Conventional Preparatory Schools
传统大学预备学校

Vermont International Academy (VIA)
佛蒙特州国际高中

Focus on amassing large amounts of information
侧重积累大量的信息

Focus on applying information to new and unpredictable situations
专注于如何在不可预知的新情况下应用信息

Focus on solving problems
侧重解决问题

Focus on identifying problems to solve
关注如何识别需要解决的问题

Focus on science and mathematics
侧重科学及数学

Balances math, science, and the humanities
平衡数学、科学及人文科学的关系

Focus on receiving knowledge
侧重获取知识

Focus on creating knowledge
关注创造知识

Focus on copying innovations
侧重模仿创新

Focus on creating innovations
关注创造创新

Focus on structural solutions
侧重结构性解决方案

Focus on elegant and artistic solutions
关注精巧完美的解决方案

Focus on the results of human quest for knowledge
侧重人类追求知识的结果

Focus on how, where, and by whom knowledge was created
关注知识怎么、在哪里、被谁创造的

Focus on memorization
侧重对知识和信息的识记

Focus on understanding and insights
关注理解能力和洞察力

Focus on either western or eastern ideas
侧重东方或者西方的思想观点

Finds harmony between eastern and western ideas
在东西方思想中寻求和谐发展

Emphasized the history and literature of either the west of the east
侧重东方或西方的历史和文学

Focuses on world history and world literature
关注世界历史和世界文学

Focus on college preparation
侧重为大学做准备

Focus on college preparation and preparation for innovative work in business, science, government, and industry.
关注入读大学的准备工作及为商业、科学、政府及工业的创新工作做准备

Many schools rely on authority only.
很多学校依靠权威

VIA relies on reason, argument, and evidence.
VIA依赖理性、论点和证据