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发帖数: 11162 | 1 Gaokao: Why China is eating our students' lunch
The next time your teenager whines that schoolwork is stressing him or her
out, mention gaokao. It’s a one-word explanation for why China is eating
our school lunch.
Gaokao is the three-day period each year when high school seniors in China
take exams to see if they will be admitted to university. Put simply, the
rest of their lives will be determined by their results.
Students study for months to prepare for the exams, which are taking place
this week across China. A poor score, for whatever reason, means the student
will probably never be admitted to any of the 2,200 Chinese universities,
where some 20 million students are enrolled.
“The pressure generated by gaokao is enormous and the consequences are for
a lifetime,” says Bill Bennett, a former U.S. Secretary of Education who is
now chairman of the group Conservative Leaders for Education. “Could we
learn something from China that might help improve our educational standards
? Absolutely.”
How big a deal is gaokao? Tens of thousands of neighbors gather around buses
ferrying the departing students from their towns and villages to wish them
well. To create better conditions for study, police enforce “no honking”
traffic laws. Dancing in village squares, a popular activity in China, is
suspended. And residents whose televisions are too loud get warning visits
from the authorities.
“We know how significant the gaokao is to the students, so we suspended the
dancing to show our support,” said Jiang Yanping of Hunan province, in an
interview with the China Daily newspaper.
It’s no secret that Asian societies put a high value on education. In the U
.S., 93 percent of the 19 million students who identify themselves as Asian
graduate from high school on time, compared with 83 percent of the general
population.
“It’s so much pressure,” says Peggy Hsu, a New Yorker who grew up in
Taiwan, which has its own gaokao tradition. “If you get sick, or don’t do
well on those tests, you’re done. Gaokao relies on memorization. But it
doesn’t encourage kids to solve problems or think for themselves. In
America, you have the SAT and ACT tests, but that’s just one factor that
schools look at. You might have leadership qualities, or do a lot of out of
school activities.”
Not to mention that all-important politically correct factor – diversity.
Compare China’s reverential attitude toward education with the U.S., where
many high schools are so dangerous students pass through metal detectors
every day. Or in places like Reading, Pa., where, as Fox News reported this
week, a lawsuit charged that phantom teachers are paid hundreds of thousands
of dollars – not to teach, but to work for the teachers’ union.
Even worse is the situation on American college campuses, where students
seem to think their parents sent them not to get an education, but to
protest against President Trump. They riot if a conservative is invited to
speak, and throw rocks at police who are trying to protect them.
“The left’s priorities are not about education at all,” says Bennett. “
For them, it’s about civil liberties and civil rights. It’s about
establishing ‘justice’ in the schools.”
That’s not a winning formula, except for China.
John Moody is Executive Vice President, Executive Editor for Fox News. A
former Rome bureau chief for Time magazine, he is the author of four books
including "Pope John Paul II : Biography." | d****o
发帖数: 32610 | 2 狐狸台拉了个ww出来讲中国高考
“It’s so much pressure,” says Peggy Hsu, a New Yorker who grew up in
Taiwan, which has its own gaokao tradition. “If you get sick, or don’t do
well on those tests, you’re done. Gaokao relies on memorization. But it
doesn’t encourage kids to solve problems or think for themselves. In
America, you have the SAT and ACT tests, but that’s just one factor that
schools look at. You might have leadership qualities, or do a lot of out of
school activities.”
student
【在 T****t 的大作中提到】
: Gaokao: Why China is eating our students' lunch
: The next time your teenager whines that schoolwork is stressing him or her
: out, mention gaokao. It’s a one-word explanation for why China is eating
: our school lunch.
: Gaokao is the three-day period each year when high school seniors in China
: take exams to see if they will be admitted to university. Put simply, the
: rest of their lives will be determined by their results.
: Students study for months to prepare for the exams, which are taking place
: this week across China. A poor score, for whatever reason, means the student
: will probably never be admitted to any of the 2,200 Chinese universities,
| g*q
发帖数: 26623 | 3 原来湾湾高考全靠死记硬背啊？
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【在 d****o 的大作中提到】
: 狐狸台拉了个ww出来讲中国高考
: “It’s so much pressure,” says Peggy Hsu, a New Yorker who grew up in
: Taiwan, which has its own gaokao tradition. “If you get sick, or don’t do
: well on those tests, you’re done. Gaokao relies on memorization. But it
: doesn’t encourage kids to solve problems or think for themselves. In
: America, you have the SAT and ACT tests, but that’s just one factor that
: schools look at. You might have leadership qualities, or do a lot of out of
: school activities.”
:
: student
| P**C
发帖数: 4333 | 4 Fox的角度真是令人大跌眼镜，弯弯来评价高考，然后美国学生就是为了反川普。
student
【在 T****t 的大作中提到】
: Gaokao: Why China is eating our students' lunch
: The next time your teenager whines that schoolwork is stressing him or her
: out, mention gaokao. It’s a one-word explanation for why China is eating
: our school lunch.
: Gaokao is the three-day period each year when high school seniors in China
: take exams to see if they will be admitted to university. Put simply, the
: rest of their lives will be determined by their results.
: Students study for months to prepare for the exams, which are taking place
: this week across China. A poor score, for whatever reason, means the student
: will probably never be admitted to any of the 2,200 Chinese universities,
| d****o
发帖数: 32610 | 5 ww好像叫联考
这人说gaokao政治不太正确
【在 g*q 的大作中提到】
: 原来湾湾高考全靠死记硬背啊？
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| P**C
发帖数: 4333 | 6 因为是文科生。
【在 g*q 的大作中提到】
: 原来湾湾高考全靠死记硬背啊？
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| f******t
发帖数: 19544 | | C*****4
发帖数: 8585 | 8 哈哈，不错啊，美国人很自然地认为台湾是中国的一个省 | T*R
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