I was reading this on Chinese way of tests in schools vs US.
Article was talking about a kid “who was clearly not “ready” to read” and “(US) law doesn’t start testing students’ reading abilities until after third grade” so that kids don’t start anxious about tests. Again not a consideration for us. My daughter, 3 and 1/2, is starting to read words in Malayalam and English. And it will be the case with most of our children – we don’t really consider the readiness factor all that much. Our parents don’t have too much against scolding the kid, forcing them to sit and study and make them ready rather than let them develop at their own pace.
For “Western parents, who were more concerned with whether their kids were having fun — and wanted less (tests).” – at the same time, we usually don’t have that consideration of kids having fun while choosing school or education. It might be a good thing in early ages, but that attitude towards education – that pretty much it is about passing tests – carries forward when they need to branch out after school. I think that is where the advantage stops – in creativity, pursuing their dreams, following different paths than a socially accepted standard for success and having fun doing the job.
This week Obama was warning US children about competition from India and China. At the same time, if we don’t teach our children to be creative, we might not effectively compete also.
Article was talking about a kid “who was clearly not “ready” to read” and “(US) law doesn’t start testing students’ reading abilities until after third grade” so that kids don’t start anxious about tests. Again not a consideration for us. My daughter, 3 and 1/2, is starting to read words in Malayalam and English. And it will be the case with most of our children – we don’t really consider the readiness factor all that much. Our parents don’t have too much against scolding the kid, forcing them to sit and study and make them ready rather than let them develop at their own pace.
For “Western parents, who were more concerned with whether their kids were having fun — and wanted less (tests).” – at the same time, we usually don’t have that consideration of kids having fun while choosing school or education. It might be a good thing in early ages, but that attitude towards education – that pretty much it is about passing tests – carries forward when they need to branch out after school. I think that is where the advantage stops – in creativity, pursuing their dreams, following different paths than a socially accepted standard for success and having fun doing the job.
This week Obama was warning US children about competition from India and China. At the same time, if we don’t teach our children to be creative, we might not effectively compete also.
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