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    I have seen this first hand. My cousin is trying to get into a good high school now and he - just graduating from middle school - is studying 10 hours a day every day all summer in hope of doing well on "the test". In my opinion the issue is that too much effort is placed on... more

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  • Rated by BurningSensation on Jul 30, 4:41pm

    I find this pervasive attitude interesting in that modern China hasn't had any huge breakthroughs in original technology or invention the way they did in their history. These days they excel at making copies of things. Perhaps they haven't developed enough yet to hit their stride. Japan has a very similar system and attitude when it comes to education and they are quite innovative albeit equally innovative as the west. From my (obviously limited) knowledge, I can conclude that this pushiness and pressure is mostly unnecessary.

  • Rated by bluFox on Jul 05, 3:20am

    had the same experience. (Not from parents, but from teachers)

  • Rated by halofan101 on Jul 04, 9:56pm

    I have seen this first hand. My cousin is trying to get into a good high school now and he - just graduating from middle school - is studying 10 hours a day every day all summer in hope of doing well on "the test". In my opinion the issue is that too much effort is placed on memorization and not enough on critical thinking. For example if my cousin and I (raised since birth in the US) where to both take a test on the book Atlas Shrugged he might read that 1000+ page book 50 times and memorize it while I would read it once, take some notes and take a look at the philosophy behind that book. It is that test memorization thing that is the problem.

  • Rated by VonZhou on Jun 27, 11:49am

    This same attitude persists within the Chinese community around the world, including the US. Growing up in the US, Chinese parents would constantly put pressure on their kids to get into Harvard or Yale to the point where the kids would sacrifice ordinary American childhoods by not having fun and friends in order to placate their parents wishes

  • Reviewed by GeneralCokehead on Jun 24, 2:47pm

    This is why I've always disliked when people compare the US with China, and say, 'We need to be more like them!' We don't. At all.

  • Rated by velation on Jun 22, 3:04pm

    If I were this person I would get good grades for my own sake in order to earn a living and abandon these parasites as fast as possible.

  • Rated by thecriminalmind on Feb 16 2009, 12:19pm

    I hear stories like this from places where traditionalism is held in higher regard than individualism. When values like duty and loyalty to family, community, or country are exalted beyond the good of the individual, the individual is expected to sacrifice for these values. In extreme cases, these values can be misenforced in a tyrannical fashion.