Issues in China

[Aramsogo]

Ha ha ha, whatever happened to those 100 Indian students in America with ankle bracelets???

ND university dismisses 5 Chinese students for poor English skills

DICKINSON, N.D. - Five Chinese students with poor English skills have been told to leave Dickinson State University, a North Dakota institution that prides itself on a diverse student body.

The blame does not fall on the students but on officials with the Chinese company that placed them, DSU President D.C. Coston told the Dickinson Press.

"They did not abide by what they had agreed to do and they have done a great disservice to their fellow citizens," Coston said.

Officials with the Hecate Center of Cultural Communication did not immediately respond to an emailed request from the Associated Press for comment today.

Coston said the students are not allowed to enroll because they failed a required test given to those who speak English as a second language. They had been allowed to preview classes while they awaited the test results, which arrived Wednesday.

Students from eight foreign countries were among those who took part in Dickinson State's winter commencement in December. The school advertises itself as having an "emphasis on educating a diverse and international population." Coston said the dismissal of the five Chinese students is regrettable but necessary "for the integrity of this institution."

Ronnie Walker, the school's director of multicultural affairs, and her staff explained the situation to the students with the help of an interpreter.

"They're understandably emotional about it," Walker said. "It's a tough decision to come to the
United States to study and they've made commitments to that. Understandably, they're upset by it, but they're coping."

The school will refund tuition deposits and absorb the students' housing and meal costs, Coston said.

ND university dismisses 5 Chinese students for poor English skills - TwinCities.com

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Few days back chinese were boasting about they have surpassed India in English speaking what's about boasting about foreign language??????????

IS there something to be proud?? And now this reality check, what happen now??

 

[xizhimen]

ND university dismisses 5 Chinese students for poor English skills

haha,is that really something that worth talking about in PDF?

 

[Aramsogo]

LOL, Indian worried about children getting only two meals a day and wanting watermelon. Oh, the irony.

I can point you to plenty of articles about American children experiencing the same thing in the current recession.

Hunger in China and US is not the same as hunger in India and sub-Saharan Africa. The magnitude and degree are totally different.

Children in Poor Areas “Chronically Underfed”, While Shanghai’s Expand

At the Telegraph, Malcolm Moore reports on the increase in obesity among Shanghai’s schoolchildren, in the wake of China’s first competitive eating contest:

The latest report from Shanghai’s Jiaotong university said there has been a 25 per cent rise in obesity in Shanghai’s primary schoolchildren over the last decade, with 13 per cent now overweight and almost half of those also obese.

Officials have blamed China’s starry-eyed rush to emulate Western culture, the plethora of fast food now available, and the tendency of parents in one-child families to express their affection through food.

“The kids have a bad diet, a sedentary lifestyle and very little knowledge about sports,” said Paul French, the author of Fat China, a book exploring China’s changing diet. “Type II diabetes is a huge problem, and dentists are complaining that they are pulling second teeth in children as young as 12,” he added.

For more on the research and the growing problem of diabetes and other overweight-fuelled conditions in China, see Shanghai Schoolchildren Getting “Very Fat Very Fast” on CDT.

By contrast, China Daily reports that children in poor areas are “chronically underfed”, focusing on Cuihua township in Yunnan province:

News came to light that malnutrition was widespread among students in the poor county after an online post revealed that students at the elementary school can afford only two meals a day, mainly potatoes.

One child said his biggest wish was to eat a watermelon, the post said.

Eight to nine students [at the township's elementary school] generally share two dishes and one soup.

Children in Poor Areas “Chronically Underfed”, While Shanghai’s Expand - China Digital Times (CDT)

 

[Mech]

who is Beijingwalker? must be a famous guy i guess.

Sure is ! His claim to fame is his book " Ban me, i are troll".

10 copies sold already...

 

[Korean]

Racists.why not just help them?its called a university for a reason!

If you are a foreign national wishing to attend to a US university, you have to demonstrate that you can be an effective student by presenting TOEFL score. No exception to this rule.

Even I had to take the TOEFL test even though I graduated from a US high school a Valedictorian and submitted my SAT score.

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How come they passed TOEFL but still poor english skills?

TOEFL cheating is widespread in China.

 

[Korean]

I do have to add one little thing.

In my high school senior year, I took an Honors English Writing class there only four people out of 25 students got As, I was one of four. Interestingly enough, all four were non-Americans(Two were Chinese, One Viet). No white student got an A in that super tough class.

 

[chanikya]

haha,is that really something that worth talking about in PDF?

your's is always small, other's is always big.

 

[Aramsogo]

I do have to add one little thing.

In my high school senior year, I took an Honors English Writing class there only four people out of 25 students got As, I was one of four. Interestingly enough, all four were non-Americans(Two were Chinese, One Viet). No white student got an A in that super tough class.

You must have gone to a really bad high school. At Mine, the #1 in America, it was generally accepted that the Chinese are smarter than Koreans by an order of magnitude. If you really are from NYC, you would know that because the same is true at Stuy.

 

[Korean]

At Mine, the #1 in America, it was generally accepted that the Chinese are smarter than Koreans by an order of magnitude.

That doesn't show in Harvard statistics.

NEWS

In 2010, there were 666 international undergraduate students at Harvard University.

Korea : 42
China : 36
Singapore : 22
India : 20
Japan : 5