The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way
Amanda RipleySözler ve Alıntılar
The expectations were lower in America,
Elina concluded, and the consequences were,
too. She took a journalism class in Colon that
was taught by an outstanding teacher. Everyone
loved this teacher, including Elina. More important,
perhaps, they respected her, and knew
they were learning in her class. However, when
the teacher told everyone they had to write ten
articles by the end of the semester, only Elina
actually did all ten stories. The teacher was irritated, but the other students still passed the
class.
halâ Kore diye mi övünüyorsunuz (?)
One Sunday morning during that school year,
a teenager named Ji stabbed his mother in the
neck in their home in Seoul. He did it to stop
her from going to a parent-teacher conference.
He was terrified that she’d find out that he’d lied
about his latest test scores.
Afterwards, Ji kept his secret for eight
months. Each day, he came and went to school
and back again as if nothing had changed. He
told neighbors his mother had left town. To
contain the odor of her decomposing body, he
sealed the door to her room with glue and tape.
He invited friends over for ramen. Finally, his
estranged father discovered the corpse, and Ji
was arrested for murder.
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In response to the story, many Koreans sympathized
more with the living son than the dead
mother
Korea did not wait to fix poverty before radically
improving its education system, including
its teacher colleges. This faith in education and
people had catapulted Korea into the developed
world.
Adults didn’t have to be stern or aloof to help
kids learn. In fact, just asking children about
their school days and showing genuine interest
in what they were learning could have the same
effect on PISA scores as hours of private tutoring.
Asking serious questions about a child’s
book had more value than congratulating the
child for finishing it, in other words.