Education in China, Brazil and S Korea

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(1) Elisabeth Rosenthal, Testing, the Chinese Way. New York Times, Sept. 12,
2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/weekinreview/12rosenthal.html?scp=2&sq=rosenthal%20beijing&st=cse

My comment:
(a) Please read
(i) paragraphs 1 to 4 in web page 1, and
(ii) paragraphs 4, 7 and 8 in web page 2
only, if you do not have time.
(b) Biographic sketch of Elisabeth Rosenthal MD:
http://documents.wfp.org/stellent/groups/public/documents/webcontent/wfp096676.pdf

* joined The Times in July 1993;
* a contributing editor and columnist at Discover magazine from 1987 until
1993 while also working part time as an emergency room physician at New York
Hospital, now part of New York Presbyterian;
* board certification in internal medicine;
* M.D. Harvard 1986;
* M.A. (English literature) Cambridge 1980;
* B.A. (history and biology) Stanford 1978;
* born in New York City on April 29, 1956.


(2) Alexei Barrionuevo, Educational Gaps Limit Brazil’s Reach. New York
Times, Sept. 5, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/world/americas/05brazil.html?scp=1&sq=brazil%20education&st=cse

My comment: If you have no time, read the first three paragraphs and browse
the photo gallery.

(3) Choe Sang-Hun. Western Schools Sprout in South Korea. New York Times,
Aug. 23, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/23/world/asia/23schools.html?scp=5&sq=korea%20education&st=cse
(" The number of South Korean students from elementary school through high
school who go abroad for education increased to 27,350 in 2008 from 1,840 in
1999, according to government data")

Note:
(a) Seoguipo 西歸浦市
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoguipo
(b) Jeju Island 濟州島
(c) Chadwick School
http://www.chadwickschool.org/

K-12; founded in 1935 by Margaret Lee Chadwick; coed, nonsectarian, non-
profit, independent day school located at Los Angeles County. Wikipedia.

(d) Compare

Daisuke Wakabayashi, English Gets the Last Word in Japan. Wall Street
Journal, Aug. 4, 2010.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703954804575382011407926080.html

* Rakuten, Inc. 楽天株式会社 (second largest online shopping, after Yahoo
Japan; founded in 1997)


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