My experience studying in two different countries was quite interesting. Through experience, I realized not only are the Canadian teachers more acquainted with their jobs than the Indian teachers, but the whole school system itself in Saudi Arabia is a big mess. I have always felt the lack of attention from my Indian mentors and staff, feeling less ambitious and oblivious as to what I can achieve in life.
I was born and raised in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where I passionately loved everything about the country, people, government system, facilities, and malls. I became accustomed to the lifestyle, all except for the style of teaching, which I absolutely despised, because of the teachers in Saudi Arabia, specifically in my school. I went to International Indian School, which is based on Indian curriculum. I had a terrible experience being a student over there, becoming totally dependant on tutors since grade 1, and was never given an individual attention by a teacher in the class. In fact, half of the educators didn't even know my name through out the school year. I was never able to make my own decisions and was never positive about them. Though the school provided us with the best text books, it didn't seem to help us at all. The teachers treated every lesson as if the students knew it from earlier in the school system, expecting us to ace tests. I"ll never forget my seventh grade math class, where we had 35 minutes in class, but the teacher spent the whole time scribbling and writing numerals on the black board, giving us five minutes before the bell rang to copy it, knowing all that information would be on our next unit test. The fact that nothing was explained and memorization was key to learning, upset me greatly. This is when I came to realization that the Indian school system is very erratic.
The teachers humiliated the students if they were confused or didn't understand something, discouraging students to ask any further questions.
