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He says teachers genuinely want the best for students but still double down on test training because success in the system is measured by exam performance and they fear students will fall behind otherwise.
He says East Asian education is organized around outcomes and test performance rather than real learning, creativity, or giving students room to make mistakes.
He argues that both Chinese exam culture and American market scandals reflect the same larger problem: materialistic ends like money and tests reduce empathy.
"...need to get their kids to focus on doing well on tests, on learning subject matter well, and on being able to regurgitate it..."
"...emphasis on outcomes there's a very utilitarian mentality so Asians love tests if you look at the PSAP but not just the PSAP you..."
"...is our sort of increasing focus on materialistic ends, money and tests. And so, you know, our school is a clear example of this,..."
The interview begins with a familiar Western panic: Shanghai tops PISA again, so maybe the future belongs to China.
Jiang begins with a vocabulary problem and turns it into a civilizational one.
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