My little friend

He is my little friend. His name is Dino
He is beautiful and friendly
Our moments together were wonderful. From Monday to Friday we woke up at five fifty. He and I had breakfast , we had a lunch and had a dinner. We ate bread, fruits, cake, meat, vegetables, pasta, eggs, and hot dogs. We drank milk, tea, juice, and water. During the week we worked together and on Sunday we were at home.
We walked on the treadmill. We studied, we watched TV, and we listened music.
We usually went to bed at ten o’ clock
It was a lot of fun

Publishing an article

In the last 150 years, a lot of things have changed all over the world. Cars are going faster, phones are getting smaller, and new planets are being discovered. Can the same be said about the educational system? If we compare the classes from 1900 with those of today the actual ones, we can truly say that they are quite similar. This forces us to wonder why school remains the same, while when it should aspire to evolve, which translates into change.



Albert Einstein once said "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believe believing that it is stupid". At that time, he was already alluding to the educational system, about 80 years ago.

Is this because we want to train people to work in factories, which explains why we put students in straight rows nice and neat, telling them to raise their hand if they want to speak and spend during 8 hours telling them what to think?

How can one teacher stand in front of tens of students, each one having different strengths, different needs, different weaknesses, different dreams and we keep teaching the same thing the same way?

Students are put in competition to get an A, but I would support the idea that competition does not necessarily lead to better results. If we take Frederick J.Kelly's words, the man who invented standardized testing, I quote "these tests are too crude to be used and should be abandoned". How can a multiple choice question determine success? Most of the graduate students affirm that 80% of their knowledge does not come from school, but from their own experience in life. The school gives you a lesson and then comes a test ; when in life, you are given many tests every day that teaches you a lesson.

Nowadays, we need people who think creatively, innovatively and independently, with the ability to connect. Creativity comes from the freedom to express its ideas and the opportunity to develop what individual students strengths do best. The educational system should promote collaboration instead of competition, forcing students to work together, as because they are going to have to work with other colleagues in the future.

If we are able to customize healthcare, phones, or Linkedin pages, it is our duty to do the same for the educational system. Why would we keep teaching the same way when everyone is unique?

Today is Saturday

Today is Saturday. I want to go out to buy a comb for my friend, but it's raining outside. The rain makes me sad. I don't know what I should do now. My English class finished one week ago. It seems like a month. I turned on the browser, entered the youtube site and looked for some videos that teach English. Then I had an idea, I tried looking for some videos that teach Vietnamese to foreigners. OMG, if I were a foreigner I would think that my language is very hard. So I will try to learn more English.

Diary:005

This is my diary entry 005!
If you have a free moment, could you correct my diary for me? Thank you so much!

What is your favourite sport?
→My favourite sport is swimming. When I was a kid, I started to swim because I wanted to cure my asthma. However, I gradually came to like swimming and practiced for ten years. Finally I was the fourth fastest swimmer in my prefecture!

I understand what you are saying and I agree with your idea of referring to each other as 'people from different countries' rather than as 'foreigners'. Foreigners can have a negative connotation, it can sound like it is 'us versus them'. So, yes, I think your idea has merit.