Comments on: Gaokao University Entrance Exam Stress Relief In China

By: Cours de maths Chine:: Peter et steven | Peter et Steven

Cours de maths Chine:: Peter et steven | Peter et Steven — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:05:49 +0000

[...] millions d’élèves de terminale et de la troisième année de fac doivent passer le fameux « gaokao » dans quelques semaines. Nombre d’entre eux sont sous pression depuis plusieurs mois. C’est [...]

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:27:52 +0000

Yes,it’s so cruel .Some of the students get mad because of the tiring ,boring learning.I’m one of these tired students.Only one who exoeriences the GaoKao can uderstand them.The fact is the majority of students study from 7:00am to the next1:00am .Tired,but may not get a chance to receive higher education. May there were some words mistakes,don’t mind please.Thank you.

By: river

river — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:53:23 +0000

the are just to mild and gentle. if i were them i would have destroyed the school.

By: qwerty

qwerty — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 05:38:12 +0000

better send the book to poor area ;-)

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Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:35:33 +0000

[...] further prove this point, check out these pics from Chinasmack of students after the Gaokao (college entrance exam). This exam is the first stage in a lifelong [...]

By: Cheoro

Cheoro — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:22:44 +0000

lol and you, please reply fozzwaldus in the right language, chinese thanks.

By: Jamar

Jamar — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:19:31 +0000

After having been through a local school after going through American education for most of my life, I agree with malagebi. I never want to repeat that experience again. Enough to make me jump? No way. But it left too much to books.

By: Xuchen

Xuchen — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:34:48 +0000

Yeah… WHat???

By: mide

mide — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:41:36 +0000

this is a annual tradition at my old high school,(Song Shan HS), in Taiwan. Huge event every year and I remembered it was sooooo relieving throwing all my books out.
here’s a youtube clip of this year’s:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEhGi7KMxYQ

By: bob

bob — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:44:27 +0000

malagebi,

“If I want any sort of creativity, abstract though, or leadership I’d pick someone with a lifetime of Western education.”

Hmmmm….western education gives you an edge in creativity and abstract thought? Not according to any objective rankings:

http://www.topcoder.com/stat?c=school_avg_rating

In my opinion, the types of problems that are solved on topcoder competitions require a lot of creativity and abstract thought, and apparently, the best US schools are nowhere near the top.

Also, it’s good to objectively to look at creativity and abstract thought through other competitions like International Mathematics Olympiad, International Physics Olympiad, International Chemistry Olympiad, International Informatics Olympiad, all of which China have been at or near the top for the last 20 or so years.

No, working at McDonalds doesn’t help with creativity and abstract thought.