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demi · Joined: 23 Mar 2006 Location: London

what couldn't you understand?

Alyallen · Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:07 pm Post subject:

Who cares?

huffdaddy · Joined: 25 Nov 2005

Why don't you look at the high standard deviation of the US's scores. And now tell us what it means.

Hater Depot · Joined: 29 Mar 2005

Kids from other countries do routinely beat us. There are several interesting reasons for that, and they have little to do with the quality of education being received. Mainly it is that US kids have no real reason to care about the test. A big reason for our poor scores is kids who literally don't bother to mark their test. ESL teachers in Korea see the same response when Korean kids realize that our classes won't help them pass their university exams.

Qinella · Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Location: the crib

aldershot · Joined: 17 Jul 2006

i thought this thread was gonna be about HIV or other STDs...

krats1976 · Joined: 14 May 2003

Saxiif · Joined: 15 May 2003 Location: Seongnam

The real question is WHICH Korean kids. Do you really think the Korean government would allow this sort of test to be given to a random assortment of Korean students?

mateomiguel · Joined: 16 May 2005

i've heard that US teachers actually encourage bad students to take the tests, so that they will do poorly, so that they can hold the scores up as good reasons for getting more funding for education.

dmbfan · Joined: 09 Mar 2006

In addition, with 300,000,000 million people in the United States, it can be asked........."Where did the studies come from? Who was sampled? What age group?"

Yes, memorization vs critical thinking.

dmbfan

Qinella · Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Location: the crib

Before you guyz go trotting out the ol' 'Americans are taught to think critically' battle horse, please look at this photograph:

For a nation of critical thinkers, it's funny those were our two best options, no?

Let's face it--Americans aren't that smart. Check out the TV show Are you smarter than a 5th grader? for evidence.

huffdaddy · Joined: 25 Nov 2005

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

This is news? Koreans are extremely smart, even if they have the individuality forced out of them. Americans are not so strongly encouraged to get high grades, and things like athletics and popularity get more effort. Hell, even in American schools Koreans and other Asians are usually the top of the class.