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Little Soldiers - An American Boy, a Chinese School and the Global Race to Achieve (Paperback)
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Little Soldiers - An American Boy, a Chinese School and the Global Race to Achieve (Paperback)
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'I couldn't put this book down. Whip smart, hilariously funny and
shocking. A must-read' Amy Chua, Yale Law Professor and author of
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother In 2009, Lenora Chu, her husband
Rob, and toddler Rainey, moved from LA to the Chinese megacity
Shanghai. The US economy was spinning circles, while China seemed
to be eating the planet's economic lunch. What's more, Shanghai
teenagers were top in the world at maths, reading and science.
China was not only muscling the rest of the world onto the
sidelines, but it was also out-educating the West. So when Rainey
was given the opportunity to enroll in Shanghai's most elite public
kindergarten, Lenora and Rob grabbed it. Noticing her rambunctious
son's rapid transformation - increasingly disciplined and obedient
but more anxious and fearful - Lenora begins to question the
system. What the teachers were accomplishing was indisputable, but
what to make of their methods? Are Chinese children paying a price
for their obedience and the promise of future academic prowess? How
much discipline is too much? And is the Chinese education system
really what the West should measure itself against? While Rainey
was at school, Lenora embarked on a reporting mission to answer
these questions in a larger context. Through a combination of the
personal narratives and thoughts of teachers, parents,
administrators and school children, Little Soldiers unpacks the
story of education in China.
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