Re: [indoexpat-uk] Maths pupils in England two years behind Chinese by age 16

Actually (and maybe luckily) we have another choice.  We are thinking hard
to move to Slovakia (where my wife is from) and live there for a couple of
years while the kids doing its Primary.  There the Primary Education has
similar curriculum and culture as in Indonesia.

Chris

On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 10:04 AM, Perry Ismangil <perry-Qz18OTYYWP1Wk0Htik3J/[email protected]> wrote:

> So what are you going to do for your kid Chris, move to Jakarta? :-)
>
> --
> Perry Ismangil
> me.ismangil.com
>  On 22 Feb 2013 09:58, "Bagus Prakoso" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I think it does. Given the same opportunity, I believe our kids can trump
> > these local kids any day.
> > My wife and I are not very keen on English primary education, and she is
> a
> > Primary school teacher :)  That says a lot.
> >
> > The only draw-back that our kids have is freedom.  Mind you, I've been
> out
> > of the country for too long, I'm probably the least qualified person to
> > analyse this.  But comparing to my own days of school, it's
> > just incomparable.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Perry Ismangil <perry-Qz18OTYYWP1Wk0Htik3J/[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > The question is: does it matter in real life/society?
> > >
> > > Maybe other kind of intelligence plays a greater role? The so called
> > > emotional intelligence.
> > >
> > > I suppose actually Indonesia also has greater spiritual intelligence -
> > > though reading Detik you do wonder sometimes...
> > >
> > > --
> > > Perry Ismangil
> > > me.ismangil.com
> > >  On 22 Feb 2013 08:03, "Okto Sriyono" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > True, even far behind Indonesia.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> http://m.guardian.co.uk/education/2013/feb/22/maths-pupils-england-behind-chinese
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