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[quote=GRIZ326,384948]A few years ago there was considerable discussion on this forum about the Chinese educational system. The essence of it was that the Chinese way of memorization was inferior to the Western methods of education. I never believed that and can now offer evidence of the quality of Chinese education: My Chinese daughter (step-daughter) has been in the USA since July of 2008. At the time, here English education was only what was offered at schools in Nanning. Her score on her first TOEFL test was not quite good enough to get into US Universities; she did very well on her second test, unfortunately her test scores were not available in time for her to get into a great US university. She did very well on her first SAT test, but excelled on the second one. She completed high school here in Montana with a 3.95 grade point average which put her in the top graduating seniors. She is now completing her first semester at the University of Montana in the pre-pharmacy program. I have not yet seen her grades, but she got an A- in her toughest subject, English writing, so I am hopeful that she did very well. She works very hard. It would take a very rare American student to move to China and achieve similar success. While it is easy to be critical of Chinese educational methods, the proof is in the results. My girl is proof. Do not be pursaded by the arguments against Chinese educational methods. Chinese methods may be very difficult and slow, but, for your dedicated children, effective. [mood1][/quote]
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