Education philosophy

[tuan pham <tuan.pham@unsw.edu.au>]

Hi ba'c Tuan D

DDA^y la` 1 de^` ta`i ra^'t hu+~u i'ch, ne^n ba`n dda`ng hoa`ng,
to^i dde^` nghi. mi`nh ddo^?i header nhu+ tre^n.

>Tui cu~ng tha^'y va^.y, va` no'i thu+.c tui ra^'t ghe't he^. tho^'ng gia'o du.c
>o+? Nhu+.t. Tuy nhie^n, to be fair, tui ra^'t hay than phie^`n vo+'i ca'c ddo^`ng
>nghie^.p cu?a tui o+? ANU ve^` sinh vie^n Nhu+.t thi` ho. cu~ng tha`nh thu+.c
>no'i ra(`ng sinh vie^n U'c cu~ng kho^ng kha' ho+n la('m. 

Da^n U'c va` Ta^y phu+o+ng no'i chung ra^'t problem-oriented,
ba'c nghe ddo^`ng nghie^.p U'c hay criticize he^. tho^'ng gia'o du.c
(va` ta^'t ca? ca'c he^. tho^'ng kha'c) cu?a ho. la` ta.i tu+` nho? ho. 
ddu+o+.c re`n luye^.n, khuye^'n khi'ch nhi`n ra va^'n dde^`, nhu+
to^i mo+'i ke^? trong ca'i vi' du. lab report cu?a to^i. (Btw, anh 
cha`ng vie^'t report dda~i bo^i ma` to^i ke^? la` ng` A'. 1/4-1/3 SV
trong tru+o+`ng to^i la` ng` A' du ho.c (kho^ng ke^? U'c go^'c A',
nho'm na`y thi` lo^'i suy nghi~ cu~ng nhu+ U'c da tra('ng tho^i).
Do ddo', ddo^`ng nghie^.p U'c cu?a ba'c hay pha`n na`n ve^` tri`nh 
ddo^. SV cu~ng de^~ hie^?u tho^i. To^i cu~ng le`m be`m kie^?u 
ddo' suo^'t nga`y.


>Ca' nha^n tui thi'ch
>ca'ch gia?ng da^.y, dda`o ta.o cu?a U'c (so vo+'i Nhu+.t) nhu+ng tui kho^ng
>hie^?u sao nu+o+'c U'c da.o na^`y kinh te^' va` co^ng nghe^. ddi` dde.t va^.y,

Dda^y la` 1 chuye^.n kha'c kho^ng di'nh da'ng gi` la('m (tuy cu~ng 
co' 1 pha^`n) vo+'i gia'o du.c. Thu+' nha^'t la` da^n U'c lu+o+`i ho.c!
Do ddo', nh~ di da^n vo^ U'c la` chuye^n mo^n dde` U'c ba?n xu+'
o+? tru+o+`ng ho.c, nho+` ga.o gio?i. Mi't ta cu~ng va^.y. Thu+' hai
la` tre? con U'c ra^'t nhie^`u priorities ngoa`i chuye^.n ho.c. Tre? con
U'c kho^ng pha?i la` academic animal va` ng` lo+'n kho^ng pha?i
la` 100% economic animal, nhu+ Nhu+.t, Ta`u & nh~ da^n A' kha'c.
Nh~ concern lo+'n cu?a bo.n tre? bright cu?a U'c - those who will lead
Australia - la` social equity, environment, quality of life, social
injustice, world peace, world poverty etc. Chi? khi na`o ky` thi sa('p
to+'i 
mo+'i ca('m dda^`u va`o ho.c. Co' la^`n to^i pho?ng va^'n 1 thi' sinh
Tu' 
ta`i dde^? cho ho.c bo^?ng, ng` U'c go^'c Ta`u, co^ ta cho bie^'t la`
chi? co`n
2 tua^`n nu+~a thi Tu' ta`i (o+? dda^y thi Tu' ta`i cu~ng la` thi
tuye^?n
vo^ dda.i ho.c luo^n, no' determine academic career cu?a ng` tre?), co^
ta bo? 1 tua^`n qua Nha^.t dde^? du+. 1 ho^.i tha?o ve^` environment!
(Va^.y ma` lu'c tro+? ve^` va^~n thi ddo^~ dda^`u toa`n tie^?u bang.
Da^n Ta`u brainy tha^.t.) Da^n U'c no'i chung cu~ng va^.y, ddo^'i
vo+'i ho. economic success kho^ng pha?i la` mu.c tie^u duy nha^'t
(even then they are doing pretty well).

>so+. ca? tha(`ng Ma~lai no' dduo^?i ki.p va` vu+o+.t thi` nhu.c he^'t cho^~
>no'i. Lo^~i la^`m na^`y co' pha?i o+? gia'o du.c va` dda`o ta.o kho^ng ba'c?
>

Ha ha ha. Ca'i na`y ba'c ne^n ho?i ba'c NHTha.ch. Ma~ lai co`n la^u
mo+'i ba('t ddu+o+.c U'c. Nh~ ca'i be^` ngoa`i nhu+ Petronas Tower
thi` co' the^? le la('m. Nhu+ng ba'c co' bie^'t la` trong khi ca? A'
cha^u
ddang xi'nh vi'nh vi` economic crisis thi` U'c va^~n pha^y pha^y,
kinh te^' va^~n vu+~ng ma.nh, growth ta(ng, unemployment gia?m,
low inflation, he^. tho^'ng nga^n ha`ng vu+~ng nhu+ ba`n tha.ch, 
va` co`n pha?i bo? ma^'y ti? ba.c dde^? giu'p ma^'y anh la'ng gie^`ng 
A' Cha^u (Korea, Indonesia) so^'ng so't qua co+n crisis. Mo+'i dda^y
la.i pha?i bo? ca? ty? ba.c va`o ca'i vu. East Timor peace keeping 
nu+~a, to^i ddang ddau ca'i tu'i tie^`n dda^y.


>Co`n tha(`ng Nhu+.t, che^ sinh vie^n no' kho^ng sa'ng ta.o thi` ddu'ng,
>nhu+ng ba?o ngu+o+`i Nhu+.t no' kho^ng sa'ng ta.o ma` chi? gio?i adapt va` improve
>thi` kho^ng ddu'ng dda^u. No'i va^.y la` cha(?ng hie^?u gi` ve^` tha(`ng Nha^.t
>cu~ng nhu+ co^ng nghe^. tie^n tie^'n the^' gio+'i ca?.
>

Dza^.y ha?. Va^.y ba'c gia?ng cho tui hie^?u 1 ti' ddi.

Tuy nhie^n to^i tha^'y quan tro.ng ho+n la` ha~y concentrate ba`n
va`o ca'i trie^'t ly' gia'o du.c, tu+'c la`: ho.c tro` la`m sai nhu+ng
co' co^' ga('ng ly' lua^.n ma.ch la.c ro~ ra`ng thi` va^~n co' the^?
co' full mark (di~ nhie^n pha?i ma.ch la.c la('m thi` mi' full mark,
chu+' chi? kha' tho^i thi` chi? high mark, nhu+ng ddie^`u quan tro.ng
la` co' the^? cho kha? na(ng ly' lua^.n bu` la.i su+. sai la.c.)

To^i tha^'y no'i to^?ng qua't kie^?u ddi.nh dde^` toa'n ho.c nhu+ ba'c 
thi` cha(?ng co' i'ch gi` ca?, gia'o du.c dda^u pha?i la` toa'n ho.c,
va^.y 
ba'c ha~y cho 1 thi' du. cu. the^? coi, cu~ng nhu+ to^i dda~ ddu+a vi'
du.
ve^` ca'i lab report. Pha?i la` 1 vi' du. THA^.T hay realistic (nghi~a
la`
based le^n su+. tha^.t), chu+' kho^ng ddu+o+.c hoa`n toa`n hypothetical.
Sau ddo' ta se~ analyse no' va` xem ca'ch cha^'m ddie^?m cu?a mo^~i
be^n ra sao.

Cheers
Tuan