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Nehma Saleh

Ms.Colvin

English 1201

3/25/20

How do schools in the United States, compare to other schools in other countries? There

are millions of schools around the world, and each country has their own educational system.

Each school is different some care about the money while others care more about the students.

Some schools can't financially afford the same things other schools can afford. When it comes to

money it has a big part on every school in a different way.

Some schools think money means success and the more equipment they have the better

their school and students will be. While other schools think Focusing on the teacher's ad who

they hire matters more for the education of their students. “Finland attributes its success in

education in getting the right people to become teachers.” “Teacher training programs are

competitive and rigorous” (Wilkins, Corrigan). While the United States cares about equipment

such as computers, calculators, and smart boards. “Finland spent the equivalent of $10,000per

student on basic education less than the U.S average” (Wilkins, Corrigan).

Each country has its own preferences on the way they want their educational system to

set up and what they prefer to focus on. In many countries they stay sitting in the same class all

day and instead of them going to the teacher the teacher goes to them. In the United States they

care and want their students to enjoy what they are teaching so; they interact more with their

students and find ways to make it enjoyable. “Students don’t usually like this mundane teaching

style, so many of the students have a bad attitude in class. However, in the US, the classes are

shorter and more interactive” (Arribas). In many other countries such as Spain they also don't
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care about the education of students with disabilities and need extra help. “The system also

sometimes fails to pay proper attention to students with difficulties, such as learning disabilities

and social emotional problems" (Arrbas). In countries like Spain and China they don't care about

how hard you may have worked or tried they only care about grades. “Chinese students are

taught from the age of 2-3 years that learning is critical to success, and that discipline and

strictness are required in that pursuit” (Lynch).

Many schools don't have the money to make it as successful as other schools or that it has

the potential to be. “Many schools in low-income countries have inadequate access to water

facilities, sanitation and hygiene promotion” (McMichael). My old school in Jordan was

considered a private school and enrollment cost thousands of dollars but they did not care about

hygiene or organization the bathrooms didn't have mirrors, toilet paper, and sometime not even

soap and they were also very unorganized. This type of school was considered normal over in

Jordan and most of the other schools were the same way. If this school was in the United States it

would no doubt be considered one of the worst schools and maybe even get shut down. They

don’t care about rules over there teachers and students do whatever they please and never get in

trouble. Many students drop out of school because of financial problems even in the United

States. The United States is considered one of the more expensive countries to go to school at.

Each country has its own educational system and its own ways of doing things in school.

Not many people know the different ways students from other countries learn. Since

experiencing studying in a different country, myself it opened my eyes on how different each

country decides to set up their schools.

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References

Arribas, Janoc. "SPAIN VS. US: What are the Differences Between the Education Systems?" the

harbour voice, theharbourvoice.org, October 23 2019. http://www.theharbourvoice.org/

opinion /spain-vs-us-what-are-the-differences-between-the-education-systems

Berger, Raqota, “The Problem with Dropping Out and Why Students Leave School Before

Graduating” International Journal of Psychological Research and Reviews, February

2019, pdfs.semanticscholar, https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/aee5/b9aa900232b1ca7ea

4dbf449285c718d0267.pdf

Lynch, Matthew. "How Do Chinese and American Educational Systems Compare" the Edvocate.

Theedadvocate.org, June 7 2019. https://www.theedadvocate.org/how-do-chinese-and-

american-educational-systems-compare/

McMichael, Celia. “Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in Schools in Low-Income

Countries: A Review of Evidence of Impact.” International Journal of Environmental

Research and Public Health 16.3 (2019): 359. Crossref. Web.

<http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16030359>.

Wilkins, Vanessa and Corrigan, Emily. "What US Schools Can Learn From Finland’s Approach

to Education" Standford Social Innovation Review Informing and Inspiring Leaders of

Social Change. Ssir.org November 6 2019, https://ssir.org/articles/entry/what_us_

schools_can_learn_from_finlands_approach_to_education#
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