kumble_rocks Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 finding it difficult to cope up India and China . No surprises ! http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=4313028&page=1 Bob Compton, an Indianapolis venture-capitalist-turned-filmmaker, has produced a controversial new documentary called "2 Million Minutes" that looks at how American education falls short in today's global economy. Video American Students Struggle to Compete "What I saw in the K-12 schools absolutely shocked me in both India and China. … I became very concerned about the competitiveness of my own daughters' education," Compton said on "Good Morning America." He explained that the students he saw in those countries were "two and three years ahead" of his daughters and their peers in America. The film follows two students from Carmel High School in Indianapolis, as well as two students from India and two from China. The premise is that they all have roughly 2 million minutes in high school to build their intellectual foundation and prepare for college and a career. Twenty months in the making, "2 Million Minutes" highlights the pressures and priorities of these students and their families. Ultimately, it provides insight into the changing nature of competition in a technology-based global economy. "Between the cultures, students allocate their time quite differently. The difference is the parental expectations of the students, the community's expectations." Unlike in the United States, where he said sports often gets the most recognition, in India and China, "the community recognizes and awards intellectual and academic achievements." Nick Ahrendt, one of the Carmel High students featured in the film, said he too could see the difference. "I wouldn't say I'm jealous of their education because a lot of it is one-track education, in engineering or medicine. But if I had wanted to go into one of those fields, I probably would feel that I would've been better off growing up over there," he said on "GMA." Now a college student at Purdue University, Ahrendt said that while in high school, "I didn't see the benefit of putting in the extra time. But over there they see the benefit of getting a better job, a better life." Check out this website for the trailer of the documentary - www.2MMinutes.com niU1E3SSTAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Outsider Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Hardly surprising given the obsession of a lot of Indian parents with grades over a complete personality development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandrake Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 Hardly surprising given the obsession of a lot of Indian parents with grades over a complete personality development. Agree.... our educational system( or the lack of it) is more about survival than education.It's nothing to be proud of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumble_rocks Posted February 22, 2008 Author Share Posted February 22, 2008 Hardly surprising given the obsession of a lot of Indian parents with grades over a complete personality development. Doesn't learning violin contribute to personality development . Thats what the Chinese student in the documentary was learning in her spare team . I am sure that was just a sample indicating a trend towards music learning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ludhianvi Posted February 22, 2008 Share Posted February 22, 2008 What I have found is that up till grade 10, the indian education is much ahead in terms of content. But after grade 12 I think things level off. I have also found that a lot emphasis is put on analytical thinking in North America atleast uptill grade 10 whereas back home I found that was not the case. It seemed more memorization back home to a certain extent. I think this is one area where Indian education could improve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fineleg Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 What I have found is that up till grade 10, the indian education is much ahead in terms of content. But after grade 12 I think things level off. I have also found that a lot emphasis is put on analytical thinking in North America atleast uptill grade 10 whereas back home I found that was not the case. It seemed more memorization back home to a certain extent. I think this is one area where Indian education could improve Memorization and spitting what u memorized is big in Indian education. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Outsider Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 Doesn't learning violin contribute to personality development . Thats what the Chinese student in the documentary was learning in her spare team . I am sure that was just a sample indicating a trend towards music learning. True, some Chinese I have known have had decent hobbies in music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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