He criticized the Japanese education system, saying that the college entrance examination system is very bad, as are China and South Korea. The educational goal of all high school students is to be admitted to a famous university. He thinks that the education system in Asia is a waste of time, and young people should learn different things.

There are many problems in the education system of every country. The most prominent problem in East Asian education system is the examination-oriented system.

At this point, the situation in China is worse than that in Japan.

(Korea doesn't understand, so don't say it. A big problem that China has more than Japanese is the scarcity and unfair distribution of quality education resources. Let's not talk about it for the time being. )

The education system has two main functions. One is selection and the other is training.

The selection system is a baton. According to the scores, the main goal of everyone in the basic education stage is obviously to "train people who can get high marks."

In the final analysis, the examination system chooses the person who is most suitable for the examination.

Of course, most people who can learn the skill of "examination" well can also do better in learning other knowledge, and often have a better grasp of book knowledge. Therefore, examination is the most important selection method in any country.

This is in the statistical sense of overall selection.

But the bad news is that for many individuals, preparing for exams is not the best way to learn. Only score admission will cause students to spend a lot of time preparing for the exam.

When two equally excellent students, one prepares for the exam in high school for three years, and the other spends a lot of time in his more interested fields, such as reading literary works, writing novels, welding circuits and writing programs. Then the final selection result must be that those candidates who have studied for three years have higher scores, but in the original sense of education, during these very important three years, the latter have been better cultivated in both physical and mental health and talent.

Shuji Nakamura studied at Tokushima University, an unknown school. He can't get into Dongda at all. He didn't even get into any imperial university. According to the admission rate of domestic candidates, it is probably difficult for him to get into one in many provinces.

It is too difficult for him to get such a high score.

It is inefficient to waste a long time on exam-oriented training in order to get into a prestigious school.

Nakamura can't stand out in the selection exam. In middle school, I was very resistant to studying to meet the exam.

This is the logic of Shuji Nakamura's dissatisfaction with exam-oriented education.

And this is indeed the dilemma of exam-oriented education.

Most students in famous schools tend to think that they are excellent, and the exam-oriented system has chosen them, so the exam-oriented system is also an excellent education system.

Obviously, we can feel that in Zhihu, which has a high proportion of famous students, exam-oriented education is more respected than other places.

But there are two things that most famous students may not notice.

1) Many equally excellent or even better "Nakamura" have been suppressed by this system.

The voice of this group is rarely heard.

As prestigious schools are endowed with more resources and opportunities, "Nakamura" gradually lags behind famous students. Of course, there are also "fish that slip through the net" like Shuji Nakamura.

And this is only because they are not as adaptable or willing to adapt to the "fractional theory" as we are.

On the other hand, ask yourself, are we really as good as the college entrance examination?

My college entrance examination ranking is probably in the top 0. 1%. But I don't think I'm really better than 99.9%.

After entering the society, in the face of real challenges, many people who get high marks are not as good as famous students.

2) Although famous students have invested more educational resources, they are still hurt by exam-oriented education.

Famous students spend more time on exams than others. More exam-oriented study time inhibits more autonomous study time. More exam-oriented study time makes most people's knowledge structure very similar.

Imagine that top American students can take AP courses and participate in scientific research activities after completing high school knowledge. The energy of top students in China is mainly spent in 90 to 95, and then to 96. ..

After all, every point in the college entrance examination was brushed off by competitors.

This is probably one of the reasons why the top student rate in China is lower than that in developed countries.

Think about the proportion of Nobel Prize. )

As a person who is not suitable or willing to adapt to exam-oriented education, Nakamura made a cry on behalf of that group.

As a member who doesn't adapt or is unwilling to adapt to exam-oriented education, I also agree and thank you for this.

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The admission of American universities should also examine the subtle thing of "comprehensive quality" other than SAT. This effectively curbed the exam-oriented training and encouraged more students to participate in their favorite activities and go deep into their favorite fields.

But at the cost, wealthy families are better able to provide these extracurricular experiences for their children. Even poor families don't realize the significance of providing extracurricular opportunities for their children. (It's probably hard for China to keep widening the education gap like this. )

China, on the other hand, is completely at the other extreme, relying almost 100% on score selection, and "encouraging" students' exam-oriented training from the primary school stage. Every admission is a cruel score contest.

Comparatively speaking, the distribution of quality education resources in primary and secondary schools in many developed countries is more balanced.

Shuji Nakamura is too dark, and Japan is actually between China and the United States. I don't know where there are more club activities/extracurricular studies than in China. ..

Generally speaking, I don't think China should copy the American model. The education system of each country should be decided according to its own national conditions.

However, there is no doubt that backward exam-oriented education needs faster and higher-level reform. More than 30 years ago, the college entrance examination system was an important educational progress in China. But today, it is obvious that it has failed to keep up with social development and is far behind its overseas counterparts.