I had a good friend from China when I went to college.
He said that Chinese people are really good test takers. All their lives they've been trained to pass tests to get into their next schools and what not. My friend was very good at all things math. He knew how to ace exams and get A's in all his math classes, but he was abysmal at anything that has to do with writing papers, writing and reading was his main weakness and I noticed that all the international kids were the same way. Which was really good at taking math tests, but extremely bad at anything outside of that.
I learned that in Asian universities, students take a midterm Exam and a Final exam in all their courses. All their grades revolve around taking exams, whereas in the US its exams mixed in with homework and some papers.
He said that Chinese people are really good test takers. All their lives they've been trained to pass tests to get into their next schools and what not. My friend was very good at all things math. He knew how to ace exams and get A's in all his math classes, but he was abysmal at anything that has to do with writing papers, writing and reading was his main weakness and I noticed that all the international kids were the same way. Which was really good at taking math tests, but extremely bad at anything outside of that.
I learned that in Asian universities, students take a midterm Exam and a Final exam in all their courses. All their grades revolve around taking exams, whereas in the US its exams mixed in with homework and some papers.