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[quote=Anonymous]So it's always been in other parts of the world incl China, school is a cornerstone of development.

I am Chinese and I can tell you that what you see has always been more or less.  Chinese culture is very rooted in education.  I know Americans are forever disparaging Chinese govt and I totally get why Democracy should be praised.  But make no mistake - the Chinese culture is sophisticated and their govt is made up of intellectuals.  We don't have idiots in govt like here in the US.

Personally what's ironic is I have always felt American education is done more effectively in the sense that it focuses on independent thoughts and desires.  So in China and other parts of the world it's easier and more norm to have a very effective educational system based on development but what you ultimately get is equality.  I know here in the US, it's what many strive for but the most interesting thing about a place where there's all sorts of levels of education and behaviors is that desire is the only thing that shines.  That desire and drive results in an excellence and result that often exceeds the high standards that you'll find as a norm.  I know it's counter intuitive but that independence of behavior and about wanting to succeed and to be set up for success, even though fewer and harder, leads to a more dynamic result because the one thing you can't give to someone is that desire to succeed.

You can teach discipline, academics, manners, what to do to be successful et al. But unless you want to be awesome, it just doesn't translate as effectively.  I'm very much a product of this kind of upbringing in that all my parents' friends kids were set up for success but I'm the only one who has the money among them although my parents never subscribed to this traditional protocol.  They really let me be me and to mess up grades, socially, etc.  I learned my own lessons and I became what I wanted to become.

I think that either too much American or Chinese ways is not good.  Somewhere in the middle is prob best.  I agree with you that the Chinese though are much much more inclined to offer a healthy developmental process for kids esp v American system but I'm just suggesting that when you reach adulthood, it's really less about what you learned than who you want to be that counts.  Maybe the Scandinavians have it just right - being happy and healthy is all that really counts!!! :)

I also believe that the way US is set up, it's almost impossible to duplicate the kind of development other countries have incl Chinese because in this system, we are a capitalist society and money has to do with everything.  No way can you get everyone on board to learn the same ways nor have the same advantages in our society.[/quote]

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