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Well chain your kid to a comp from age 4, put such large amounts of stress on them to succeed that if they dont live up to your standards they might commit suicide. Put them in school for 8hrs a day and 12 months a year. Give up all social life and forget about all physical activity. Dont go out and party with friends, no sex until 30. Grow up with no ability to relate to anyone on any normal social level. Its almost like forcing someone into being a savant. Sure if you put all your life into grades and absolutely nothing else you will score higher than others. Is that the kind of society we are trying to achieve ? Are we trying to raise a bunch of grey aliens ? I am glad we in America dont accept that as the only measure of success. I am glad we place some importance on diversity of talents and abilities and that we are extremely well rounded. Who the fuck wants to be a homogeneous group of pasty little weakling socially handicapped introverts who kill themselves if they get a B ?
Shame on any Americans in this thread who are saying things like "well if they work harder..." Fuck that. Take a look at typical asian society and the kind of people that are created with this type of thinking. Would we want our society to become more like theirs ? The American approach of diversity in education and the importance of being well rounded creates a much better society.
I would much rather live in South Korea than any city in the U.S. In general, Koreans are far less obnoxious, arrogant and violent while being far more respectful, humble and considerate of others compared to North Americans. I would say many Asians are far easier to be friends with than most people in North America. It should also be pointed out that the majority of Koreans are not overweight. Certainly, Korea is not perfect, but it is far from the socially dysfunctional dystopia you are making East Asian people out to be.
Also, what is so important about partying that young people must be doing it? There is far too much emphasis on fun and entertainment in Western Culture. As Neil Postman would say, we are amusing ourselves to death.
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