This week is a gap for rest. I am at Starbucks again. Since I was a little girl, I was taught that “If you work hard, you will get good score and get into a good university….” In traditional Taieanese educational system, it is teacher-centered, lecture-based, and test-oriented, I was a victim of the  it. In my junior school, I was diagnosed with school refusal syndrome. Therefore, honestly, I am still fighting against the rigid educational system even if I become a teacher. 

When I first looked at this picture, I was shocked. I have to admitted that I chased the high scores in both junior and university. The reasons in junior was because it was a trend and it exists until now, after 20+ years. The reasons that I chased scores in the university was because I set up my goal of study abroad, so I had to keep high GPA and win the scholarships. Besides, it was easy to me….

In the university, although I chased high scores, I still enjoyed learning. I always thought that the content my professors provided was insufficient, but I was super busy conducting multimedia projects, writing research papers, and participating in various extracurricular activities. This is why I have such a good-looking resume when I applied for my mater degree.

As a teacher, I totally agree that if the purpose for learning is to score well on a test, we’ve lost sight of the real reason for learning. It is a struggle to keep a balance of the reality and the ideal situation of school’s and parents’ expectation. That’s why I chose to pursue my teaching license in oversea track and would like to teach in an international schools.