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jerome · 14 Aug 2007, 10:46

no, i'm aware of the educational system and how kids work in places such as india as well (which pretty much sums up most of the east) and there it's the exact opposite with complete focus on studies and the syllabuses are even worse than over here with rigid and forced set ups. the focus there is on a repetitive and endurance based scale of knowledge feeling and testing in exams, nothing else. other than this students are extremely limited in anything but forced learning, even in the majority of their spare time just to pass (or excel) in the exams due to the sheer size of knowledge they have to memorise.

i'm going off track there but the point i'm making is i'm not convinced it's a bad thing for someone to want to socialise, that's another aspect education should function to develop (although indirectly)

14 Aug 2007, 10:46	#35
jerome . Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,382	Re: What Should be Taught in Schools? no, i'm aware of the educational system and how kids work in places such as india as well (which pretty much sums up most of the east) and there it's the exact opposite with complete focus on studies and the syllabuses are even worse than over here with rigid and forced set ups. the focus there is on a repetitive and endurance based scale of knowledge feeling and testing in exams, nothing else. other than this students are extremely limited in anything but forced learning, even in the majority of their spare time just to pass (or excel) in the exams due to the sheer size of knowledge they have to memorise. i'm going off track there but the point i'm making is i'm not convinced it's a bad thing for someone to want to socialise, that's another aspect education should function to develop (although indirectly)