blyatman
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Everyone knows that the Asian education system is much more rigorous than Australia, as well as most other western countries. However, the same argument could be made for the US, where their secondary school system is even less rigorous than Australia's.The main problem is that academics isn't a goal until year 11 and 12 in Australia lmao. Without dropping everything and focusing, we wouldn't actually be able to catch up on the distance that has been convincingly put between us and the rest of the world, due to an absolute lack of curriculum rigour and study culture. Did you read those SMH articles about Yr 7 Science in Singapore being equivalent to Yr 11 Science in Australia etc.? lololol.
So I don't really see what point the argument of Australian education being behind Asian education is trying to make. Like, I'm pretty sure most students would still prefer to study in Australia rather than in Asia. Asian education systems are notorious for their rote learning mentality and significantly higher suicide rates amongst students (when compared with western countries). I'd always prefer western education systems over Asian ones any day of the week. People always tout how Asian education systems are way further ahead in mathematics and science. That might be true, but how would they stack up to western education in terms of promoting creative thinking, free speech, asking questions, etc? You can always learn the math and science in uni, but thinking outside the box isn't something you can simply teach; it's something that needs to be nurtured throughout ones education.
It's also worth noting that a countries approach to education is tied to their culture and values. Taking risks and following your passions isn't something that's encouraged in Asian culture/education. The Americans encourage this (e.g encouraging startups), which is why they're world leaders in many fields of industry despite the fact that their high school math and science are well behind most developed Asian countries. I grew up in the west and was raised with western ideals, which is why I'd always advocate for western education systems.
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