Presentation on Anping Old Street

The Decision Matrix

Annex B

Pre Trip Task Two: Education (Only find Chinese Sorry)

Sacred Hearts
正心中学为一所完全中学，兼具初中部与高中部，依照服装搭配可以明显辨别高中与初中学生。 创办时间为民国50年7月，创办经费是由天主教嘉义教区的牛会卿主教向国内外教会募款，进而筹办正心中学。 云林县私立永年高级中学和正心中学同为嘉义教区所属。创校历史悠久，昔日有“小学毕业第一名去正心，第二名去永年”之美称，为云林地区的明星完全中学之一。正心中学致力塑造出每位学生“很会读书、但更会玩”，于第二任校长吴友梅神父27年任内新增许多大型活动，如:一年一度的仁爱健行、国二寒假华山露营、国三寒假日月潭团辅活动、高一成长营、高二北部故宫、高三公训等.....希望学生们不是只会死读书，但还是要学生成绩好，开学都要考试，不知道放假是什么意思，硬要强迫学生需要放松时念书，而要德、智、体、群、美五育皆备，充实学生们的技能.

校歌
巍巍正心 霭霭云林 格物致知 诚意正心 修齐治平 茹古涵今 锻炼体魄 日新又新
弘我斯文 振我国魂 师生一志 舍己为群 止于至善 义德之礅 以光我校 以照乾坤

各栋大楼
有正心堂、诚意楼、修身楼、齐家楼、信义楼、忠孝楼、仁爱楼、圣心大楼以及会卿大楼。

学校编制

高中部
各年级有8班普通班，普通班班级名称以“正、心、诚、意、修、身、齐、家”作为班级识别；另有一音乐班。

国中部
各年级有10班普通班, 班级名称为“正、心、诚、意、修、身、齐、家、治、国”作为识别。另有音乐班(音甲、音乙)及美术班(美甲、美乙), 其中音甲(音乐班男生)音乙(音乐班女生)各分为管乐组与专业组。上学科的时候，音甲管乐组和专业组一起上课，音乙管乐组和专业组一起上课；而在术科课时，音甲管乐组与音乙管乐组一同到分组教室上课，而音甲专业组与音乙专业组一同到分组教室进行音乐专业领域的课程；该两班在段考时排名则分为三个班级:音甲管乐组算一班、音乙管乐组算一班、音甲专页组与音乙专业组合并为音专班。而美甲与美乙则为根据性别分班, 美甲为男生班, 美乙为女生班。也就是说“正、心、诚、意、修、身、音甲、美甲” 为男生班,“齐、家、治、国、音乙、美乙” 为女生班。

Pre Trip Task Two: Education

Primary Education

The Taiwanese education system has been challenged for emphasising learning by rote as opposed to understanding. Yet 95% of children go on after their mandatory 9 years to study further at high schoosl, trade schools or college. The first 6 grades are taken at elementary school, where English is compulsory and the range of other subjects would outshine those at many third-world middle schools.

Middle Education

At junior high school the main goal of pupils to is capture high marks to help them study further. Many stay on at school long after hours to attend extra classes that may only end at 8pm. The curriculum is similarly impressive, including literature, maths, english language, science and technology, social studies, civics, history and geography. At the end of this phase, students are assigned to more advanced schools on the basis of their performance in the national senior high school entrance examination.

Secondary Education

Senior high school lasts for 3 years during which the goal of students is to aspire to enter university. Discipline is in the hands of military officers and incidents of misbehaviour are rare. There is often a choice between science and liberal arts programs. University entrance is granted through entrance examinations, followed by lecturer recommendations regarding the best study course to follow.

Vocational Education

Vocational training takes place in parallel for 3 years too. Here though, there is greater emphasis on vocationally relevant practical skills. Most students choose to specialize in a core subject, for example computer science, a particular engineering skill, or business methods. It is not unusual for students to follow this route to university too. 

Tertiary Education

There are over 100 higher education institutions in Taiwan. These include many accredited trade schools and colleges. Some of these are state-controlled and some are private businesses. Engineering is the most popular course and accounts for 25% of degrees awarded. The most prestigious universities include National Taiwan University (north, comprehensive, illustrated opposite), National Chung Hsing University (middle, agriculture and biology) and National Cheng Kung University (south, engineering, medical, science).

Pre- Trip Task One: Cost of living

In Singapore 

The cost of a standard 4 room HDB flat in Punggol - S$545,000

The current cost of a brand new Toyota Vios - S$120,888

From XXX supermarket the prices of the following: Cheapest 10kg Rice Packet $13.90, Cheapest 1.5 liter Water $0.65, Cheapest Fresh Whole Chicken $4.60 (Only have frozen chicken), Cheapest 1 liter Cooking Oil $2.95. We can bring our own plastic bags to save money and environment. They are used to store the groceries bought. The cashier age 32 from China helps to scan the object, calculate the total price of groceries and put them into the bags, receive the payment and give the customers the change.

School fee is $28

One liter of petrol (95 unleaded) $2.130

One movie ticket on the weekend $11.50

Average salary of a Singaporean $4998

One Big Mac meal is $7

These might not be very accurate though. :)

China's Youth Culture

We chose these pictures because it represents what China's Youth Culture ard. Firstly,food is very important to us. We need food to survive. However, what youth may like to eat may be  different from what the elderlys like to eat. The food shown above is the 臭豆腐,also known as the smelly tofu. We may not like it because of its smell but the people In China love it despite of it's smell. The young and old like it,something which unites them. Teenagers are teenagers regardless of nationality. Teenagers love to play games, watch videos, and China teeenagers are no exception. In fact, they even have their own websites and channels where they enjoy their activities on. The festivals they celebrate are US-China Youth Cultural and Art Festival. Comparing it with Singapore, the food they like and the websites they frequent are different even though both things serve the same purpose.

Singapore's youth culture

We chose these pictures as they represent Singapore's youth festivals, food and folk. For example, the SYF is a festival organized for youths, while CCAs are compulsory for every student. The char Siew mee and satay are common dishes eaten by youths in Singapore and racial harmony and social media represents the folk. Thus, the pictures chosen for our montage represents the youth of singapore.