The Importance Of Education In China

Access to a good education, is a very important aspect to developing one’s character and intelligence. Without a proper education there would be no room in the world for improvement and innovation. In China, education is more like a fight to the death. Children, as soon as they are born, are pushed to exceed and beat out other children to get into a university, to even further their education. Especially in rural areas of China, children must work extra hard if they want to compete with the urban children, who have an advantage over the labor-enduring members of China. If they do not get into a university, their only choices of employment are to work on farms or in factories. In their high school years, they can pay thousands of dollars …show more content…
Students, from a young age, are encouraged to do their best, and find an area of study that interests them. This is much different than in China where students are pushed to study mainly the material that will be on the gaokao, and are not able to explore their interests until after attending a university. In the Unites States, students take an array of classes that cater to different interests. In the last two years of high school students take a test like the gaokao, the SAT, but it is not nearly as rigorous or stressful. This kind of test is an aptitude test and is likely to predict how students will do at different universities; the universities then use this test to either admit or omit students, but virtually most students that want to attend a college or university can get in somewhere. They can be accepted into schools based on merit, sports, or the arts, unlike Chinese schools who accept students solely on …show more content…
Some even quit their jobs to live with their children, near the school, to dedicate themselves to their kids and help keep them focused on their studies. Their husbands have to work even harder to make up for the loss of income, just to support their children’s schooling. In the United States parents make ends meet to support their children to get proper educations but the sacrifice is not as extreme, as opposed to a family in rural China. For example, mothers in China share a one room apartment with their child, and sacrifice their time to plan around and for their child’s schedule. Children in America, are given a lot more freedom and are able to choose between studying, socializing, and other extracurricular