Is studying abroad good for employment?

Objectively speaking, studying abroad is a big decision for everyone and even for every family, especially for parents who want to send their children abroad to study high school or university preparatory courses, there are many factors to consider. In the past two years, there have been a lot of negative reports in some domestic media about the lives of young foreign students overseas, making parents more hesitant to make a decision.

Zhang Chao, a senior consultant and manager of the Shenzhen branch of Guangdong Qide Education, a famous study-abroad service provider, said that instead of focusing on the pros and cons of studying abroad at a younger age per se, parents might want to ask themselves: Why do I want to send my child abroad? Based on his personal understanding of the overall environment of foreign education, he believes that studying abroad, especially in the UK and Australia, has seven major advantages.

Continuous assessment system

Domestically, children are usually selected through a single examination. The college entrance exam, which many people call the "one-wood bridge", is extremely stressful for children. The system of continuous assessment of performance, which is common in foreign high schools, is clearly more conducive to a fair assessment of the child's performance.

Stronger competition

The reality of employment in recent years has also put a large number of graduates in China under enormous pressure to find jobs after graduation, or even face unemployment, or have to join the workforce from a very low starting point. And this is something that parents never want to see. But if you have a study abroad experience, the child's own competitiveness and development will be stronger, and can have a higher career starting point.

Mastering English

The younger a child is, the better he or she is at imitating the language. After two or three years of high school education, a child's English is generally at the level of a domestic English graduate, and the ability to use it in practice is even greater. Compared to the early international students (who mainly went abroad for their master's degree at that time), what they lack may be a little bit of trial and error, but they will certainly be able to master more authentic English than their predecessors.

Flexible teaching methods

Foreign high schools are more flexible in their choice of courses, allowing them to tailor their teaching to the students' needs and encouraging them to think independently and be creative. Even if a student is an underachiever, he/she can choose courses according to his/her major and interest in the university he/she wants to study in the future, which greatly mobilizes his/her motivation for learning and makes it easier for him/her to get high grades and enter a prestigious university.

Opportunity to study in famous universities

Peking University Press once published a book "World Famous Schools", which listed famous schools in various countries, for example, Harvard, MIT, Stanford, etc. in the United States, Oxford, Cambridge in the United Kingdom, and Australian National and Melbourne in Australia. Unfortunately, the book does not cover schools in China. However, if students choose to matriculate in famous foreign universities, they can more easily enter world-class schools with world rankings higher than those of Tsinghua and Peking universities, such as the University of Queensland and the University of Sydney in Australia, and the University of London in Britain.

Opportunity to emigrate overseas

Many people want to emigrate and go abroad in the future, and studying abroad to get an overseas degree is undoubtedly an excellent springboard. If a student has completed their high school or undergraduate degree locally, the chances of emigration and employment are much greater.

Ability to live independently

Studying abroad gives children the ability to live independently, which will help them adapt to society in the future. Theory and practice have proved that children's ability to take care of themselves is exercised, and the experience of studying abroad undoubtedly has significant value for children's studies, career prospects, and the development of their own character. "The hundreds of children we send out every year are definitely not much better at self-care than their peers when they are at home, but after going abroad for a period of time, they impress us when they come back in the summer and winter vacations. Some of the original shy children are also willing to take the initiative to deal with people". Zhang Chao said, "It is very gratifying to see these changes."

Some people summarize the benefits of studying abroad as a "three-step process": learning a foreign language, getting a foreign degree and finding a good job abroad. But is the outside world really that ideal? Will every child be able to adapt to life in a foreign country? The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on a new car, and then you'll be able to get your hands on a new car.

As many students' parents have never been abroad, they don't know the real situation abroad, and more often see the bright side of the good. In order to realize the dream of their children to study abroad or to realize the future blueprint designed by their parents for their children, they are willing to take out all their savings or even to the point of losing all their money. However, the moon in foreign countries is not fuller than the one in China, and the journey of studying abroad is full of twists and turns and hardships, which bring loneliness, depression and difficulties that can only be felt when you are there. Teenagers' outlook on life, self-reliance and self-control are not yet fully mature, and they are susceptible to external influences and some problems. For example, they get into bad habits, are lured by bad people to take drugs, gamble and live together. As a result, parents spend a lot of money and the children get into bad habits instead. In front of the great pressure of study and life, the immature physiology and psychology of secondary school students, not rich enough experience and experience are difficult to cope with the environment of a foreign country, and they are generally most of the only child, lack of ability to live alone, courage, etc., which restricts the development of their academic.

Therefore, students going abroad must have a buffer stage. Chinese people should build a good foundation of traditional Chinese culture at home before going to study in Western countries, integrating Chinese basic education with advanced Western technology. This will be conducive to the cultivation of internationalized talents with high comprehensive quality, comprehensive personality development, creativity and cooperation spirit, and the ability to explore knowledge independently. How can we scientifically and reasonably solve the many problems brought about by studying abroad at an early age, it is necessary to seriously think about and clarify the following issues.

First of all, it should be clear that the purpose of studying abroad is not to go abroad and immigrate

Due to the differences between the economy and culture of Chinese and Western countries, many Chinese students now study abroad for the purpose of immigrating through studying abroad. However, from the point of view of living habits, cultural environment, employment prospects, and socio-economic development trends in countries around the world, this is not a wise choice. Because China is the most promising country for development. At present, Europe provides 100 million jobs; in China, it can provide 400 million jobs. The real purpose of students going abroad is not to get a diploma and become immigrants, but to learn about the culture that China lacks, to pursue studies in high-quality prestigious foreign schools, and to develop the ability to think and practice in order to make up for the lack of complementary Chinese education.

Secondly, it should be clear that China's basic education is extremely advantageous

Domestic education emphasizes the systematic cultivation and training of basic knowledge, so the basic knowledge and basic skills of Chinese students should be more solid. Western education emphasizes the development of individual creativity, so it may be slightly better in terms of individual talent and creativity. Some foreign students who have completed their basic education at home will soon make discoveries, inventions, creations, and achievements when their advantages in basic skills gradually emerge abroad, coupled with the innovative advantages of Western education. Prof. Yang Zhenning, the Nobel Prize winner, has pointed out when talking about his achievements that the Southwest Associated University of China teaches me solid foundation and rigorous knowledge, and Columbia University of the U.S.A. teaches me innovative methods, and that the advantages of both Chinese and foreign education can be seen in each other, and that the combination of these advantages will result in a variety of talents. Moreover, the domestic basic education is now grasping the quality education and innovation education, I believe the development trend will not lag behind the West. Only when the students in the university China's educational deficiencies are revealed, for example, in the hands-on ability and market competition is still very lack of, so Chinese students who want to study abroad should choose to graduate from high school, so that it can be well dissolved into the Western culture; if students want to learn technology, you need to graduate from graduate school. With the overall quality of China's basic education generally recognized internationally, it is not advisable to adopt a presumptuous attitude.

Thirdly, it is necessary to clarify the problems of studying abroad at an early age

1. From the viewpoint of the physical and mental development characteristics of young foreign students, primary and secondary school students are usually around six or seven to sixteen years old, they do not have strong self-control, self-management ability, and their minds are not mature. Since they are too young and the freedom of foreign schools is great, it is easy to cause them emotional and psychological disturbances and defects in personality development. There are also some only child, poor self-care ability, laundry, cooking, hygiene have to learn from scratch, the lack of social, etiquette knowledge, in a foreign country to seek help, easy to have a sense of melancholy and a sense of loss, behavior is easy to derail.

2, from the point of view of the implementer of education, successful basic education is composed of schools, parents and society as a whole. And in the process of the child's growth, parental love and care is no one can replace, let the child all of a sudden alone to live abroad, in the emotion will inevitably cause deficiencies in the child's psychological quality of training is not favorable. In view of the basic education is a country, national cultural education, countries around the world to study abroad for primary and secondary school students are also a blanket disapproval, do not support, or even do not allow the policy.

3, from the point of view of the child's future development, a child of a low age, the understanding of the culture of the mother tongue needs to accumulate, need to accumulate, there is no experience when you are a child, it is easy to lead to the lack of the culture of the mother tongue, to study abroad for a few years and then come back to the two cultures are half-familiar with not necessarily a good thing. As a Chinese, students' future employment, development, and various opportunities have a lot to do with their own country, so they shouldn't give up on Chinese basic education very early.

Fourth, to clarify the cost of studying abroad at an early age

In developed countries, the education industry's direct contribution to GDP has reached 6-7%, such as the United States, only one of the education services to generate income of up to 200 billion U.S. dollars a year. The United States, Britain, Canada, Australia and other countries in developing countries to recruit a large number of students, charging expensive tuition fees, but also profitable. In the United Kingdom, Canada and other countries there are even some schools specializing in recruiting foreign students, aiming at this "gold mine" in China, each secondary school student charges 120,000-150,000 yuan per year, three years is more than 400,000 yuan. China has implemented nine years of compulsory education, most of the younger children abroad have not completed nine years of compulsory education, not in line with national regulations, should not be promoted. In addition, it is not desirable to study abroad at a young age with a mother and child as companions. Take China and Singapore as an example, there are differences in the education systems of the two countries. Singapore's official language is English, students start learning English from the first grade of elementary school, while China's students generally start learning English from the fourth and fifth grades, children in Singapore generally have to start school from the lower 1-2 years of grades, spend a lot more money. And the cost of boarding secondary schools abroad is more expensive than universities and extends the student's study period.

Fifth, to clarify the student's own qualities and talents

Fully combined with the educational advantages of foreign universities and the student's own situation, such as their own qualities, interests and hobbies, etc. to choose a good direction of study, and on the future of the road to study abroad: for example, whether to read the domestic junior high school, senior high school, how to go to college, graduate school to be well-prepared. In fact, if domestic students want to study foreign high school courses, there are very good schools in China, such as enjoying the gold standard of high school curriculum: Cambridge Curriculum System-Beijing Wangfu School, which students are guaranteed to study not only domestic high school courses, but also foreign high school courses. After graduation, students can use their A-LEVEL exam results to enter any university abroad. This teaching system is widely recognized by parents and students in China, and has been repeatedly praised by the president of the Cambridge Examination Board, who said, "Beijing Wangfu School is one of the best schools I have ever seen". After visiting Beijing Wangfujing School, UNESCO leaders also recognized the school as one of the best and most effective schools in international education reform.

Sixth, clear the development of students before studying abroad

Students should look for an experienced and successful person who has studied in a top foreign institution to provide life planning and study abroad mentor, to help them do career planning. If you go through the procedures through an intermediary, you can only achieve the purpose of going abroad, and the intermediary organization is not very concerned about their future development. The above problems can be avoided if the student's study abroad program is done well with the senior study abroad tutor. In the domestic international education consulting agencies to do the best is by the Cambridge University Chinese Alumni Association, stay in the United Kingdom and France, the world's top successful students founded the "Comfort International Education Exchange Center", they rely on the world's most successful senior students to do personalized career design for each student, and according to this design to provide the best study abroad program, to achieve the Chinese students dream of going to the world's top universities, and the best study abroad program. They rely on the world's most successful students to make personalized career design for each student and provide the best study abroad program according to this design, so as to achieve the dream of Chinese students to study in the world's most famous universities and maximize the value of everyone's life.