China’s “slogan-oriented” education system is rigid and difficult to carry out, while that of the US is more “practical” and “enlightening”. Chinese students are trained to follow the rules and “talk the talk,” while those in the US learn to be independent thinkers and question authority. It is impossible to engrain such concepts in China. The root of China’s education woes lie in its “worship of money” rather than in any “worship of principle”.

@吾之蚩蚩: Why not mention drug-addiction among US students, among their other bad habits? There are advantages and disadvantages of both education systems, so why do we only hear appeals of learning from the US? Isn’t that an indication of Chinese people’s sense of inferiority?

@aa亚二: As time changes slogans and principles, it also changes the way people think. We need to keep up with the times, as they say. As long as we’re learning, either as individuals or a nation, that is progress.

@Mr_Alen: Honestly, if Chinese people obeyed the rules we teach our primary and high middle school students, China would be in pretty good order. However, most fail to do so. People learn more from society rather than the classroom, but society is not teaching us what it should. Actions speak louder than classroom lessons in nurturing our kids.