Oh wait wrong channel..

[@ky8920]

"half as interesting"

[@kishore369]

@@ky8920 "Wendover Productions"

[@BitchChill]

What channel was this supposed to be?

[@nik_evdokimov]

@@BitchChill are you blind?

[@leonyao4432]

BitchChill choose the one with most likes

[@MyMonkeyMinions]

When I was in high school ages ago, South Koreans and Chinese students were all over my high school. Still going strong there in Irvine, CA

[@DivinesLegacy]

Isn’t Irvine like 50% Asian?

[@user-oi4px8nl4s]

@J. Milton Jeffreys Asins make America again Not blacks and whites

[@robertewalt7789]

Note that many US colleges are making SAT/ACT optional, while Chinese colleges use only their exam

[@oceanid4923]

my past school used to hold classes from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm. for some reason there are also night classes from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. when me and my family moved to the US one thing that surprised me was how limited their class time was, it felt like heaven to me.

[@progunjack5556]

Holy sh*t dude, where were you from???

[@progunjack5556]

My school (before the pandemic) literally hold classes from 7:00 Am to 3:00 Pm (when I arrive at home it's already 4:30) So I just had so many little time for me to just relax a bit, and even if I do so my mom would be somehow mad at me and be like "iN yOUth yOu HavE nO tIMe To ReLAx!!!!!", like f*ck my country's school system! (I'm from Indonesia btw) EDIT:typo

[@oceanid4923]

@@progunjack5556 i once lived in the Philippines! normal public schools only hold classes from 7:00 to 5:00 from what I’ve heard but it’s different from the school I’ve been to since it’s a filo-chinese school. we also have night study halls and such, exactly like what is shown here in the vid.

[@AdamKing60]

In college I had a professor who was from China and her whole career and achievements was based around pleasing her parents instead of doing what made her happy and doing what she wanted. Another experience of mine was when I did some work for a woman, who although wasn't from China, did grow up with strict Indian parents. She was a pharmacist and I must have asked about how she got into it or how she liked being a pharmacist. She told me that she wanted to be a fashion/interior designer, but her parents told her to be a pharmacist. That made me sad and pissed off at the same time.

[@charmendro]

Wow China has a lot more academic stress No wonder the international students on campus seem to be more chill

[@stephenlee1664]

It's also the same in korea except kids get so stressed out that they tend to jump off a bridge.

[@rtyyyooopp]

@@stephenlee1664 but Americans are too easy-going nobody even cares until college and some just come to college to just make friends and chill..

[@eevee1583]

@@rtyyyooopp Well education isn't the only thing in life

[@aaronmoise8261]

@@rtyyyooopp if education isn't for you that should be fine. Plenty of successful people didn't even fully graduate highschool. Creative and critical thinking are what will get you far.

[@zinee6100]

After I arrived in the America, I bought a Bentley GT V8 S, because it was very cheap. It only cost me about $130k. You can never buy this model with so little money in China, so I think It is a bargain. But when I drove this to school, my American classmates were very surprised. I didn’t aware of the reason for I always thought that Americans are rich. So I asked one of them the reason, and after that I bought a very cheap second-hand Benz the next week and drove this cheap car to school ever since. Feels weird.

[@kingkylie9655]

you dropped 130k on a car when my 21 yr old friend, and 24 yr old brother both bought a 25-35k range car... My friend had to have her dad pay half of it. Dude ur living lavish and you dont even know it lmao

[@realridgcingrealridgcing1212]

Wow

[@10thejgm78]

bruh wtf I can't even imagine your lifestyle

[@cloroxbleach7554]

It's the west in general. My friend transferred from an Asian school to a UK school during sophomore year (moved countries). In his math class, he was asked what 5 times 5 times 5 is and he quickly responded with 125-everyone was shocked, and he still wonders to this day what's so impressive about it lmao.

[@Schlabbeflicker]

I think you've misapprehended the reason for Chinese students to end up in "segregated" dorms. For example, in our school, dorms were allotted based on, in order: NCAA scholarship status, price point, and class standing. International students (mostly from China) were more willing to pay for the highest dorm "package" available, but since they weren't athletes, their dorm pretty much only contained other high-paying students. Additionally, our school gave students the option to select "theme communities" - basically ethnically segregated dorm floors meant to prevent students from feeling "isolated" and give them a "common point of interest". "Ethnic" theme communities were available for "Black culture", "Latino culture", and "East Asian culture", which, in the case of the latter, was almost completely occupied by Chinese nationals. Among all of the international student groups, Chinese students were consistently the least likely to associate outside of their own circles. Most people at our school believe it was due to a large number of Chinese students (making it easy for them to group up), a poor English skillset compared to other international groups, and a bit of disinterest/disdain for American culture in general.

[@yossarianmnichols9641]

US universities sound like a Disney theme park. Just go on the rides you like.

[@kikaniumk1319]

failed in CN high school exam and prepare for SAT...

[@stevenglowacki8576]

I"m surprised by the fact that the jump was in 2008. When I went to a public university grad school in 2004 (Wayne State in Detroit), the place was absolutely swarming with Chinese, although I suppose it really just had a lot of different international students, and since China has a lot of people, it had more people in the program. There were very few American students in my classes compared to when I was an undergrad in a private school.

[@andrewlim9345]

Some of the issues that you raise about Chinese international students are also applicable to Australia and New Zealand. A lot of them tend to go to the STEM and commerce subjects.

[@duchi882]

Maybe because _"We were inspired by the Hall of Mirror in Versailles"_

[@AccentedCinema]

Dude.

[@myudim477]

Did not expect this to show up here

[@jascrandom9855]

I wo/man of culture i see.

[@NeostormXLMAX]

What is this reference please give insight

[@jascrandom9855]

@@NeostormXLMAX kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIqYgH17gthob8k

[@sierrahhofzon3878]

Wrong. Chinese Students mass go to every developed country. I study in an International University in Japan. And among foreign students, the majority is of Chinese. We can take classes in either English and Japanese but its funny that most of the Chinese students cant speak either of the languages. They tend to learn Japanese over time and take classes in Japanese starting from 2nd year. Something that is more intriguing is that quite many of my Chinese friends are gonna go to UK for MBA and they do not speak or understand a bit of English. I cant really comprehend that.

[@sierrahhofzon3878]

@Susan Ananda sorry i meant they dont speak neither english nor japanese

[@huanxu5140]

That's strange... I mean, I'm a Chinese international student studying in a US university, and in order to get in, we need to go through SAT and TOEFL tests. I'm pretty sure there are similar testing systems in any other developed countries. How can they score high on standardized tests without understanding English?

[@kylezhang867]

You know that China’s the top 5 most developed country right?

[@ShidaiTaino]

Sierrah Hofzon he didn’t say they only go to the United States

[@ShidaiTaino]

Kyle Zhang China is not a developed country. China is a nearly developed country.

[@myowncomputerstuff]

12:05 The USA is home to 181 of the top 100 universities.

[@tonwu5055]

myowncomputerstuff makes sense

[@mrswhiddleberry]

I grew up in one of the worst performing school districts in my state and can confirm when I was in a class I was bad at (math, chemistry, physics) the teachers would just pass me so I didn't develop those skills well at all. just lucked out that the career I wanted didn't require much of that🤷‍♀️

[@lawrencewei3583]

Some of the things said about schools are misconceptions about Chinese schools and schools in general in the more developed East Asian countries.

[@dayvancubensis]

Hey I was part of the "Americans studying in China" line on the graph at 6:20 . Nice. EDIT: also, I just got to the part about the Confucius Institutes. While I was at university studying for my bachelors in History (focus on Modern Chinese History), I spent a lot of time with our university's Confucius Institute. I was learning Chinese at the time, and so I got to know the people at the Confucius Institute very well. Essentially, the video is right. Confucius Institute is there to help Chinese international students while they are at the US university studying. However, the Confucius Institute has many other goals as well. They work to spread knowledge and understanding of Chinese culture to the American university students and others, and offer many services and events to do so. This includes offering extracurricular Chinese lessons and tutoring, taking part in and holding events and Chinese holidays (Mid autumn fest, Spring Festival/Chinese New Year, etc.). So they are there to help out Chinese students, as well as educate American students on Chinese culture, language, and history.

[@Hamlet137475]

Probably the same reason students from India, Iran, Pakistan, Korea, go to US. To study.

[@michelangeloxiv2172]

Rip chinese students who have it so hard overseas. Makes me grateful that school is much easier and allows me to have lots of personal time. At my highschool even in all advanced classes it isnt very hard, im not even really smart, just decent at paying attention and a decent work ethic.

[@bellgrand]

American high schools want to develop you as a person. College is when it gets very academically rigorous.

[@fernandomaluenda4226]

@@bellgrand That is true. Some colleges are more academically rigorous than others, but most place an emphasis on creativity and application rather than raw knowledge.

[@tomevers6670]

Lol, you’re grateful but don’t see that in the future with less jobs, Americans will lose out .

[@tkotecha5715]

Chinese students studying in USA, Canada, UK and Australia are from family members belonging to Chinese Communist Party. These CCP families send their children to Western countries because do not have any confidence nor trust in the 3rd world, poor corrupt and incompetent Chinese Universities. Only ordinary poor Chinese families send their children to backward, poor, third world Chinese universities for education.

[@truth4593]

Some people enjoy that pressure but definitely majority are forced to do

[@lostnfound7977]

Right from childhood, many Chinese kids are trained in 6 languages and many skills to get to Ivy League colleges. The rich ones

[@patrikkusy7165]

*laughs in mostly free education + bonuses*

[@deleteduser8949]

Where???

[@patrikkusy7165]

@@deleteduser8949 Czechia ;)

[@yrret1996]

AUDI RSQ8 anywhere in eu really

[@shadowyshadow6498]

*laughs in higher wages, higher disposable income, larger homes and lower cost of living*

[@thedarkness3371]

shadowy shadow lol america is like a third world country. Most of your country is broke, and you can’t even pass any gun laws. Pathetic people

[@alexhunt.]

My school is like 30 percent Chinese and my friend got a free supreme hoodie from a bad Chinese girl

[@NightcorEDM]

Bad chinese girls. .... what

[@likepie321]

@@NightcorEDM bad meaning attractive.

[@yopin7026]

@@likepie321 wow since when did bad mean attractive now.

[@ozzysgang7193]

He probably means a bunch of makeup with fake eyelashes that go to the ceiling

[@mrpythagoras7079]

@@ozzysgang7193 asian girls in a nutshell

[@fredwayne3103]

Because of the economic crisis and the rate of unemployment, now is the best time to invest and make money 💯

[@martinskelvin623]

You can say that again

[@hectorgalvan4664]

Crypto is the new gold

[@leonamcconnell6471]

Stocks are good but Crypto is better

[@prestonblackburn2701]

I wanted to trade crypto but got confused by the fluctuations in price

[@williamswinston3636]

Yeah sure,I heard Alot about investments with Mr Jefferson Windham and how good he is, please how safe are the profits

[@edgarjimenez2690]

Correction : University of Illinois took out a $60 million insurance policy

[@magmagon5572]

fyi, the "ui" sound in Chinese is actually a "way" sound. So hai-gway (or gwei)

[@danieltanzil235]

8:32 - 8:38 is a footage from Canisius College, top all boys high school in Indonesia. Studied there. It shouldn't be put as a reference.

[@devinrr]

Albertus Daniel Tanzil He uses stock videos related to what he's speaking about.

[@pasta8709]

Lol there was an interview with Chinese student expat in Australia and almost all of them doesn't even know what democracy was. And barely know anything about politics.