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dsbeller |
United States Schools vs Other Countries
Apr 28 2008, 10:21 PM EDT
I do wish the media , governor, Dr. Paine or Boone County Board of Education would write a real comparison of the education system in Japan or China vs the United States. We hear these countries are ahead of us in math and science. WHY? We educate all children for 12 or more years. Students go to school 180 days about 7 hours. Why is it we never hear about the long days - hours, how many years everyone gets to go to school, or who cleans the school, what the children must go through in order to go on to school after the 9 years they are offered an education in Japan or China. Teachers work hard in Boone County. When others compare the US to other countries, they leave out a lot of information. The United States or West Virgina could change our educational system to run like Japan or China.
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noradot |
1. RE: United States Schools vs Other Countries
Apr 29 2008, 7:20 PM EDT
I think you will find that many people have looked into the points made here. In such comparisons, it is always important to look at these variables. I don't think anyone wants us to "remake" American education to look like any other country. I think we need to look at others' successes and glean those ideas and practices that are useful to us. We have to design our own system to meet the needs of our own children. The benefits of these comparisions are tremendous as we can see the challenges in our own culture and educational practices and policies. It becomes very obvious that too many of our kids are not successful in the current educational system. What I see here is a loud, (very loud!), cry for change! The question then becomes not: Do we need to change? but: How do we do this? And that change is really a revolution....not only in American Education, but in our culture as a whole. Yes, you are correct, it's big! And it's exciting! And it is challenging! And some of us may not be here to see the end results, but our children and grandchildren will be. We must lead the way and fight this fight, for their sakes. This is a great time to be in education!
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aasbury |
2. RE: United States Schools vs Other Countries
May 1 2008, 10:16 AM EDT
I read a book called The Overachievers a few months ago. It went into some detail about the educational systems of these countries. The true findings were that these students were no smarter than American students. They just cram for these high stakes. The information is forgotten soon afterward. In some countries, the entire city will shut down for these tests...literally. They even reroute airline travel to avoid distractions. All the focus is on this one test.
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noradot |
3. RE: United States Schools vs Other Countries
May 2 2008, 8:59 PM EDT
From SB:I find it hard to understand how the U.S. can be compared to other countries . The other countries only educated the very bright students after a certain number of years. Some countries only send children to school for 9 years, and 3 of those years are kindergarden, mostly music is taught those early years. The children clean the school. Technology is state of the art, for those who pass the exam to continue their education and have state of the art technology .l . We do not have state of the art technology in all our schools. Some schools have out dated technology. We need a computer or technology teacher, one that could help the teacher and students learn the new skills coming out almost every day. GROUPS I now see the benefit and the importance of students learning to work in groups. Some countries take weeks of their school year making sure students can work in groups, before they begin their subjects. . The public only reads or hears about how far behind the U.S. is from other countries. When we educate all our children, and other countries only educate the best of the best after a few years I THINK IT IS VERY UNFAIR TO OUR TEACHERS .It sounds like we are not doing our best or our ,jobs. I believe Boone County does a great job, and tries to keep its teachers up to date as much as possible. Demaina Sue Beller / Whitesvile Do you find this valuable? |
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noradot |
4. RE: United States Schools vs Other Countries
May 2 2008, 9:01 PM EDT
I think it is difficult to really do any kind of comparison in education. No two children are the same, no two classrooms, no two schools, no two teachers. This makes any kind of comparision not very scientific, nor reliable. There are too many variables. Way to many! The best we can do is to look at success stories, pull out any part that is useful and then adapt it to meet our individual needs...That is the only value of such comparisions.
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rogerdtoney |
5. RE: United States Schools vs Other Countries
May 15 2008, 8:33 AM EDT
I was the assistant principal at the high school five years ago when we had a foreign exchange student from South Korea. She was very bright in math. For those of you who were around then, she won Boone County Math Field Day at the high school level. She told me she went to school from approximately 7:00 am until 7:00 pm. She always had homework also. She also informed me that she got to bathe once a week. This occurred in a central location in a huge tub where 12-20 women or girls would strip and get into the tub at once. Anyone want to send their child there to learn math? She saw the band perform at a football game. This was a first according to her. She told me she would love to go to school in the United States. Sometimes things appear better from the outside than on the inside!
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