What is it like for Chinese students living abroad?

Introduction to the living conditions of Chinese students abroad:

1: Loneliness

Use eating, drinking and having fun to cope with the emotional vacuum

In ordinary days, except When I study in class, I don’t know what to do. University education is very independent. You can choose different courses and meet different classmates. After class, he left in a hurry. We are all strangers and there is little communication. The only acquaintances I have are the few Chinese classmates who live together. In addition, it is basically a vacuum world. So, when we were extremely bored, we all ate and drank together, trying our best to fill our stomachs with beer.

More international students do not have close friends of the same nationality around them, and they are surrounded by a strange language environment. It is difficult to break into other people's circles, and they are prone to feelings of inferiority and marginalization. Over time, the loneliness that is difficult to relieve makes them very withdrawn.

As a result, some people spend a lot of time playing games, and some even gamble and take drugs. "There is another very common phenomenon, which is living together! Use this as a way to relieve loneliness." There are also people who seek excitement in the solitude and use high technology to commit crimes.

In a lonely environment, the care of relatives and friends is most needed. For those who handle it well, monotonous life becomes the best environment for learning.

2: Academics

Easy to enter, strict to exit, high to eliminate, people are devastated

In Canada, many schools have an elimination rate of more than 30%, and some The subject score is even as high as 40%. If you fail, you will lose the chance to graduate. This has brought great pressure to many students who have traveled across the ocean to study abroad, carrying the deep expectations of their relatives and friends. Many people cannot bear this pressure, which leads to some tragedies.

Last year, Zhang Zhenyu, an international student in Nanjing, committed suicide by jumping off the building at Moscow University. Between academic pressure and family changes, he felt unable to bear the burden. So, he jumped from the 7-story dormitory building and ended his young life.

Similarly, in the UK, Chen Xin also saw two Chinese students unable to bear the pressure of study and committing suicide by jumping off a building. Analyzing money cannot solve the problem of studying abroad.

Too many cruel lessons have forced people to reflect on how necessary it is to blindly study abroad! Especially in recent years, more and more "little international students" have been sent abroad in high school, junior high school or even elementary school in order to receive a "high-quality" education. However, this often backfires and the prospects are worrying. Before they went out, were they prepared, prepared to endure hardship, and prepared to accept pressure? Some parents just prepare money, which is not enough. We also need to prepare our children with more endurance to endure hardships and hardships. It is obviously irresponsible to blindly send it away and give it away!

3: Language

The English learned at home cannot be used abroad

Language barriers also bring a lot of pressure to many international students.

There are different accents in different parts of the UK. The aunt who sold tickets had a strong local accent, which was difficult to understand for the first time. Most of what we learn in China is American pronunciation, but in ordinary life in the UK, a variety of accents are common. Analyze the differences in English in different countries

To truly become an excellent international student, you need to integrate into the local culture and the life of the locals. This brings difficulties to international students who have only learned standard English. There are many students who were very good before coming to study abroad. After coming, they find that they feel dissociated and have a lot of psychological pressure.

4: Culture

Chinese good students are considered worthless

In China, teachers generally emphasize authoritative conclusions; but in the UK, teachers emphasize the argumentation process . British teachers focus on cultivating students’ sense of innovation.

Perhaps it is because of this cultural difference that many Chinese students are not valued by British teachers. In the eyes of British teachers, students who do what the teacher says are worthless and have no training value!

If international students can receive systematic training before going abroad to tell them about the situations they may encounter abroad and prepare them, they will probably avoid many detours.

5: Discrimination

Being bullied and expelled from the school

Some international students reported that there are racists in some areas in the UK. Countries such as China and Vietnam are very unfriendly to international students. One year, in the first semester of school, 11 Chinese students were injured. International students who have had personal experiences reported that those people inadvertently speak to you in Chinese on the street, and if you answer and confirm your nationality, they will bully you.

At these times, they don’t dare to call the police. First, they are afraid of retaliation in a foreign land. They are also worried that the school will expel you from school. Schools usually don’t care about these things, and they are afraid that you will be seriously injured by racists. Even if someone is killed, in order not to take responsibility, I would rather let you drop out of school first.

Many international students who have had this experience are afraid to go out alone at night, leaving eternal pain in their hearts.

6: Work

International students find it difficult to find a job at both ends

The number of international students has increased and the value of their degrees has declined, which has forced most international students to return to their home countries for employment. The employment standards of domestic enterprises are also changing, and they are no longer superstitious about foreign diplomas. Treat them equally at home and abroad. International students have lost their original competitive advantages.

Facing the pressure of reality, what international students need is a good mentality: look at it objectively before going out, face it calmly after going out, do not rush for quick success, and do not worry about gains and losses.

Society should also be actively guided to remove the halo, reduce pressure, and return to its proper place!