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<p>The “competitiveness” is part of the culture. </p>
<p>I don’t know about China, but where I’m from, kids always used to cheat, and teachers didn’t make that big a deal about it. No one even cared. Once someone asked to copy my HW, and I said I wouldn’t feel comfortable about it, and her friend started laughing. I don’t understand how those top students in the class could be so proud about themselves when they were asking for answers they didn’t know during the finals.</p>
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<p>My school was considered pretty bad by all standards, so I guess I can’t really speak for all Asian schools.</p>