Education systems in UK and China

Levels of Education systems:

Pre-school and nursery education in UK is similar with kindergarten inChina. This level is for the children which ages range from zero to five. Children are being taken care of for their parents, play together or sleep together. However, kindergartens in China also teach children with basic knowledge which preparing for primary school level. Meanwhile, in UK, there are reception classes in primary schools as foundation stage.

The rest parts of education system in UK include primary Education, secondary Education and tertiary education. While education system in China is classified as primary, junior, senior and tertiary education. There is no extral levels of studying for Chinese students befor they enter a college.

Every student need to finish the senior level in order to get their High School diploma, and inevitably experience the most rigorous exam in their life-University entrance examination. However, in UK, the students which like to start higher education need to study two more years than students prefer to have a job. In that two years, students focus on the subjects their have choosen, and whereby their final resuls-"A" Levels and GCSE to enter higher education system.

It is easier for students to get into universities in UK than in China, because of competitive the quota of students. However, it is easier for students to graduate from Universities in China than in UK.

School Terms：there are three school terms in UK, Winter, Spring, and Summer. While we have only two in China, Winter and Summer.

Open Universities in UK are quite similar with those in China, which set up courses for people to do part-time study in a more flexible way.

Another similarity between these two education systems is private schools. Private schools are expensive, however there are still some parents like to send their children to private schools in order to get a better education. Teaching resource, teaching facilities are Campus Environment are always being considered. On the contrary, some people think that it is useless for children to study in private schools, there is not that much difference.

British food and drink

About Traditional Food
Breakfast
It is well known by people all around the world that breakfasts in Britain are always extremly important and generous.







The traditional English breakfast consists of eggs, bacon, sausages, fried bread, baked beans and mushrooms.










Dinner
Trading British dinner is "meat and two veg", usually put hot brown gravy, (traditionally made from the juices of the roast meat, but more often today from a packet!) on the meat and usually the vegetables. One of the vegetables is almost always potatoes.

The Fish and Chips
A fish and chip shop is a place people have to visit when visit Britain. It is a shop which cooks fried potatoes called chips. They are usually accompanied by fish, pies, mushy peas, etc. The chips used to be wrapped in newspaper but now white paper is used. They often ask if you want salt and vinegar to be sprinkled over your chips.

Bangers and mash
Also known as sausages and mash, is an English dish made of mashed potatoes and sausages, the latter of which may be one of a variety of flavoured sausage made of pork or beef or a Cumberland sausage.

The dish is usually served with a rich onion gravy.

 
 
 
 
 
Yorkshire Pudding

This dish is not usually eaten as a dessert like other puddings but instead as part of the main course or at a starter.

The traditional way to eat a Yorkshire pudding is to have a large, flat one filled with gravy and vegetables as a starter of the meal. Then when the meal is over, any unused puddings should be served with jam or ice-cream as a dessert.

 
 
 
AFTERNOON TEA (The traditional 4 o'clock tea)

This is a small meal, not a drink. Traditionally it consists of tea (or coffee) served with either of the following:
Freshly baked scones served with cream and jam (Known as a cream tea)
Afternoon tea sandwiches - thinly sliced cucumber sandwiches with the crusts cut off.
Assorted pastries

About Drink
Traditional Drinks in Britain: Tea, coffee, Wine, Bitter.

Pubs In Britain
Pubs are an important part of British life. People talk, eat, drink, meet their friends and relax there.

Groups of friends normally buy 'rounds' of drinks, where the person whose turn it is will buy drinks for all the members of the group.








Pub Drinks
Bitter：The most popular kind of British beer is bitter, which is dark and served at room temperature (not hot, not cold). British beer is brewed from malt and hops.

Other Alcohol Drinks: Wine，Cider ，Whisky

Pub Food

Nearly all pubs sell pub lunches.
One of these is the Ploughman's Lunch

 
 
 
 
Including a great wedge of Cheddar cheese, some bread, some pickle, and an onion. Other typical pub foods are scampi (kind of shellfish) and chips (fried potatoes), pie and chips, and chicken and chips.