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    A step in the right direction - Overhaul of the selective entry test

    Agree with you. But then, let us wait and see what these changes are. To me, it is good if they change the pattern every year. That will take some doing and I am quite unsure if that is the way they are going to.
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    A step in the right direction - Overhaul of the selective entry test

    Steps in the right direction according to me - http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/selective-entry-test-to-be-overhauled-amid-coaching-concerns-20170721-gxfpxq.html
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    Testing times: selective schools and tiger parents

    Finally, something is the right direction according to me - they are trying to work out at a model that alleviates the coaching factor. Interesting read I shall say - http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/selective-entry-test-to-be-overhauled-amid-coaching-concerns-20170721-gxfpxq.html
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    Testing times: selective schools and tiger parents

    @Cosmo 2 @Drongoski, I beg to slightly differ with you both. My intention was not to undermine China in any manner. It is a great country, no doubt and a country that is on the verge of taking over US as the largest economy. The point I want to differ here with is the view posted that the east...
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    Testing times: selective schools and tiger parents

    @Kuromusha, So much for the perceived higher IQ level of East Asian people, can you now list out the innovations that these high IQ mobs have come up with for the rest of the world? If anything this whole place is mostly known to the rest of the world for only two things: 1. Manufacturing -...
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    Testing times: selective schools and tiger parents

    @Kuromusha, I am a newbie here and for some reason, this thread caught my eye. Let me put it this way, I see nothing that you mention to be reality. If you think that asians have a high IQ, then why do their parents need to spend hordes of money on coaching. Trust me, coaching continues...
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