What are the differences between Chinese and American education reflected in "Booming Heart"?

Carmel 2022-04-19 09:02:02

The first is the encouragement of heterosexual communication. In the film, Bryce's family encourages him to communicate with Julie at dinner. The school will hold lunch boy activities to increase the opportunities for communication between men and women, all of which encourage communication between the opposite sex. In addition, the United States does not have the concept of puppy love born in China because of the high school entrance examination. In school, classmates naturally talk about the topic of love, and they are not shy about dating. Parents are not opposed to dating. Julie's father will care about his daughter and Bryce. Relationship.

The second is intergenerational equality. Bryce's grandfather Duncan used "May I speak with you?" when he talked to him, and after he made friends with Julie, he put his children on the same level as himself. And at the family dinner, when Julie's brothers knew that Bryce's father could play the saxophone, they kindly invited him to play in the band. Elders are not high-ranking figures, but friends around them.

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  • Chet Duncan: Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss, but every once in a while you find someone who's iridescent, and once you do, nothing will ever compare.

  • Juli Baker: [on why she's interested in Bryce] I guess it's something about his eyes... or maybe his smile.

    Richard Baker: Well, what about him?

    Juli Baker: What?

    Richard Baker: You have to look at the whole landscape.

    Juli Baker: What does that mean?

    Richard Baker: A painting is more than the sum of its parts. A cow by itself is just a cow, a meadow by itself is just grass, flowers... and the sun peeking through the trees is just a beam of light, but you put them all together... and it can be magic.