"The idea here is to motivate them work harder to avoid the shaming - or to motivate their parents to push them harder to avoid the shaming. It may work for som

"The idea here is to motivate them work harder to avoid the shaming - or to motivate their parents to push them harder to avoid the shaming. It may work for some. But I see more harm done than good here." Yes, I think that this is very counterproductive. Finnish kids don't even go to school until age of 7 - and they do as well as the top chinese students.