American Education System Versus Asian Education System

American Education System versus Asian Education System

Today the American education system is no longer the best in the world.

With declining test scores and poor academic achievement, people have questioned

whether our current educational system is working for us. On the other side of

the Pacific, the situation is totally different. Students of Asian countries

achieve higher academic achievements, and they rank at the top on math and

science tests. If their educational system is better than the U.S system,

should we adopt their educational system, or not?

America the land of opportunity, which is famous for its democratic

society and unique culture. People in America like to be free, to do whatever

they want to do without any restrictions. This belief is reflected in the

American educational system. In American schools, teachers and students are at

the same social level. Students are encouraged to exchange their own opinions

with the teacher. From an early age, students in the American educational

system have been taught that they have the ability to achieve whatever they want

to be, but rarely have been told how they can achieve their goal. This is

because in America there are so many ways to achieve one's dream.

Because of this belief in natural born ability in the land of

opportunity, students receive very little pressure in school, so whatever they

do in school is totally based on their personal beliefs. If a student wants to

be successful he or she can study very hard and get in to a very good college.

On the other hand if a student doesn't have any self control and just wants to

get school over with, it is OK too, because nobody cares. The advantage of this

kind of educational system is that , it really developes student's individual

thinking skills, they are encouraged to try out different options to achieve

their goal. For example Bill Gates, who dropped out of college, started his own

company, now he is one of the richest man in the world. That bad thing about

this system is that not that many students don't have the responsibility to get

good grades or become successful many believe that even if you don't have a good

education you can still get a good paying job. That's why many students in

school are doing poorly on their school work.

In Asian countries, the cultures and social standards are totally

different from the U.S. In those countries most of their values are based on

Confucius which heavily stresses education and group values. One's social

status is based on their education level.