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INFO On China - Joon Wong (Backwards)

The document provides information about education and school life in Hong Kong, China. It notes that elementary school through high school is very difficult, with students working hard to get into a good secondary school. High school is also challenging, with public exams students must take starting in sophomore year. Only a small percentage of students can get into college due to limited spots. School classes have around 30 students who stay together all day, building a close-knit community like a family over many years. The education system is very strict and focused on academics.

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INFO On China - Joon Wong (Backwards)

The document provides information about education and school life in Hong Kong, China. It notes that elementary school through high school is very difficult, with students working hard to get into a good secondary school. High school is also challenging, with public exams students must take starting in sophomore year. Only a small percentage of students can get into college due to limited spots. School classes have around 30 students who stay together all day, building a close-knit community like a family over many years. The education system is very strict and focused on academics.

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INFO on China Joon Wong (backwards) Transportation is great. If yo ha!e been to N"C then yo know it. # sy$ b sy as he%%.

. We don&t e!en need o r own !ehic%es. 'OOOO ()C* #+TT+, T*-N CO.O,-/O0 "eah co11 nication is big$ 2 st %ike the ).'. I don&t want to ta%k abo t go!ern1ent. It&s 2 st a piece of shit. *aha ( sic is the sa1e as we %isten to today. We %isten to different %ang ages of 1 sic. There are so1e patriotic 1 sic tho gh %o%. I don&t %ike that kind of 1 sic$ O./ 'C*OO.. For c%i1ate and weather... d de$ China is too *)3+000 /id yo ass 1e that it has the sa1e c%i1ate and weather in e!ery part of China40 3osh %o% We eat and %ike different kinds of food b t 1ost%y Chinese food yo know. *aha. We do nothing different fro1 -1erican for f n. We %ike to go to karaoke bo5 to sing and hang o t with friends tho gh. -ny kind of re%igions are a%%ow in *ong 6ong. In China$ I think so$ as %ong as they are not against the go!ern1ent. We%% yo know$ different re%igions ha!e different r %es and traditions$ how a1 I s pposed to know... %o% Chinese peop%e ha!e different %i!es$ depends on where they %i!e. .ike in *ong 6ong$ we on%y ha!e rban %ife. We%% I g ess not 2 st *6$ a%% the coasta% areas are pretty rich and rban. Then the rest of China is 7 ite r ra% I think$ e5cept for so1e 1a2or cities. 8eop%e in r ra% areas far1. For ce%ebrations I&1 not s re as we%% ca se there are too 1any. "o sho %d check o t Chinese ca%endar 1aybe4 Then yo &%% find a%% those festi!a%s. 3oog%e those na1es and yo &%% get infor1ation. I g ess yo ha!e seen a%% Chinese traditiona% c%othing. 6 ng F stars a%ways wear those c%othes. -nd Chinese peop%e .O9+ ,+/. *ere&s a pict re shows /isney%and in *ong 6ong. "o see the cost 1es.

They ha!e 1ost of the acti!ities that we ha!e. Or e!en 1ore %ike tab%e tennis c% b so1ething %ike that. We speak on%y : %ang ages and they are (andarin(1ain%and and Taiwan) and Cantonese(*ong 6ong and so theast China) For dia%ects... I&1 not s re. There are too 1any. *1ong peop%e a%so %i!e there and 1any other ethnicities. -nd I g ess the co%%ege is the sa1e as e!erywhere. +%e1entary schoo% thro gh high schoo% is the hardest part of the ed cation in *6. (y %ast year in e%e1entary schoo%$ e!eryone worked their asses off to get in a good secondary schoo%. I was % cky eno gh to ro%% in a great secondary schoo% haha. 'ee1s I 1issed so1ething. +%e1entary schoo% is ; years %ong$ so is secondary schoo%(1idd%e<high schoo%$ we do it together). -ny1ore 7 estions4 'orry 1y infor1ation is kinda 1essy. *ope that can he%p yo r pro2ect

There is a p b%ic test ca%%ed /'+ for seniors. 8eop%e start st dy for it since sopho1ore$ b t not so 1any peop%e do that. 'eniors ha!e a = 1onths break to prepare for it. +!en if they st dy thro gh the who%e break$ >? ho rs e!ery day$ that&s sti%% to %ate and they are not gonna pass it. That&s how hard it is. 8assing the /'+ is not eno gh. If yo want to 1ake it to co%%ege$ yo ha!e to get a%% -< (aybe the ed cation so nds hard$ and it is. # t we&re sed to it. -nd we sti%% get ti1e to hang o t$ to p%ay or whate!er. If yo fai%ed in so1e c%asses$ yo 1ight ha!e repeat that year. That 1eans stay in the sa1e grade. To pass the e5a1s$ yo gotta work yo r ass off. -nd there are tests e!ery week$ e5a1s e!ery 7 arter. # t those are nothing to s I g ess %o%. 8eop%e work their ass off to get into a good high schoo% or they can&t go to co%%ege. good high schoo% 1eans yo a%ready steped one foot in co%%ege. -nd there are 1ore than >????? high schoo% st dents try to get in co%%ege$ b t there are on%y aro nd >???? peop%e can get in it. We ha!e strong idea that we are a gro p$ we be%ong to the schoo%$ to the c%ass$ we %o!e schoo% e!en if the works are to gh. We get to hang o t as a c%ass after 1any years. *ow aweso1e is that h h4 In -1erica I don&t think yo can do that. *ang o t with =? peop%e in the sa1e c%ass 1any years ago$ at the sa1e ti1e. #eca se in the c%ass$ we spend e!eryday with each others$ 2 st %ike a fa1i%y. We work together$ we try to be better than the other c%asses. The 1e1ory of it won&t fade away$ that&s why we sti%% hang o t with o r e%e1entary c%ass1ates after %ike se!era% years$ as a big gro p of peop%e. O r c%asses are %ike$ >- ># >C >/ (> is %ike fresh1an year) :- :# :C :/(sopho1ore year)$ %ike that. )s a%%y there are =? st dents in a c%ass$ yo r c%ass1ates won&t change in a schoo% year. 'o we ha!e c%asses with the sa1e peop%e e!eryday$ stay in the sa1e c%assroo1(e5cept for so1e specia% c%asses %ike 1 sic)$ which is f n and I %o!e this syste1 1ore than -1erican&s.

)s a%%y there are 1ore than @ pieces of ho1ework e!eryday which wo %d take yo 1ore than : ho rs to finish the1 ( s a%%y it&s 1ore than that) 'choo%s are strict$ so are the teachers. If yo break any r %e$ yo recei!e tardies which 1ake yo r cond ct score %ooks bad. "o can&t se yo r phone in schoo% or the teacher wi%% keep it for a who%e week. For 1y schoo%$ we ha!e A c%asses e!ery day. We ha!e to st dy >= s b2ectsB Chinese$ +ng%ish$ (ath$ 'ocia% 't dies$ #io%ogy$ Che1istry$ 8hysics$ +cono1ics$ Chinese *istory$ Wor%d *istory$ Co1p ter$ ,e%igion(1y schoo% is a christian schoo%)$ ( sic. The %ast three don&t 1atter how we do.

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