It’s really simple - Asian kids, at least in Asia DO NOT have calculators thrown in their faces in math class. And when they complain “Math is hard”, they get told “tough shit, keep working”. US kids get a whole army of ‘social workers’ at their disposal once they complain about, well, anything.
I was going to say “aliens” and post the picture of that “aliens” guy, but everyone shamed me with better comments. đź‘˝
But I should also point out there is a much higher suicide rate in Asian countries, because the pressure put on kids is overwhelming.
There has to be some middle ground.
Completely agree. We approach reading with the attitude that all kids can learn to read well, but for some reason with math we just throw up our hands and say “they’re just not a math person”.