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    China's results in international education tests - which have never been published - are "remarkable", says Andreas Schleicher, responsible for the highly-influential Pisa tests. These tests, held every three years by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, measure pupils' skills in reading, numeracy and science. Pisa tests - the Programme for International Student Assessment - have become the leading international benchmark. The findings indicate that China has an education system that is overtaking many Western countries. While there has been intense interest in China's economic and political ... (full story)

....to expect our kids in the UK to accept responsibility for themselves would surely be against their human rights and far too much to ask of them.
I've got my pips - go get yours!
of coarse they are
I disagree. Its not a mere political agenda as it was 10 or 15 yrs ago. Societies has advanced to an extent that the best interest of an individual is the very best for the whole society. So you can not assume that it is a breach to a persons human rights.
Well said BackTestDummy :-)
Quoting BackTestDummy
....to expect our kids in the UK to accept responsibility for themselves would surely be against their human rights and far too much to ask of them.
+1
Quoting BackTestDummy
....to expect our kids in the UK to accept responsibility for themselves would surely be against their human rights and far too much to ask of them.
that's y we have too many dumb ass girls who have nothing better to do then to spread their legs and become human production factories n get free stuffs from the rest of us in UK. What dummy UK has become!!!!!
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Quoting jonahky7
that's y we have too many dumb ass girls who have nothing better to do then to spread their legs and become human production factories n get free stuffs from the rest of us in UK. What dummy UK has become!!!!!
lol UK isnt the only place where that happens buddy
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Idiot!!!!!
Quoting Guest
lol UK isnt the only place where that happens buddy
LOL I know that - but thought it's best I refer to UK since I live here rather then naming others, otherwise risk being stoned by some sensitive people here, lol. Got the sticks before - though not that I care
Good to see that at least a couple of you understood the irony :-)
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I have been teaching in China for 15 years. Chinese students and as dumb, lazy, idle as students are anywhere in the world. Is is just that there are a lot of them and some are smart - not many
Quoting Guest
I have been teaching in China for 15 years. Chinese students and as dumb, lazy, idle as students are anywhere in the world. Is is just that there are a lot of them and some are smart - not many
No wonder they are lazy, most probably bored with this tosser, coz the teacher they had can't even write a fking proper English sentence, lmao!!!!

Don't pretend you taught there when you didn't mate and I think I know which country you are from judging by the sentence structure of your comment. Move on
65 countries/economies, including all OECD countries and major countries & regions in the world , participated in the PISA 2009 assessment in 2009. Shanghai region, selected to represent China, tops all 3 categories: Reading, Maths and Science.

READING RANKING
1 Shanghai China (556)
2 Korea (539)
3 Finland (536)
4 HongKong China (533)
5 Singapore (526)
6 Canada (524)

MATHS RANKING:
1 Shanghai China (600)
2 Singapore (562)
3 HongKong China (555)
4 Korea (546)
5 Taipei Chinese (543)
6 Finland (541)

SCIENCE RANKING:
1 Shanghai China (575)
2 Finland (554)
3 HongKong China (549)
4 Singapore (542)
5 Japan (539)
6 Korea (538)
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  • Posted: May 9, 2012 2:25am
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