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Are you implying that online courses are less 'educational'? I ask because you placed educated person in quotes.
Not at all. I was just identifying "educated person" as a term in potential need of a definition. Thanks!
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Idk if the Indian educational system is considered the best (I'm actually pretty sure that it's not). As for the South Korean educational system, idk if it should be considered a model to follow considering kids there spend like 16 hours a day in school but perform comparatively well as kids in Finland who spend maybe less than half of that time in school.
Idk if the Indian educational system is considered the best (I'm actually pretty sure that it's not). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Institutes_of_Technology As for the South Korean educational system, idk if it should be considered a model to follow considering kids there spend like 16 hours a day in school but perform comparatively well as kids in Finland who spend maybe less than half of that time in school.…
> The point is that the children who learn through standardized tests are performing just as well as, if not better than, those in an environment where tests are deemphasized.
Kinda hard to argue with this if you are not providing what sort of metrics you are using.