China's High Stakes "Gaokao" Test Under Scrutiny

quanlude
Sun, 17 Nov 2013 09:14:06 +0000

A Chinese who transferred from Gaokao system to AP classes.
I bet Gaokao is at least 10 times more stressful than SAT. When I was in Gaokao system, my class starts at 6:50 a.m and ends at 9:15 p.m My friends in other high schools only have half day off every two weeks and during the half day, they still need to do homework. Ridiculous, isn’t it?
And Although people are working on another system to select students who have good EC, but who are they kidding, the students get into top Chinese universities are still those who can get the highest score in Gaokao.
Also, about Chinese students are good at maths, I think it has nothing to do with number system. The only reason is that we spend at least 3 or 4 hours to shoot a high score in Gaokao= =…