Western Education....西方教育

The western education culture is teaching you nothing. In studio, their won't tell you what you going to do like UM, for instance UM lecturer will ask you this week has to come out a floor plan, next week has to come out a scale 1: 100 section and next following week has to do perspective and so on. Here, they just distribute the brief and that 's it. The tutor just come to studio once of a week and meet you individually, half an hour for each student. Just present to them what ever you want to present, it is totally up to you! And the rest of the time you do work of yourself, no guide no instruction and no limitation. This is the secret of the successful education in western countries: it's teaching you nothing!

P/s: The latest world University ranking: Edinburgh University has move forward to 22nd rank in the world and 5th best University in the UK. Congratulation.

西方学生的独立性很强，教育制度自由性也很高。我们受东方教育的学生依赖性比较强，很多时候我们都会问老师有给什么指示或要求吗？由于这里讲师并不会理你，每星期只有一天见讲师，也只是短短的半小时。其余时间都是自己做研究，他们也不会管你做什么。我曾经问不同的讲师：What I have to do for this project? Any requirement for the submission? 他们都会讲一句：Do what ever you like! 这就是他们教书的方法，就是什么都不教，由你去发挥，去创作。但他们能够非常耐性的听你的意见，然后给你建议。最后，他们还喜欢讲一句：well done! 因此，工作室里所有的同学们都做着个别不同的设计，差异非常大。在这里，他们也不会每个星期给你分数，就好象没有分数这个概念，只要你投入去做，享受过程就行了。他们做课业也不会为了分数而去做，讲师也不会用分数来威胁你，也不会把分数挂在嘴边。教育本身就是教人并不是教分数，着一点我们东方社会就比较执着。所以没有所谓的外来压力和逼迫，只有自己的动力。他们也不会管你来不来学校或上课，我到至今为止还未签过任何的出席名单。在这里，若你自发性不强，便可能会在这儿虚度光阴，因为没有人会管你的屁事，你要为你自己负责任，这就是西方教育。西方能有那么多优秀的学校，一定有它的原因所在。