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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence
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To: Richnorth who wrote (20927)12/27/2002 7:36:00 AM
From: zonder  Read Replies (2) of 27666
 
have you noticed that foreign/immigrant students consistently beat the local students year in year out

I believe that has to do with the curriculum and is no different in the US. In North America, "real" education is left to university and there is only some very superficial mathematics & science in high school. I was amazed at just how easy the math questions were in the GMAT exams for MBA candidates. You could do well armed with basic arithmetic, and the knowledge that the sum of a triangle's inner angles is 180 degrees.

In some other countries, especially in Asia, high school curriculum is far more comprehensive and the university studies are lighter. At the age of 18, these students solve higher mathematics problems and have already completed some serious physics/bio/chem classes, including electromagnetics & organic chemistry.

So when they come to North America for university studies, they are ahead in math & science. It is just due to their demanding high school curriculum.
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