Recently, Australia`s elite education system has been criticized by some politicians, educators and the media, saying that while taking up a large amount of resources, this kind of education has also widened the gap between the rich and the poor, and in fact favours only a small number of elite students. The overall level of education has not been improved.
Some radical reports even suggest that today`s so-called elite education has long been the home of rich children, and the resulting education and training industry has facilitated access to elite schools for rich children.
Faced with all kinds of negative reports about elite education, Yan Zhai (Yan Zhai, a 12-year Chinese student at North Sydney Women`s High School (North Sydney Girls High Schoo), said sadly that some of their claims were too biased.
"our family is not rich either, but we work very hard."
Elite education provides opportunities for students who love learning
Perhaps these arguments make sense in some ways, says Yan Zhai, as Catholic education director Greg Whitby says, and the government does need to build a strong learning community and invest in capacity-building for everyone.
But it is too arbitrary to describe elite education as a "concentration camp for rich children" and to portray some students attending remedial classes as a privilege for the rich.
Yan Zhai
Yan Zhai said the real value of elite education lies not in the educators themselves, but in some students-those who are smart, enthusiastic and active around us, and those who are willing to sacrifice their time to study hard.
The ethics and effectiveness of the training industry may be problematic, but it is unfair to question the intelligence of the students on the training course. This is hinting that they will not be able to enter elite schools if they do not attend remedial classes, which is too one-sided. In fact, because they attach great importance to education, they are willing to spend more time to improve and improve themselves. Their hard work should be praised rather than denigrated.
Yan Zhai also said with deep experience:
"Elite education gives me an extraordinary experience and promotes my personal growth and development in a variety of ways."
"it`s an experience that can`t be replicated elsewhere."
The helplessness and bitterness of migrant children attending remedial classes
Some educators argue that extra-curricular counselling allows wealthy parents to give students an unfair competitive advantage in entrance exams. However, this seriously ignores a group-immigrant families.
In fact, most of the students in elite schools come from immigrant families, and because they are not fluent in English, immigrant parents are unable to help their children with their lessons, in order to create a better future for their children. Instead of saving and saving money, you have to let your children go to cram school.
Attending remedial classes can only show that the dedication and sacrifice of these families and their sacrifices for good education and social mobility are not proof of privilege.
Yan Zhai said she was a typical example, although her parents both work professionally in the country, but when they arrived in Australia, they could only work in blue-collar jobs. Parents are unable to help in their studies because of language problems and busy work. In order to allow Yan Zhai to receive a better education, but choose to pay the children to attend the training class for extra-curricular tutoring.
Even if the tutoring time is sometimes 1 hour, 3 hours, or even 8 hours, Yan Zhai`s parents will wait outside no matter how long. The sacrifice of Asian or Chinese parents is unmatched by Western parents.
Only through the suffering of education, can we understand the importance of education! It is believed that this is the most touching experience of many Chinese parents. Is it a mistake to make the child fly in the sky?
Yan Zhai: expanding Elite Education is the right way
Chinese girls also say that it would be unfair for students who are willing to sacrifice more time and energy to study if they change the current elite education system to enrol only so-called high-intelligence students.
"it would be a great shame for us to change the type of environmental education that elite schools offer."
She also wondered why not try to change her way of thinking in the face of such a dilemma. Perhaps what we have to do is not question why a few people have more opportunities, but think about why these people are grabbing these opportunities. Maybe it`s because they don`t have more space to show themselves.
"Elite schools are not a problem, but they should be vigorously promoted in the states."
（分析研究经验做出结论） sum up
In fact, in unknown Australia, immigrants want to create a world, so that children to receive elite education is the cornerstone of the road to success, but also a good springboard. If this opportunity is missed, it would be a huge loss for Asian-American families, especially for Chinese immigrant families.
While not everyone can be a genius, students who strive to gain access to elite education by the day after tomorrow should never be the targets of attack. You know, genius is made up of 99% sweat and 1% talent.
Elite education is not a perfect education system, it needs to be reformed until all students have the talent to be exploited.
