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At present, education systems are increasingly diversified and have improved a lot, compared to those of 50 years ago. Though education systems vary from country to country, there are several significant similarities and differences among the present and the past. The similarities are class size, the fundamental subjects, and the level of education systems, while facilities, methodology and relationships between teacher and student are different. This essay will focus on comparing and contrasting these two education systems. There are many similarities among the education system between the present and the past, including class size, the subjects students learn and the level of education. First similarities if that a teacher and many students make up a class because of the lack of teachers and large amount of students, and together they study different units every day. Teachers also will talk abou ttheir personal experiences. The second is that students learn similar fundamental subjects, like languages, maths and history. Students are also taught more variable subjects, such as physics, chemistry and politics. The final similarity is that there are three levels of education, they are primary, secondary and tertiary levels and have been kept since 50 years before. In spite of similarities in education, there are many differences. There have been dramatic changes to the present education system from 50 years ago, which are facilities, methodology, and relationships between teacher and student. Initially, schools used to have quite small classrooms with only blackboards and chalk, and sometimes individual tables and chairs were not included in the room. This is totally different from the present classrooms which have lights, air conditioners, interactive board and laptops. The next significant change is the way teachers’ teach and students’ learn. In the past, teachers only concentrate on teaching, but ignored how much students absorbed. In comparison, students passively obtained knowledge from teachers without questioning by raising hands. Another further difference is the relationships. Teacher used to be strict with students who were disrespectful and were even allowed to punish them physically. In contrast, at present, teachers are friendly, have an equal position to students and corporal punishment is strictly prohibited. To sum up, the education systems now are similar in some ways to 50 years ago, but still different in other. Similarities are form of class, basic subjects and level of education while facilities, methodology and teacher/ student relationships are different. In the end, the education system adapts to the gradual changes in education pricinples, but will not go against the idea of developing capable intelligent students.

Jasmine E6F