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对于美国人来说，我们就是外国人。那我们这样一个外国人眼中的美国会是怎样的呢？来自中国福建的90后女孩陈韵正，现在正是一名初中生，曾随父母去美国学习和生活过。下面就让她给大家讲讲她所亲历的美式教育吧！
Once I was in middle school I realized what a huge difference it was from elementary school. I couldn’t be as free as before. To start with, school started earlier. In elementary school, school started at 8:30 A.M. But in middle school it was 7:50 A.M. And we needed to go to the gym where we met with our team before heading to our classroom.
The way we had classes changed greatly. In elementary school we studied all subjects in one classroom and the headteacher of the class taught three major subjects all by herself. In middle school every subject had its own classroom and each was decorated differently. I had seven subjects—Writing, Reading, Social Studies, Science, Math, etc. And seven different teachers. We had to move from class to class.
One of the biggest differences between a Chinese school and an American middle school was that American middle school did not have any recess time. We studied three subjects in the morning with each subject lasting for a one-hour period. We only had one minute to race to the next classroom! If we needed to use the restroom, we had to ask our teacher to sign a pass. We only had a twenty-minute break for lunch. There was barely time to wash our hands! We had to line up to get our lunch. No one liked to be at the end of line because it gave you less time to eat! After lunch we had three more subjects with the last being an encore (which lasted one and a half hours). Encore classes were fun as I studied sewing, cooking, financing, baby-sitting, etc.
Middle school also seemed to have endless rules! We could not wear hats, could not wear low-cut coats and could not jump or run in the hallways. There were two colors of tiles on the floor. We had to march on the borders between the two tiles, so our whole line was straight, the walls wouldn’t be made dirty and the lockers wouldn’t be tinkled. A camera viewed us consistently. From the ceiling yellow posters were hung saying “Speak in a low voice.” “Don’t touch the walls” and so on!
Each student had their own locker in which we stored our personal belongings. You had to put your backpack in the locker and could only fetch class materials during the one minute “class racing-time”. But there was one thing you must carry—an agenda, which recorded our everyday performance in school. We carried an agenda which had to be signed if we wanted to open our locker during classes, go to the library, or use the restroom. Every student must carry their agenda all the time in case the teacher would have a check. Failing to do this you would be unlucky-be published to take the “safe seat” or even worse to go to the “buddy room”.
上了中学，许多方面都和小学不一样。总的感觉就是没有以前那么自由了。最明显的就是上课时间提早了，小学是上午8：30上学，中学要求7：50前到校。而且不能像小学那样直奔自己的教室，得先在体育馆里和自己团队的同学会合，等老师来了，领着各团队的同学排队到不同的教室上课。
上课的方式变化可大呢！小学上课基本都在一个教室，而且班主任一个人包揽了三门主科；而中学则是按课程来分，每门课分别都有自己固定的教室，室内布置也各具特色。我有七门课——写作、阅读、社会科学、科学、数学等，和七个不同的老师，我们每上完一节课都要匆匆忙忙换教室。
和中国最大的不同是，美国学校居然没有课间休息时间。我们上午连着三节课，每节课一个小时，中间大概只有一分钟的时间换教室，上厕所还要老师签字。中午大家都在学校用餐，时间是20分钟，几乎连饭前洗手的时间都没有。因为吃饭要排队，没有人想排在最后面，因为这样肯定来不及吃饭。饭后紧接着又是三节课，好在每天的最后一节课是副科（一个半小时），教些像厨艺、缝纫、理财、照看孩子等生活常识，比较好玩些。
中学的规矩特别多，比如在学校不能戴帽子，不能穿低领衫，不能在楼道里蹦蹦跳跳。我们学校的走廊用两种不同颜色的塑料板铺成，走路时两脚要踩在不同颜色的方块上，这样不仅看上去队伍整齐，而且不会碰到墙两边把墙壁弄脏，避免接触到墙壁的带锁柜子发出叮叮当当的响声。有监视器一直监督着我们。走廊的天花板上还悬挂着“尽量小声说话”“不要接触墙壁”等黄色提示条。
我们每个同学都有一个带放私人东西的柜子，到了学校就得把书包放在里面，只有在课间才能到柜子里拿下一节课需要的材料。有一样东西是必须随时随地携带的—那就是你的“议程簿”，它记录了自己每天在学校的活动情况。只要不是集体活动，比如你临时想到柜子里拿点材料，或者去图书馆自习，或者上卫生间，都必须在自己的“议程簿”上填写目的地及出发时间，然后让老师签字后才能离开。学生任何时候都必须带着“议程簿”，以备老师检查。如果未经批准随便走动，那就惨了——被勒令坐到教室最角落的“安全椅”上，甚至可能被关到“禁闭室”。
Once I was in middle school I realized what a huge difference it was from elementary school. I couldn’t be as free as before. To start with, school started earlier. In elementary school, school started at 8:30 A.M. But in middle school it was 7:50 A.M. And we needed to go to the gym where we met with our team before heading to our classroom.
The way we had classes changed greatly. In elementary school we studied all subjects in one classroom and the headteacher of the class taught three major subjects all by herself. In middle school every subject had its own classroom and each was decorated differently. I had seven subjects—Writing, Reading, Social Studies, Science, Math, etc. And seven different teachers. We had to move from class to class.
One of the biggest differences between a Chinese school and an American middle school was that American middle school did not have any recess time. We studied three subjects in the morning with each subject lasting for a one-hour period. We only had one minute to race to the next classroom! If we needed to use the restroom, we had to ask our teacher to sign a pass. We only had a twenty-minute break for lunch. There was barely time to wash our hands! We had to line up to get our lunch. No one liked to be at the end of line because it gave you less time to eat! After lunch we had three more subjects with the last being an encore (which lasted one and a half hours). Encore classes were fun as I studied sewing, cooking, financing, baby-sitting, etc.
Middle school also seemed to have endless rules! We could not wear hats, could not wear low-cut coats and could not jump or run in the hallways. There were two colors of tiles on the floor. We had to march on the borders between the two tiles, so our whole line was straight, the walls wouldn’t be made dirty and the lockers wouldn’t be tinkled. A camera viewed us consistently. From the ceiling yellow posters were hung saying “Speak in a low voice.” “Don’t touch the walls” and so on!
Each student had their own locker in which we stored our personal belongings. You had to put your backpack in the locker and could only fetch class materials during the one minute “class racing-time”. But there was one thing you must carry—an agenda, which recorded our everyday performance in school. We carried an agenda which had to be signed if we wanted to open our locker during classes, go to the library, or use the restroom. Every student must carry their agenda all the time in case the teacher would have a check. Failing to do this you would be unlucky-be published to take the “safe seat” or even worse to go to the “buddy room”.
上了中学，许多方面都和小学不一样。总的感觉就是没有以前那么自由了。最明显的就是上课时间提早了，小学是上午8：30上学，中学要求7：50前到校。而且不能像小学那样直奔自己的教室，得先在体育馆里和自己团队的同学会合，等老师来了，领着各团队的同学排队到不同的教室上课。
上课的方式变化可大呢！小学上课基本都在一个教室，而且班主任一个人包揽了三门主科；而中学则是按课程来分，每门课分别都有自己固定的教室，室内布置也各具特色。我有七门课——写作、阅读、社会科学、科学、数学等，和七个不同的老师，我们每上完一节课都要匆匆忙忙换教室。
和中国最大的不同是，美国学校居然没有课间休息时间。我们上午连着三节课，每节课一个小时，中间大概只有一分钟的时间换教室，上厕所还要老师签字。中午大家都在学校用餐，时间是20分钟，几乎连饭前洗手的时间都没有。因为吃饭要排队，没有人想排在最后面，因为这样肯定来不及吃饭。饭后紧接着又是三节课，好在每天的最后一节课是副科（一个半小时），教些像厨艺、缝纫、理财、照看孩子等生活常识，比较好玩些。
中学的规矩特别多，比如在学校不能戴帽子，不能穿低领衫，不能在楼道里蹦蹦跳跳。我们学校的走廊用两种不同颜色的塑料板铺成，走路时两脚要踩在不同颜色的方块上，这样不仅看上去队伍整齐，而且不会碰到墙两边把墙壁弄脏，避免接触到墙壁的带锁柜子发出叮叮当当的响声。有监视器一直监督着我们。走廊的天花板上还悬挂着“尽量小声说话”“不要接触墙壁”等黄色提示条。
我们每个同学都有一个带放私人东西的柜子，到了学校就得把书包放在里面，只有在课间才能到柜子里拿下一节课需要的材料。有一样东西是必须随时随地携带的—那就是你的“议程簿”，它记录了自己每天在学校的活动情况。只要不是集体活动，比如你临时想到柜子里拿点材料，或者去图书馆自习，或者上卫生间，都必须在自己的“议程簿”上填写目的地及出发时间，然后让老师签字后才能离开。学生任何时候都必须带着“议程簿”，以备老师检查。如果未经批准随便走动，那就惨了——被勒令坐到教室最角落的“安全椅”上，甚至可能被关到“禁闭室”。