{"product_id":"little-soldiers-an-american-boy-a-chinese-school-and-the-global-race-to-achieve-paperback","title":"Little Soldiers: An American Boy, a Chinese School, and the Global Race to Achieve - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLenora Chu\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e Editor's Choice; \u003cem\u003eReal Simple\u003c\/em\u003e Best of the Month; \u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/em\u003eEditors' Pick\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the spirit of \u003cem\u003eBattle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Bringing up Bébé, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Smartest Kids in the World, \u003c\/em\u003e a hard-hitting exploration of China's widely acclaimed yet insular education system that raises important questions for the future of American parenting and education\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen students in Shanghai rose to the top of international rankings in 2009, Americans feared that they were being \"out-educated\" by the rising super power. An American journalist of Chinese descent raising a young family in Shanghai, Lenora Chu noticed how well-behaved Chinese children were compared to her boisterous toddler. How did the Chinese create their academic super-achievers? Would their little boy benefit from Chinese school? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChu and her husband decided to enroll three-year-old Rainer in China's state-run public school system. The results were positive--her son quickly settled down, became fluent in Mandarin, and enjoyed his friends--but she also began to notice troubling new behaviors. Wondering what was happening behind closed classroom doors, she embarked on an exploratory journey, interviewing Chinese parents, teachers, and education professors, and following students at all stages of their education. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat she discovered is a military-like education system driven by high-stakes testing, with teachers posting rankings in public, using bribes to reward students who comply, and shaming to isolate those who do not. At the same time, she uncovered a years-long desire by government to alleviate its students' crushing academic burden and make education friendlier for all. The more she learns, the more she wonders: Are Chinese children--and her son--paying too high a price for their obedience and the promise of future academic prowess? Is there a way to appropriate the excellence of the system but dispense with the bad? What, if anything, could Westerners learn from China's education journey? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChu's eye-opening investigation challenges our assumptions and asks us to consider the true value and purpose of education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen American journalist Lenora Chu moved from the United States to Shanghai in 2010, Chinese students were outranking Americans in math, reading, and science. She enrolled her little boy in a local Shanghai school, only to become shocked and intrigued by the behavioral changes she observed in her young son. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChu embarked on an investigative mission: What price do the Chinese pay to produce their \"smart\" kids? What lessons might the West learn, if any? For five years she followed Chinese students, teachers, and experts, pulling back the curtain on an education system rife with high-stakes testing and crippling competition. 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