Education
is not free in China... (1)
Peter Wu & Others
30 November 2012
What the article is saying
is that if you want the best education for your children in China best school,
best teachers, best facilities, favoritism etc you have to pay.
We all know that. Competition breeds
corruption, especially in the absence of strong governmental guidelines and a
robust regulatory framework.
Looking back, I didn’t see too much of these
palm-greasing going on in NMC.
What I saw was a climate of equalitarianism,
of mutual assistance, strong teacher guidance, of fierce but healthy
competition, and striving to do our best.
But I am aware of discrimination and
prejudice against kids coming from a lower socio-economic background in some
famous elitist schools.
That can make life a misery for these kids
and may hinder instead of helping their education advancement.
Dr. Hon: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-20498356
A new global league table published by
education firm Pearson ranks Hong Kong the third and the UK the sixth in the
developed world.
The top two are Finland and South Korea
which both value the importance of education and its moral value.
New Zealand ranks eighth and Canada the
tenth, the USA at sixteenth.
It seems that a culture
supportive of learning and quality of teachers are two significant
factors contributing to the success of the top education systems.
China, I'm afraid isn't among the top 20.
Tim Ho: Yes, there
is such a heading in the Mingpao Canada East, HK
& Canada section. I would finish the reading today.
Stella Tse: I
wonder what criteria these people used to rank the education system, by saying
that these countries value education is one thing, but how they develop
children is another thing. If they value to the extreme, it can cause opposite
effect. I am just happy that Canada is number 10, a nice place to be in.
Bob Choi: I often take this
kind of ranking with a grain of salt. The result is entirely a function of the
criteria they used. I rank my mother as the best mum in the world, according to
my own set of criteria...
Tim Ho: Bob, I agree to your ideas as
ranking is sometimes meaningless and I sometimes don’t understand what the
ruler is.
Not known to overseas mates
and many Canadians as they may not be aware of this local Canadian news
headline. In some ranking, most of the peasants of the city Unionville where I
now reside are considered are below the poor income line. In Interview with the
Unionville councilors and MPP-Michael Chan Kwok Chi ( our
NMC 68 mate ) on their comments , they all said that they don’t understand how
this ranking is made.
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