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Imagine looking at China and its massively wasteful system of cram schools and rote learning and thinking that's a system you would like to emulate.
by cycrutchfield 6y ago
Imagine looking at China and its massively wasteful system of cram schools and rote learning and thinking that's a system you would like to emulate.
- hintymad 6y agoWhether exams, which solely focus on academics, are effective for selecting talents is definitely up to challenge. That's a whole different topic from which system is less likely to be biased or gamed, though. Just to fact check one thing: cram schools and rote learning for elementary students are rampant because of cut-throat competition for students to get into middle schools, but it's not that much in high school. Sooner or later you just can't rote learning any more. It's like one can probably rote learn James' Calculus, but good luck with Stein's or Rudin's Analysis. Besides, remember most of the good teachers are in public schools? The quality of cram schools was pathetic compared with what's offered by public schools, so the cram schools don't make much of a dent.