China's children buckling under the pressure of their parents' deferred dreams

Re:China's children buckling under the pressure of their par... by yters on Thursday August 14, 2008 @05:04PM (#276486)

I increased 100 points on my SAT by studying. There's some degree you can learn how they ask questions and such.

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Re:China's children buckling under the pressure of their par... by hugh on Thursday August 14, 2008 @05:42PM (#276509)

In any case, I'm fairly sure that the Chinese test is not much like the SAT, and does indeed test for a bunch of memorized knowledge. Every part of the Chinese educational system has a huge emphasis on memorized knowledge.

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Re:China's children buckling under the pressure of their par... by netcan on Thursday August 14, 2008 @11:37PM (#276733)

I think the relevant point is not whether you can improve your test score by studying (you can). It's whether or not this is a good thing to be expending your energy on (from the public point of view).

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