Sometimes the timing just works perfectly. Having recently had the privilege of listening to Dr. Zhou talk about Chnese and American eduction (see previous blog post), Rachel and I had the opprtunity to visit some schools in Xi’An and YuLin, China as part of a student recruitment drive.
I have to thank the principals of the schools we visited; we were treated like royalty at all times.
The schools had quite few things in common
1. All had beautiful, brand new buildings.
2. All were very big – 5000 students and more, in High School alone
3. All had between 60 and 90 students in each class!! (see the photos below)
4. All used repetitive learning techniques – quire literally, mass repetition of what the teacher said.
5. All students were incredibly hard working.
6. All had many students who wanted to come to the USA to study.
A typical class in YuLIn high school
One of the many new buildings
Rachel and I doing our bit for sino-american relations
Having fun with the students
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