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As someone who has been through the education system in Israel, I am very suspicious of anyone claiming anything about Israeli high schools is better. The stat

by netcan 17y ago

As someone who has been through the education system in Israel, I am very suspicious of anyone claiming anything about Israeli high schools is better. The state of education there is terrible & getting worse. It is common for high school students to go to private tutors who in 5-10 sessions can do more for them then school does in 2 years.

yurisagalov 17y ago
I haven't gone through their high school education system, but I studied with plenty of kids who went through it. I don't know if they went to tutors to be honest, since it never came up, but many of those who came to us in grade 10 were much further ahead of those of us in grade 10 in the field of mathematics. As someone who did study in Israel until the end of grade 6, I can safely and without exaggeration say that when I started grade 7 here, the material we were covering in math was equivalent to what I learnt in grade 5. In fact, I was advised to skip grades, but my parents decided not to advance me as my English was quite poor at the time.
- netcan 17y ago
  When was this?
  - yurisagalov 17y ago
    13 years ago :) Keep in mind, I'm not saying that the High School education system in Israel isn't going to hell and back. It very well may be. The purpose of my post was to discuss Canadian/North American education...My comment on Israel was largely anecdotal in relation to how those kids do in the Canadian high school education system...
    - netcan 17y ago
      Well, if they are doing any worse then Israel, they are in trouble. Israel requires math to graduate, but the level is not high. It was my experience that the level is set such that a relatively unmotivated & unintelligent teenager can pass without listening in any classes by doing some preparation in the weeks before. BTW, I went in the other direction about that time & age as you.

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As someone who has been through the education system in Israel, I am very suspicious of anyone claiming anything about Israeli high schools is better. The stat

by netcan 17y ago

yurisagalov 17y ago
I haven't gone through their high school education system, but I studied with plenty of kids who went through it. I don't know if they went to tutors to be honest, since it never came up, but many of those who came to us in grade 10 were much further ahead of those of us in grade 10 in the field of mathematics. As someone who did study in Israel until the end of grade 6, I can safely and without exaggeration say that when I started grade 7 here, the material we were covering in math was equivalent to what I learnt in grade 5. In fact, I was advised to skip grades, but my parents decided not to advance me as my English was quite poor at the time.
- netcan 17y ago
  When was this?
  - yurisagalov 17y ago
    13 years ago :) Keep in mind, I'm not saying that the High School education system in Israel isn't going to hell and back. It very well may be. The purpose of my post was to discuss Canadian/North American education...My comment on Israel was largely anecdotal in relation to how those kids do in the Canadian high school education system...
    - netcan 17y ago
      Well, if they are doing any worse then Israel, they are in trouble. Israel requires math to graduate, but the level is not high. It was my experience that the level is set such that a relatively unmotivated & unintelligent teenager can pass without listening in any classes by doing some preparation in the weeks before. BTW, I went in the other direction about that time & age as you.