Overseas Study Rubbish

Yiyang Li

James Marielli

ENG104-031

04-24-2001

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• This phrase came from New Zealand in 2001.• In other word, they are Chinese overseas crap students.• Small group of Chinese international students.• Age between ten to twenty-eight.• They come from rich families.• They “study” in western countries.• Students who come from China do not study hard.

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WHAT IS OVERSEAS STUDY RUBBISH?


1. Past poor academic achievements, unhealthy learning habits and lifestyles;

Ling Liu CHINA DAILY 2003

Five factors of these students

2. Inability to control oneself when a monitoring system was absent in a foreign country where language school did not care about the welfare of their students

3. Difficulties in making cultural, academic and social adjustments in a new learning environment


4. Unclear goals in learning because many were forced to study overseas by their parents;

Ling Liu CHINA DAILY 2003

Five factors of these students

5. A tendency to brag about, and inability to manage large amounts of money that Chinese parents send out with their children.


•skipping classes•Play games all day and night•Cheating in the exams and homework•Doing drugs•Gambling•Prostitution•Waste large amount of parents’ money

XI & Gu; www.baidu.com; Wang

What “rubbish students” do?

http://www.baidu.com/


Cohabitation when they were in middle school.In order to get German citizenship some Chinese girls marry old German workers when they are eighteen.Fight with German instructors and students in school.

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In Germany


Commit crime Do DrugsGamble their money awayNever show up to schoolHave complicated relationship and get Venereal disease

Butcher & McGrath

In New Zealand


Jan-21-2009 A Chinese girl Stabbed to Death on Campus Was Decapitated.

Butcher & McGrath

In United States

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,481406,00.html



www.themegallery.com Butcher & McGrath

Another Sad Story

SHANGHAI, April 13 (Xinhua) -- A young man who nearly stabbed his mother to death over an alleged row for money has aroused widespread concern over adequate moral education from China's loving yet high-demanding parents.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/xinhua/2011-04-13/content_2295274.html

YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixOsrxizsCE&feature=related






1. Fail in the Gaokao(The national higher education entrance examination); about ten million Chinese Students take the Gaokao every year. But only four universities are in the world’s best universities in top 200.

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Why this happened?

2. Most parents have only one child, and they want their child to have a good future.


3. Chinese agencies help low quality students get offers from universities in western countries

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Why this happened?

4. These students don’t want to go to class because they developed terrible habits in China.And then they become “overseas study rubbish”.


There are four ways to resolve this issue.1. Chinese government strengthen their supervision of the education system.2. Western schools take more regulations to limit these students from doing bad things. 3. Make a connection between school and students’ parents, let them know what their children are doing in school

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How to solve this problem?


The most important one:

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How to solve this problem?

Overseas study rubbishAccording to Goethe, “If they realize the important thing in their life is to have a great aim and the determination to attain it; there will be less “rubbish students”.


“Overseas study rubbish” is not only a social issue, but also a gap of education.

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CONCLUSION

But I believe that this issue could be solved in next few years.


1. Elsie S. Ho, Wendy W .Li March 2007 “The Experiences of Chinese International students in New Zealand”

2. Andrew Butcher & Terry McGrath International Education Journal Vol 5, No 4, 2004

3. Collins, F.L (2006) “The racilasation of export education in Auckland, New Zealand. Asia pacific Viewpoint, 47(2),217-234

4. Juning Wang, “oversea rubbish students” published in January 2008 by CHINESE OVERSEAS.

5. Liu, W. (2003, Aug 4), “The situation of Chinese students in Australia, NZ worrying” PEOPLE’S DAILY.

6. www.xinhua.net 7. www.baidu.com8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixOsrxizsCE&feature=related 9. http://www.usnews.com/education/worlds-best-universities/articles/2010/0

9/21/worlds-best-universities-top-400-?PageNr=6

10. http://www.china.com.cn/chinese/WISI/314000.htm 11. http://read.dangdang.com/book_1063 12. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,481406,00.html

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References

http://www.xinhua.net/

http://www.baidu.com/


http://www.usnews.com/education/worlds-best-universities/articles/2010/09/21/worlds-best-universities-top-400-?PageNr=6

http://www.usnews.com/education/worlds-best-universities/articles/2010/09/21/worlds-best-universities-top-400-?PageNr=6

http://www.china.com.cn/chinese/WISI/314000.htm

http://read.dangdang.com/book_1063
