China's High Stakes "Gaokao" Test Under Scrutiny

vanillapuff
Sat, 21 Feb 2015 14:53:58 +0000

I am Chinese. I can say that even ages ago in our history, standardized testing was one of the most important things in one’s life. It literally determined whether you got to be a govenment official and if so, of what rank. This was great at the time because even the poor had a chance to earn a high ranking position regardless of their wealth. It let China for the first time recruit people based on their talent rather than their wealth. It removes subjectiveness as well. History also shows that the Chinese are quite reluctant to change, and it manifests here in the GaoKao as well.

Personally, I don’t like it, especially how a single standardized test would determine the rest of my life.

I am going to take IB.

*Edited for grammar errors, sorry typed in a rush sorta busy but still spending time on CC lol