Forum Trends: Is the West's education better than China's?

Helga (Germany)

The question was: Is Western education better than Eastern education? The simple answer is NO.

1. There is not just one education system in the West and furthermore, sometimes within one country there are several systems and for sure, qualities of education.

2. Our Western languages are nothing compared to the Chinese language. To master Chinese, it takes more than just learning an alphabet with just 26 characters/letters. I guess to mastermind the thousands of Chinese characters takes more than just a couple of years in elementary school.

3. If much time is spent in Chinese schools to learn how to learn, then this explains the success of Chinese students in the West. In contrast, our Western students do not like to read, to think, etc. due to our mostly outdated education systems.

4. Competition between students is by no means a Chinese invention. In the West, even small elementary school children have to compete with each other, while no one is considering what this does to the children’s emotional development.

5. The biggest problem with young school, college and university graduates in the West is their lack of social and other key competencies. Industries are very worried about this.

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