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While having a much smaller population (10M), Hungary places 4th in worldwide medal rankings on the International Mathematics Olympiad [1] behind China (1.5B),
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While having a much smaller population (10M), Hungary places 4th in worldwide medal rankings on the International Mathematics Olympiad [1] behind China (1.5B), USA (300M) and Russia (150M)
[1]: https://www.imo-official.org/results_country.aspx?column=awards&order=desc https://www.imo-official.org/results_country.aspx?column=awa...
- SamReidHughes 7y agoWell, that's historical. In 2019 it was 1. China 1. USA 3. S. Korea (51M) 4. N. Korea (25M). And Hungary lost to Serbia (7M). https://www.imo-official.org/year_country_r.aspx?year=2019&column=total&order=desc https://www.imo-official.org/year_country_r.aspx?year=2019&c...
- chx 7y agoThere were a few, very few special math classes that went against the system which delivered results. I went to one, I should know...
- iguy 7y agoIf we're talking about von Neumann, or even just the math olympiad, then clearly we're not talking about how well the education system serves the 50th percentile. It's possible for a system to be awful for most, and somehow find and train the top few percent brilliantly.