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The power of the imagination.

Any form of human culture is the result of this unique gift.

This gift brought forth a wide variety of cultural expressions ...

of business activity and innovation, the 6000 languages spoken on Earth.

We are also the kind that Hamlet has produced, and the works of Mozart ...

the industrial revolution, hip hop, jazz, quantum mechanics ...

the theory of relativity, jet ...

and all those other things that are the essence of human culture.

But I think we systematically destroy this talent in our children ...

and in ourselves.

I choose my words carefully. I'm not 'intentionally'.

I do not think we do it on purpose, but systematically.

We do it routinely, without thinking. And that's the worst.

Because we take for granted certain ideas about education and children:

What education is and what the social and economic usefulness is.

We proceed from certain assumptions, which appear to be untrue.

An airman stands for hope.

It's a metaphor for our education.

We compare our children with kites ...

which are held by parents and school in the air.

We hope they always fly higher ...

but in reality we do everything to keep the reins.

And education by the parents works exactly.

I'm Yang Dongping, a professor of pedagogy at the University of Beijing.

I stand at the head of the working group 'Education in the 21st Century. "

I recommend the government ...

about legislation regarding education.

China was in the past ...

not in favor of competitive thinking.

The motto was equality. Everyone ate from the same pot.

Since the reform and open door policy, the market economy has been introduced ...

and competition in education has expanded.

Since then, any education, from high to low ...

sucked into a spiral cut-throat competition.

I do not know what I'm after.

The parents of these children have made great sacrifices for this city.

They have the high rise and the new town built with their own hands.

The children in these migrant schools ...

are different than urban children.

Here the children can still be real child.

In the city, especially at elite schools ...

there is great competition ...

and a huge exam pressure.

Both the government and the parents aspire to it ...

that the children achieve great things ...

and win important prizes.

But we now know ...

that this enormous pressure to perform ...

does not correspond to the nature of a child.

Everyone is now convinced of ...

but we strive for upward mobility and access to top universities.

So keep everyone stuck ...

this unhealthy system.

Now we are again stuck in traffic. Then think you do, a ring road is being built ...

Just a few years later ...

we are back to square one.

I work for the OECD ...

the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

We think hard about how politics ...

can improve the living conditions of people.

Education occupies a key position.

I will introduce you to our guest.

Here on the right for you ...

zit Mr Andreas Schleicher.

Mr Andreas Schleicher is one of our great experts ...

and the driving force behind PISA.

In his native Germany, he is known as Mr. PISA.

We went together to the US.

We've been in LA and New York.

We also visited Yale and Harvard.

That is beautiful. That was great.

That is beautiful. Here you get so good chances.

Normally it strikes twelve years. Why do you do it in nine or ten years?

We want to see if we can handle this educational system.

So you make the same examinations, but in less time.

At a younger age.

Do you also have a life outside of school?

Of course. There are all sorts of activities.

Here you can see all extracurricular activities.

You finished school two years earlier, but you are ten years older.

Would it be worth it?

The future is worth more here than the present.

Each family will give his last penny to get the child to the best school.

We see that it is possible for all children to have very good performance.

Preselection international math olympiad Sichuan

In China exams become an important economic factor.

Extra classes and refresher courses for primary and secondary education ...

are very common.

Since 2009, all 14 of these specialized companies listed on the stock exchange in the US.

Are made huge profits.

There are schools where children receive early as four years of homework.

The economic stakes are very high.

There is a new phenomenon: the "mathematics olympiad.

It is a disaster for all young people.

Look, these two form a straight line. Not true?

This is 16, and 4. The umpteenth part of 64 that?

1,5.

The baselines are there.

Now we must define the goal. How do we do that?

We connect the lines, and then we get A.

Is that right?

We can connect B1 with A. But can it also with C1?

If you do, the drawing has no lines.

I've signed it.

Then there are no lines. -Not.

Kun je C1 met D verbinden?

-Ja.

That's right. And with BO?

Now we can calculate the new point.

Can you calculate the surface division? -1 At 5. No, wait.

2 at 4.

Let's see ... three to two.

And the plane of triangle BOE?

3A.

En driehoek COE?

-2A.

And added that? 8a.

Can you figure out what one Ais? -Yes.

The plane of 1E min ...? -4A.

Now they just need still count. -Yes.

Can we also divide by a whole?

A feature of exam-driven education ...

is that there is not asked to differing opinions.

Its sole purpose is to generate standard responses.

And the standard response kills the creativity of the Chinese people.

Children who have grown up thus lacks independence ...

the ability to adapt to social changes ...

or the ability to ask critical questions.

I still am in a sense optimistic that countries such as China is concerned.

I hope they will see where the road leads to go ...

and that they are also prepared ...

with respect to the future and the present to make other considerations than us.

We have definitely achieved a lot.

We have a long tradition on which to build. But...

in this world where we face new challenges every day ...

that is not sufficient.

Chinese students get compared to other students the least sleep ...

studying the longest, have the biggest examination pressure and are the least happy.

In essence, they are jealous of their parents ...

which can sleep late on weekends and evenings can watch TV.

Their being deprived of the right to relaxation.

Since given the first class they hate learning.

There is also much to be desired.

There's a tremendous pressure to perform in school.

High demands are placed on the students.

That is certainly not what you want for your children ...

and what you yourself would not accept.

But against these demands ...

is on the other side all the support ...

you can wish.

This is the high jump.

Thus he took fifth place in the third grade.

This is the fourth in the high jump.

In the third, he finished second and fourth, he did even better.

In the fifth, he was third in the 400 meters.

'Uitmuntend student.'

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