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Release Date: On August 11, 2016 Click:4578 Source:UOU News Center

Chinese parents sacrifice everything to send their children to the United

States to study abroad

  Just from China returned to the United States, former education minister Bennett (William J. Bennett) pointed out that Chinese advocating American College of freedom, individualism and independent spirit of progress, therefore, to do everything possible to find ways to send their children to American universities; many China parents worship America even willing to sacrifice everything, regardless of the American College of education the shortcomings of the degree. In the period of Reagan administration, served as Minister of education from 1985 to 1988 in Bennett, cable news network (CNN) said the author, Chinese parents think that the United States is still full of chances of success.
  He said that while China and the United States are politically diverse, the Chinese yearn for freedom and autonomy in the United states. Therefore, in the past few years, Chinese to college students in the United States by a factor of growth, the 2006-07 academic year, 9955 students entered the United States China university to the 2010-11 school year, Chinese to college students in the United States has increased to 56 thousand and 976. Bennett said that the disposable income of Middle Chinese families is mostly spent on education, not on leisure or entertainment. He talked about the value of American education with many Chinese parents and found that Chinese parents attached great importance to education and wanted their children to go to American universities, and, if possible, wanted to stay in the United States after graduation.
  He has found wide three trends in Chinese contacts with Chinese teachers, parents and their children:
  One, Chinese parents are willing to give everything to send their children to American universities to study;
  Two. Chinese students generally surpass American students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics;
  Three, the Chinese people generally believe that American universities are the beacon of freedom, symbolizing the highest achievements. Bennett pointed out that Chinese parents begin to pay attention to their children's education when they are young, all the way to primary and secondary schools.
  Chinese people like to say, "guns hit the birds." he said, "in the United States, we reward birds.".