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Wow I saw your speech yesterday but didn't notice it was you :D
A speech of a hot blogger must be good, so I don't have any further comment on it.
But are you in Vietnam? |
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Let's bring what U said here and what in nguoitapviet.info to Sheraton Saigon. The table needs your voice ^_^
Gud luck guy! |
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Some more thoughts in my blog (Vietnamese) - Bàn về Giáo Dục Việt Nam Nhân Cuộc Khủng Hoảng Kinh Tế (http://www.nguoitapviet.info/2009/04/13/1251/) |
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I think this has come along nicely. Your presentation's structure is kind of different to the other ones I've read/listened through, which brings me a novel and enjoyable feeling. Are you still studying in Canada?
Well done! Break the leg ;) |
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Here is the transcript:
The Topic is: To Share a Creative Idea That Might Benefit the Education System of Vietnam.
But first, before telling you my proposal, let me ask the question, that is, what is wrong with Vietnam Education System? This has been a hot debate recently and I want to share with you my view about this question by telling you my story.
After I graduated high school 6 years ago, my parents both wanted me to have a university degree. At that point, I didn’t have any other plan, so that was actually what I wanted to do. Still, I asked if I can study anywhere else other than the university. They told me - no, you have to get in there. However, believe it or not, although they are both professors in one of the major university in Vietnam, they don’t think it is going to be any good studying in there, and that’s why they tried their best to give me chance to study abroad. So here I am, getting my degree in Canada.
No, I’m not strying to complain about this. In fact, I am really thanksful to them to give me the chance that not everyone have and I have learned a lots here. But this story shows two important facts about our education system:
1) Everyone in Vietnam want to get into a university.
2) They don’t believe in it.
See? These facts contradict to each other. These are the two aspects of our problem: quantity and quality. We are already trying to fix the second without much success, while overlook the first. My proposal will focus on this aspect because it is easier.
So, why ones want to get into the university if they don’t believe in it? A common answer is that because every company out there will only hire you if you have an university degree, and in some cases that will only help you to get an interview. But that is no longer true. Still, most parents of the last generation still think so.
My proposal includes 2 parts:
First. From my story before, it is not me but really my parents who wanted me to get into the university. I am more open about it, and I believe that people in my generation are so too. But in Vietnam culture, parents have an important role in this. Therefore, I think until now, we focused on the wrong target: it is not the students, but their parents, that need information about alternative options. We need to provide some helps for students to pursuade their parents that university is not the only access to the future. I propose that we have a series of television programs each year prior to the exam, in every city, especially in the rural areas, that target specifically to parents about these options. And maybe, we show examples of parents with successful children, who are not graduated from university, sharing their thoughts.
Certainly, that is not going to be enough to pursaude the parents who want the best for their children. So my second proposal is for the government to give them a deal: Your children are for the first time taking the university entrance exam and fail. If they decide to stop there and to take other available options (such as trade schools), the government will give them an “unconditional” loan of up to 50% of their school fee that can be paid back once they have a job. Your children still have the option to try one more time next year if that is really what they want to, but then they will no longer be eligible for this program. This will help fix the so-called “one-more-time” problem, that is in Vietnam, people who fail the university exam will say, let’s try it one more time next year. And if next year they fail again? Oh one more time, just one more time... One of my childhood friend took 4 years to get into HaNoi Architect University. Although I know he deserve it because he is really good at drawing and it has been his dream, it still very costly, both in money and time. Economic factor can plays an important role to persuade the parents.
So here we are. Those are my two proposals that I think will help solve the problem of too many people trying to get into the university. And it might help to improve the quality problem too. You know, because we can not just easily increase the number of teachers, less students in the university can help improve the quality of teaching there.
Thank you very much everyone for listening. |
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Hi Tien,
I have corrected you response. (your previous response removed).
Good luck. |
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