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What’swrongwiththeeducationinChina?ProblemsWhenIwasalittlekid,IwasveryinterestedinEnglish,historyandmath.AndIlearntalotofthingsfromEnglishcartoonsandhistoricalmovies.AlbertEinsteinsaid,”Interestisthebestteacher.”.IlikeacquiringknowledgethatIamconcernedaboutbymyself.ThissituationchangedwhenIwasinseniorone.AtthattimemyEnglishgradewasgoodbutIdon’tlikeEnglishclassbecausemyteacheralwaystalkedaboutgrammarandvocabulary.OnedayIwasaskedtowritedownsomenewwordsontheblackboard.Ican’tfinishitbecauseIdidn’tpreview.Aftercalssmyteacherhadachatwithme.IsaidIdid’tlikethewaythatteachersteachedme.Myteachersaid,”Idon’tlikethiswayeitherbutweteachershavetobecauseofcollegeentranceexamination.Thisisthethingthatyoucan’tavoid.Soyoucan’tdoeverythingyoulikebecauseyouareaChinesestudent.”Afterlisteningtoherwords,IrealizedIhadtogiveupmyinterestsandfoughtforagoodcollege.LuckilyIchangedmymindsoIcanbeinSEU,butunluckilywelostourinterests.Somestudentsdidn’tchangedandtheycouldn’tenteragoodcollege.However,canwesaidtheyarebadstudents?Ofcoursenot.Togetbettergrade,Iswamintheseaofphysicsinsteadofhistorybecausewedidn’tlearnit.Wealsohadsomethingsinsciencethatdon’tneedtolearnbecausecollegeentranceexaminationdon’tcheckhere.Tobehonest,Ialwaysfightformygrade,notinterest.ReasonsMypurposeisnottoattackcollegeentranceexamination.Thereasonthatwehavetoloseourinterestsisenrolmentrate.Everyseniorhighschoolaspireshigherenrolmentratesothattheycangetfameandearnmoremoney.Highschoolscomparewithotherschools.Alsoparentsputpressureonteachers.Iftheirchildrendon’tgetgoodgrades,theywillblametheseonteachers.Ourteachershavetomakeleadersandparentssatisfied,sotheyputpressureonus.Thissituationthatgradeiseverythingisnotsomeone’sfault.Idon’tmeanthatweshouldcancelexams.Instead,Ithinkcollegeentranceexaminationisthemostfairwaytocompete.Nowadultsaskchildren,”Howisyourgrades?”,not”Whathaveyoulearnt?”.Thisreportsthatit’sasocialproblem.SolutionsIthinkthatthegovernmentshouldpaymoreforchildren’seducationandgraduallyeliminateeducationareadifferences.Forexample,TsinghuaUniversity’slowestcriterionofexaminationinBeijingismuchlowerinAnhui.ThatmeansAnhuistudentshavetopaymuchmoreefforttoachievethesamegoal.Also,parentsneedtoknowthatgradeisnoteverythingandweshouldlearnmanythingsnotonlybooks.Ibelieve,withthedevelopmentofChina,theeducationinChinawillbecomereal“qualityeducation”.