Watching America has a remarkable piece from China bluntly contrasting the Chinese and American educational systems. Here’s their intro:
Are China’s educational methods inferior to those practiced in the United States? According to this amazingly critical op-ed article that appeared in China’s State-controlled Oriental Morning Post, China’s educational system, which relies on by-rote memorization and the coddling of children, needs a complete overhaul, and the authorities should seriously consider a Chinese version of the Girls Scouts.
Read it all.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.