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The Myth of Chinese Super Schools (nybooks.com)
21 points by r12s on Nov 1, 2014 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



I am from China and I can't agree more. The mass-examination system seems to promote equality, yet the ignorance of individual differences led to the failure of discovering specialized talents, who are potential leaders and innovators of the future.

Bertrand Russell already pointed this problem 90 years ago(http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13940), but the problem still remains till now.




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