Americans debate whether the Asian education system is more superior

Article: American vs Asian education styles... American media argues over which system is superior

Source: Korea Ilbo via Nate

Debate on WP and WJP over whether Asia's rote memorization style of education is better than America's creativity-oriented education system.

1. [+127, -8] How can Americans be envious of a rote memorization oriented education system that does nothing but create study robots. You need to promote creativity to foster talents in a variety of areas.

2. [+120, -11] I apologize to America for our country spreading the wrong idea

3. [+85, -2] It wouldn't work in America because even holding their students back till 5 pm would be controversial over there when students in Korea are held at school for longer than that. I can't believe some Americans actually want to copy our system when Koreans are scared of even having kids because of the excessive cost of private education ㅋㅋ

4. [+13, -1] Korea's education system: Samsung, America's education system: Apple

5. [+13, -2] I graduated high school in Korea and graduated college in America and while both systems have their pros and cons, I found Korea's private education system to better. However, it's true that it gets rid of any sense of creativity in the student. America, on the other hand, has an enriched culture of debate and discussion and the opinions of students and professors are treated equally as important, allowing for them to discuss their ideas more freely. Korea, however, has such a strong society of hierarchy and rank that this is impossible. Whatever the professor says, the student has to say "yes, yes, you're completely right".

6. [+10, -3] You know what the Korean teachers always say. "You can research new ideas all you want when you become a professor, your first job right now is to just memorize everything."

7. [+9, -2] Why does America have more Nobel awards if our system is more superior?

8. [+8, -1] ㅋㅋㅋ I don't get why a country who is living just fine sitting at a comfortable #1 spot is trying to implement a system from a country that has the lowest happiness levels in the world

9. [+8, -1] Korea's stats are merely numbers that reflect how many students achieve their educational goals. Ask them if they're happy and you'll get a different picture.

10. [+8, -1] If they implement our education system, their suicide rates are going to go up.

11. [+7, -1] The world seriously has to be crazy to think that copying Korea in anything is a good idea

12. [+6, -0] If Obama thinks this is a good idea... he's obviously trying to be remembered as the worst president in history.

13. [+4, -3] I feel like Americans think Asian education is superior because most of the Asian students who go to America to study are seen as more advanced in math and sciences so Americans automatically consider them smarter... the error in their judgment is that for an Asian student to even be able to afford studying abroad means that they come from a well off family that has already invested a lot of money in their education more than the average Asian student so of course they seem more advanced..

14. [+3, -0] For fostering laborers: Korean education, for fostering creators: Western education

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