Diane Ravitch hits the nail on the head when commenting about how American education policy is to make American classrooms more like Chinese classrooms.
This is the dream of “tiger moms” like Amy Chua and Michelle Rhee, to
subject children to higher and higher stakes until they think of
nothing other than their test scores.
Sorry, guys, but your dream is not the American dream. The American
dream is one where everyone has a fair chance to realize their
ambitions, whatever they may be–not just test scores, but in sports,
music, or some other endeavor. The American dream celebrates those who
tinker, who create, who improvise, who invent new ideas while “messing
around” with stuff that interests them. This is the dream that made this
country great, not a one-size-fits all examination hell that ranks kids
according to the whims of the testing industry.
...At Hengshui, students study from 5:30 a.m. to 9:50 p.m., cannot have cell phones and are allowed just one day of vacation every month. Cameras are placed in each classroom to monitor students for laziness...
Look at Chinese society and culture under this system, totalitarian, high pressure and conformist. This is not what we should be aspiring to nor what we should be subjecting our children to.
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