Gist of article: Students learn better when taught by teachers (Asian way) than they do when "taught" by other students (American way); and, students that listen in class, take notes, and ask questions (Asian students raised by their parents with strong work ethics) do better than students who slack off (American students that are raised by their parents to expect the world to do their work for them). In an old Fred Reed article, he referred to this, explaining that many Asian parents tell their kids not to come home with anything other than A's. We plan to have the same attitude about our kid's education, though we do plan to homeschool.
Hooda thunkit?
I had a chaplain in the Army who mentioned that he wished Americans would act more like Chinese when it came to strong family values and educational standards. I replied, we do not have to be Chinese to do that. All we have to is to restore the values of our immigrant fathers who understood strong family, Godly morality, hard work and education.
>>explaining that many Asian parents tell their kids not to come home with anything other than A's.
In this country, you could expect a visit from the state child services department if you said that to a child.
Get rid of government schools and most of these problems go away.
I withdrew from a class once because the students were so rude and disruptive. The teacher was a Chinese graduate student, and I was really embarassed and even pulled her aside and said she shouldn't take such rude behavior from students. What could she do though? Nothing really.