Homework Due: 30 Sept
Whole Group Activity:
The teacher will create a chart on the board with three categories: personal, school, and physical. Discuss
how the students’ obstacles fit into these categories. Fill in the chart with a selection of students’ obstacles.
Small Group/Individual Activity:
Students will move into groups of four. Each group will be given a copy of Joseph J. Foss' profile. Students will list
several examples where Joseph Foss faced obstacles, such as age, the enemy, and loss of planes.
Whole Group Activity:
Students will share the information that they gathered from the profile. Students will add more examples to their
lists.
Homework:
Students will write an essay on the following prompt: Use evidence from the profile or examples from your list
to support Foss’ persistence and perseverance. How does this relate/connect to you? Give your own
examples.
(250 words)
38 comments:
C/ Fitzgerald, N
I think that the students in China value their education the most. Their value of education can mean the difference between being poor or being a successful and well paid person. Between China and India they both value their education and understand it is an important part of being successful in the 21st century. I believe very few Americans value the education we get. This is shown by how much effort each student puts into studying China spends approximately 583,200 minutes studying, then India studies on average about 422,400 minutes, and Lastly America studies about 302,400 minutes. I believe that students in China and India would be picked first in a higher end job according to academics. While in India your job is usually chosen by the age of 17, most got with what their family is good at. China’s students do not have a specific career choice but usually they are gunning for the top university to get the best education they can for the job they chose. Americans tend to wait until they are in college and paying for classes before they decide on what they want to do with their life. Americans have been lackadaisical in the way they see education. The focus in the different countries are very different, in China their main focus is to strive in all areas and get into a great university to change their social status, while in India they are look to one change their social status and two impress their parents, in America the focus of school is in extracurricular activities. More people in America and focused on sports, student council, having a boyfriend/girlfriend, and other social activities. When it comes to math and science America is ranked 24th, while Finland is 1st. In America 3% of African Americans are proficient in math, 4% of Hispanics are proficient in math, 10% of Native Americans are proficient in math, and 20% of white Americans are proficient in math. Though many American students that are college bound about 66% study no more than 1 hour after school.
Cadet, Jaleel Boyd
The student that I think admire there education mare is the Chinese. The reason why is because, China has so many rules and regulations as it is. An example of that would be that they are usually only permitted to only have one child that what the government would want them to do. Another rule is that they can only have one pet. But the reason why I think they admire there education more is because in the video I noticed that they were the only students that had a back up plan. The girl back up plan was to play music, and the boy back up plan was to be a computer programmer. Another reason why is because 34% of Asians are better at math then whites, African Americans, Native Americans, and Hispanic. (That’s a known fact)
The students that I think will be the most desirable for a job in todays global business market would be the Chinese again.
The reason why I say the Chinese again is because when you really think about it there the ones you see today running really big businesses as in making cars as in Nissan, and Toyota. Another reason why is because there culture is as organized as it is so I would assume that they are organized themselves. That’s the reason why I think that they are the students that admire there education more then others and why they would be more fit for today’s global business market.
C/Senior Airman Thorn
The idea behind 2 Million Minutes is great. The movie is based on four high school students from the U.S., China, and India. The purpose of the title is to break down the relative amount of time that high school students spend their time. This counts class time, homework time, free time (if any), and any other specific time set aside during their high school “careers.” I believe that all four students from all three countries value their education just in different ways. Brittany and Neil from the U.S. choose to have fun while still getting their school work and studies done. Students from around the world, such as China and India, have no free time or time to have fun because their day is completely filled with school work, classes, tutoring, etc. The US has become less globally competitive in the last 20 years, I believe due to the technological advances that we all take for granted and allow the machines to do the math and science calculations for us. We have slacked off. I believe, because of this, the US ranks 24th of the list of the highest proficiency in math. Of all countries, Finland is first. We stopped worrying about anyone catching up to us, that now they have caught up with us and now we have a problem on our hands. I think that the students who are advancing in technology and working hard will have success in our globally competitive business market. Since Neil (from Carmel High, Indiana) is attending Purdue University majoring in Graphics Design, he will be ready for the step into the competitive world. Although he may not realize how competitive it is now, he will find out soon enough. As for the Chinese and Indian students, I think they are working too hard to be successful in the competitive world. If everyone would take a step back and say “We are in this together” then I think our deficit would not be so far from China and India!
C/Griffith Karen
The first question has to be the easiest to answer. Based on personal opinion I think that the Chinese students had to be the ones most serious about their education. For example when Jiz Ruizhang got the email from Peking University he was disappointed that he did not gain acceptance into their advanced math program, while on the other hand most any other student would be happy that they just got in. Jiz Ruizhang and Whiz Xiayuan seemed to be the most focused and discipline students out of all the others. Now the Indian boy and girl, Take Rohit and Apoorva did take their studies incredibly seriously, but I thought from a cultural aspect that they had it a bit easier then their Chinese peers. Simply because in the video they showed that they had time to pursue other interest than just school. But even still the American boy and girl Neil and Brittany had a far easier then their international peers. They seem to take everything less seriously than their international counterparts. I think if Neil and Brittany where placed in their exact position in a school in India or China for example, they would find themselves working twice as hard as they were and I do not think that they would be able to keep up which worries me.
In Today International global job market I think that the Indian students would excel better than all the other student. What I find when working with the international economy a person would has to have a great personality has well as a great mind. You have to remember that when dealing with the global job market, you are going to be dealing with people from all walks of life. So I think that the Chinese kids would be better at dealing with the more clinical jobs, while the American students would be better at dealing with the more social jobs. Based on what I saw on the video I think the Indian students were more well rounded the were focus on their intellectual aspects as well as their social aspects.
Cadet Jones-
To me 2 million minutes is about what todays countries are like in education. In the video people talk about the U.S., India, and China. Some of those people say that structuly american schools are broken. What that means is that america is lacking in education. In India and China, they have a higher graduation number than us. Out of those graduates from america, hardly go to college than those in other countries. Students in america get onto the college of their choice more than those in any other countrie. People in those countries mostly go to the colleges they can get into. Those people are more competitive than us towards education, and that’s why they have a higher graduation number than us. Did you know that kids in India and China have longer school days and school years than us. High school kids in China don’t have any days off unless its an holiday or festival. Do you know how many days we got off including weekends? At most, about three months…….three months! Do you believe that? In america, the average amount of hours a kid of any age, spends about 900 hours in class and 1500 hours in front of the tv! America is the best country to me but I think we as students, can do z better job at school than we already are!
The students in china works on there education the most because everyday they stay focused on all there work and do there homework. They don't be sitting around playing video games and watching tv all the time. And eating junk food every second, plus going out with there friends. All they do is stay in school to study there work and tests. Like zhang from the movie, what he does is that when he goes home he does his homework and then do what he wants to do. But what he did is applied for a MIT, but he wasn't accepted in to the institution. But 45 percent of U.S. students math course work beyond two years of algebra ane year of geometry. And about 50 percent of all college freshman required remedial coursework. That means the chinese and indian students are working very hard on there education while the students in U.S. is doing some of there time doing there work and studying but they spending much of there time with there friends hanging out. And going to parties; but the really important part of this is that we as americans need to focus on our education because in 1980s we was the most educational country in the world, but then chinese and indian is now becoming the most educational.x
The students in china works on there education the most because everyday they stay focused on all there work and do there homework. They don't be sitting around playing video games and watching tv all the time. And eating junk food every second, plus going out with there friends. All they do is stay in school to study there work and tests. Like zhang from the movie, what he does is that when he goes home he does his homework and then do what he wants to do. But what he did is applied for a MIT, but he wasn't accepted in to the institution. But 45 percent of U.S. students math course work beyond two years of algebra ane year of geometry. And about 50 percent of all college freshman required remedial coursework. That means the chinese and indian students are working very hard on there education while the students in U.S. is doing some of there time doing there work and studying but they spending much of there time with there friends hanging out. And what we need to do as americans is that we need to work on our education so we can become one of the bestest country in world like it was in the past. C/Pass,S
C/A1c Waddell
I believe that the students in China represent their education more. They spend ever waking second working towards their future. Then when it comes time for homework, they would work through the night, until the break of light, and to me this would be a very desirable trait when working in the global business market. The ability to get things done. So I believe the students in China would be most wanted out of the 3 (American, Indian, and Chinese). Out of these 3, China had studied more minutes, around 580,000 minutes. These are the reasons, in which I think, that the students in China would more likely be successful in the global business market.
C/ Technical Sergeant Ebony Leon
Two million minutes are the number of minutes spent doing anything over a period of four years. However, the video “2 million minutes”, focuses on the time spent in education, by three different countries. These three countries are America, India, and China. Two high school students were picked from each country to elaborate on what school and education means in their world.
From watching the video, it is obvious that the American students from Carmel High value their education the least. For example, Brittany (who plans on having a career in the medical field), said that when she gets to college, she wants to join a sorority. Why? Because she wants to party and have fun. Neither one of those things should be her main focus once she gets to college. Also, Neil, a National Merit Semifinalist, admits to not even putting any effort into the PSAT, nor did he bother to prepare for it. Nonetheless, he managed to do exceptionally well. Since I have ruled out the Americans as my choice for who values their education the most, that leaves the Indian and Chinese students. Even though, both groups of students are highly motivated, I will have to go with the Chinese as my choice. Even here in America, Asian students are thought to be the smartest of the bunch. In addition, statistics show that Asian Americans rank the highest in Math and Science. Chinese students are also in school a whole month longer. Finally, between American, Indian, and Chinese students, Chinese students spend the most time studying. Unlike, in America, where the average U.S. student spends 900 hours in the classroom and 1,500 hours in front of the TV each year.I think the students that would be the most desirable for jobs in today’s global business market are the Indian and Chinese students. For this one, I could not just choose one pair of students. Both groups not only possess extreme intelligence, but they are also hard-working and highly motivated. For example, Jin(from China), said that his secret to learning is that he stays focus while in class. His ability to learn comes easily to him because it is something that that he is truly eager to do. Also, Apoorva (from India), wakes up at 5:45 in the morning; goes to tuitions for two hours; does some math and physics afterwards; goes to school; and then has classes for three hours after that. This all takes place not on a weekday, but on Saturday! She is up working hard, when most, if not all American students are still sleeping.
Cadet Siefert
I think that china values their education more then anyone. I think the value it more because be for school they study there work. China’s kids don’t waste time doing their homework unlike American kids who do their homework a last minutes. 110 million student in china study enlish. They get all there homework done before they do anything. There school days are longer then anyone. The person I would give a job to is the china’s because the have a higher education level then anyone. They have a higher GPA then any other country. So if it came down to it I would choose them over anyone.
C/Koonce,I
I think that all the kids in the video value their education but the students in Japan and India are very diligent when it comes to their studies. Most American students do not spread out their time wisely. Some dedicate it to sports or other stuff. The students in Japan and India spend most if not all of their time studying so they can get into the colleges like IIt. Their standards there are much higher than ours. All it takes is a couple grades and a good GPA to get accepted into Wake Forest or Yale. But their school has a higher GPA requirement then we do. The students their probably have a 4.0 GPA or higher. 1/3 of India children are educated before they attend school. That’s one reason why I think that the students in Japan and India deserve half the jobs we have in the U.S. because they are just so qualified they are past the required standards. Were just average and they are so advanced. All that studying they do pay‘s off. If they came to the U.S. they would probably take half our jobs. So I think we need to be like them and work harder and not just have things handed to us.
-SAUNTAA MONIQUE KRICK- <3
After watching 2MILLION MINUTES it really makes you realize that slowly American is falling off. In this video it stated that Americans biggest concern now of days is there communities children are starting to get lazier because things are not like they were in the old days discipline is not being imp limited. I think the country that values their school work the most is china but coming very close would have to be India they both work extra hours to achieve everything they want I think they are much more determined to finish all their school work and work extra hard because most families are poor there and they don’t want to be without most of them work their way to trying to go into engineering because most of their family members have already went down that same path so they are able to help the students with any questions they don’t understand. 3% of African Americans should they were proficient in math and 4 % of Hispanics should they were proficient in math and 10 natives should they were proficient in math and 20 Asians should they were proficient in math. America is 24th in mathematics out of 29 that is a little bit ridiculous. One man said he feels that children in America have a bigger challenge because they don’t experience things that other countries do so they don’t know how bad it is to want something basically. This video also should that families in other countries spend more family time there families are a lot more hands on then families in the USA. In India school starts at 7:00 am and they get up before 5:45 to get other things done like tutoring and stuff. China goes to school for 9 hours school is there first priority another weird thing about China is children there love taking test I found that very interesting because I hate taking tests. I feel like if more American students watched this video it would really get them thinking that America is slowly falling down hill and were the only one that can make a change.
I think that the Chinese students value their education more than other countries. I think this because the Chinese want to get into schools and make a living out of themselves. Since china has a nine hour school day, they can do their work longer than American students do. Also they spend more time studying then Americans do too. The Chinese also apply for the top colleges around the world to be successful in life and most of them don’t get into them because a lot of other students apply for the same school. For example, a Chinese boy that was top of his class in high school , didn’t get into the college the wanted to because another boy was a little better than he was. I think the students who would be the most desirable for a job in todays global business market is the one who studies year round and has the potential in doing so. For example, 110 million Chinese students are learning English to go to America to get a job, while only 50,000 Americans are studying Chinese. Also, freshman in other countries are already learning calculus and Americans take that class when they are in college.
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C/ Tech SGT. E. Vitt
The world has changed and the education and success of the U.S. 25 years ago has downfallen while India and China’s students’ education continues to increase. I think that China and India both value their education way more than the United States does. China doesn’t really have the option to slack. With the Chinese, being able to succeed in math, science, or engineering is their ticket out of poverty. India only has the option to do academics or extra curriculars. Their parents are more involved with their education so it is expected of them to pursue in academics. Both countries believe that everybody should have a challenge everyday and have something that stimulates them to continue to work hard unlike most American students whom are too lazy. Parents in other countries tend to place more pressure on their children and their children are afraid of letting them down. Most American parents don’t do that much to enforce how important their education is. I think that has a lot to do with how successful their child is. It’s not only those facts that help out China and India but their school year is a full 4 months longer than the U.S. school year and they basically spend up to 2 times more doing homework, taking classes, and studying. Americans typically spend 900 hours a year studying and then 1,500 years watching T.V. That’s a huge difference between the two. Also, students in America tend to point the blame if they are failing or are not being taught correctly. The students in China and India take the initiative and develop their own teaching method at home if they don’t comprehend something. Again, it shows that we are lazy. On the other hand there are some kids that do apply themselves very much but it’s the distribution of time between sports, work, etc. It is sad that 60% of engineering PhDs earned nationally are won by foreign countries. America is just simply not competitive enough in my opinion. I do think we need to step it up some. We don’t necessarily need to become #1 but the U.S. does need to become more productive.
C/Cheyenne Brown,
In all honesty I believe that china were the ones that value there education more. I say that because their parents hold them up to such a high standard that they can’t even think of failure. I don’t think that is a bad thing though, if the we decided to start encouraging the students of the U.S. more for success instead of just doing enough to barely get by I think we could be just the same way. However I think that the kids in India would desire having a job in the U.S. than any other one of the kids in the video because the way they talked about how much they wish they could live like us and how they wished they had freedom like we do. I think that is making them work even harder, because you never know maybe they are working hard so that when they grow up and become independent maybe they would really consider coming to America for a better paying job, and all of the other stuff that they mentioned. I think the kids in America are really taking what they have for granted because when I watched this video it made me realize that we do indeed have a lot here whether we realize it or not, and I don’t think we are using it the right way. We really need to get our act together and maybe one day we can be just as smart or if not smarter than China, India, or anyone else for that matter.
I think the Indians value there education because they had to earn their positions and what they wanted to do when they graduate high school and it took a lot of studying and doing homework every night and the Chinese people education were giving to them and they really didn’t do much with their life unlike the Americans who didn’t really do much either but we still got further than the Chinese and we got accepted into the colleges we wanted to go to and we really didn’t do a lot of studying but we still got into the colleges that we wanted to be in and the Chinese didn’t or the Indians so the Americans and the Indians valued there education more and that’s what we got to value more. I think the Americans will get better jobs because Chinese cant even speak English and the Indians barely speak English so the Americans get the advantage on everything because we are better then anybody else in the world.
C/Airmen, Isaac Catunao
The student I think admire their education was the Indian kid. I thought that because like he said in India its either education or nothing plus the difference in the schools the schools there are family owned while our schools are state supported. Also they way India is its mostly poor but those student helped themselves by their education and working for it while most the time we get scholar ships handed to us. Like the Indian boy hey worked so hard to get in to IIT. So Like I said the Indian kids are the most educated.
I think the student that would get the best job today like I said before is the Indian. I chose the Indian again because the level they were learning their education. They where learning calculus and pre cal. Chemistry as freshmen and sophomores while jobs and colleges look for a high education such as what the Indians kids have in the movie. Most jobs today look for a four year degree in business but the Indian kids went to IIT as in the movie said one best business and technology and with his high school education he got into a prestige college and taking college classes in high school he can get a degree for business and tech.
C/ Cooks. I think that the China students value their education more. They had spent more time studying than the USA and India. I feel like students in the USA dont take their education as personal and serious. If we wpuld of calaclate the number of students who qualify for a schlorship, China would be high. USA students lives are based on extracurrcular activites. More students receive a sports schlorship before an education one. I believe parents have time to sit with their kids and be on them every step of the way to make sure the stay on their books only in the country China and India. Not much parents in the USA are that strict. If it came down to a job offering, China and India kids will overcome us as Americans. Thats what I believe. Us as Americans dont take our future lives serious. Atleast at this time of point.
The students that I think value education the most is the Chinese. The Chinese have more guidelines to success that the Americans do. I'm not saying Americans don't focus on their school work, but they are mostly focused on sports rather than academics, while the Chinese are more strict on themselves about their academics. I honestly don't believe that most Americans take their education as serious as the Chinese do. American students study about 302,400 minutes while India averages about 422,400 minutes, and China spends approximately 583,200 minutes studying. There are plenty of students in America that can take at least and extra hour in a half, maybe even two hours to just sit down and study but instead they would rather focus on their social life. I'm not trying to be a hypocrite because I don't study that much either, but watching the 2 million minutes video made me realize how bad we are with our academic skills. Students in China strive for a better education even though they may not have the money for it. Which makes me feel bad because there are people in America that have the money but don't put it to use for their education. When it comes to math and science Finland is ranked 1st while America is 24th. 40% of students in the US do not take a science class more challenging than Biology. In America there are 3% of African Americans, 4% of Hispanics, 10% of Native Americans, and 20% of white Americans that are proficient in math. Although there are many college bound students in America about 66% study no more than and hour after school. Me being part African American it kind of embarrasses me that only 3% of us are proficient in math. I know a lot of African Americans that are very intelligent in math but they just don't try their hardest. I think the Chinese students would be the most desirable for a job in today's global business market. The Chinese are very successful in what they do. They run big marketing businesses such as Nissan and Toyota cars dealerships. Most of the clothes you wear may say “Made in China”. They organize themselves very well. I'm not trying to put down Americans because most of them do have the skills to be as good as China. It's just the simple fact that they don't put themselves in that kind of position to expand the intelligence that they have. Overall the Chinese are much more academically challenged than Americans. If you don't like the way that is then it's all on you to change that.
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C/Javier
I feel that the students in China care more about there education. The reason being is because they don't want to be on the streets starving and poor they want to be rich and have a job they enjoy. Chinese students want to be #1 in their class and around the world. As we saw in the movie the girl from Shanghai was wanting to go to Yale university here in the United States! That could've been one of us she bumped out of the way to get in to Yale. Another reason I feel China Value their education more is because studying in China is a top priority. Chinese students study an approximate 583,200 minutes in and out of class, compared to us who only study 302,400 minutes.
The student that would be the most desirable for a job in todays global business market would be China once again. Compared to over here in the United States they don't have lots of sports and activities as we do. Have you ever heard of a Chinese Varsity or JV football team?NO. China doesn't care about sports China cares about being number 1 like I said before and being in college with a career already picked out.
America ha fallin so far behind in academics such as reading or mathematics compared to the rest of the countires in the world,but have you ever thought why? American students are "treading the waters of academic achievement while other countries are swimming faster and faster" according to Bob Compton. The movie 2 Million Minutes addresses this and many more topics, including the expanding success of other countries like China or India. I believe the documentary was made to increase the awareness of our educational system compared to other countries. Today's students are indifferent to learning and many of today's teachers aren't doing anything to help that. More than 93% of students are being taught by science teachers with little or no experience. Even in India and China, some students have no motivation to be educated, but they have an acceptable excuse; because they are too busy fighting starvation. Students in America are the ones that are without excuse. Our excuses are ones such as "I'm tired" or "I have football practice". The most amazing students in the US are not able to study as much as they probably should not only because they are busy with things like 20 hour a week football practices, 20 hour a week jobs, and after-school extra-curricular activities, but also because even the brightest students don't think that school is important and they think that things like movies and hanging out comes higher on the list of priorities than school. This is why so many in other countries are taking the jobs of American students.
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C/ Rivera, H
Out of the American, Chinese and Indian people I think the Chinese people value their education the most. I think this because while Xiaoyuan was waiting for a letter from Yale she kept working on her music in case she didn’t get accepted. She studied for 3 to 4 hours went to school for another 7 hours then went home to do homework then do her violin lessons. She had many plans and with her had studied everything she could do anything she set her mind to. The Chinese have 8 times more scientist and engineers then the USA because high school students in the USA only do what they’re told and nothing more. In the year of 2008 Chinese had a school completion percent of 96% while the USA had a 95.5%. The Chinese are getting ahead of the USA because kids now don’t do things to exceed what is excepted like the Chinese do. The Chinese percent of high school enrollment is 93% while the USA is 73%. The Chinese care the most about their education. I’d say Indian are next in line because they worked harder than the USA but still had their dreams of becoming famous. The USA is becoming lazy and something should be done about it before we aren’t ahead of other countries anymore.
Cadet B/Prater AS1
1mintnute 2mintnutes nah let’s take about 2million minutes that is the longest us U.S kids/teens spend in school. However, if you think about Indian teens spend a lot more time studying and making sure that everything’s right for school. Even though Chinese’s teens study and do all their homework the Indian teens have a lot to forward in tying 2 get into collages that they want and it hard like us U.S kids they get into a collage that they. Want but they won’t work as hard as the Indian teens do if you think about it U.S teen have a way better life then the other countries out there. But let’s say we put are self’s in their shoes one day and do all that hard work getting up at 4:00 in the morning to study and staying cooped up in are rooms. And not going to football games, parties, or hanging out with are friends. That is what many of the Indian teens want to do but they cannot sometimes I wish they had are life style but changing the world is not so easy but hey you life with what you got and do ever take it for granet
Cadet Rudd
Two million minutes shows a great point in education and what needs to work on more in the United States. It shows that the United States schools focus mostly on the extracurricular activites more than India and China. Also that 40% of United States highschool students do not take as many math courses and science courses. That 90 percent of ninth graders are taught science by a teacher who barely knows the subject. In India its way different for the students there because they dont even have the option to choose between academics and extracurricular activities. The reason why is because durinq the time the kids in the U.S. is doinq sports they are studying all day mostly. Also when indian students get in highschool they already know what they want to and for them the most common career is engineering. They are also educated for most profited schools. To them they think that the U.S. kids life is like a dream because they have so much freedom. So compared to them the United States has more time to do extra activities than studying all day. While in China they make sure the first thing they do is get all there work and homework done before anything else. In china they basically spend their time in school or at home working on school work because they dont have that much freedom either like India. Studying is also China's top priority for kids now a days in school. Also while the united States school year is 180 days only China has a month longer in school. They also study twice as much than American students do. In china 50,000 students are studying chinese. In after the kids in China are done with highschool they end up going to universities to study courses so they can better themselves while their education is qrowing so rapidly. So just by watching the video two million minutes you get to understand why China and India is in the top states of Education because they spend most of their day studying than doing any type of extracurricular activities. So just maybe one day the United States will do something about the education system but until then it most likely is going to remain the same.
C/Hasan-Hussein:
Students from China are the students that I think value their education the most, because they know what they will achieve from all of their hard work and studying. They go beyond the eighteen percent, in America, that take advance biology, chemistry, and physics and the forty percent, in America also, that go beyond the Algebra I, Algebra II, and Geometry. You have kids in Shanghai, for example, reading books that they know will help in understand more in the class room, Jin, for example, was reading one on Calculus, though he was not taking the class at the time. It is these students that are the scientist and engineers that China produces (China produces eight times more than the United States). It is these same students that are getting into colleges, like Yale, that are the most desirable in today’s global business market, at the same time these same students are participating in extra circular activities like violin and ballet. They reach for the things that they know can help them succeed even though at times, it may just seem unbelievable. Earning them spots in the sixty-six percentile, where U.S jobs are earned by people of foreign countries. This only leaves with two questions, is America globally aware that they are in competition with other countries for jobs and how did America become the twenty-fourth country in mathematics?
C/ TSgt Castillo
Regardless of race, all students from around the world, starting freshman year in high school, have approximately two million minutes until graduation. During this time, students are building their intellectual minds, getting ready for college and importantly, preparing for their careers. There are many ways they spend their time; some in class, some even socializing. The film talks about how China, India and The United States prepare their students for the future in the 21st century. As the top three superpowers in the world today, experts say that The United States are losing its competitive edge. They say that we seem like we don't know that we are in a competion for superpower and that we only care for ourselves. In America, we meet Neil; a high school senior who is awarded a full ride scholarship to Purdue and doesn't know what he wants to do in life. In India, the film interviews Rohit, a student, under huge pressure to get into the top engineering school. There are 60% of American students don't know what to do after high school, while in India, 99% of students are forced into careers after high school. In Shanghai, Xiaoyuan awaits to see if she is pre accepted into Yale University. She is also a violinist and tries out for the top music conservatory. She spends all night finishing her homework, showing that Chineese students have a better value in their education; unlike here in The United States where 40% of students don't take any science class higher than biology. Structurally, our education system is broke. Unlike the other countries, students in America just don't value the education we get. Back in the 70's and 80's, we used to produce the best scientists and mathmaticians. China now produces 8x more scientists and engineers, with India producing 3x more than the U.S. We didn't have all of the luxuries that we have today, so being smart was your ticket to get some of those things. Right now, India is fighting poverty and becoming a scientist or engineer is their way out to recieving money. If students in India didn't have the urge to fight poverty, the drive to be intellectually competitive wouldn't be there and wouldn't care about education as much as they do now. Here in The United States, we have a lot of luxuries that many other countries don't have. With that said, students would think that they wouldn't need education to be sucessful in life. It's just the fact that one country needs education to fight poverty to live while the other country could cruise through school and still do fine in life. In the other countries, it is school and home, and thats its. Here in the U.S, American students like to have fun and do a lot of extra-curricular activities. At Neil's school, Carmel High School spent 1.3 million dollars for renovations to their football stadium. That 1.3 million dollars could of been used to buy some new books or even new technology, making education at that school better. If Neil's high school did that, then I'm pretty sure that other high schools have done similar things, showing that The United States doesn't care for education as much as they love football. But becuase the U.S balances alot more activites than other countries, it compensates a lot for studying time. It is mainly home and school for the other guys. In China, a lot of their students focus on art activites like music while the U.S spends 1,500 minutes per week watching T.V. At the end of the film, with Rohit and Xiaoyuan working really hard during their high school careers, they didn't get into the college of their dreams, while Neil is in Purdue on a full ride scholarship for cruising through high school. That shows that educaiton in the other countries are super competitive and if your not smart enough, then the chances of getting into college is reduced. I think that what America needs right now is another generation of people from the 70's and 80's.
The video 2million minutes gives a closer look at how Americans spends their time for education purpose compared to other countries. And we are not looking to good. The USA is 24th in math and science in the world, Finland is first. The video give a hint that Americans are more interested in have fun, sports, and parties while India and China spend their extra time studying and pursuing their career. About 40 percent of US high school students do not take any science class more challenging then general biology. The percentage of high school principals who say they are not worried about low academic standards is 79. Math proficiency is by the 12 grade is 13% for blacks, 4% Hispanic, 10% Native American, 20% white, 34% Asian. We as Americans are falling behind in math and science. The students in China value their education more than American students and are going to be more desirable for a job in today’s global business market. In India and China they have longer school days and a longer school year they also know how to spend your time wisely. We need a tougher education so maybe we will use our extra time to get ahead.
Cadet Airman, Karey Ebbs
Cadet Shawn Brown
When asked to decide which country’s students value their education more between China, India, and The United States of America, the choice is quite difficult. Based on the statistics from the video, I believe the students from China and India value their education a lot more than students from The United States. So, when having to choose between India and China, I would choose Chinese students. Granted the Indian students due work equally as hard as the Chinese students, and strive for nearly the same goals the Chinese are just excelling to a higher standard than the Indian students. Both the Chinese and Indian students focus most of their times on school work and academics rather than sports and after school activates such as the American students. In India and China, a vast majority of the students obtain either a masters or a doctorates degree. While on the other hand, American students typically only obtain their associates or bachelor’s degrees. When many American students are focusing on what movie to see on the upcoming Saturday; Chinese and Indian students are getting their papers and books ready for their Saturday morning study sessions and tuitions.
In today’s competitive global business market, the Indian and Chinese students have the higher advantage over the American students. Though I believe, the Indian students are the most globally competitive in today business market. With over half of India’s students graduating with a high degree in engineering, they will more than likely have the best knowledge and strategies for our present day economy and global market. While nearly every single Chinese and Indian students take advanced math and science classes in High School; only 60% of students in America take any science classes that are more challenging that basic biology, and only 45% of American students take a math classes more challenging than basic and simple algebra. This places The United States in 24th place, far behind China and India, in mathematics in the world. On top of that, upon arrival in the 12th grade, only 3% of African American students, 4% of Hispanic American students, 10% of Native American students, 20% of White students and 34% of Asian American students in The United States are labeled as proficient with the basic knowledge needed and expected for a 12th grade student. Because Indian and Chinese colleges are stricter on their acceptance into their Universities, the students in these countries are held to a higher level and have to compete more than the students in the United States. This in turn, results in China and India producing higher qualified graduates and future global leaders.
C/ Moyet
The culture I believe that values its education the most is the Indians. Education and a stable career are very important factors of life to them due to the fact that education in select parts of Asia is not up to the standards of other major governments. In New Delhi, the capital of India, the graduation rate in all of its metropolitan schools approximates at around 87%. This is due to the support of the parents, teachers, and community. This type of support allows Indian children to be pushed further to finding a stable career and completing the necessary classes needed to attend the world’s top universities. The jobs that would be must suited for these children would be a career in the fields of engineering and science. India is among the top percentile in the fields of math and science. Indian children are more prepared for these type of jobs due to their increased knowledge of advanced math and physics. These jobs are not only set primarily in America, for other major countries such as China, India, and many other parts of the world. These areas need an increased number of building engineers due to the fact that most of these areas have populations estimating to be over one billion people.
i think that the students who are more into there education would be the chinese students. they put all there time into there school work. they will put there social life aside anyday just for a couple hours of studieng or tutoring.school is all they look forward to. they are completely dedicated to it, i find it so amaizing that there is people who actually give there all just for a good grade. i admire the chinese students alot and really wish i was somewhat like them.i think that the indian students would be more desireable for a job in todays global business market.why? because the indians are so much more into work. or creating things. they are extremely smart and for that i believe they are most fit for jobs. i think that both chinese and indian students are very admireable and i think that us americans should take them as a example and do the same with our school work.
Cadet O’Neale
1. Which students value their education more and why?
From observing current events and the movie I came to the conclusion that Chinese students value their education the most. Not trying to put down our American citizens but it really appears as if we don’t have to work as hard for anything! We settle for barely passing by, while they strive for the best and get depressed over the smallest amount of failure. China spends approximately 583,200 minutes studying, next, India studies on average about 422,400 minutes, and disappointingly America studies about 302,400 minutes. Nearly 40% of our U.S citizens take no science classes beyond biology, and 55% percent take no classes beyond algebra & geometry. Now why is that I wonder? Because we think that doing what is barely passing or only what is required is the way to go instead of doing exceedingly of what we’ve been asked. In china and India, parents and society plays a huge role in the education of a child. Parents instill that their education should be earned for a better life for themselves, and they work hard alongside their children to ensure that they get the education they need. Here in the US however students barely want to go to school the small amount of time we are required to now, and many insist on dropping out of school at the age of 16 to “begin their lives’ when nowadays at LEAST a high school diploma is required for even a side job. And the students who do stay in school are either there because their parents are forcing them to be there, or they’re there and barely working to meet the lowest standards jus to say they passed OR because they actual WANT a better education.
1. Which students would be the most desirable for a job in today’s global business market?
Now this one depends on the career. If we’re talking about engineering India’s students would be first choice due to the fact that they produce the highest amount of efficient engineers in the world. If we were to be talking about a scientific or mathematical career, employers would be leaning more so towards Chinese students, seeing that they are doing labs and algebra 2 at middle school levels.
A/Prater AS1
Tick Toc Times ruining out! Wait a min I have 2 millions min so why am I rushing? I think after watching the movie I realize that this people are doing a lot better in school then Americans are! Were Ackley slacking off by not studying or spending least time worry about education? China is out there working there but off by staying on their study’s there whole day is all school then homework and then they go study then probe a break right after go back to studying! They have a busy day but have no time to enjoy a normal life or to go have with their friends? That is why I think china student’s value their education more! Which students would be the most desirable for a job in today’s global business market? Mmmm it depends well I would say India would because they Ackley already know what they want to do with their lives! By the time your 17 or 18 in India you already know what you want to do you already have your mind made up but you really don’t get a choose out of it most the time! That why India would be the ones to get a job in global market! The movie tough me a lot from what I want to do with my life or from who I want to be when I grow up! I am going to start worrying about my studies and my education more!
C/Baines
I think that the Chinese children value their education more. By this I think they believe they need to do well in school to make a living in the real world. They are also pushed by their parents to be better than they were. Since there is only allowed one child in the household they have more focus on them from their parents’ than American children get. Indian kids take second place in their value of education. They learn to get high profit jobs. Now to American kids, they take their education for granted. They mostly like to hang out with their friends than to do their school work. Most of them like to rebel or try to disobey their parents. To me I think that the Indian kids would be more desirable in the business market. I think they would make it because they plan to work by age fifteen. Second in the job market to me would be the Chinese kids because they achieve high academically. They aren’t happy to work in the job market because their parents choose what they will do. Last would be the Americans because they don’t take education seriously. And this is what I think.
c/SrAmn
G.Sullivan
I feel like if we want to be in the front of everyone else we should do something about it and stop complaining about it. We need to start studying hard and stop taking our academics for granted. And to be honest it’s not just our fault as students we have a lot more things we can do other than school. In India and china they only have school to worry about that’s all. To us as students in U.S we don’t want to be the dummy’s in the word, we smart just like everyone else in the word we just need to try harder and focus. I feel like just me I can do better than what I’m doing right now in school. We just have to learn how to not give up and try. The more we chose to give up the more we don’t succeed. The students in India they know what it’s like to be thankful for what they got. Us over here always saying what if! So I’m just saying we can be as smart as they are…
Cadet Boone 10/17/2010 10:24PM
I think students in Asia value their education more because, their parents are hard on them to be successful. Education in Asia is important because they are about twenty years ahead of us in technology, math, and science. Forty percent of American high school students have never taken a class that’s more challenging than biology. China doesn't have a lot of opportunities and freedom of speech in their country, so a lot of them come over to America for a better life and to take over new business opportunities. China graduates the most students in the world, while American students are just sitting back and watching. While American students have a lot of free time, over in China their students have nine hours of school. Their school days are also longer than ours by twenty something days.
Asian students would be the most desirable for jobs in the global business market because, they have what it takes to succeed, and they have the heart & desire to do it.
3% African Americans
4% Hispanics
10% Native Americans
20% White American
34% Asians
29% other: all have professions in math. China spends two times studying longer than American high school students. Asians are more successful in more than one thing: 110 million Chinese are studying English, while fifty to fifty-five thousand American students study Chinese. They take on many new jobs in many different areas. Ninety-three percent of American middle school students are being taught by teachers who have little to no experience in teaching. Sixty-six percent of American students don't have homework on the weekends. By Americas lack of education and confidence. Students in India claim that American Students have more free time and fewer responsibilities. America has a reputation of an I don't care attitude, and can get by with no little or no-effort. If America does not wake up and understand that we are competing with other countries, we will never get back on top. It has been predicted by many, within twenty-thirty years we may be owned by another country, such as Saudi Arabia, China... (Etc). America is in debt to so many other countries that we may lose power over our government due to the lack of education within our American society.
Cadet Boone 10/17/2010 10:24PM
I think students in Asia value their education more because, their parents are hard on them to be successful. Education in Asia is important because they are about twenty years ahead of us in technology, math, and science. Forty percent of American high school students have never taken a class that’s more challenging than biology. China doesn't have a lot of opportunities and freedom of speech in their country, so a lot of them come over to America for a better life and to take over new business opportunities. China graduates the most students in the world, while American students are just sitting back and watching. While American students have a lot of free time, over in China their students have nine hours of school. Their school days are also longer than ours by twenty something days.
Asian students would be the most desirable for jobs in the global business market because, they have what it takes to succeed, and they have the heart & desire to do it.
3% African Americans
4% Hispanics
10% Native Americans
20% White American
34% Asians
29% other: all have professions in math. China spends two times studying longer than American high school students. Asians are more successful in more than one thing: 110 million Chinese are studying English, while fifty to fifty-five thousand American students study Chinese. They take on many new jobs in many different areas. Ninety-three percent of American middle school students are being taught by teachers who have little to no experience in teaching. Sixty-six percent of American students don't have homework on the weekends. By Americas lack of education and confidence. Students in India claim that American Students have more free time and fewer responsibilities. America has a reputation of an I don't care attitude, and can get by with no little or no-effort. If America does not wake up and understand that we are competing with other countries, we will never get back on top. It has been predicted by many, within twenty-thirty years we may be owned by another country, such as Saudi Arabia, China... (Etc). America is in debt to so many other countries that we may lose power over our government due to the lack of education within our American society.
c/airman Santariga
I know that the united states is behind in the world in education and that we don't get in to the global market at all or take our education as seriously as as china or india but we do have an ok education system. Its not that our program is bad and behind its that our students don't try to meet their goals or they just aren't smart enough. Anyway I think that the Chinese students take there education the most seriuosly out of the Indian students students and the United States students. They take their education so seriously because they are mostly single children and it would be a discrase to fail a class and they have about fifteen classes wich leaves them almost no time to do nothing else because of homework. I think that Indian students are most likely to be desireable for a job in the global bisuiness market because the Indian students strive to get a good job because they do not want to become unfortunant and not be able to have a good meal because they don't get the most food in the world as it is so they want to be able to have money. And one of the reasons why American students are behind is because they are presented with more privliges than other students their age in other countries are. So we have more destractions thann any other country. And If we want to raise our grades and graduation rate all we have to do is do the work. And all we have to do to get into the global market is to go to college.
C/Greene,C
In the video the students and speakers reiterated that the American students live in a more economically stimulated environment than other countries. It is assumed that Americans feel like we have a more secure future and supply of success than our international peers. The difference between our environments versus the foreign students is mainly the influential factors that inspire us every day. Here in America there is a greater influence to incorporate sports and extracurricular activities into your daily routine along with academics so that you can experience different things. In the foreign countries there’s not as much of influence on extracurricular things because it’s believed to be a waste of time that they could use to get ahead in their studies and achieve more a lot quicker. Although the students from china and India have these arduous work schedules from sunup to sundown their attitude about school never changed versus the American students where it’s more of a carefree mind-set. The foreign students always talked about striving to be better than the person sitting beside them while the Americans were saying “I’m not expecting to be the best as long as I’m having fun it doesn’t matter”. So eventually the students that would be most desirable for the job in today’s global business market would be the foreign students in general because businesses would not want to hire someone who would eventually slack off if they’re not getting any personal gain in the process of bettering the company that they are working for.
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