Children in China and Canada

General education in the world has many differences. Every country has its own way of education. When I came to Canada, I deeply feel the differences between China and Canada. One of the most important is bringing up children in family, school and society.

In Canada, children have more opportunity to show their opinions in family equally, whereas it does not in China. In China, children must put themselves into a low level when they talk to the elders. Sometimes, children cannot show their opinions when they talk to the elders. I know it's a little strange to western country. However, in our Chinese opinions, we must do this to respect the elders. Another thing is that children cannot say "NO" when parents order them, or they will be hit. I know in Canada, children can choose whether they want to do when parents order them; what's more, children cannot be hit by their parents because it's illegal to hit children. But in our Chinese opinions, hitting is not only a good way to teach children, but also a kind of love. That is the first difference between bringing up children in China and Canada.

Studying in school is another difference in bringing up children. In Canada, children are so free to learn many things that they can have a lot of experiences, meanwhile, Chinese children only have to study, they don't have enough time to learn more about other things, so they are very good at studying, however, they don't have many experiences. For example, one of my friends named Calvin, who has gone to Vancouver to study engineering, always gets the first one in the test, but when they have to use their hands to mix something, he finds difficulty in doing that because he has not enough experiences in mixing. That's the most obvious difference between China and Canada.

The last important difference is children’s attitudes to the society. Most Chinese parents only tell their children to study hard so that they can find a good job, and they don’t say much about volunteering the society. As I know, most Canadian families teach their children to not only work for themselves, but also for the whole society. That's why it is hard for Chinese to get the global awards. That's one of the most important differences between bringing up children in China and Canada.

In conclusion, every country has its own way of bringing up children, but there is not best way to bring up children. Children are the future of our whole human race. Even though there are so many different ways of bringing up kids, we can put the good points together and find a best way to teach children. Only when we pay more attention to teaching children, will we human beings become better and better.