The variety of means American educators use to assess students potential for college seem more fair than the one test which determines a student s whole future in the Chinese system. One day we were sitting on my daughter s balcony which doubles as a kitchen. Henry, a bright young college student was sitting across from me. She was given her English name by her Chinese middle school teacher. American education, she said, is far superior to Chinese education.
Most American students don t study the way Chinese students do.
They spend their time playing video games and going to the mall. It was a thought-provoking question. Kathleen Carroll , M.Ed. is a senior faculty member of Cambridge College's National Institute of Teaching Excellence. She teaches courses on Using the Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom as well as Science for Every Learner. Kathleen also serves as a faculty advisor to master's candidates.