Comments by "Samson Soturian" (@samsonsoturian6013) on "China’s Super Gaokao Factory, nothing but study. Hengshui high school | Gaokao" video.

  1. It's a competition
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  2.  @isabellam4621  In elementary school and/or a technical vocational school, perhaps. These are standardized tests, rote memorization, and cheating scandals are frequent. With the first two, a student will learn to apply standardized formula, but likely will not understand why said formula works. For instance, an engineering student will be able to assess the load capacity of a structure, but would be unable to design an original structure that makes full advantage of the local terrain. Or a history student might know all the key events and dates, but has actually contributed little original research and there'd be a number of odd gaps in his knowledge. These factors become especially bad at the highest levels of education, where it becomes impossible to teach near-peer level students what to think. You must teach how to think.
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  3. You'd also think it was normal and might not realize there's any other kind of school
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  4. Boot camp. Regular line units aren't that bad, but recruits are put through that sort of torment for basic training. It's referred to as "8 weeks of hell."
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  5. I once had a Chinese professor. Can confirm.
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  6. Worse than a military school, this is stuff the US Army only even allows in boot camp.
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  7. What happens if and when everyone finds out the school they're copying was falsifying their own stats or allowed parents to buy student's grades?
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  8.  @isabellam4621  formula, not theory. Touching on subjects you don't understand just for bragging rights means nothing, assuming you really are in junior high. And again, rote learning works for simpler topics, but by the time you're a college sophomore it's useless.
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  9. Across my long and distinguished academic professor the one professor I didn't get along with was from mainland China. He'd constantly conpare my discussions/opinions to other students and say what he'd like better and imply I should copy them. Of course, this is a master's level history class and I openly don't give a rip what his or other students opinions were. He also doubled the workload and would grade hastily (yes, we could tell).
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