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I do not espouse that theirs is the only way or even the best way, especially when it comes to balance of education and personal growth. Just wanted to answer the question of why they are “better” at the educational part. I would speculate that the pressure kids are under in nations like S. Korea lead to their fairly high suicide rate. Here is an excerpt from Wikipedia that is pretty much spot on from what I have learned:
I like discipline. I like motivation. But there has to be some balance.In South Korea, every student is obligated to take the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT). On this day, underclassmen gather and cheer on their seniors as they enter the school to take their exam. The government has also mandated to forbid planes from flying during this time to make sure there are no distractions to these students.[48]
Education in South Korea is extremely competitive, making it difficult to get into an esteemed university. A South Korean student's school year lasts from March to February. The year divides into two semesters: one from March until July, and another from August to February. The average South Korean high school student also spends roughly 16 hours a day on school and school-related activities. They attend after school programs called hagwons and there are over 100,000 of them throughout South Korea, making them a 20 billion dollar industry.[49] Again, this is because of the competitiveness of acceptance into a good university. Most South Korean test scores are also graded on a curve, leading to more competition. Since 2012, students in South Korea go to school from Monday to Friday, and every odd Saturday. Before 2005, South Korean students went to school every day from Monday to Saturday.
Although South Korean education consistently ranks near the top in international academic assessments such as PISA,[15] the enormous stress and pressure[50] on its students is considered by many to constitute child abuse.[51][52] It has been blamed for high suicide rates in South Korea among those aged 10–19.[53]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_South_Korea
As for the topic at hand, how homework is handled is part of a teacher's personal philosophy. Those philosophies differ between individual teachers. It's no one else's business but theirs. Their policies should not be dictated.
The article in the OP is just more evidence of the path to Idiocracy.
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cawacko (12-14-2018)
The school day should be much longer, and last the full year. No more summer vacations.
The wages of Wall Street bankers and teachers should flip.
Arts funding should be increased while school team sports programs shouldn't get a dime of school funding.
Private schools should be banned completely.
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Always interested in the POV of an American school teacher!
I commented on your remarks about guns and killing small animals because I thought you were making some points on which you were interested in my opinions. The topic isn't important to me either. I'm looking forward to hearing your comments on educating kids differently, as that pertains to helping your education system to improve itself. Will you be making comparisons to China's methods and proposing some of the same?
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I don’t have a full plan but I know we need a separation according to ability early and often. We need to have better ways to get unruly students out of the general population, especially by middle school age. At some point enough has to be enough.
We need better teacher accountability but some metric besides standardized testing needs to be included when determining bad teachers.
If we want to reach the level of some other countries in science and math we need competition and a level playing field to get into the best schools ... and work to keep these schools the best. No cronyism and no Affirmative Action.
Like I have said, these are just some things that I believe would help the situation. I think we can take some ideas from some Asian countries but I would not take things to their extreme. I’ve briefly mentioned the contribution that the pressure put on those kids seemingly contributes to their suicide rate. But some pressure needs to be put on kids, parents and teachers to do better. Until some of the changes I mention above are implemented I don’t think you’ll ever see great change in the performance.
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