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A comment on The Tough Decision to Leave the Classroom. Parent comment

Re:The Tough Decision to Leave the Classroom by yummyfajitas on Friday January 09, 2015 @03:04AM (#8861234)
Pervasive test culture is far larger in Asia than in the US. Wealthy Asian nations perform very well, though admittedly most of that performance is likely due to unmentionable factors.
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Re:The Tough Decision to Leave the Classroom by hueving on Friday January 09, 2015 @03:27AM (#8861287)
>admittedly most of that performance is likely due to unmentionable factors.

A culture of forcing children to study for hours every night at home and go to school 6 days a week?

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Re:The Tough Decision to Leave the Classroom by gwillen on Friday January 09, 2015 @03:41AM (#8861319)
I was assuming 'cheating'.
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Re:The Tough Decision to Leave the Classroom by jpadkins on Friday January 09, 2015 @04:45AM (#8861466)
I assumed genetics.
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