美國(guó)人眼中的中國(guó)留學(xué)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(jī)會(huì)從一個(gè)美國(guó)人的角度來(lái)談?wù)勎覀兩磉叺膰?guó)際同學(xué)。與其他眾多頂級(jí)商學(xué)院一樣，耶魯管院一直強(qiáng)調(diào)打造“全球化”MBA項(xiàng)目，但是我不得不承認(rèn)，其教學(xué)風(fēng)格、課堂氛圍到校園文化的諸多細(xì)節(jié)卻非常“美國(guó)化”。在平日里與國(guó)際學(xué)生尤其是中國(guó)同學(xué)的交流中，我發(fā)現(xiàn)他們面臨的文化沖擊主要來(lái)自三個(gè)方面：“過(guò)分熱鬧”的課堂教學(xué)風(fēng)格、團(tuán)隊(duì)合作的學(xué)習(xí)方式以及極為重要又略顯微妙的同學(xué)間社交關(guān)系網(wǎng)絡(luò)。對(duì)于我們這些在美國(guó)土生土長(zhǎng)的學(xué)生，校園文化一脈相承，商學(xué)院無(wú)非是強(qiáng)度略有加大而已，所以這種過(guò)渡在不經(jīng)意間就自然完成了。坦白地說(shuō)，我從不曾想到這些在我們看來(lái)再平常不過(guò)的事情，對(duì)遠(yuǎn)道而來(lái)的國(guó)際同學(xué)會(huì)是此等挑戰(zhàn)。下面我們就來(lái)一一討論。