美國人眼中的中國留學生

It\'s my please to write this column about international students at an American business school, from the perspective of an American. Though Yale, and all other top schools, focus on granting a \'global\' MBA experience, the style of instruction, the classroom environment, and the nuances of school culture are very much American. In speaking to my classmates who come from other countries, particularly China, it seems that three key pillars of the U.S. education experience actually come as a major culture shock: loud and often boisterous in-class discussion; the reliance on teamwork to complete tasks; and the unofficial importance of socializing to build a network within the class. For someone who has grown up in the American school system, conforming to these three attributes happens almost subconsciously, and thinking that others may find them surprising or difficult to tackle reveals the unintended limits of my own world view. Let\'s take each one in turn.

我很榮幸能有機會從一個美國人的角度來談談我們身邊的國際同學。與其他眾多頂級商學院一樣，耶魯管院一直強調打造“全球化”MBA項目，但是我不得不承認，其教學風格、課堂氛圍到校園文化的諸多細節卻非常“美國化”。在平日里與國際學生尤其是中國同學的交流中，我發現他們面臨的文化沖擊主要來自三個方面：“過分熱鬧”的課堂教學風格、團隊合作的學習方式以及極為重要又略顯微妙的同學間社交關系網絡。對于我們這些在美國土生土長的學生，校園文化一脈相承，商學院無非是強度略有加大而已，所以這種過渡在不經意間就自然完成了。坦白地說，我從不曾想到這些在我們看來再平常不過的事情，對遠道而來的國際同學會是此等挑戰。下面我們就來一一討論。