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[quote=Anonymous]Anyone who has studied the history of China will know that tutoring and studying for the various exams to join the government bureaucracy has been a regular practice for thousands of years. Joining the government was a good way to improve your families economic status. Families poured their savings into preparing their child for the exams because entrance into the bureaucracy was based on merit exams. The practice of tutoring and the importance of exams is still common place in China and can also be found in South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and other Asian cultures. I will not claim to know if the practice in other Asian countries is tied back to the Chinese practice, I would suspect that it is but I have never looked for those connections.

There are many places in the world were education is seen as a way to leave poverty. Families place a lot of emphasis on education so that their kids can live better lives and take care of their parents when their parents are older.

So yes, it is cultural and it has real historic roots. I do think that there is a balance that is needed between the tutoring/enrichment classes and other activities but I would say the same thing about sports. I think travel sports starts far too young and that it is not great for kids to be playing one sport 6 days a week, year round.  [/quote]

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