Whatever you hear from the West about China, you just need to flip around then it'll be true. Trust me, I have too much experience in this.

@panyaboonc5621

Ай бұрын

You think only from the west??? Even China next door neighbor India can be the same or worst.

@sirant

Ай бұрын

I agree 100%! You are right!

@sirant

Ай бұрын

I have never been to India, but I hope the students get the educations they deserve!

@MRT-co1sd

Ай бұрын

@@sirant They do. US universities admit mostly Indians and Bangladeshi, and won’t admit a lot of Chinese like they use to.

@etow8034

Ай бұрын

@@sirant Literacy rate in India is 76.3%, literacy rate in China is 99.8%. This means almost a quarter of 1.4 billion or 350 million the same population size as the US in India cannot read or write !

School is meant to teach and nurture and thats what Chinese schools do instead of confusing kids with gender and sensitivity indoctrination.

@siberiantiger1585

Ай бұрын

And mastering the 3 Rs when they graduate. High unemployment among the young people in China, which is highly touted by some Western scholars among reasons for their prediction of China's economic collapse, will mean more STEM graduates for the PLA. When our armed forces are lowering standards to find enough recruits, an increasingly smarter PLA will keep many Pentagon generals from sleeping soundly at night. The good news is that no US President will be dumb enough to order an attack on China, whether it is over the Taiwan Strait or the South China Sea. We are just playing Texas Hold ‘them with the CCP and bluffing them like crazy. LMAO!

@brian_Austin27

Ай бұрын

And look at them, coming to America cuz china is un livable 😂

@user-bp3b5jt5z

Ай бұрын

确实，在我们大学，如果你暂时找不到工作，那么你可以加入军队来发挥才能，积累工作经验，不过你是中国人吗，为什么你能知道这些，我没有听到任何反华博主说过这一点，他们只会说中国已经完蛋了。​@@siberiantiger1585

@kevinefms

Ай бұрын

🤣

@eddywu2077

Ай бұрын

完全同意 , 学校就是学校, 学习知识 , 中国的学校不教孩子政治和宗教 , 让学校纯粹, 让学习纯粹 . 看见学生为了不同的政治意见打架和羞辱对方, 这是错误的 . 曾经毛把文革带进校园, 造成学校的失控,后来变成社会的撕裂 , 中国付出了代价, 中国反省了. 中国政府刻意回避公开讨论这个问题, 是怕它被人利用 ,中国的国际话语权被西方控制, 政府担心被带舆论, 扩大影响到要政府下台. 这会造成一个14亿人民的国家混乱回到军阀打架的时代, 冲动的游行和无理的要求不是好事. 没有完美的国家, 大家的争论都是"对"和"对"的较量 , 像文明人那样交流, 找到中庸的解决之道, 世界会更和平, 人类之间也会和睦相处.

chinese students have less time for bs. like vandalism, skipping class, hanging out ( while skipping class ), smoking weed, etc. ...

@etow8034

Ай бұрын

Has to do with Confucian family values and a hybrid Confucian/legal law society ! The west and Europe only governs with legal law alone which Confucius said will perish because they will all see the law as something to get around through legal loopholes via wealthy lawyers !

@siberiantiger1585

Ай бұрын

How about the amount of time wasted by US public school teachers (and, in turn, their students who are there to learn) trying to maintain discipline in their classrooms?

@4-SeasonNature

Ай бұрын

Add gun rights.

@mason2547

Ай бұрын

And LGBTQ classes. Amazing !

@erenyeagerist7681

Ай бұрын

@@mason2547 what is a woman? hahaha

I attended the University of Hawaii during the 1970s. Some of my classmates were from Hong Kong. They told me that going to American universities was so easy because much of the mathematics, science and technology taught at the universities in the West was taught at the high school level in Hong Kong. So going to universities in the West was like a holiday to students from Hong Kong.

@zulkanainbaharuddin2185

Ай бұрын

True.

@jkdm27

Ай бұрын

American schools are best. We need to believe only America.

@PranicEnergy

Ай бұрын

Yes, I totally agree. I took and passed an exam for a professional qualification in the US simply by reading free textbooks that I got from friends.

@waikinchan1856

Ай бұрын

Exactly. Just like a walk in the garden!

@Praetorian157A

Ай бұрын

Soooo right

China has a national literacy and numeracy rating of over 98%. USA has a national literacy and numeracy rating of 54%.

@sirant

Ай бұрын

This does not surprise me in the slightest. Sadly.

@priscillaferguson267

Ай бұрын

So true, however most of the American population would never accept the fact that the vast majority of students are illiterate and cannot calculate basic math.

@arthurchu4491

Ай бұрын

What?! The US still got over 50%! Damn! I'm impressed!

@etow8034

Ай бұрын

@@arthurchu4491 ...and about the same percentage finishes high school as well !

@AnotherExtraFist

Ай бұрын

China has a long long history that values the arts, science, and medicine, as well as scholarship and craftmanship of many kinds. And that across class lines too.

The Chinese consider education of children as the top priority in their lives and in national agenda. The old Chinese went to the extent of enduring hunger just to save enough money for their children's education. The Chinese parents are strict and devote very much attention to the safety, welfare and wellbeing of their children. The job of the teachers in Chinese schools is also very demanding. These are different from the West, where it is relatively relaxing to raise and teach children.

@sirant

Ай бұрын

True! When I married my wife, she told me we had to save 60% of our salary every single month, for the education and benefit of our child. Being a westerner, I thought this crazy and impossible, but we did it by living simply and finding other ways to enjoy life than spending money. In the end, we used that money to pay for tutors, after school programs and our daughters full university with no loans or expenses to her. It was well worth the effort.

@user-lz1sn8mz3r

Ай бұрын

我如此震驚。I am so astonished. You know deeply Chinese culture.

I worked in public and private schools in Chengdu China for a decade. If there is something that students in Chinese learn, it is discipline and respect for their teachers. At the beginning of each class the students have to stand silently and take a bow to their teacher and it is not until the teacher gives them permission to sit down. At the end of class the students have to stand and take a bow in silence. When at any time in class I would crossed my arms all the students in the class inmedatelly would stop talking immidiately and stay quiet in absolute silence. Then after the class in the playground studentes would run to me a high five or a group hug a sign of mutual love and respect. I made sure that all my students had fun in class with many games and fun learning activities because learning must be fun in order to be effective . .

@sirant

Ай бұрын

I miss my teaching days. The affection and fun we had with the students was always a highlight of my day! It makes me very proud inside to hear from my past students on their ongoing successes in the world. I am glad you enjoyed your experience as well!

@esphilee

Ай бұрын

Confucius is rooted in Chinese culture. They pay the utmost respect to the parents and teachers.

@etow8034

Ай бұрын

@@esphilee In the US teachers get beaten up by their students and everyone just stands around to watch !

@sirant

Ай бұрын

@@esphilee Very true! I was treated with great kindness, respect and appreciation by the students, their parents and my Chinese coworkers when I was a teacher.

@paradox4971

Ай бұрын

你是外教吗，指不定你还教过我🤗

The American school has a happy education system, that is terrific for kids and terrible for parents! If you want them to work in McDonald then sure, just go with the happy education system!

@fzmoifzmoi2575

Ай бұрын

Happy education system?? Are you serious or joking??? Why all the school shootings? And all grassroots mass shootings also? I see nothing happy about their education nor social environment

@sirant

Ай бұрын

I think he was making a joke, comparing the education system to the McDonalds kids "Happy Meal". Garbage food designed to get kids addicted to unhealthy habits at an early age.

@user-ys5rb8uw7k

Ай бұрын

但是美国的精英阶层可不是什么快乐教育 他们只是把所谓的“快乐教育”用洗脑的方式输入给平民百姓 以保证教育隔离 所以精英的孩子以后大多数都还是精英 参考一下美国犹太家庭吧

@kasikwagoma6740

Ай бұрын

@@fzmoifzmoi2575 don't you understand jokes at all, why are you so serious, blimey. Read to understand.

@achtungbaby2009

Ай бұрын

woke & lgbtq education & appreciation sessions too.

I really love those so called "terrible" Chinese schools which produce good engineers building amazing infrastructures.

@ericeric1620

Ай бұрын

that's well said. spot on

@nuckingfuts9515

Ай бұрын

Tofu dreg buildings, bridges, streets and houses are unbelievable! 😀

@elmirachernyaeva8951

23 күн бұрын

@nuckingfuts9515 USA has the tofu infrastructure. The USA spends more money on military than infrastructure and the infrastructure is barely maintained and so many bridges in America collapse

@Liv21484

20 күн бұрын

@@nuckingfuts9515 they don't know what is it totally ,trust me . They only know the great china 🇨🇳! Which will rule the world instead of America 🇺🇸!

@eazzybruce7481

18 күн бұрын

Amazing? That's tofu infrastructure. 😋

Meanwhile here in the US, we have entire districts that can't read and do math at their expected grade level.

@sirant

Ай бұрын

I know. That was one of the craziest bits of Reverse Culture Shock when I came back to Canada in 2015.... After teaching grammar for 12 years, I was SHOCKED how little the typical Canadian knows about grammar.... Schools aren't even teaching their own languages properly sadly

@cool-eye3674

Ай бұрын

@@sirant Let me put it this way. I would look at any social system from a free market point of view. The end product caters the expectations of consumers in general. If most of the consumers "accept" the product as OK, the product remains as such. At least, theoretically in a "democracy", the end users do have their say. Who to blame for a failed education system? I would say it was the end users, ie parents, employers, government, etc.

@yingxu7908

Ай бұрын

boys and girls have the hard time on fighting for the restroom

@liongjiahwong5478

Ай бұрын

Without H1B America can't compete. Today the young Americans are not as hardworking and smart as their parents. Hollywood can take some of the blame.

@siberiantiger1585

Ай бұрын

@@cool-eye3674 The rich don't need to worry because their real estate taxes will keep the local public schools in good shape or they can just send their kids to expensive private schools. The poor may be too impaired to worry about their kids - "Hillbilly Elegy".

Chinese may be the nation that attaches the most importance to education in the world.

@yong9613

Ай бұрын

All started during the Imperial examinations, made dominant and open to anyone in public during Song Dynasty

@changhenry4648

Ай бұрын

@@yong9613 The Imperial examination system originated in the Sui Dynasty, 350 years ahead of Song Dynasty.

@yong9613

Ай бұрын

@@changhenry4648 it was expanded and used dominantly in the Song Dynasty. Have a good day 😌

@silverianjannvs5315

Ай бұрын

Started in 1950 after centuries of humiliation & invasions by foreign powers. Ancient rulers don't encourage inventions, research and development..

I brought my children from Chile to study in China and I see a big difference between the form of education in one country and another. My daughter was studying in fourth grade in primary school and had to start mid-semester of second grade, because she had to learn Chinese. Now she is in third year and it has been very difficult at first to adapt to the language and studies, but now she has leveled, but the learning is much higher, for example in mathematics I see a big difference in the way of teaching and the tasks are done every day with a lot of practice, but what is incredible is the depth of seeing it, by making the student have You have to reason, think and analyze the questions to find the correct answer, not just saying that 2+2 is equal to 4, not the normal and linear way that is often taught in the West, but they put other variables in and you have to reason, so you can get to 4. And it is true that they have a single snack at lunch and then sleep for 1 hour, and then do exercises and other activities to stimulate them and keep them in shape. I think the decision I made to bring them back was not a bad one and I don't regret it.

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your story! I think you are 100% correct!! You have given your kids a massive advantage, especially in the language skills, which will make them much more valuable employees in the future! Great Choice!!

@Elfan97-ec1uk

Ай бұрын

Your children will thank you for it!

@hkhjh

Ай бұрын

中国教育有时候有点扼杀人性！但是就提高学生能力方面还是很有效的！

@Elfan97-ec1uk

Ай бұрын

@@hkhjh 請解釋 詳述中國教育怎樣扼殺人性!🙏

@hkhjh

Ай бұрын

@@Elfan97-ec1uk 我自己就是一名中国教师，高中老师！ 中国教育客观上强迫学生比拼智力，手段和过程有点不人道。 多样化在中国教育中几乎看不到，这是我最不喜欢中国教育一方面。千篇一律学科，所谓成人眼里“懂事”德育教育模式，培养终点指向--学习好、懂事的孩子。 而有些智商不高的孩子在这过程中痛苦不堪、毫无乐趣。 当然这种模式有它的优点：公平、高效，但是细细想想，这是以牺牲多少孩子天性作为代价！ 作为这个教育体制的一员，深深感觉这些问题存在却又不能改变这些，有时很无力！

Both school look really big and nice. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Thank you for visiting!

They play when they play, they work hard when they learn. Respect their teachers and follow disciplines.

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Very True!

As a Chinese student myself I can say that the math teaching is really good. And I only found out that when I was in another country. My computation skill compare to the locals is way more faster and accurate and to think I'm just average in class.

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing! I agree completely! My daughter said AP mathematics in University was very very easy!

@loremasteringwion9930

28 күн бұрын

@@sirant There is no such thing as AP mathematics in university. AP is a university level high school course only offered in high schools.

@sirant

28 күн бұрын

@@loremasteringwion9930 My bad, slip of the tongue. I meant Advanced Mathematics, part of her curriculum in University. Thank you for pointing that out.

The school in Beijing where I worked for 10 years, has a dormitory building, a gymnasium including 4 X100 meter swimming pool, a 400 meter running track and a standard soccer field... they have 20 three D printers...

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Nice!

@nellyblancaflor5559

Ай бұрын

Wow! Very high quality! I wonder why chinese students come to Cagayan Valley in the Philippines when their education is far superior than ours? Must be some hidden agenda somewhere.

Thank you Sirant!. Very interesting information. I've been tyrying to see a video just like this from the several expat youtubers I follow. This is the first time someone shows and explains how elementary and high school sare in China. Much better than in the West. There is a reason Chinese students are among the top ratings in the Pisa studies.

Skills, skills, skills !!! Chinese schools and Chinese parents focus on students learning skills. Western society is not focused on skills, instead we focus on “feel good” and “woke indoctrination.

The western society did not want their citizens to know better alternatives. Only by toughening up, their citizens become stronger on their own, resilient and open to new adventures, able to overcome difficulties

@sirant

Ай бұрын

I sincerely hope more people go out into the world and learn for themselves what is out there!😊

There's an old Chinese saying ; In the realm of books awaits a house of wealth and a beautiful maiden. 😂

@WarLionsofGesar

Ай бұрын

书中自有黄金屋，书中自有颜如玉。

@brianliew5901

Ай бұрын

@@WarLionsofGesar Thanks for the Chinese proverb and hope my transliteration matches as I was Western educated despite being having Chinese ancestry.

@sirant

Ай бұрын

I like that!

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Beautiful!

@PChan-yt4uf

Ай бұрын

@@brianliew5901 The meaning of your translation is obviously not right.

You mentioned North Korea in a negative manner. There are a lot of misconceptions about North Korea much more than China. Did you know all housing are provided free to all citizens in N. Korea? Starvation is false because China will not let that happen to their brothers which were part of China at one time. You should look into that.

@yuey0602

Ай бұрын

中朝关系很复杂，一方面虽然中国奉行不结盟政策，但是朝鲜一定程度上是中国唯一的军事盟友，中朝友好条约一定程度上算是军事盟约。另一方面中朝关系其实也没很多人想象得那么和谐，更何况即使关系很好，也不是朝鲜有任何需求中国都会去援助的。 朝鲜有点像一个起步家庭环境不错，但是在学校或者社会上长期被人欺负的人，内外因素共同造成了他有一点反社会人格，你并不能说他是个好人，但是他人格的形成是有复杂原因的。如果今后对朝鲜有一个长期的友好的外部环境，也许可以慢慢感化改变他。但是作为一个普通中国人，从外部观察，在可以预见的将来，朝鲜真的很难会有很大改变。

@sirant

Ай бұрын

I would love to look into that further. And for the record, I personally did not state that about North Korea, I have never been there, so it would be impossible to say. But, it is a very widely shared fact that North Korea is a very difficult place to live. I never mentioned starvation or any specifics about North Korea, only that many people believe China is the same. I merely stated it is a common conception, not a fact.

@jeremyheung6582

Ай бұрын

@@sirant I recently watched some videos about overseas Chinese in North Korea, and the situation there seems to be tougher than I expected. Free housing is mostly limited to cities, and while people in rural areas may not be starving anymore, their living conditions are not great either. Along the China-North Korea border, many North Koreans are sent by the government to work, but only in certain restaurants or factories. They are also closely monitored to prevent them from escaping. I'm not sure how they share their earnings with the government.

@jeremyheung6582

Ай бұрын

我对朝鲜的理解其实有几个阶段。一开始我相信西方那些媒体的宣传，认为朝鲜是个可怕的地方。后来了解到西方对我们的宣传之后，我在想，朝鲜是不是也是这样被抹黑了，看了一些视频证明了我的观点之后我认为朝鲜是一个优秀的共产主义国家，比我们执行的更彻底。再后来，看到了李唐的视频，我才发现，朝鲜不像西方宣传的那么可怕，但也绝没有我想的那么好。不然中朝边境为什么要管这么严，为什么来中国打工的朝鲜人要受监视，为什么去朝鲜旅游这么困难，尤其是考虑到我们两国关系算是相当不错了。

@yuey0602

Ай бұрын

@@jeremyheung6582 从某种程度上说所有政治问题都是经济问题。。。马克思主义观点基本也是这样嘛。朝鲜最大的问题就是外部孤立，尤其是苏联解体之后石油供应出了大问题，不然朝鲜跟古巴委内瑞拉之类的国家不会有太大区别，最差也不过是像以前伊拉克那种政治环境。

This is one of the most enlightening reports of the schools system in china. Thank you.

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

The facilities are amazing and a learning experience even for those not attending the school 😅

@sirant

Ай бұрын

They are amazing indeed! I can only imagine how much better they are getting as the years and technology move forward!!

@anonymintheworld9781

Күн бұрын

As a Chinese, I love school very much. I cannot understand why many children in Western countries do not like school and do not want to go to school. I am 40 years old now and I still want to go to school. Chinese schools are simply the most beautiful places. Most Chinese people love school very much and think that the time spent in school is the best in their lives. Therefore, many people go back to school to visit their teachers after graduation, and classmates will get together every ten years.

Thank you for showing and explaining a different perspective to their education system. Much appreciated 👏

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Great video thanks for sharing 👏👏👏🎯🙏🙏

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Wow! So impressed to hear how your daughter turned out after being in the Chinese school system!

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Thank you! We are very proud of her!

@LW78321

Ай бұрын

@@sirant you certainly would be! Is she still overseas or back in China now?

17:00 that’s exactly my feeling when came to Toronto in middle school. Everything, even the final exam questions were quite easy and I collected countless Waterloo contest awards 😂

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Congratulations! I am always happy to see when students received good end results from their hard work in school!

I heard that in one US state, teachers are allowed to carry weapons to school. What a "perfect" society that America is! 😱

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Yes, the law was just passed in Tennessee. So the solution to the gun problem is MORE guns... Oy.... Poor kids.

This is interesting. Is it like that through out China? Too bad education isn't as valued in Canada as there.

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Yes, education is a focus throughout China. However, as in any country, different communities have different amounts of money to invest in facilities. But, no matter how new or advanced the technology, education is always a priority.

@hanmi1216

Ай бұрын

Yes as far as I know. I joined a summer school programme in Beijing back in 1999, and that's what the school is looks like.

@sirant

Ай бұрын

@@hanmi1216 Wow! 1999!!! I bet it was an amazing experience! I recently saw a video showing how 50, 000 US students were invited to China to experience the Chinese school system, and they were all amazed and thrilled as well! Thank you for sharing!

@hanmi1216

Ай бұрын

@@sirant yes, it is an amazing experience. Especially that afternoon nap break that shocked me. We don't have that kind of break time here in Indonesia 😅.

@sirant

Ай бұрын

@@hanmi1216 I tell ya, after teaching for 10 years, the one of the last schools I taught in China, they gave me my own apartment, even though I lived off campus anyways. I sure LOVED having a 2 hour nap in the afternoon between morning and afternoon classes!😊😊😊😊😊😊

As a Chinese。I'm very happy more and more foreigner work as teacher in China。it can improve Chinese kid's English level.English is very important in China ❤❤❤❤❤❤

Way much better than singapore .

@PranicEnergy

Ай бұрын

Hwa Chong Institution is way better. But that's if you can afford it at $100 per month.

Another reasons for Chinese parents to put their kids in school for such long time in a day, is because both of the parents are so busy in jobs, their don't have enough time to take care of their children. Rather than children getting back home early and playing video game all the rest of the day, parents prefer to put them into other classroom after school. If the school could provide more lessons till 10pm, that would be even better.

@sirant

Ай бұрын

You are 100% correct! I used to teach lessons often until 8pm when I worked in large public schools. And then after that the students could attend homework sessions where actual teachers could help to make sure they understood.

@user-xj2ff4un8r

Ай бұрын

I am full of admiration for the brilliant hardworking students and even more so for the wonderful teachers who are so caring and dedicated to their profession. They deserve the deep respect of their students.

Great video. Thanks Sirant. I was born and raised in Shanghai. I did not know when I was a kid that China's public education system is so good. I knew it until I worked in the US and send my daughter to a nearby public school. The content in that school is just too easy, so I immediately transferred her to a private school for better academy. IMO the private school in the US is not bad. It's funny that in these private schools nobody talks about "happy education". Most kids work very hard and most of them are Chinese, some Indian, few white, very few others. Unfortunately only less than 10% kids in the US actually go to private schools. The "good education" is just not available for most of the people.

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your experience. I am glad your child was able to benefit from the private system. It is sad all students cannot have the same opportunities.

@liongjiahwong5478

Ай бұрын

Money is not enough, parents don't emphasize on education.

Looks a lot better than the schools in my town in California!

❤China….Education and personal well being is so deeply embedded into the Chinese culture. I taught at a massive university in Guangdong Province it really opened my mind up to how important education and success was to the students. Unlike the west, Chinese students aren’t in a huge rush to grow up, check the education box, and move into the working world, and I think parents really enforced this. 90% of my students didn’t have boyfriends/ girlfriends because either their parents didn’t allow it or education was far more important. Along with this, the collectivist culture is so blatantly obvious. They think, act , talk, eat, dress, believe, as a group not as individuals. Most people in the west (including my family) have formed their opinions of China based on what the media feeds them, without setting foot in the country. I’m so glad I had the privilege to take a little closer look into this amazing country. My advice, if you’re intrigued about traveling to China, go for a minimum of a year, and teach! Just traveling won’t give you even close to the same perspective as teaching. ❤China!

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Well said! I came to China in 2004 for a 1 year teaching contract. In 2024, I am still here, taught extensively in the Chinese system and raised a family. My family back home also held (and likely still does) the negative stereotypes. I am glad you had the opportunity to experience and enjoy life here yourself! Thank you for sharing your experience!

@anonymintheworld9781

Күн бұрын

As a Chinese, I love school very much. I cannot understand why many children in Western countries do not like school and do not want to go to school. I am 40 years old now and I still want to go to school. Chinese schools are simply the most beautiful places. Most Chinese people love school very much and think that the time spent in school is the best in their lives. Therefore, many people go back to school to visit their teachers after graduation. I agree with you, yes, people should go to China to live and work, instead of learning about China through western mainstream media

Love the content of your vlog. Look forward to more. Just subscribed.

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you! A lot more interesting content coming!

There is a Chinese proverb that says that it is better to witness once than to hear someone say it a hundred times

Chinese students actually learn things in classes.

@ftu2021

Ай бұрын

Ok but can they tell us what a woman is?

thank you for tell us the truth。I'm watching your many videos and subscribe

well said. i was a chinese student years ago. The difficulty and depth of education in China are somewhat higher, which means those below average may feel a great academic pressure. Moreover, Chinese people are known for their ambition; everyone wants to be the "cream of the crop." This mindset can lead to at least half of the population feeling stressed and caught up in a rat race. In fact some people are not animal for academia; it would be distressing for an elephant to compete with a monkey in climbing trees. In my own educational journey, I didn't find things too challenging, except for the more intense periods during the third year of middle school and the third year of high school when exams were imminent. I had plenty of time for play, sports and dating, I also escaped much classes, it didn't impact my study at all. After all, no one can become an all-star player without rigorous training, and I believe that even basketball legends like Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant underwent intense training. The key issue is that not everyone needs to have the same goal. Elephants should focus on building strength, monkeys should excel at climbing, and fish should master swimming. With this approach, life won't be too bad, and there's no need for anxiety.

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Also well said! I agree completely!

*The BBC would ONLY show @**13:30** with comments on how China is falling apart*

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Oh of course, though they would likely make up some other crap as well.

@johnsmith1953x

Ай бұрын

@@sirant Like they usually do. BBC is sooo bad.

@lw7795

26 күн бұрын

In the west these days, the only place to see the true China is from vloggers like yourself, thank you very much.

@sirant

26 күн бұрын

@@lw7795 Thanks for watching!

Great education. I remember that Sophia top 2 always she studied in Hong Kong. And then when she was in UK she was granted a scholarship. Great training and facilities and faculty development and great respect to teachers.

Thanks for sharing and surfacing the truth. 👏👍

@sirant

Ай бұрын

My pleasure

Once I visited my friend's daughter's grade school in Guangdong, she was in second grade, and she had to stay after school because she didn't do her homework. She was not happy. Now, I occasionally send messages to another child because she is struggling with her English. I am not sure if this is true for everyone, but children in high school live in dorms.

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Some kids live in dormitories on campus, absolutely. Often times this is for the best. If mother and father are hard at work everyday, it is a great way to ensure their child is getting the appropriate assistance for their success. Also, it eliminates commuting long distances if the school is not close enough to home. We always lived close to my daughters school and she had two teachers as parents. So she never needed to live in the dorm.

@chenjiang3031

Ай бұрын

Yes it is a norm to be kept at school longer if a student does not do his homework. Not finishing homework is viewed as a big deal even for a first grader since it shows irresponsibility. Usually only may be two or three students out of 60 do that in my primary school.

Thank you Sirant for spreading the fact. That swimming pool is possibly abandoned and will be replaced by other facilities. Nowadays Chinese parents in the major cities prefer indoor swimming simply because they are afraid of potential harm to their kids. The UV exposure during a standard 2-hour training drill under the sun does not sound well for pupils.

@sirant

Ай бұрын

You know, I never thought of that, but you are 100% correct! I too would be concerned about the UV damage to swimmers. Thank you for pointing that out!!

Very good video you made, thanks a lot, I really need this info

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Glad to hear that!

When I was in school, it started at 7:45, and ended about 12:30 - 1pm, with a single half hour recess in the middle, about 18-20 hours a week, 550-600 hours of classes a year.

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Wow! I never got out of school that early. When I was teaching in China, I often had lessons at 5pm and even some evening sessions after dinner.

@yuxiaodong7566

Ай бұрын

You must be Singaporean. Only half a day in school for primary schools, ridiculous...

Wow, nice school you have👍🏿👏🏿

The school you showed in Hong Kong, very modern, very good facilities. Very large and clean in general.

@sirant

Ай бұрын

It's not in Hong Kong actually. That school is in Shenzhen, it is just a branch of the Chinese University of Hong Kong group of schools, but physically located in Longgang District of Shenzhen. But yes, it is a very nice looking school!

I enjoyed watching travel videos from our western perspective.

I remember growing up in the US small town in Illinois in the 90s. Our playground was the parking lot. When we fell, our pants ripped and we get bloody knees and elbows

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Me too

@tka1528

Ай бұрын

That's why Westerns are tough, a Chinese person would go to the hospital for a scraped knee

for someone who has been through in both types of education, the Western education is more towards group projects and brainstorming, while the Asian education is more towards practice. Thus, Western schools do not give much homework.

@zen-mc4ju

Ай бұрын

Does this mean that Westerners always like to talk but not do things?

@MrDragonballzbin

Ай бұрын

@@zen-mc4ju the Western education is more towards real-world approach -- you brainstorm and discuss more in group projects instead of practicing a task repeatedly

@user-vi9np8cb3g

18 күн бұрын

@@MrDragonballzbin u mean a group discussion of LGBT? or how to abuse the teachers? emmmmmmm..

@MrDragonballzbin

17 күн бұрын

@@user-vi9np8cb3g definitely not those kind of topics 😂

Schools in uk are falling apart.

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Sorry to hear it. Though you are not the first I have heard say this.

@theGalactic57

Ай бұрын

Yes, because they see profits and not the education.

I stayed in Shenzhen and Guanzhou for 3 months back in ‘98. It was an out of this world experience even 26 years ago! I can imagine, now it would be even more modern, more futuristic in all aspects of life ❤

@sirant

18 күн бұрын

I have been lucky enough to witness the changes firsthand for the past 20 years! Thank you for sharing!

America's secretary for defence only has a BA from West Point University - I wonder how much study time he put in to "earn it"! His Chinese counterpart was a rocket scientist who was involved in the construction of China's Space Station!!!

@sirant

Ай бұрын

I have met a few people who has university "degrees" that they known nothing about. Their parents literally paid their way through "higher learning" and now we have graduates with less skills than McDonalds employees. It is a sad part of the modern western educational system I have seen with my own eyes....

@user-if1vh8po2f

Ай бұрын

@@sirant In America, many universities will hand out doctorates and professorships freely, let alone batchelor of arts and masters!

@sirant

Ай бұрын

@@user-if1vh8po2f That's terrible... Really devalues the hard work done by actual students.

America will consider this a threat to their national security.

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Heh. Yep. not a lot they don't!

@CommonSenses101

Ай бұрын

Senator Cotton once said. He does not want to see China students coming to America to study STEM fields. He prefers them to major in Art, Music ... 😅

EDUCATION is a way to PROSPERITY! 👍❤️🇧🇬

@sirant

17 күн бұрын

Absolutely!

What an eye opener! The national system, that takes great care of its young: nurturing, educating, building their environment, that creates healthy life habits- that nation will have its own great future!

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Absolutely!

American schools especially in high schools, the students are more interested in sex and how to look pretty and sexy like their Hollywood idols. !

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Social Media Education....

Ss usual usa calls this terrible

At least Chinese students don't have to worry about active shooters. Maybe that's why they can concentrate on their studies better.

@tka1528

Ай бұрын

That's true but they worry about the crazed man with a sword or knife killing kids. At least it doesn't happen very often but then again they don't put out to much of the bad news that goes on

Thank you for your informative video🙏👍🙏

@sirant

Ай бұрын

My pleasure

Having to tell Americans that "definately" or "wierd" are not words is so tiring.

@sirant

16 күн бұрын

Common misspellings. "Wierd" especially, as it breaks the rule all kids back home learn in primary school. "I before E unless after C". I always got soooooo many questions from students about all the exceptions to grammar and spelling rules. The one that kills me is how many North Americans say "I seen ....." Amazing how often I hear that in Canada.

Are these private schools ?

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Nope, both public schools.

Do you know how terrible American schools are?

@sirant

Ай бұрын

I have never gone to school in America, but I know all about the Canadian school system. And working for over a decade in the Chinese school system I met hundreds of teachers from America who told me horror stories of the classrooms and schools there. That is EXACTLY why they came to China instead of teaching in their home country.

One of the main things for children attending school in China as opposed to the US is they will not get shot for being at school.

@sirant

18 күн бұрын

Sad, but true. All children should be safe.

Thumbs up and subscribed, Sirant!

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Thank You!

I like to see titles like this as it is likely to attract western media readers and they will most likely be surprised when they find a modern society more advanced than their own, a society focused on giving young people a good education and confident start to their lives.

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment! And I agree with you 100%! It's not clickbait to get viewers, like those videos that show sexy women in their thumbnails with no relation to the video at all. Sharing information is a tricky business and requires some creativity to reach a broader audience.

@JohnnysCafe_

Ай бұрын

@@sirant absolutely, the whole point of content creating is to reach viewers and if you can draw in viewers and help them change their minds then you are doing a very good thing 👍🏼

@sirant

Ай бұрын

@@JohnnysCafe_ Thank you! That is exactly why KZread itself recommends the practice! You are very wise!

Looks good to the modern standards. Good job

From kindergarten to university, at least 2-hour lunch&nap time.😃 Afternoon nap is very important to refresh you and keep you concentrated in the following study and excercises.

@sirant

26 күн бұрын

So true!

Not just the US, Canada is the same. I am in Malaysia. I am considering to enrol my daughter into the online Canadian high school diploma instead of A level. My friend’s kids did Ontario diploma, they said it was very easy, they both got above 95 out of 100.

elementary level in China are already a level of High School and some Colleges in U.S.

Hello from California. I agreed with everthing you said.

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Thanks for visiting and your comment!

Great video! I like your T-shirt!

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

The push for education is historical and cultural… growing up in the west with Asian parents… it was a difficult situation being caught in between… it’s only when I became an adult with kids, I realized that most kids need to be pushed as the typical tendency is to avoid reading and doing math…

As a Chinese, I love school very much. I cannot understand why many children in Western countries do not like school and do not want to go to school. I am 40 years old now and I still want to go to school. Chinese schools are simply the most beautiful places. Most Chinese people love school very much and think that the time spent in school is the best in their lives. Therefore, many people go back to school to visit their teachers after graduation, and classmates will get together every ten years.

Singapore often top Pisa ranking...maybe because...lessons for core subject are in English...

I finished 4th grade in my birth place, which already have Geometry and beginning Algebra. When I attended US High school Math was like eating ice cream, except English classes.

@sirant

Ай бұрын

That's a good way to put it!

Good investment in infrastructure and education! 👍👏

@sirant

Ай бұрын

You are right

This is really cool! I would like to see and learn about rural schools deep in the countryside. How they compare. As china is massive i wonder how it is possible to give same education with supplies. Thank you.

@sirant

Ай бұрын

I wish I had gotten better footage, but if you watch the video to the end you will see me be swarmed by a bunch of kids in a school in a very small town in Guangxi province. They had never had a foreign teacher nor seen a foreigner at all. The school was very large and had huge outdoor recreation areas. Next time I am in that town I will get a proper video of a countryside school to share!

elementary in China already learning the science of programming languages were you only learn it in Colleges in U.S.

Excellent job.

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

I like the kid in the last picture :D he was trying to button up his shirts before taking the picture

Thanks for those info, no wonder about the chainess morical anymore. As a teacher and internal observator ... You should be able to educate us more about the system in in more detailed stats .. Something like : education system levels/years/ages (Like: preschool, primary, scondery, high ..), school hours vs leaning hours, academic hours vs PE hours, Class vs outdoor hours. Your are really lucky to live in such envornment, Good luck.

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Wow, thanks

In west, a lot of money was wasted . When my wife was on a nursing program, a lot of students just use all kinds of free funds, but they spend a lot of time to make small money, but failed their classes. I let my wife focus on her class, and she completed her education. Then she found a job in the hospital. “No pains no gains” nowdays, more and more “stem” in USA are foreigners originated.

Schools in China get renovated every summer holiday. It’s amazing how much care is given to education.

@sirant

14 күн бұрын

Yes. Amazing how much time, money and effort they put into it.

Although Shenzhen is one of the most developed cities in China, and the schools you visit are quite expensive, the level of public education in China is generally the same, but regional differences and the unfairness of university admissions to the gaokao (National Unified Examination for High School Graduation) remains a big problem.

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Yes, I found the GaoKao to be incredibly demanding for my daughter. She took evening and weekend classes for years to prepare. Thankfully shedid well due to her dedicated work and study habits.

The first 13 years of my life was without any schooling. I come to found out that those without earlier education were like having scholastic attention deprivation disorder. Our ability to analyzed data were much poorer than those with better education. Some of my working colleague growing up with military parents were doing much worse because their education was always got interrupted by the need to move from place to place along with their parents. They always got sympathy from their teachers, therefore teachers pushing them to achieve perfection were secondary. Realistically saying is, if kids got a stable encouragement to push for perfection, will grow up to have a habit of trying get perfection.

@user-rp3ln7ue7l

Ай бұрын

You need to improve your English grammar. People will judge whether you are really "educated" or not. My first exposure to English grammar was in junior high school when I learned everything there was to know by way of a British textbook. When I wrote my doctoral dissertation at the University of Californa at Berkeley, my advisor did not change a single word.

@user-kp5wi8qy8c

Ай бұрын

Yes, I admitted that I am not highly educated but I am not one of those with master's degree and beyond, but the only history they have written about Cambodia were the fallacy of bandwagon from one author to another. Again, this is my signature history of Cambodia. At the beginning, the French continued to employ the language first implement by Nguyen Phuc Anh when he became the first emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty. The Chu-Han (Mandarin) was the one rebellion against the French, when the French wrest power from them in Cambodia in 1863. After the Chu-Han victory against the French in 1954, their attention was switched to focus on undermining Norodom Sihanouk's power in Cambodia. They were very successful because they limited Norodom Sihanouk's independent for only 16 years and able to put the secretive genocidal Khmer Rouge in power. They were also very successful at assigned the blamed on the Chinese for having an embassy in Phnom Penh from 1975 to late 1978 by given the Chinese only a few thousand tons of Kapok.

Thanks for sharing! ❤ It was not easy for China to be able to provide our young generation with better education and health services. It took our most hard working, courageous and selfless people years to make this happen. Their dedication to the cause will be forever remembered. ❤

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Amazing comment! Thank you!

China in few words: New world leader ❤

@sirant

Ай бұрын

I agree! I thought this would happen decades ago!

Good job buddy!

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the visit

I love this video! You explained China's educational system very well! All those people spouting nonsense about China should see this, but even then they'll probably think that the CCP paid/forced you to only record specific parts 😂. Keep it up! 💯

@sirant

23 күн бұрын

Glad you liked it!

I taught English in China for over 9 years and I can easily confirm every single word said here. Fantastic country and fantastic happy people. Easily the best 9 years of my life. I am still nostalgic about China. People in the West are being fed lies all the time. It has to stop. It won't end well.

@sirant

8 күн бұрын

That is one of the most accurate comments I have seen yet. Yes, people in the west have been fed lies for a very, very long time. Taught to fear something they don't understand, because if they knew the truth, they would see that you are exactly right. It will not end well for them. Thank you for your insightful comment!

This school is top notch，beijing's elementary school don't have such large play grounds, I envy quite much.

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Yes, a lot has to do with the economy of the local area. Kids in this neighborhood do have nice facilities, but even kids in my wife old home village had a very nice school. Those are the clips from the end of the video! 😎😎😊😊

@Eignemuz

18 күн бұрын

还好吧，你要区分好视频中小学和高中的操场，高中确实规模会大很多，杭州学校也都普遍这样啊，北京不会是因为寸土寸金吧😂

There is a fantastic novel that covers the Chinese education system and how it fits into Chinese society called "Chinese Dream" by Anna Lee. This video covers the really nice, expensive private schools which is great, but the novel describes the life of a foreigner who works in training centres in a third tier city, marries a Chinese lady and has children in China, so it describes lots of different aspects of Chinese education and many different individual experiences, all of which are real experiences. It is an interesting story that is really well researched and covers lots of other different aspects of Chinese society, as well and the writer obviously speaks really good English and Chinese, and balances lots of different perspectives.

@sirant

16 күн бұрын

Hmmm, not really sure what your point is. I suspect you didn't really watch the video... My videos are about sharing my current daily life in China as a foreigner, not a cultural analysis of the Chinese school system. Had I been writing a novel or making a 3 hour documentary, I too could have shared the past 20 years where I worked in a prefecture level rural city, married a Chinese woman and raised a child together, all while teaching in the public school system with much less funding than training centers. I based my opinion of the Chinese education system on my experience as a teacher, parent and even student in that same system, not on showing clips of nearby schools in my neighborhood. (One is private BTW, the other is a public school) If you had watched to the end you might even have noticed I visited a small town school in rural Guangxi as well. My opinion of the Chinese school system is based on hard evidence and experience over the course of 2 decades.

@96518

16 күн бұрын

@@sirant My point is just what you were saying in your response, which is that what you've provided is a 20 minute video on schools, but this is a huge subject. I was in no way being critical (I fear I may have given the wrong impression when I commented on the private school focus - apologies for that) of what is in your video, just suggesting that (as you yourself did in your response) that you were not attempting to go into the subject in a very comprehensive way, but give people a taste of what Chinese schools are like, which is a completely valid and reasonable thing to do. BTW I really liked that you pointed out that the demands of the schooling system are driven by the pressures of society. The intent of my comment was simply to say, if you do want to go deeper into this subject, there is a book that covers this subject in a lot more detail (probably takes 20 hours rather than 20 minutes to get through, so it will only be for those who are deeply interested in the subject), and from quite a few perspectives written by someone who was obviously very interested and committed to the subject, speaks, and is culturally fluent in both English and Chinese. I mentioned it, because I also spent a long time teaching in China and am fluent in the language (passed HSK5 more than 10 years ago) and found it a really interesting perspective. Good luck with your videos.

@sirant

16 күн бұрын

@@96518 Thank you for your considerate response! I do get a number of comments of critical nature, often by people with little understanding and having not even viewed the actual video to discover the perspective! Congratulations on HSK 5, btw, that is a great accomplishment! I am currently working my way through an HSK course as well. This particular course goes up to HSK 9, should be interesting to see what new materials have been added!

@96518

16 күн бұрын

@@sirant I have heard that they are changing the HSK system again, so I think that is the new one. When I did it, it only went up to HSK6 but I never bothered with HSK6 because I found it very technical and I didn't want to get into that level of detail. The only levels that I sat for were HSK4 and HSK5 (I did a 3-year grad-dip in it so the lower levels were unnecessary) and I found the material really good because there was a really good mixture of history, culture, and really modern stuff. I remember when I did HSK4 in 2011, my book had a passage on 裸婚 which my Chinese friends were really surprised at because at the time, it was a really new concept. Now I just prefer to read authentic materials, novels, newspapers, stuff online. I'm not sure what your level is but if it is not in the highest couple of levels (if it is you'll know this already) I encourage you to work hard on your character knowledge - it is the key to it all. So many times on my learning journey, and even today, sometimes people use unfamiliar phrases and idioms and I can work out that they mean from the characters, and if I don't know a word I can just make one up from my pool of characters. If I am wrong people will guess what I mean correctly anyway. Years ago I was in a conversation and the word "flask" came up (this was before they were common) and a Chinese person asked me what it meant. I had no idea and so I thought it is bound to have the characters for warm and bottle in it so I told them I didn't know and guessed it was "暖瓶" and they stared at me for a moment then said, you mean "保温瓶" and I thought "protect-warmth-bottle", that's got to be it. Anyway, I hope you have as much fun with your learning journey as I did with mine. And good luck with the videos. You are a brave man. There are many that I can't bear to watch because so much to do with China is so polarised to one side or the other.

@sirant

16 күн бұрын

@@96518 Apparently HSK 7-9 are brand new, as in, a year or less old! Should be interesting when I get to that stage. As much as my writing is terrible, I do try to focus a lot on reading, as I do drive here and feel it is important top be able to read the signs, among other things. I also studied in Shenzhen University for a year as well, however, as I was also working full time as well, it became a bit too much. I have had people suggest I take my videos in a more "political" or aggressive direction, in order to get views and ultimately, money, but that's not what I am all about. Other than an attention getting title or thumbnail, my videos are primarily to show my own, relatively laid back and content life in China.

Interesting that you could film the kids and school facilities (without permission?). I guess you could not do that in most of the so called western countries. This shows how cool to live in China. Thanks for your great content.

@sirant

21 күн бұрын

To be fair, it was just a few seconds. But it is definitely different here. Kids freely speak to me walking down the street and I can greet children and speak with them and their parents think it is wonderful! In Canada, however, even LOOKING at children you do not know, let alone talking to them, will incite angry and frightened reactions from the parents. A warthog of a woman once threatened my mother, in her 70's, because her child came to our table in a food court and said hello to my mother. A grandmother!

Thanks!

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and your support!

Good job Sirant.

@sirant

Ай бұрын

Thank you!!

well, they produce brilliant students, Many many of them!

In China, students' basic education, that is, nine-year compulsory education, is better. The state ensures that all children receive thinking training and basic training in all aspects. When the college entrance examination is passed, everyone's right to choose a university is determined. If the knowledge you have absorbed in nine years is solid and effective, then you can go to more and better schools. Therefore, compared with Western schools, teenagers lack "freedom" here, lack contact and sensitive topics. I think this is both a deficiency and an advantage, because the minors themselves are not mentally sound enough, and too much stimulation has a great impact on development.