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Asians--Education--Canada ; Chinese--Canadia ; Children of immigrants--Education--Canada ; Education, Higher
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Asians--Education--Canada ; Chinese--Canadia ; Children of immigrants--Education--Canada ; Education, Higher
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Asians--Education--Canada;Chinese--Canadia;Children of immigrants--Education--Canada;Education, Higher
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范瓊文 ; Fan, Qiongwen
Date:
November 11, 2010
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2010-11-11
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2010-11-11
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Chinese
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Article from: World Journal（世界日報）
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Lu Qunyi: Accepting Students According to Their Grades: Why the Imbalance?
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Keywords: Lu, Qunyi
Transcript:
盧群毅：看成績收學生 何來失衡說?
記者范瓊文
溫哥華報導
針對加國大學「太亞洲化」引起校園族裔文化失衡的疑慮，教育心理學家盧群毅不以為然，她指出，亞裔家庭重視教育是固有價值的結晶，學校以成績標準收學生，沒有族裔之分，何來的失衡之說？
她表示，加國大學學府招生的標準是根據學生的學業成績、社團成就，並不看學生的膚色及族裔背景，因此何來定義平衡的標準？如果大學學府出現「太亞洲化」的疑慮，那麼先要回頭審視大學要收什麼樣水準的學生？
盧群毅認為，亞洲家庭重視教育是傳統價值，「父母可以不吃不喝不買奢侈品，把錢留下來給孩子唸書」，就是希望下一代能出人頭地。她表示，這是美好的價值，「孩子喜歡唸書，學校有什麼理由拒絕？」
然而也有家長對加國大學亞洲化的現象見怪不怪，認為這是必然的現象。家有女兒就讀多倫多大學機械系一年級的蘇女士便表示，她女兒的系上幾乎六成以上都是亞裔學生，華人比例應該也有三成以上，「住在宿舍裡，室友都可以用國語溝通」。她女兒雖然不固守在華人社交圈裡，但最好的朋友也是印度裔。
來自台灣的蘇女士表示，她帶著孩子千山萬水移民到溫哥華，就是希望小孩比上一代強，她的孩子是屬於自動自發念書型。她周遭也有朋友的孩子書念得不太好，轉去學修車、美容和餐飮，習得一技之長。
「行行出狀元，父母也沒有非要孩子上大學不可」，可見現代的華裔父母在教育下一代的觀念上也逐漸突破傳統，不再固守士大夫的老路。
English translation: Lu Qunyi: Accepting Students According to Their Grades: Why the Imbalance?
Reporter Fan Qiongwen
Report from Vancouver
In response to the concerns about the imbalance of campus diversity caused by the “over Asianization” of Canadian Universities, educational psychologist Lu Qunyi expressed her disapproval of it. She pointed out that Asian families place inherent value on education. Schools accept students according to grading standards but not ethnicity. How come there is an imbalance?
She said that the criteria for admission to Canadian universities are based on students’ academic performance, achievement in their activities, and not on the student's skin colour or ethnic background. So, how should the standard of balance be defined? If there are concerns about “over Asianization” in universities, then [we] must first re-examine what kind of students the university is going to accept.
Lu Qunyi believes that attaching importance to education is a tradition of Asian families. “Parents can save money by not spending it on buying luxuries or expensive food and drink and instead leave the money to their children for their studies.” They hope that the next generation will be able to make a difference. She said that this is a good value. “Children like to study, so why does the school refuse [them]?”
However, some parents are not surprised by the phenomenon of Asianization of Canadian Universities and consider it inevitable. Ms. Su, whose daughter is a freshman in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Toronto, said that almost 60% of the students in her daughter’s department are Asian, and the proportion of Chinese is probably over 30%. “In the dormitory, roommates can communicate in Mandarin.” Although her daughter does not stick to the Chinese social circle, her best friend is still Indian.
Ms. Su, from Taiwan, said that she immigrated from far away to Vancouver with her daughter in the hopes that she would be better off than the previous generation. Her child is the kind of person who will study spontaneously. Her friends have children who are not very good at studying. They go to school to learn how to repair cars, beauty and catering, and to acquire a skill.
“Every trade has its master. Parents are not forcing their children to go to college.” It appears that modern Chinese parents have gradually broken through the tradition of educating the next generation and are no longer sticking to the old way of the scholar-officials.