You must remember the Chinese Gov’t is all about “face” and appearances, especially in Shanghai. Its absolutely true that Chinese students are forced to study harder, move at a faster pace, and do much more homework.
At the same time though, remember that Shanghai is China’s most modern and wealthiest city. I have no doubts also that the Shanghai Gov’t arranged for their best schools to take this test.
They’re not cheating. My gal went to Fudan. She taught her daughter the Chinese-style of Math, everyday after school. “The Kid” aced everything, and started Grad School this year at age 20. And college has been essentially free, with only a bit more in taxes because some of the grants are taxable. The Chinese take education very, very seriously.
Meanwhile American kids are busy working on their American Idol and DWTS auditions...
It goes way beyond that. It is the traditional demand for improvement, without the coddling of the leftists. They are already communist. Here, we are only heading that way! Dumbing the population must come first, for their success!
Looks like our unions and teachers are having their goal in sight!
Yeah, but US kids got ‘em beat every way in ‘self esteem’,
putting condoms on cucumbers,texting skills and Lady Gaga trivia.
I bet our kids would kick their butts in football and cheerleading!! We just need to spend more money on our schools and problem solved!
I’d like to see the cost per student in Shanghai compared to US costs.
You know the msm won’t cover that.
I’m curious to know what the disparity would be if they compared kids in US private schools with the Chinese kids. The Chinese students would probably still score higher but I wonder by how
much.
Just out of curiosity, ‘twould be interesting to filter out home schooled youngsters and find out what those comparative scores are.
"Letting"? I'll translate the conversation into New Yorkese for you: "Sorry, but your internal passport to go back home to Mom and Dad has expired, little fella. Apply again in two months—after the test. They'll have nice new garage by then. Capice?
On the other hand, Hong Kong’s near the top of the board in almost every category but, again, not nearly as high as Shanghai. If the Chinese were going to cheat, wouldn’t they cheat across the board?
No. This test-opera is probably directed just as much at Hong Kong as it is at round-eyes in the West. Hong Kong is continually giving the central government the finger, and there is little Peking can do about it, since without Hong Kong, the money and brains pretty much disappear.
More focus on academics and less on social issues. Probably more homework, too.
Remember Robin Williams playing a Japanese telling “stupid American” jokes?
How do the Chinese compare to our homeschoolers?