How American and Chinese Teachers Tell the Story of Cinderella

In the American version, the class bell rings, children run into the classroom, and the teacher is about to tell the story of Cinderella. The teacher first asks a child to come to the front and tell the story to the class. The child finishes quickly, the teacher thanks them, and then begins to ask the whole class questions. Teacher: Which character in the story do you like? Which one do you dislike? Why?

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American Version

The class bell rings, children run into the classroom, and the teacher is about to tell the story of Cinderella.

The teacher first asks a child to come to the front and tell the story to the class. The child finishes quickly, the teacher thanks them, and then begins to ask the whole class questions.

Teacher: Which character in the story do you like? Which one do you dislike? Why?

Student: I like Cinderella and the Prince, and I dislike her stepmother and the stepsisters. Cinderella is kind, lovely, and beautiful. The stepmother and stepsisters are not nice to Cinderella.

Teacher: If Cinderella hadn't made it to her pumpkin carriage by midnight, what do you think might have happened?

Student: Cinderella would have turned back into her dirty self, wearing tattered clothes. Oh, that would be terrible.

Teacher: So, you must be punctual, otherwise you might bring trouble upon yourself. Also, look, you all dress up nicely every day; never appear in front of others looking sloppy, or your friends will be scared. Girls, you should be even more careful. When you grow up and go on dates, if you are not careful and your boyfriend sees you looking terrible, they might faint (the teacher acts out fainting).

Teacher: Alright, next question. If you were Cinderella's stepmother, would you stop Cinderella from going to the Prince's ball? You must be honest!

Student: (After a while, a child raises their hand to answer) Yes, if I were Cinderella's stepmother, I would also stop her from going to the Prince's ball.

Teacher: Why?

Student: Because, because I love my own daughters, and I want my own daughters to become the queen.

Teacher: Yes, so the stepmothers we see always seem to be bad people. They just aren't kind enough to others, but they are very good to their own children. Do you understand? They are not bad people; they just aren't able to love other children the same way they love their own.

Teacher: Children, next question. Cinderella's stepmother wouldn't let her go to the Prince's ball and even locked the door. Why was she able to go and become the most beautiful girl at the ball?

Student: Because a fairy helped her, gave her beautiful clothes, turned the pumpkin into a carriage, and turned the dog and mice into servants.

Teacher: Correct, you said it very well! Think about it, if Cinderella hadn't received the fairy's help, she wouldn't have been able to go to the ball, right?

Student: Yes!

Teacher: If the dog and mice weren't willing to help her, could she have successfully run home at the last moment?

Student: No, that way she would have successfully scared the Prince. (The whole class laughs again)

Teacher: Although Cinderella had the fairy's help, the fairy's help alone is not enough. So, children, no matter where we go, we need friends. Our friends don't have to be fairies, but we need them, and I hope you have many, many friends. Now, please think about this: if Cinderella had given up the opportunity just because her stepmother didn't want her to go to the ball, could she have become the Prince's bride?

Student: No! In that case, she wouldn't have gone to the ball, and the Prince wouldn't have met, known, and fallen in love with her.

Teacher: Exactly! If Cinderella didn't want to go to the ball, even if her stepmother hadn't stopped her and even supported her, it would have been useless. Who decided that she would go to the Prince's ball?

Student: She herself.

Teacher: So, children, even if Cinderella had no mother to love her, and her stepmother didn't love her, that couldn't stop her from loving herself. It is precisely because she loved herself that she was able to seek what she wanted. If any of you feel that no one loves you, or like Cinderella, have a stepmother who doesn't love you, what should you do?

Student: Love yourself!

Teacher: Correct, no one can stop you from loving yourself. If you feel others don't love you enough, you must love yourself twice as much; if others don't give you opportunities, you should give yourself twice as many opportunities; if you truly love yourself, you will find what you need. No one could stop Cinderella from going to the Prince's ball, and no one could stop Cinderella from becoming the queen, except herself. Right?

Student: Yes!!!

Teacher: Last question, what is illogical about this story?

Student: (After a long while) Everything was supposed to turn back to its original state after midnight, but Cinderella's glass slipper didn't change back.

Teacher: My goodness, you are amazing! You see, even great writers make mistakes, so making mistakes is nothing to be afraid of. I guarantee that if any of you become writers in the future, you will definitely be better than this writer! Do you believe it?

The children cheer.

Chinese Version

The class bell rings, students and the teacher enter the classroom.

Teacher: Today in class, we are telling the story of Cinderella. Has everyone previewed it?

Student: Do we still need to preview this? It's already so old and cliché.

Teacher: Cinderella? Is it a Grimm's fairy tale or a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale? Who is the author? What year was he born? What are the author's life achievements?

Student: ...Isn't it all written in the book? Can't you read it yourself?

Teacher: What is the major significance of this story?

Student: Great, this is definitely going to be on the test.

Teacher: Alright, let's start the lesson. Who will divide the paragraphs first and explain the reason for this division?

Student: One paragraph at the beginning and end, one in the middle, summary-analysis-summary...

Teacher: The lesson has started, everyone listen carefully.

Student: It started a long time ago...

Teacher: Speaking of this, everyone pay attention to this sentence. Is this sentence a metaphor? Is it an explicit or implicit metaphor? Why did the author write it this way?

Student: (N people start sleeping...)

Teacher: Everyone pay attention to this word. If I replace it with another word, why is it not as good as the author's?

Student: (N more people start sleeping...)

Teacher: Has everyone noticed, if we swap the positions of this paragraph and that paragraph, would it work? Why?

Student: I'm not you, how would I notice that? (N more people start sleeping...)

Teacher: Why are so many people sleeping? You must know that if you don't study well, you can't get good grades, if you can't get good grades, you can't get into university, if you can't get into university, you can't... You need to understand these principles of life.

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