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(Original post by Aaron_xyz)
And its from the DM, what a surprise. The DM honestly finds the most obscure stories which happens in China which would be considered local news at best and tries at every opportunity to paint the country as unorthodox and uncivilised as possible to satisfy the sinophobic mindset of their readers. **** the DM.

Here's a source I found earlier: http://www.odditycentral.com/news/ph...ntroversy.html

[CUFCDan]

(Original post by Ano1)
Me too. Only a few exams to go in my final year. I can barely keep my eyes awake and its 7.15pm

Could really do with this hooked up in my room

Ditto. Only my first year, but as I work too I'm doing 18 hour days. First day off... shattered.

[Brutal Chav]

(Original post by Dirac Delta Function)
I don't think working as hard as possible for long periods of time is necessarily a good thing. Working reasonably, hard, yes, working very hard - not unless you really have to, and only for brief periods.

Yes that's my point. If you were in the position of the children in the article, you'd have no choice; you'd have to work insanely hard for as long as possible. It's great that no one is forced through that sort of meatgrinder in our schools. It's just stupid to say "Look at China, their kids are far cleverer than ours" because it has no meaning. Yes, improving school standards here might be good but it's abslutely extreme in China - there are normal jobs (like shopkeeping etc) there that are occupied by people who would have been class-A geniuses if they studied in Britain. Madness..

[Lamps08]

(Original post by No Future)
I don't see the point? So the fluids contain amino acids. Why not just eat some meat/eggs/fish and drink some fluids?

That's like telling a junkie to eat his 8-ball instead of injecting that ****, Not gonna happen on my watch

[whyumadtho]

Those images are quite unsettling. There's nothing desirable about an education system—or more importantly, a childhood—that even needs to get close to that level of intensiveness.

[Dmon1Unlimited]

seems the chinese have become more efficient... just lose the legs and arms (well just one) and they can reuse the energy into working even harder...

despite losing the life to live, i admire their commitment to education... may be such that the overkill is overkill but a lot of countries can still learn from this... (just not mimic)

regarding drips... i dont know, to be honest, im a little interested in trying it out... looks mental but meh, wonder how ill feel once im attached

regarding controversial, my mind escapes me sadly... is it controversial like using brain enhancing drugs? i thought the point was to keep them at 100% health wise? though i kind of agree with the ending, they do take it way too seriously... theyre kids afterall... not robots that need to become more efficient...

[Henwin]

My friend would absolutely love one of those.

I've posted the link on her Facebook, but obviously she won't see that for a few weeks yet - too busy revising.

[Mcnubn]

hehe I saw this on chinasmack a few days ago and although the pictures are quite disturbing, it is somewhat understandable. Their college entrance exams are pretty much a once in a lifetime chance of having a bright future and with so many kids competing for such a limited amount of places at universities like Beida and Qinghua you can see why they'd take such seemingly drastic measures.

The importance of these exams to these kids and their families is insane, especially as most families will only have the 1 child.

During the exam time, everything is done by families, schools and local governments to ensure theres no reason to have an off day or be distracted. Some streets near schools get closed off during the exams and you even hear stories of flights being delayed if the airport happens to be near a school. I once even saw a father outside the school gates stood outside his car and he had fashioned the back seats into a make-shift bed for his kid to nap between the exams.

Also, from what I've been told by friends, the exam is a lot more about memorising facts, figures, quotes etc. and a not much creative thinking compared to some of our exams.

Its a much more competitive life in China, which of course will have its casualty's (witnessed this first hand at CUC...truly horrible)

(on a side note, I'm curious how many papers will be reporting on the british guy apparently caught on camera trying to rape a girl in china -.- story has blown up over the interweb)

[rachbeanz]

(Original post by stefl14)
No. Like Indians, they have strict parents forcing them to work when they are kids. They keep this attitude as they enter adulthood as it's what they know. You say it as if it's genetic lol.

Lol yeah guess I didn't think that comment through. Well at times I wish I had Chinese parents however most of the time I'm greatful for my laid back ones

[Brandmon]

Hardly a conventional indication of how seriously education and results are taken in Chinese education. Then again, it is after all a system where citizens are treated as not as individuals but as the property of the state, a machine that is expected to perform at its utmost capabilities. Independent thought is seen as unnecessary - after all text books tell us everything we need to know - and questioning of established ideas is out of the question.

And we admire and aspire to this? Well done lads, well done.

[najinaji]

(Original post by Brandmon)
Hardly a conventional indication of how seriously education and results are taken in Chinese education. Then again, it is after all a system where citizens are treated as not as individuals but as the property of the state, a machine that is expected to perform at its utmost capabilities. Independent thought is seen as unnecessary - after all text books tell us everything we need to know - and questioning of established ideas is out of the question.

And we admire and aspire to this? Well done lads, well done.

Not a surprise. Most people like being automatons and having other people think for them.

[Smack]

Any yet many of these Chinese students with stellar academics who can get 100% in every exam wouldn't even make it to first round telephone interviews at bottom tier British companies. So all of those who wish our education system was similar: be careful what you wish for.

[Polka Dot]

When do the poor kids get to have fun ?

Having a strong work ethic is good but you need a balance. Life is not just about getting good grades, a good job and making lots of money.

[Stalin]

(Original post by genia)
I admire the Chinese attitude to education something which we should aspire to follow. Infact there country recently topped the poll of best education system in the world, even the poor there who have no opportunities, achieve remarkable results. UK is a joke compared to China in terms of work ethic.

There's a difference between the quality of a country's education system and the worth ethic of its people.

[Sternumator]

Has anyone here been through chinese schools? A quick look in my uni libary and it is obvious chinese people work much harder than English but then it is only the best who come to uk unis, there could well be 500 million lazy bastards back in china.

[genia]

(Original post by Stalin)
There's a difference between the quality of a country's education system and the worth ethic of its people.

and its education system was voted best in the world, i think high work ethic and good education system leads to a very productive nation

[Mcnubn]

(Original post by Sternumator)
Has anyone here been through chinese schools? A quick look in my uni libary and it is obvious chinese people work much harder than English but then it is only the best who come to uk unis, there could well be 500 million lazy bastards back in china.

Actually quite a large portion of the chinese students in the lower ranked universities (such as mine, UWE) are actually those with quite a bit of cash and didn't do well in the exam.

Some of the top ranked uni's in china do a course with a much higher tuition fee, offers one year in uk (usually the last year) and much much much lower requirements. The quality of the course is normally a lot lower than those available through the college entrance exam, but its an impressive insitution to have on the cv.

This, plus the language difficulties that some will have, is perhaps what contributes to some peoples perceptions that chinese students don't do so well here.

The chinese students at the more reputable universities almost certainly got there through hard work, those at the lower ranked ones most likely have money in the family.

[dinrah04]

(Original post by Brutal Chav)
The sciences are popular because unis seem to value them more, not because people enjoy them more. For me, I've seen some of my friends' artwork, drama performances, music playing and I can honestly say that there's not much people (at school anyway) who have the same sort of passion for sciences and maths.

Maybe we're just the nerds but me and my friends tend to watch science documentaries, discuss Physics like almost 24/7, maybe it's just because we're the top science set and none of my friends' really like art, for the most part.

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Why not just eat every now and then. Pointless.

[Kolya]

(Original post by Brutal Chav)
You don't need any of that to succeed academically. But the fact that the majority in China (even those who really aren't interested in study) are doing so much work just puts the UK education system into perspective.!

What makes you think that the majority of students in China work hard?...