Raise kids the Asian way

Delicatess
Mon, 24 Oct 2005 01:36:17 +0000

PHampson: Europeans don’t exactly foster creativity. Trust me on this eh. In the UK–the European country I’m most familiar with–they spend half of their time drinking in pubs. Is that really fostering creativity? Additionally, after GCSEs their go to college, which precedes university and there they pick more centered A-levels to study. Thus they don’t explore as many subjects for as long. Prior to applying to university, they have already chosen their major. Does that foster creativity or expand their minds? Not exactly.

Europe used to be the center of the “arts movement” but has not been for quite a while. Additionally, Europe is now more lethargic than America and Asia–they work on average 35 hours or so-- and I highly doubt that their students are motivated more than American students to spend their free time doing “arts activities.”