Are there<\/em> indeed good\/nice international school students everywhere?<\/p>\n\n\n\n You might just find yourself missing the students at your previous international school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, how can students at an international school be so different?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Many people are quick to say that students at international schools are snobby and stuck-up (because supposedly they are coming from wealthy families). Though this might be true for many international schools, but it is often not always the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are some international schools where the students are more like zombies; they will sit in your class and not make too much noise. These zombie students will answer the questions you ask them, but they won’t discuss the questions very much and give strong opinions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are also international schools where the kids<\/em> appear to be in charge. These outgoing, borderline rude kids maybe have been influenced more so by the host-country culture of how their students behave in the local schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Of course, there are also international schools that have very well-behaved kids, overall. The question is then how did they become these kind and considerate kids?<\/p>\n\n\n\n What then determines the demeanor or behavior of the students at international schools? Is it something that is out of the control of the teachers and administration, and an already established culture of the school? Or is it something that the teachers and administration carefully plan and articulate to the students over a series of years (maybe even from the founding of the school)?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another theory is that it is possible that the students’ behavior is directly linked to the behavior of the teachers and how they interact with the other teachers\/administration and the students themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Let’s not forget the parents as well! It is clear that they play a role in this. But with so many parents from potentially numerous countries around the world, it is unclear how the parents, as a whole, could play a direct role in the demeanor of the students at school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some schools try different behavor programs to help the behavior of their students. After searching ‘Responsive Classroom<\/a>‘ using our Comment Search feature (premium membership access needed), we found 6 comments on 4 different international schools. After searching ‘Learner Profile<\/a>‘, we found another 6 comments on 5 different international schools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Luckily, International School Community has a comment topic on our school profile pages related to this topic of new things added at a school. Our members can share what current international schools are doing in this topic. There are a total of 528 comments<\/strong> (March. 2019) that have been submitted by our veteran international school teachers in one of the 66 comment topics called – “In general, describe the demeanor of the students.”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are a few of those submitted comments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n “They are very sweet, respectful, and their families instill educational values. Some of the cultural differences do create problems, but this is something to get used to as in any international school…” – “The students at school are nice kids. Very friendly. Very Chinese. There are some cultural hurdles that expats new to teaching Chinese kids encounter like the general passivity in class. It takes adjustments to figure out how to teach effectively. They are, outside the classroom, very chatty, noisy, and sometimes spoiled…” – Nanwai King’s College School Wuxi<\/a> (Wuxi, China) – 38 Comments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n “The student population is majority South Korean, which can cause problems. They tend to speak Korean and teachers and other students are left out of the conversations. The Korean students often times will only hang out with other Korean kids…” – Hanova International School (Xi’an)<\/a> (Xi’an, China) – 73 Total Comments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Students are generally polite and respectful. The main student academic issues tend to revolve around organization (or lack thereof). A bigger concern is usually student stress brought on by lack of sleep and being overly focused on grades…” – Washington International School (Tregaron Campus)<\/a> (Washington D.C., USA) – 31 Comments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Most students are at the school to get a good education in order to go to university programs in Europe or North America. They are willing to work to achieve this goal. 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