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

Actually the point of the report was secondary education in UK is so bad
that the students get left behind.

So yeah, I suppose as with anything in education systems - everything is
not as it seems, lots of way to slice and dice the data.

--
Perry Ismangil
me.ismangil.com
 On 22 Feb 2013 15:57, "Bagus Prakoso" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Nahhh .. kalau secondary dan higher education is a different ball game :)
> Sekolah SMA dan Universitas di Indonesia masih kalah jauh dengan
> negara-negara Barat.
> You have to go to the best SMA and the best Uni to even begin to compete
> with these guys.
>
> Mind you, it's not all bad though, when I was studying here, I managed to
> stay on until the end while 'most' of my first year classmates were
> systematically dropping off every year, until only about 20 students at the
> end of course :)  I was quite proud actually :)  My only drawback was my
> English, which despite was quite good, but still not good enough for
> academic.  Luckily I didn't take a Literature course :)
>
> So, there are a lot of things that Indonesian secondary and higher
> education still need to learn to make it comparable to its US/European
> counterpart.
>
> Regards,
> Chris
>
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 2:41 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Setuju sama Perry. Apa Math satu2nya yg terpenting?
> >
> > I felt the same when my kids started primary school. That they were way
> > behind in Math.
> >
> > Tp stlh mrk di secondary school, pelajaran lain spt English (comparable
> to
> > Bahasa Indonesia), History, Geography. Kemampuan analisa mrk dan metoda
> > pembelajarannya jauh di atas sekolah2 di Indonesia.
> >
> > Jadi ya, kembali lagi. Apa math paling penting? Aku setuju dgn Perry, yg
> > penting anak2 rounded, tidak hanya akademis tp multiple intelligencenya
> > terasah.
> >
> > This is just my 2 cents to this discussion.
> >
> > Salam,
> > Shinta
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Perry Ismangil <perry-Qz18OTYYWP1Wk0Htik3J/[email protected]>
> > Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:04:14
> > To: Shinta Moeladi<[email protected]>
> > Reply-To: Forum Komunikasi Expat Indonesia di UK <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: [indoexpat-uk] Maths pupils in England two years behind
> > Chinese
> >  by age 16
> >
> > 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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