Should I Go to Cram School? (Final Version)

To most of Taiwanese students, where is their common memory when they were in junior high or senior high school? The answer is obvious—cram school. Generally in Taiwan, because our education system tends to be the spoon-fed education, going to cram schools seems to be indispensable. Even though students do a good job at school and always get high scores, their parents still want them to go to cram school lest lagging behind other peers. And my parents are no exceptions.

    My parents usually have unnecessary anxiety. They always ignored how “good” I did in school. They usually think when you have already got 95 points, why don’t you get 100 points? As a result, they want me to go to cram school. To me, I think 95 points is good enough because the grade is better than most of the other students. So why can't I use my free time to do what I want instead of going to cram school? There are still many things that are more important than studying!

    Seeing that most of my classmates go to cram school, my parents want me to follow what the most people choose to do. They usually view “going to cram school” as one of the “social activities”. Because during the break time in junior high or senior high school, my peers always talk about their cram school, including their homework, the appearance of their teacher, and so on. In order to have the subject of a talk, my parents want me to go to cram school not only to learn but also make friends with other people. However, I think the topic of conversation should not be confined to such a limited subject. Movies, sports, hobbies, or cartoons can also be good materials of a talk. If we only talk something that happened in cram school, I think our horizons would be limited and that would not stimulate our thoughts.

    To sum up, I think the question of whether I should go to cram school or not differs from person to person. Not all of people “have to” take lessons after school! Parents should evaluate their children’s conditions to make a decision about whether to send them to cram school or not.

Diverse Styles of Teachers (First Version)

    To most of children, what is their turning point in their childhood? I guess the answer would be “going to school” because that means they have to say goodbye to their liberal lives and accept the social standards. Since we go to school in such a young age, we must have met various kinds of teachers. As a result, I think teachers can be sorted to the following styles.

    The first one is the teachers who are always rigid and serious. They always start each course on time and finish it late because they want to teach students more and more knowledge. In addition, they would give students a lot of homework and check their result carefully to ensure their students learning progress. Even though sometimes they looked solemn, serious and indifferent, actually they really care about their students and are willing to help them.

    To the contrary, some teachers seem to be very friendly and get along with students. However, the fact is that they dawdle everyday and students never learn anything from them. They just show up in the class but never teach any useful knowledge. The reason that they can get along with students is just because they don’t give students any homework so that students can almost ignore this course and lessen some of their heavy pressure from studying.

    The last type is the teachers who mix these two extremes. This kind of teachers can get along with students and also teach them much knowledge. They give students knowledge by a relaxed way such as chatting so that students can absorb the know-how without feeling too much pressure.

    To sum up, during our student life, we’ve met a lot of teachers. Teachers play an important role in students’ lives because they always affect students’ learning attitude, characteristics and personalities very much. Therefore, trying to adjust the different styles of diverse kinds of teachers can be a good chance to train the students’ adjustability. 

Should I Go to Cram School? (Second Version)

To most of Taiwanese students, where is their common memory when they were in junior high or senior high school? The answer is obvious—cram school. Generally in Taiwan, because our education system trends to be the spoon-fed education, going to cram schools seems to be indispensable. Even though students do a good job at school and always get high scores, their parents still want them to go to cram school lest lagging behind other peers. And my parents have no exceptions.

    My parents usually have unnecessary anxiety. They always ignored how “good” I did in regular school. They usually think when you have already got 95 points, why don’t you get 100 points? As a result, they want me to go to cram school. To me, I think 95 points is good enough because the grade is better than most of other students. So why can't I use my free time to do what I want instead of going to cram school? There are still many things that are more important than studying!

    Seeing that most of my classmates go to cram school, my parents want me to follow what the most people choose to do. They usually view “going to cram school” as one of the “social activities”. Because during the break time in junior high or senior high school, my peers always talk about their cram school, including their homework, the appearance of their teacher, and so on. In order to have the subject of a talk, my parents want me to go to cram school not only to learn but also make friends with other people. However, I think the topic of conversation should not be confined to such a limit subject. Movies, sports, hobbies, or cartoons can also be the good materials of a talk. If we only talk something that happened in cram school, I think our horizons would be limited and that would not stimulate our thoughts.

    To sum up, I think the question of whether I should go to cram school or not differs from person to person. Not all of people “have to” take lessons after school! Parents should evaluate their children’s conditions to make a decision about whether to send them to cram school or not.

Should I Go to Cram School? (First Version)

To most of Taiwanese students, where is their common memory when they were in junior high or senior high school? The answer is obvious—cram school. Generally in Taiwan, because our education system trends to be the spoon-fed education, going to cram schools seems to be indispensable. Even though students do a good job at school and always get high scores, their parents still want them to go to cram school lest lagging behind other peers. And my parents have no exceptions.

    My parents usually have unnecessary anxiety. They always ignored how “good” I did in regular school. They usually think when you have already got 95 points, why don’t you get 100 points? As a result, they want me to go to cram school. To me, I think 95 points is good enough because the grade is better than the most of other students. So why don’t I use my free time to do what I want instead of going to cram school? There are still many things that are more important than studying!

    Seeing that most of my classmates go to cram school, my parents want me to follow what the most people choose to do. They usually view “going to cram school” as one of the “social activities”. Because during the break time in junior high or senior high school, my peers always talk about their cram school, including their homework, the appearance of their teacher, and so on. In order to have the subject of a talk, my parents want me to go to cram school not only to learn but also make friends with other people. However, I think the topic of conversation should not be confined to such a limit subject. Movies, sports, habits, or cartoons can also be the good materials of a talk. If we only talk something that happened in cram school, I think our horizons would be limited and that would not stimulate our thoughts.

    To sum up, I think the question of whether I should go to cram school or not differs from person to person. Not all of people “have to” take lessons after school! Parents should evaluate their children’s conditions to make a decision about whether to send them to cram school or not.