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Losing an Edge, Japanese Envy India's Schools
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on Jan 5, 2008
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bluishgreen
on Jan 5, 2008
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"an emphasis on memorization and cramming" - this is the one last thing that is still wrong with indian education.
jey
on Jan 5, 2008
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And (at least in San Diego), all the crazy Indian parents force their kids to go to "Kumon", which is a Japanese after-school program for memorizing and doing math drills...
aswanson
on Jan 5, 2008
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Bookstores are filled with titles like "Extreme Indian Arithmetic Drills"
They have to be joking.
Alex3917
on Jan 5, 2008
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It's like they managed to fit everything wrong with Japan into one article.
queensnake
on Jan 8, 2008
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I don't get it - they're beat by South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong, yet they're copying India.
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