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  • Essay / What is the American teaching style? - 712

    This semester, art class was the only class where we had the same one. The art teacher wanted us to draw something for free before class. He thought free drawing could help warm up our brains and prepare us. My brain froze when I saw the words “free drawing,” “free writing,” and “free reading.” I had no idea what the teacher wanted me to draw. So I went to ask the teacher what he wanted me to draw. When I got up and walked around the class, I saw that everyone was drawing and no one had a problem. This made me uncomfortable because I was the only one who had no idea about free drawing. So I asked my cousins ​​how they figured out what they wanted to draw. They said something I didn't expect and their answers surprised me. At the beginning of our conversation, I thought they might get some hints from the teacher, so they would know what the teacher wanted us to draw. However, they stated that they had a lot of experience with freestyles, as these were the distinctive feature of the American teaching style. They believed that this was the best way to develop children's thinking and ensured that they could think individually. Therefore, free drawing actually meant drawing something that interested you instead of something you thought the teacher wanted. This style of teaching was different and I thought it was more useful than Chinese.