Significance

What are the similarities and differences between schools in America and schools in China? How can schools in America learn from schools in China and what aspects should American schools promote to other schools? What elements affect the schooling system and how schools teach, what schools teach?

I want to compare how American schools and their education compare to other countries, especially China. What are we lacking in our schools and what is strong about our education system? I have heard stories about schools in Japan, how Japanese treat their schools like their second home. They wear no shoes, or shoes other than the ones they wear to go out, in school and clean the school as if it were their house. How does this affect their learning and does it affect their point of view on school so that they feel more motivated in school? Chinese immigrants come to America, risking the fact that their children might be less educated than if they had attended school in China. Is it better to send kids to other countries to better their education or is it worth it to have kids stay in America?

I hope my research will help others in the future make the better choice in their education. They have the choice to accelerate their knowledge and have it for future use or they can take their time to develop social skills. It also seems that some countries encourage competition, to see who is good enough to be hired by large corporations. I think it is also weird to have students compete against each other in communist countries like China, where everyone is on the same level. This competition is also parallel to Darwin's survival of the fittest theory; students are trying to better their education so they will not be the ones working at Duane Reade.