Tuesday, January 22, 2013

China's Make or Break College Entrance Exam

The New York Times/Scholastic UpFront Magazine has an interesting article about China's "gaokao" college entrance exam.

Be sure to click the link on the bottom left of the magazine article to watch a 5 minute video which chronicles the efforts of Chinese high school students as they prepare for the exam, including one young man who says  he studied "thirteen hours a day, 7 days a week for an entire year."

http://upfront.scholastic.com/issues/01_28_13/book#/14

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