An experience in Vietnam College

It has been three years since it opened its doors in America for my family, and he never ceased to fascinate me. I came opportunities. I have been inundated with them. I came here for a better education.
I am a senior at Carnegie Vanguard High School in Houston Independent School District. I moved from Chavez High School, also in HISD. Before, I was in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam's largest trading center, finishing my first year in high school. In Vietnam, students attended high school in ninth grade. Tenth year, 11 and 12 are considered part of the school.
The difference between the Vietnamese education system of the United States in various ways. Based on my experience in Ho Chi Minh City:
• Children usually start school at age 6 Only four - or five years to learn the alphabet and sometimes even basic math.
• Schools generally start at 7 am before classes on Monday, there is usually a half hour to "bless the flag" during which they sing the national anthem and hear students talk about school officer in the court. Then the elementary and middle school at the end around noon, but some may decide to extend the hours. High school students are allowed lunch breaks, but sometimes students are expected to return to school for classes to 17 : 30
• After the class, have a lot to cram classes in English, mathematics and literature. Corruption is happening here, often, when teachers of these classes will students know in advance the content of their experiences. Others choose to go to the centers of English evening.
• The uniform white shirt and trousers of the Navy. Through grade nine are supposed to wear red scarves. In high school they are supposed to "Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union" communist organization named after the former head of the nation, and may wear badges instead.
• a fee, paid monthly, it loads a lot of low income families. There is also a textbook fees impede access to education. Books in print are often poor and can not be used again and so, after a year or two. Curriculum changes every few years. The scholarships are rare.
• expect a heavy burden to take a required course. Students must take these classes, from high school: Vietnamese literature, mathematics, biology, physics, chemistry (from grade 8), history, geography, civics, foreign languages (English is the most common, but French and Chinese are available some vocational schools), information technology, physical education, music and art (not to separate the two classes in secondary schools).
• Students sit in a classroom, a teacher to reach every season. Each class can have up to 50 students.
• In high school, students have the opportunity to choose between the level of education, specializing in social sciences of education (with a different geography textbooks for history and literature), which specializes in science and education (with different textbooks for mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology).
Student activities are run • The Limited. Popular extracurricular activities include martial arts, swimming and Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union work-related. Parents often discourage children from these activities because they want students to focus on academics.
• memorizing by heart, and passive participation of plagiarism are commonplace, and sometimes encouraged in the classroom.
• In the professional classes, usually for electrical engineering students base male and female study kitchen.
• Front and middle school systems no longer require a final exam, while the school remains high. However, students are required to pass entrance exams to enter middle school and high school. The higher the score, the most prestigious schools. Some highly selective schools, there is another entrance exam for these schools is available. Furthermore, if students can not score high enough to enter public universities, those who are able, parents have to pay for them to attend private schools. Most of them offer a curriculum in the West. This often translates into more relax and do less study because the stigma is called the private system.
• For high school, students must pass the test object, which were chosen at random at the end of the year.
• To enter university, students must also pass an entrance examination, including three subjects.
Since the system is overloaded and degrees from universities that are not recognized elsewhere in Vietnam, many students choose to study

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High Schools for gifted students in Vietnam

Earlier this month, I took the news of the massive investment in the talent of Vietnamese High School.
The article reported that the Vietnamese Ministry of Education announced a 10-year investment program worth 2.3 billion VND (about $ 118 million).
A let's just take a while to get this into perspective.
The communist country, is home to about 86 million, and per capita GDP is $ 2.942, planned to spend one and a half times more than a year in the United States (population 311 000 000 A per capita GDP of $ 47,701 ) now Javits Fund (assuming it survives the current efforts to stop it completely).
The government would like Vietnam to ensure that by 2020 will be a high school talent in every major city and province, which can then 2% of high school students to attend. Currently there are 73 such schools spread across Vietnam.
The money will be spent to upgrade buildings and equipment, so that each student is well equipped study area of ​​30 square meters, and the quality of teaching, curriculum development and improvement of research support. Approximately $ 32,000,000 and it is all reserved for the development of teacher training and attending courses at universities abroad. The Department is an intermediate target that every school is capable of achieving high common standards nationally by 2015.
Fifteen high schools to opt for the initial investment, making the standards of comparable institutions in other parts of South Asia and worldwide. There are 17 schools located in poor provinces, as well as a priority.
When the statement was some doubt as to whether the principles of talented high school to take into account the conditions existing in their institutions. One of the students he said, currently enjoyed only by square meters of research space, the other person that the 14 classes containing a total of 401 students currently in one computer room. The article was a recent study by the Ministry of the schools that lack most of the laboratories of high talent and even a good washing and toilet facilities.

Within Vietnam talented high school
Wikipedia has a short article in the school for gifted students in Hanoi University of Education, called the PSC, established for talented young mathematicians in 1966 during the Vietnam War and is one of the oldest high school talent. It is suitable for students gifted in science, technology and literature, as well.
Admission is competitive and students continue to study the accelerated program in their field of specialization. In the school board and used in the laboratory of University facilities and athletic. The student has a proud tradition in International Mathematics and Science Olympics.
Evidence of the network, the high school gifted education in Vietnam is very demanding:
"As a gifted student at school, each of us 55,000 dong per month, and we need to study at it. Before the university entrance exams, our teacher said that we need at least 9, 5 .. important .. If the university entrance exams allowed gifted students. but failed, and I had to ask another university. I was so depressed I thought I had to stop my life. "
Another student wrote:
"I wake up early at 04:30 every day, even if I did not need an alarm clock. Getting up early to exercise has become the normal thing, because I was talented in school. When to Stop I exercise, I quickly changed clothes at school, where I spent all morning until five in learning. After graduating five period, I will rush back home, lunch, and then learn again.
I still attend two schools to participate in physical education and national defense and some special materials. After I go home to get food and then more classes. I gotta go for extra classes, because without school hours, I am able to understand the doctrine that good.
I returned home late at 21:00 daily. After that, I am going through the lessons until 11 or 12 hours, then go to bed.
Since I have gifted school, I had to say farewell to the TV, my closest friend time, because I do not have time.
At school the teachers always set high standards and high expectations for us, so we have to work all that hard. Sometimes I think we are like machines, because we do one thing, learning, and learning.
If I did not learn too fast, I will eliminate the gifted classes, and I need to learn in the normal range.
I do not want to be sick, because I have to stay home. If this is the case, I can not take part in lessons, and then can not understand I teach, so I continued with my class.
I am now 11 categories. I cherished the hope of a good student in school, when I was a little child. My brother was also a school of talent and I wanted to follow him. Honestly speaking, meet gifted students, and my mother is proud of us. He spent his time and money to feed talented students.
I learned so much when I'm ready for a gifted school entry exam, I lost 5 pounds in weight.
We all learned a lot. But I feel luckier than my friends, because I have good health. My friend lost consciousness due to overwork. "Stress" is a word of knowledge for all gifted students, because we all learn very happy with our parents and teachers
It is clear that gifted students learn well. However, it seems that we have many bad things to others. We do not know how to communicate with people. Some of my friends the same age to call us "battery hens. At first I was angry, but I think are right. I would have moments of relaxation and entertainment. We are not machines."
The stress and is an annual competition for teachers in secondary schools for the most talented students at leading universities:
"There are all well aware, the Hong Phong School With talented, a leading school in Ho Chi Minh City. So when you're a teacher, you will need to maintain, and their traditions contributes to school. We are under high pressure, and we moved against their will are pushing for students. "
There are signs that the necessary amendments in place, but many students and teachers in the system in Vietnam is likely to be a daunting task on their counterparts in the West, can only marvel at what level of commitment and to sacrifice themselves.

Study education system in vietnam

Fifteen doctoral students in teacher education policy, education and higher education, adult education and lifelong (Hale), traveling together with universities and schools throughout Vietnam this month as part of a new opportunity to study an international tour sponsored by the College of Education.

The group hopes that left 4 June to visit some 15 institutions in a total of 10 different cities during the tour. Visit his blog up to date images and reflections of the participants.

Faculty Director John Dirkx said the students approach the experience with two main objectives: to develop an understanding of the education in Vietnam (primary through postsecondary) education and Vietnamese efforts to reform the inspection, especially in an improved ability of the quality of instruction and leadership.

Postsecondary education system in Vietnam is growing very quickly, Dirkx said, when the economy is growing rapidly and will create more demand for more skilled workers. MSU faculty members have been successful in research and service in Vietnam, especially in institutions in the Mekong Delta.

College of Education intends to provide an international study tour sponsored by the doctoral students started a pilot three-week trip to China in 2009.Ohjelma is now open to all Ph.D. Students wishing to apply for the chance to experience the culture and education to suoraan.Ryhmä traveled to China earlier this spring, and the second group from Botswana was the end of June.

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Requirement to teach English in Vietnam

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in any discipline
• You must be a native English speaker
• You must hold a passport from one of the following countries: Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom or the USA.
• TEFL/TESL certification from a 100 hour recognized program
  • certification is offered through the school.
  • if you take their course and stay on for a year they will reimburse you for the cost of the course.

Basic Benefits of Teaching English in Vietnam

these are minimum standards of opportunities we represent in private language schools in Vietnam.

• Salary/month (minimum) - $1000 - 2000 USD/month
• Tax - salary is quoted after tax
• Overtime - depends on your contract
• Working Hours - 35 to 40 working hours per week
• Teaching Hours - 20 to 26 teaching hours per week
• Bonus - depends on contract - up to 1000USD completion bonus (after tax)
  • Visa is arranged and paid for
• Airfare - in most cases this is not covered - we do have 1 school that reimburses airfare at the end of the contract
• Housing - in most cases this is not covered - we do have 1 school that provides furnished housing
• Medical - subsidy of $600USD annually for medical insurance - one client also completely pays for expat medical insurance
• Vacation - approximately 4 weeks plus national holidays

Education in Vietnam- Building Hope

"Education is clearly a bridge construction material", Ralph Ellison, American novelist, once wrote wisely. In Vietnam, the Covenant World Relief partnership with Southeast Asia Relief (scorch) to provide vocational education for underprivileged youth. Through the project, the youth get more than just education, they found a glimmer of hope. The program is aimed at young people in Vietnam surrounded by extreme poverty and was forced to leave school because of the cost. Sear gives young people a way to provide for their families and hope to aspire to be something more. Youth, the program serves as a bridge to poverty, bridge of hope, and a glimpse of the gospel.
Young people in extreme poverty, often without parents, are overwhelmed by their circumstances and find themselves on the road. Professional training program aims to teach the youth in a new direction. Program, is currently moving towards the second year of training groups of students. The program duration is two years, to end the youth are ready to work. With Sear, many young people find stable jobs and promising future for the education and training they have received. This project has touched the lives of 20 young people, and one of them is Nam.
The girl nam year of age who has learned the ins and outs of the beauty shop. It helped only twenty dollars per month and received the education necessary to run her own beauty shop and escape the cycle of poverty for many. Through education, provides hope, opportunity to step away from poverty, and opportunity to care for themselves, that transform the way they see themselves. Ultimately, the program will prevent children from taking part in the crime or sex work, and opens his eyes in the world where they can fulfill their dreams. Through the program, their self-worth that a significant change. Not looking at waste and see life as they can change their fate, they can dream and work hard toward that dream.

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