A good student is someone
Un bon étudiant est quelqu'un
hardworking, helpful, social
who appreciates the opportunity of an education, who makes an effort to learn by completing all work individually.
who comprehends the material well enough to explain it to others, although this comprehension may not be reflected in their test scores.
who does his work and still has time to party.
who does his work, reads the assignments, and goes to class.
who enjoys what he's doing
who gets good grades, who does not wait for the last minute to do their homework, who goes to class
who gets his work done, who really understands everything he learns
who gives his best, strives to achieve academic excellence
who goes to all his classes, does all his homework, studies hard, and does well
who is conscientious about his studies.
who is consistent and meticulous
who is responsible and does more than is required.
who is responsible for his own work, who puts effort and wishes to learn
who keeps on top of his studies
who studies hard, who desires and craves understanding of a subject.
who studies when they should but knows how to diversify their interests and have another life.
who takes their work seriously, tries to enjoy learning
who understands what they set out to understand.
who wants to learn what they are being taught
who works hard
who works hard
who works hard, learns
who works hard, who studies a lot,.
analyse, n'apprend pas bêtement
d'assidu
d'assidu, rigoureux
d'épanoui
de sérieux et fêtard
de sérieux et fêtard qui arrive à faire les deux en même temps
de studieux et de réactif
qui délire
qui est passionné parce qu'il fait
qui est sérieux et rigoureux
qui fait ce qu'il peut
qui réussit, intelligent
qui travaile, qui étudie, qui fait la fête
qui travaille
qui travaille
qui travaille
qui travaille
qui travaille
qui travaille
qui travaille régulièrement
qui travaille régulièrement
qui travaille régulièrement.
qui étudie ce qu'il aime
responsable, motivé
sait faire la fête
Discussion
There is a large difference between American and European universities that may have an impact on how we feel about what makes a good student. In America, we focus every week on our work, with problem sets and papers due throughout the semester. However, in France and in Europe more generally, there is much more emphasis placed on final exams, and much less placed week-to-week work. Perhaps the european system is conducive to slacking until the last few weeks, and hence a good student is one who works constantly and doesn't procrastinate, and does work every week? While for us doing work all the time is a given so we focus more on getting beyond that, being better than that, and actually really understanding what you're doing?
A mon avis ,le système éducatif américain facilite à ses étudiants d'attaquer le marché proffessionnel le plus tot possible ,il leur donne la liberté de choisir les matieres et l'horaire qui leur conviennent et c'est ce qu'on appelle le systeme de CREDIT .par contre le système francais est plus dur et beaucoup plus chargé et qui ne laisse pas le choix à ses etudiants de controler leurs horaires ,mais ce qui est vraiment important chez nous c'est que les etudiants sont obligés à faire des stages chaque année ,ces stages leur aident et leur poussent a rentrer la vie professionnel peu à peu pour devenir des bons patrons dans l'avenir
Réponse à Angela: La différence entre les cours aux Etats Unis et les cours en France sont la conséquence directe de notre rapport au travail. Les cours aux USA sont plus concrets et plus pratiques. L'objectif pour vous est donc de vous investir personnellement dans votre travail, de discerner ce que vous faites et pourquoi vous le faites. Au contraire, du fait de notre organisation universitaire et de notre rapport à l'élitisme, les étudiants français recoivent des cours beaucoup plus théoriques qui ne leur permet pas de s'impliquer pleinement et personellement dans leur travail. Notre but étant d'incurgiter ce trop plein de théorie, et de le "recracher" en partiels. Mais encore une fois, nous ne pouvons pas faire de généralités, puisque il existe en France, de multiples pédagogies selon que vous soyez dans telles Universités, telles écoles et suivant quelles filières. Pour conclure, j'aimerais savoir si le système américain donne une valeur aux étudiants en
fonction de leurs résultats? Si la valeur des notes est importante pour réaliser vos rêves? (Sachant que si vous étudiez au MIT, c'est que vous deviez tous avoir des notes déjà brillantes)
Hello! Gregory, you talk about the practical courses that we have at universities here in America. It is very true that we take courses that have the objective of preparing us for our careers and future work. We take lab courses and do research on subjects that we might like to work on in the future. But there are also several courses and majors that are very theoretical and are not always viewed as useful in the working world. For example, my brother, who is also here at MIT, is majoring in Theoretical, or Pure Mathematics. Though he could major in Applied Mathematics, he enjoys the deep thought that comes with theoretical work. This choice of major is not especially in demand in the working world, but he will find work somewhere. In America, many universities offer majors in Philosophy or other theoretical subjects. Some universities offer ranking to their students - for example, summa cum laude, magna cum laude, cum laude. This is based on the students' grade point averages.
However, here at MIT, we do not have that sort of ranking system. We do have grade point averages, however. Also, many students in the US spend a great part of their high school lives striving to get into a prestigious college, since they believe graduating from a "good" school will guarantee them a good job.
To answer Gregory's question, people like to tell us that grades do not matter in the long run, but MIT students spend a lot of time worrying about their grades anyway, simply because the students here are very intense and competitive in nature. I think in engineering, it's less important to get good grades because it's not necessary to go to grad school. We have a lot of "pre-meds" at MIT who worry about grades because it's extremely competitive to get into medical school here. So, in summary, no I don't think Americans stress the importance of grades, think it is just the competitive nature of the students here.
Just wondering, do the French students do homework on the weekends? Students in Cambridge, England have an "8-8-8" rule, which is 8 hours of work, 8 hours of sleep, plus 8 hours of play a day. Anything like that in France?