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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (373223)	3/8/2008 11:48:48 PM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 1571931

"That's due in part to culture." Maybe. "I know that in Korea, grade school kids study their asses off. Yet when they get to college, they slack off and party hard." That is actually typical in that part of the world. Japan, for example. As China. But, it probably hurts more if you slack later.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (373223)	3/9/2008 5:10:18 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1571931

I know that in Korea, grade school kids study their asses off. Yet when they get to college, they slack off and party hard. Well, I partied hard the first two years of school. The thing I am just beginning to realize is that my high school had such high performance standards that I didn't notice a big difference in the work when I went from high school to college. Only recently have I begun to realize that that might not have been true for many others. Another thing I am noticing while student teaching is that a smart kid will rise to the occasion no matter the quality of education if he or she so desires. One of the guys in the one of my classes is probably one of the smartest kids in the school. He got 770, 720 and 600 on his SATs. Given the school and the number of ELLers and Special Ed in the classes, you would not think such scores would be possible.