I guess I should comment on Kai En English Training School shutting down since I taught there for about four years. I knew the founders personally, and worked there both when it was small and the big schools like EF were just arriving, and later when it was on the way down.
So it’s toast, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Education'
Kai En’s Closing
December 19th, 2009 · 6 Comments
Tags: Business & Markets · Education
The Test To End All Tests: The Gaokao
June 16th, 2009 · No Comments
Imagine preparing for the Olympics from when you were four.
Now take that Olympics, and turn it into, say, a series of tests you need to take in competition with about 10 million other high school students in order to gain entrance into university.
Add unreasonable pressure and expectations from parents and relatives who are counting on [...]
Tags: Education
No Free Sex in China
January 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment
I may regret writing this after I get about 一兆 (one trillion, yízhào) spam comments, but what the hell.
For you see, sex in China is not always free. And it’s the women I’m talking about. Sex in China seems to either be for money or financial/life security. There are two parts to [...]
Tags: Education · Life in China · Relationships
Go to University to Learn How to Serve Drinks
June 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment
China’s gone a little bit overboard with tertiary education. Parents from all walks of life want their kids to go to university, and the schools have responded with an ever-expanding list of degree programs to answer the need. Not good with numbers? Try a degree program in Flight Attendant Services. Don’t [...]
Tags: Education
An Immature Country
March 25th, 2008 · 5 Comments
Yes, China has 5000 years of history… and it is still immature. From its leadership down to the average mother or child. How so? A warning, as I am about to generalize about a great many things. My examples:
Hitting a person (be they child, husband, wife or friend) seems to be [...]
Tags: Education · Family · Views on China