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I went through both the US and Japanese systems concurrently. Both systems are working well, as intended.
by hkmurakami 12y ago
I went through both the US and Japanese systems concurrently. Both systems are working well, as intended.
- kazinator 12y agoExcept that Johnny can barely read, while Shigeru can write 1500 kanji with his eyes closed. :)
- adventured 12y agoMeanwhile Japan has a mere 22 nobel prizes since 1940. America has 330. Japan has seen zero economic growth for over 20 years. America's GDP has doubled in that time. America has the best universities, by far. Japan does not. America has the most productive, technologically advanced, large economy on earth. Japan has been stagnant for decades. Writing 1500 kanji with your eyes closed doesn't appear to be very useful in the real world.
- excelphysicslab 12y agoFor more than 100 years about one out of four American Nobel Prize winners were foreign born – and in the past 3 years, nearly half of American laureates were immigrants. Note that this does not include second/third generation immigrants.
- adventured 12y agoOnly one in four? I would have guessed higher. Albert Einstein also chose to become an American. What you're describing is the greatest honor a country can receive. There is no higher compliment, than the best and the brightest the world over seeking to immigrate to your shores. They have been seeking America out for centuries because it was and still is an immense land of opportunity.
- coupdejarnac 12y agoI'd love to read a writeup comparing and contrasting the two systems.