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Western students enjoy a seemingly
relaxed educational
experience. This,
however, is not the case for students in
Asia, who face crushing workloads and
are often very
disciplined. In the
first part of her Globalist.
The decision is partly based on an
inability
—
or
unwillingness
—
to spend thousands of dollars in tuition
fees, especially given the suspicion
that local schools are
better anyway.
After all, what more could one want from
a basic education than a strong
grounding in language,
math and
science, all subjects in which Asian schools
famously excel. Our main concern is the
ability of our son
—
and
indeed the whole family
—
to
adapt to the strict
diligence that is
expected of the Chinese. Apprehension
increases when talking to local
friends.
China has a long
history of standardized tests, beginning
with the ancient imperial exams
initiated during the Sui
Chen is at
the top of the class at the
Shanghai
foreign language school, one of the city’s best
middle schools. Already near fluent in
English, she is
studying German and
ranks among the highest in her
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grade in
physics. Her goal is to get a full scholarship to
Harvard to study biochemistry. It is
not only Western
expatriates that grow
anxious when hearing about
students
like Shelly.
Throughout
England, politicians, parents and pundits
worry that the industriousness and
discipline of kids in the
East are
leaving relatively relaxed Westerners trailing
behind. Though there is some debate
surrounding the
statistics, it is
widely believed that North America is failing
to produce sufficient graduates in
sciences and
less controversy attends
the observation
that math scores
throughout the West rank well below
those of most Asian countries. As a
result, there is a
deepening consensus
that, in order to maintain its
competitive edge,
Chinese
students are taught that all questions have but
one right answer and there is little
room for
American education needs to
move away from an
emphasis on fun,
flexibility and individual learning
d,
it has to shift towards a more strict,
disciplined teaching environment that
math and science,
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in
particular, seem to shift can be discerned
even in Canada, where there are no
college entrance
exams, and where,
standardized testing, memorization
and
rote learning have long been frowned upon.
Nevertheless, there is a
mounting chorus complaining that
the
prominence given to creativity cheats students out
of
a proper like science teacher
Sumitra
Rajagopalan are entreating
Canadian educators to adopt a
more
Asian pedagogical philosophy based on “constant
repetition, recitation, grilling and
drilling”. In the United
States, the
rise of China and India is putting even more
emphasis on the demand for education
reform.
Tougher
standards,New policies
—
such as No Child Left
Behind
—
have led to an increased
stress on standardized
testing.
In the 2006 State of the Union address,
President George
W. Bush mentioned the
threat of Asia
’s giants specifically
when introducing his “Competitive
Initiative”, a program
that promises
substantial funds for the teaching of basic
math and science.
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But in an ironic twist, there is an
increasing desire to
make education
more England in China. Many now agree
that the lack of creativity in China’s
education system will
soon prove a
major stumbling block in the country’s
continuing development.
Government and business leaders worry
about a
derivative, manufacturing-based
economy, which is unable
to innovate
core technology, lacks major research and
development projects
—
and lags far behind in
creative
sectors like marketing and
design.
A lack of
flexibility and inability of individuals to take
the
initiative affects the entire
service sector, paralyzing
employees at
every level. Arriving late for the set
breakfast at a five-star hotel in
Chengdu, for example, I,
along with a
group of other foreigners, found that the
coffee had run out. Our request for
more threw the staff
into was not
until a series of meetings had been
held and permission sought from senior
management that
a fresh pot could be g
even trivial problems
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