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But the Japanese students worked for the entire hour on the impossible problem. "And finally we had to stop the session because the hour was up. And then we had to debrief them and say, 'Oh, that was not a possible problem; that was an impossible problem!' and they looked at us like, 'What kind of animals are we?' " Stigler recalls.
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American students smart enough to understand some things are not worth doing.
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" 'Our children are not creative. Our children do not have individuality. They're just robots.' You hear the educators from Asian countries express that concern, a lot," she notes.
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Being a creative individual in certain Asian countries could cost you your life and/or job.
Enjoyed the read.
11-15-2012, 04:23 PM
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