You can either be glad that you didn’t take math in China, or lament the waning educational systems of the West. This BBC article shows the stunning difference between a Chinese undergraduate entrance exam question and an English university’s exam question for first year students. Ouch.

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  1. [...] the seemingly embarrasing difference between Chinese and English math comprehension requirements (which I mentioned earlier here), they report that students are actually being encouraged to drop higher math courses in order to [...]


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