Re:Singapore to rethink high-stakes math tests
by chengiz on Thursday September 15, 2016 @09:21AM
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Wait so the article is about Singapore but your entire comment is about China, because? Asia is like this one tiny place where everything is the same? Singaporeans in the news tend to look Chinese? The education standards in China and Singapore are vastly different. Singapore's education and indeed government standards are closer to the West than they are to China and India.
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Re:Singapore to rethink high-stakes math tests
by yomly on Thursday September 15, 2016 @09:45AM
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>Singapore's education and indeed government standards are closer to the West than they are to China and India.
Don't deny that, and it's definitely closer on the spectrum to Western-style education, but the high volume and high stress environment (mentioned in the article) is more reminiscent of that in China. I have plenty of friends who resented the Singaporean system and were failed by the high intensity grades-focused education system. Credit to the Singaporean government for acknowledging and searching for a solution.
My original post was less of a judgement and more exploring the origins of the culture. Perhaps its as simple as a projection of the nations' socioeconomic aspirations...