It can be seen that immigration and study abroad are not necessarily synchronized. If you have the idea of immigration, then the problem of children studying abroad will naturally be put on the agenda; Those who have no idea of emigration are worried about their children studying abroad.
Expenditure on studying abroad
Make it impossible for working families to buy cars and houses.
The financial pressure of studying abroad is an inevitable worry for every family studying abroad. Although the tuition and living expenses for studying abroad vary from country to country, they are all very expensive. In Britain, for example, the tuition fee for public middle schools is about 6.5438+0.5 million yuan per year, and that for private junior high schools is about 270,000-400,000 yuan per year. The annual tuition fee of public comprehensive universities is12 ~ 250,000 RMB, the annual tuition fee of experimental courses is about15 ~ 200,000 RMB, and the annual tuition fee of clinical courses is about18 ~ 350,000 RMB. The tuition fees for graduate students in public comprehensive universities are close to those for undergraduate students. In Britain, the annual living expenses are about 654.38 million yuan. Therefore, for ordinary wage earners, the economic pressure for children to study abroad is particularly great.
A friend of mine who works in a university library said that a few years ago, his colleagues sent their children to study in Britain. Because their children spent a lot of money abroad, their parents lived in poverty in China. They didn't buy a house or a car. Studying abroad is hundreds of thousands every year. Even if you can afford it, hundreds of thousands of dollars a year will really worry any family. Especially in recent years, the downward pressure on the economy is great. Even business friends should pay more attention to the influence of study abroad funds on business capital chain.
Study abroad safety
A big stone in parents' hearts.
The safety of studying abroad is the second concern of parents. Now the Internet is relatively developed, but due to language problems, most parents don't know much about foreign countries. We mainly get foreign news from domestic TV news and domestic news portals. From the news point of view, negative news is more eye-catching, so parents see more negative news abroad. In recent years, the news that international students in China have been hurt repeatedly has made parents panic about the safety of studying abroad.
20 1 1 In March, a 25-year-old Shanghai girl was killed on the street in Sweden. The suspect is a male classmate and a Shanghainese. 20 1 1 In April, a 23-year-old female student of the University of Toronto was killed in her residence. 2011/in February, a 20-year-old female student from Beijing, China jumped to her death from the 32-meter-high teaching building of Newcastle University.
20 12 In April, a 24-year-old China student studying at Birmingham City University in England was seriously injured by a police car on his way home from shopping, but died after being rescued. June 1, 2065438 The Canadian Montreal police confirmed that this international student from Wuhan, China was killed on May 24th or 25th.
20 14 July, 24-year-old China graduate student, College of Engineering, University of Southern California, was robbed on his way back to his residence alone and was attacked and killed by many people.
Terrorist attack, robbery, sexual assault, murder, car accident, suicide
These negative news, especially the news that China students were injured, always touched the hearts of parents. My colleague's daughter is studying in America. Whenever she saw some negative news, she called her daughter for peace at the first time, regardless of the time difference between China and the United States.
After all, China is still an acquaintance society. We always like to find acquaintances to solve things, and we can't grasp the situation after going abroad. Imagine a child thousands of miles away, no relatives, no friends, no acquaintances, alone in a foreign country, no language. How can he ensure his own safety, happy life and healthy development? For many traditional parents in China, it is intolerable that they can only watch their children live independently from a distance, lose control of their safety and can't always help them. Of course, modern education hopes to cultivate children's attitude and skills of independent living, and the role of parents in China needs to be adjusted appropriately. Changing from a helper to a guide will be more conducive to cultivating children's ability to live independently and adapt to the tense life in modern society.
Study abroad agent lurks in the reef
Diploma workshop? Destroy people tirelessly?
Studying abroad is a long process and complicated procedures. Many parents need a study abroad agent to help them go through the formalities of studying abroad. However, because parents don't understand the procedures of studying abroad and foreign schools, they are often sent to places with poor teaching quality by study agents with word traps? Diploma workshop? .
A friend's child applied to study in the United States through an intermediary. Did he get it? Hamilton University? Friends are very happy and think that their children will enter Hamilton College, a famous American school. As a result, according to the address on the notice, I came to Evanston, Wyoming, USA and found the so-called? Hamilton University? There are only four two-story office buildings, but there are only eight six-story teaching buildings in front and behind, which is not what he expected at all? Hamilton College? .
There are many intermediary traps, such as false propaganda and text traps, and even some intermediaries directly cheat money. Some time ago, the decisive network was caught in the whirlpool of false propaganda about studying abroad, which made parents more afraid of studying abroad agents. Moreover, it is difficult to defend rights by studying abroad, and prevention is far better than defending rights. Now whenever we talk about studying abroad with friends and relatives around us, we suggest that we should make full use of the internet and foreign classmates and friends to confirm and verify the qualifications of the school and all aspects of applying for studying abroad, so as not to fall into various traps of the intermediary.
Although the quality of foreign education is higher than that of domestic education in the eyes of Chinese people, there are also many diploma workshops, which are harmful to people. For China people who often eat Sudanese red eggs and drink melamine milk, everything seems fake. If you can learn advanced foreign technology and scientific thinking methods, the investment in studying abroad is still worth paying. What you are most afraid of is entering the diploma workshop. Children have been mixed up for several years, but they have not learned advanced knowledge and skills. But influenced by the bad habits of the west, he became ignorant.
What's more, studying abroad is a major event that consumes time, energy and financial resources. Today's parents are not as blind as before, but more and more rational.
Studying abroad experience is no longer a golden signboard.
Employment is a hidden worry.
Most of the former international students were sent abroad by the government, belonging to the elite, and there were enough jobs in China. Returnees were introduced by foreign companies and institutions in China. However, many students who study abroad at their own expense now have a poor academic foundation, and their professional level has not shown their strength beyond their peers after returning from abroad.
The girl of my colleague mentioned earlier, who graduated this year, is also worried about employment. Dr. China walks all over the street. What good jobs can American undergraduates find? What about now? Returnees? Change? Waiting for the sea? The situation, studying abroad may not be able to get ahead, which makes many parents start to consider the cost performance of studying abroad.
The above problems make parents look at studying abroad more and more rationally. In addition to the above concerns, some parents have other concerns.
For example, many friends think it is too early to send their children out. If they cultivate western ideas, will they be able to adapt to the living habits of China after returning to China in the future? What's more, are you worried that your children will learn from western society and stop supporting the elderly? So they think it's better to wait until the children grow up and their thinking habits and values are stable before talking about studying abroad? Love.
Other parents worry that their children will not come back from studying abroad, forcing parents to emigrate. Science and technology students generally prefer the western scientific research environment, which may never return. Parents in China should be prepared to emigrate if they want their children to learn science and technology. However, the idea of returning to the roots makes most people in China resist immigration, so more parents still want their children to come back from school and honor their hometown.
Generally speaking, when studying abroad, people still have fears and doubts about the unknown. We should consider both the problem of going out and the problem of coming back. There are both problems of economic pressure and employment. There are both problems of immigration and returning to China. In short, on the issue of children studying abroad, parents are more rational and in-depth, and more consider the cost performance of studying abroad.
interconnection
diploma mill
Refers to some institutions that issue certificates and diplomas to students casually, but these certificates or diplomas are not recognized by employers or ordinary universities. Is this institution also called? Diploma workshop? Although these institutions are legal institutions abroad, they are not recognized by the society and employers in the host country.
The most direct way to identify foreign diploma workshops is to inquire about the founding time of universities. Generally, American universities that have been established for more than 70 years have higher education quality and are more reliable. On the contrary, diploma workshops have existed for a long time? Short.
It is worth noting that the US Department of Education does not participate in the accreditation of any university, and the accreditation is mainly completed by various industry NGOs licensed by the US Department of Education. Even an accredited university may be a diploma factory. It is recommended that international students take whether the school is recognized by the United States federal or state as the reference standard.