Peculiarities of Chinese education: how to make a genius out of a child

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The Chinese approach to raising children is different strictness bordering on tyranny. However, it is no secret that Chinese children, compared to European or American children, do much better in school. Let's figure out why this happens and what character qualities are instilled in the young inhabitants of the Celestial Empire from childhood.

By European standards, Chinese education is an absolutely inhumane method. But the point is that this is part of the culture that has been formed in the Celestial Empire for centuries. We decided to study the phenomenon of Chinese education in more detail to understand exactly how it works (and what results it leads to).

The main goal for a child is to work hard and become better

In China, regardless of family income, parents try to invest as much as possible in their children. The reason for this is the fiercest competition: you cannot be a middle-class person in China, otherwise you will not achieve anything in a country with a huge population. To get a job, even a top manager, even an average employee, you have to endure a huge competition – there are a lot of applicants for one place. From childhood, it is hammered into the child's head that in any business he is engaged in, he must achieve the maximum. You need to work, otherwise you will become a failure and achieve nothing. A child is a unique project that must justify the efforts invested in it. Of course, he is loved, but there is no talk of any mischief.

Regardless of the child's age, his day is marked by hours. Classes, additional classes, groups, sections, creative studios, etc. Chinese children simply do not have free time, only sleep and food.

Parental control and physical punishment

Parents strictly monitor their children's progress. Often, mom or dad carefully checks children's homework before university. The Chinese cannot afford a promiscuous attitude to control the educational process. “Study and let him learn, then somehow we'll get him into the university,” or “school is his area of ​​responsibility, we trust the child” – such an attitude is not welcome in the Celestial Empire. Parents are responsible for their children, and therefore they strictly control all areas of their lives, hence the harsh methods of education up to physical punishments. Spanking for any offense is a generally accepted tradition. Here, no one is interested in the psychological state of the child, complaints about fatigue with a really huge workload from kindergarten age will be regarded as laziness and unwillingness to work.

Teachers “pull” everyone

As for the school, for the teacher, a very important indicator of the student is his diligence. In Chinese schools, there is no concept of “teacher's favorite”, because everyone is treated equally, neutrally. And everyone's success rate is approximately the same, because every student works at the limit, and with all the efforts of the teachers, they bring him to the required level. For the Celestial Empire, the situation is not typical, as in our schools, when there is a certain “star”, “prodigy”, “pride of the school” in the class. There, graduates leave with the same high level of knowledge. All teachers are extremely responsible, they are focused on the result, their main task, regardless of the age of the students, is to teach them what is included in the program.

For the Chinese education system, there is also no division into doubles and excellent students, each student receives the maximum possible and as a result of hard work achieves a certain result, not lagging behind others.

The main traits that are brought up in Chinese children are phenomenal hard work, perseverance and leisure (the pace and speed of the task is not important here, the main thing is to achieve the result). In any child, they manage to find their potential, strong side and develop it, no matter what it is. That is why, in different areas and at different social levels, all specialists do their work at a high level.

The will of the elder is the law

The attitude of children to their parents and to all adults in China is extremely respectful regardless from age The older generation is an unshakable authority for a small child, a teenager, and a student. They do not argue with adults, do not object, their words are not open to doubt or discussion. Children must obey. In a Chinese family, the will of the elder is the law.

For Ukrainian children, the word “no” often does not exist, if we hear it, we understand that it is possible to find a loophole and invent something. And our children also grow up with the awareness that the main thing is to be able to negotiate and understand each other. In China, such a thing does not work. There are very strict rules, it will not be possible to “make an agreement” and “smear” here, no matter what field it concerns. Violation of the rules is punishable by penalties and it cannot be otherwise. The Chinese system is rigid and absolutely inflexible.