JR
Hare Krishna
Well, maybe I'm generalizing a bit here, but I am just writing from my own experience, which was shockingly approved by few other friends of mine recently.
Owing to the fact that American education system in public schools atleast, does not have the quarterly, half-yearly and annual examinations followed by assigning of scores and 'ranks' to the students, many children, including my own, are completely devoid of any 'competitive spirit'.
Competitive spirit serves to be a profound motivator to achieve - to excel. Indian school system still promotes competitive examinations for all students and many, many students benefit from this as they are motivated by competitive spirit to achieve! And they score high!
Whereas in American schools, there is no concept of "Rank" or "1st mark", etc. I have practically seen several children just give all subjects some preliminary understanding so as to 'pass' in the examination but never have the aim to 'score high' and 'achieve' because they lack this competitive spirit!
Please share if you have any observations.
Owing to the fact that American education system in public schools atleast, does not have the quarterly, half-yearly and annual examinations followed by assigning of scores and 'ranks' to the students, many children, including my own, are completely devoid of any 'competitive spirit'.
Competitive spirit serves to be a profound motivator to achieve - to excel. Indian school system still promotes competitive examinations for all students and many, many students benefit from this as they are motivated by competitive spirit to achieve! And they score high!
Whereas in American schools, there is no concept of "Rank" or "1st mark", etc. I have practically seen several children just give all subjects some preliminary understanding so as to 'pass' in the examination but never have the aim to 'score high' and 'achieve' because they lack this competitive spirit!
Please share if you have any observations.
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