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Personal connection networks that parents fear would replace exam merit if Gaokao were removed.
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Personal connection networks that parents fear would replace exam merit if Gaokao were removed.
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Parents fear that without Gaokao, guanxi and elite monopoly will replace merit and leave middle- and lower-class families worse off.
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Jiang argues China and the West are not a good marriage educationally: Chinese schools train not talking, not questioning authority, going with the flow, and leveraging guanxi networks, while American schools demand unique participation and argument.
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"...have a test score, all that we're going to have is guanxi. And so if we are middle class or we're lower class, we're..."
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"But at the same time, because I've had this experience and because I see the dangers, the inherent dangers of Chinese encountering a Western..."
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"The professor expects you to say something interesting or unique in classroom discussion. The professor expects you to write a paper and advocate your..."
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"...if you're smart no one cares okay it's all about your guanxi about we're your family okay but it's true for actually this is..."
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