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Making grades meaningless so that everyone advances is doing a disservice to kids' education. (infosec.pub)

submitted 3 weeks ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

China kills themselves for schooling and does as well as Americans in business and science so it's hard to see one being better than the other.

[–] otacon239@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

We should just keep trying systems that push everything to the absolute extremes. It’s worked out for every other fallen civilization. Why should we be any different?

[–] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 weeks ago

I'm not trying to make an evaluative comparison between China and the US, I'm lamenting the state of US education and found a new phrase that felt descriptive about that online.

[–] fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Maybe, just maybe, the objective of education isn't just science or business.

Maybe being science/math/humanities literate is good for society as a whole.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I would wager that the average Chinese citizen is more educated than the average US citizen. And particularly, students who attended school in China are more intelligent, on average, than US school students.

I don't have anything on hand to back it up, but I would be shocked if it wasn't true.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Nah, people are stupid everywhere.