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Re:Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison t... by ddalex on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @09:39AM (#22945390)
and, somehow, the economic and social system in France is much better than the one in Romania

my take is that the western-style school focuses on getting students life skills, while the eastern-Europe one focuses on cramming knowledge in the brain

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Re:Why are Soviet math textbooks so hardcore in comparison t... by visarga on Sunday April 26, 2020 @12:14PM (#22988152)
Maybe it's also the context, the gradual buildup France had over Romania at the time and now. Romania endured the communist regime for many decades and was very much isolated.
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