Migrant workers and their kids also are at a disadvantage when it comes to education. Chinas education system is very similar to that of the United States in having an elementary school, middle school, high school and college. However it differs from the U.S. by the law the Chinese government passed in 1986. This law states that Chinese citizens only need to attend 9 years of school. After 9 years of schooling they can decide to go into the workforce (which many migrants do) or continue their education. In rural China almost all students go to school for 9 years and then either work on a farm or apply for a Hukou and get permission to migrate to a city in hope to find work. A rural education in China has a very negative cultural stigma …show more content…
Also rural China lacks quality teachers because these teachers don’t want to live in rural China and would rather stay in the city. Another disadvantage migrant workers kids have is that they lack the family support they need while growing up. With their parents in the city and away they are generally raised by their grandparents. They usually see their parents during the holidays and that is about it. This can take a toll on a child while he or she is attending school and may disrupt their learning. Another indicator of the obvious educational gap that China has from rural to urban China is that 84% of high school graduates from Shanghai attend a 4-year college, while less than 5% of high school graduates from rural China attend a college. This is a significant gap that really needs to be addressed. There was also a study done by the Institute of Economics of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) that ran a survey on 2,384 Chinese migrants and recorded that 67% of received an education to the level of Junior Middle School or lower. The Chinese government has identified this problem and is trying to address it through a 10-year reform plan that started in 2010 to 2020. This reform plan wants to address
Although I have lived in America, I still feel infinitely grateful for my birth country, China. As Malcolm, Gladwell writes in his book Outliers: The Story of Success, Chinese is innate born with diligence since the thousands of their ancestors have been working on the rice paddies days and nights to cultivate the corps, in the hope of earnning the fortune to the whole family. They believed that work hard, and the reward they will attain will respectively increase. This iron rule could also efficiently apply to Chinese education. Since China is a developed country, a large part of its population struggle to make a living under the average line of poverty, therefore it has a high demand on elite, with which to progress the whole society in all
How does each of the following religions reflect the importance of revelation: Judaism, Christianity, Islam? What do these faiths have in common? What are their main differences?
Slaves were treated terribly, but maybe not as bad as immigrant factory workers. Slaves were from the south and immigrant factory workers were from the north. Slaves were captured from Africa and sold into slavery. In slavery, slave owners forced slaves to work without pay and with the fear of being whipped. Immigrant factory workers were people that came to America for a better life. Slaves were treated better than immigrant factory workers because slaves were given better food, shelter, and clothing than immigrant factory workers.
Over a period of year’s education has grown to be very important to many cultures all over the world. At one time in many cultures children were only taught what was necessary to get along and sometimes only children of the wealthy would be taught. China’s government
The Great Depression, which had begun during the 1920’s worsened the lives of many Americans, especially migrant workers. Imagine trying to survive in a failing economy, with a family to feed and bills to pay. Imagine not knowing where the next meal is coming from, or how you will keep the roof over your head for another day. This scenario was the daily life of many migrant workers during the Great Depression. Because of the Great Depression, employment in farming failed, government assistance increased, and the desire to survive or support your family was crucial.
Immigrants have always been a part of the United States and played a major role in building the foundation for the life in America, therefore, legal immigrants, should always be welcome granted that they come with good intentions. "Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" is a saying that has been associated with the country of The United States of America since its founding. That saying has infused immigrants with the idea that upon reaching this holy land, their lives will drastically change for the better. With that dream in mind, hundreds of thousands of immigrants, flock to this country to become part of its evolving culture.
A common biased opinion on immigration is that immigrants coming to the United States are taking American jobs. According to the Immigration Policy Center, “research indicates there is little connection between immigrant labor and unemployment rates of native-born workers.” The jobs that immigrants are taking are the low-budget jobs that Americans do not want. They not only get less pay, but also less benefits in comparison to American workers. In fact, according to Forbes, “illegal immigrants actually raise wages for documented/native workers.” America is considered to be more productive when we have more trading partners, Undocumented workers with limited English skills allows more American workers
The Mexican Migrant Farm Workers’ community formed in Southern California in the 20th century because of two factors that came together: farming emphasized by migrations like the Okie farmers from the East and Mexicans “imported” to the U.S. because of the need for cheap labor as a replacement of Americans during World War II. The migrant labor group formed after an already similar group in the U.S had been established in California, the American farm workers from the East, known as the Okies. The Dust Bowl of the 1930s caused the movement of the Okies to the West and was followed by the transition from American dominant farm labor to Mexican migrant labor. The Okies reinforced farming in California through the skills they took with them,
with their friends. Both Americans and the Chinese value education and feel that education is
“The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.” (-Mark Twain) Being a child of immigrant parents who move to American can be hard. There is a lingering feeling of not feeling like a child belongs. They are stuck in the invisible world between where their parents came from, in this specific case, Asia and where the child lives now. It can be difficult to be raised as an Asian American and learning both culture and traditions. Many Asian American kids end up deviating from the Asian culture and embracing the American culture. However, children of immigrants should embrace their own culture in order to keep traditions alive and be proud of who they are.
Each country has its own kind of education, and education always plays an important role in affecting students’ life and study on many aspects. Having received ten years of education in China and two years of education in the U.S. I would like to compare and contrast a few significant aspects of these two different kinds of educations. Knowing that no two education systems are the same, the differences between American education and Chinese education allow countries to take the essence and discard the dross through learning from each other so as to improve their own current education systems.
In 2014, 35 million Americans identified as Hispanic, of whom 64 percent said they had Mexican heritage - almost 11 percent of the total population. As birthrates for Hispanics exceed those of Anglos, demographers estimate that by 2042 non-Hispanic whites will be a numerical minority in the United States. At the beginning of this century, there were twenty-one states where Hispanics were the largest ethnic minority.
The role of grandparents in a child's life in China tends to be greater than in a typical household in the West. It's quite common for multiple generations to live in one home. In some rural areas, parents travel hundreds or even thousands of miles to work in cities. The children are usually left behind to be cared for by their grandparents.
The Chinese government set up a wide system of primary schools. For the first time in all of China’s history the majority of the population received a complete basic education. Even though the government’s “Great Leap Forward” program didn’t put
The differences that exist between the Chinese and American education systems are great and obvious. However, some of these differences don’t play to the strengths of the representative country. American schools allow for greater freedom of movement and choice, while Chinese schools decide the “what”, “where”, and “how” of educational circumstance for the students (Bush, tony, and Qiang Haiyan). These differences in structure should lead to a greater educational standard being held by China, but that isn’t always the case. This paper will examine the differences in education system in the two countries and show that the Chinese system, while