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And also the competition to get into good school etc. Basically a student life doesn't start at 18, 16, or 12, but 2years old, if not one and half (interviews f
by Foobar8568 8y ago
And also the competition to get into good school etc.
Basically a student life doesn't start at 18, 16, or 12, but 2years old, if not one and half (interviews for kindergarten).
Constant ranking, placement exams, number of school hours etc makes western education pathetic.
At the end of P1, Chinese kids are supposed to read something like 800 Chinese words, write 60% of them (if my memory serves me well), in France/Switzerland, most kids can barely read at that age. And poor them if you even think to enforce that. We are destroying generations if the parents don't realize how fucked up is our system: education is a building process, with layers and layers of foundation.
- rqs 8y agoMeanwhile in China, people are bashing the education system hard as well, saying it "Teaching to the test" (a Wikipedia term [0]), "Serving political purpose" and "Like a factory". In my opinion, a successful education system is the one which can produce people who are capable of learn new knowledge my themselves, resolve problems by themselves and create new things by themselves. So maybe, reading 800 Chinese words in a very young age is impressive, but there is more important things to do. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teaching_to_the_test https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teaching_to_the_test
- Foobar8568 8y agoAnd in France people are saying the same bullshit over bac and classes préparatoires. Same in Switzerland. It's lieing to students, reality is a harsh one. If you don't perform during your studies, your life will be tough unless you are an outlier.