Is this proof that China is going to beat the United States in pretty much everything?

Look:


http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/16/educat鈥?/a>





Chinese kids do 5 hours of homework a night. Our kids are being limited to 10 minutes of homework (you read that right) a night.








So... when should we hoist up the Red Banner of China?|||The amount of time for homework goes up by grade. I never had homework in the early elementary grades when I was in school. My grandchildren do even in kindergarten. I can see practicing reading, spelling, and handwriting but a heavy load of homework too early can make children hate school.





The trick is to make learning interesting. I used to tell my children to look things up and we made it fun. They enjoyed it. Learning to research is what most people learn in college and continue all their lives. That is really what makes them educated. It is a lifelong experience.





China will over take the US soon. Our whole basis for our economy has been transferred there and to other countries. What is the point of educating people so stringently when there will be little left here but becoming a tourist attraction?|||So you're taking the singular example of one elementary school in New Jersey and referring to it as "our kids", as if this applies to every school in the United States?





And I go to a University with a high amount of foreign exchange students from China (since it is primarily a math and engineering school), and it's pretty obvious that the students who spend most of their time with their faces buried in books have no ability to communicate with others. There's something to be said for social smarts instead of book smarts.|||China is a nation that can't practice proper mine safety.





China can't consistently protect its milk supply.





The world largest shopping mall is in China and there is one tenant in that mall. The rest of it sits vacant and unused.





The Ordos region has a spectacular brand new city that remains largely vacant because people don't want to live there and can't afford to live there.





Does this sound like a nation that can beat any other nation?|||China has numerous structural weaknesses. It is Japan, but on steroids and without a solid footing. China will certainly continue to grow, but how can they have a middle class of almost 1 billion people? Not likely. And literally over 1/4th of loans given by the Chinese banks default... not a good sign of internal development. China is only noticeable because of its size and currency reserves. They are making tremendous efforts to move forward, but in 5 years, consider what I said. China may very well be facing a big crisis with a property bubble, similar to what we faced, but not as bad.





I would suggest looking at nations like Brazil, Turkey, Poland, etc... these are solid countries with good economic development. They are not growing as fast per se, but it is likely they will keep growing solidly, for years to come. 20 years from now, Turkey will be a power house, I believe.





But, if you want to get into the fine details, the US is in HUGE trouble because it doesn't pay for its entitlements:





http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Latest鈥?/a>





I don't know how anyone thinks a tax cut is possible at a time when the fiscal deficit will soon become worse than Greece's and you have many, many more bills for the future. I wish the best for them.|||China is not a foolish Nation, they learn from history. Japan industrialised just as quickly as China is doing now. Japan believed it could replace Western Imperialism with it's own version of Eastern Imperialism. The result? for Japan it was catastrophe, it was not just that Japans industrial base was no match for Americas, but Japan lacked the historical know how and experience that America had. China is enjoying wealth, luxury and success now, what makes you think they want to pick a fight with America?|||No.|||Where's the happy medium here? 10 minutes is too little, I agree. 5 hours is too much. An hour or two a night seems like a good place to rest.





You also left out the word "average" in your statement and for someone who seems to be terrified and disapproving of China you seem to be pushing their methods a bit hard.|||China is increasing capitalism, and obama is decreasing capitalism.



I will bet there are no teachers unions in China,,,,,,,,,,,yet.



UC Universities Decrease Resident Students for Out of State Students

http://www.latimes.com/news/la-me-uc-adm鈥?/a>



US Students Rank Below Other Countries

http://www.examiner.com/education-in-nat鈥?/a>



Wisconsin Students Cannot Read

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/two-thir鈥?/a>



Public Teachers Send Own Kids to Private School

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2004鈥?/a>



Mandatory Arabic Classes Coming to Public Schools

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2011/02/07/manda鈥?/a>



NYC teachers paid not to teach

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Pu鈥?/a>|||10 minutes?


Clearly that is not everywhere. My daughter spent hours on homework everyday and couldn't finish it all.


She would do it after school, after dinner, before bed, before school and on the bus ride to school and before class. She had no time to be a kid.


We eventually pulled her out home schooled her, it was ridiculous.|||The amount of homework has absolutely nothing to do with intelligence. In fact, some experiments have resulted in MORE efficient learning through LESS hours of homework.





So no. China will not take over the world.|||I train on Nutrition and Physical activity in a pre-k environment. Here's a great stat for you. Kids go to school 920 hours a year here. They spend on average 1030 hours a year watching TV








What do YOU think they are learning?|||Nope.|||That means pretty much nothing. The amount of homework doesn't reflect the quality of work nor does it measure the ability of students to comprehend the lessons.|||When you move to China you can|||That's only part of China, I think like 17% is completely illiterate.|||they also probably lose out on a lot of common Sense when they've constantly got a book in their face.|||Nope.|||The more Liberal we become the further we will fall behind...It's the nature of Liberalism to be lazy and eff off...