it doesn't make sense at all to assess those professionists according to their ability to memorize 《道德經》《論語》,etc. especially for adults, they have already formed their "mind" because of "lack of academic well-roundedness", "trying to induce a change" ...that sounds like a kind of gimmick...
quote: "manipulated by capitalists " >>>>> Unethical people don't win all the time. 腐敗和醜聞遲早出現, 看看Enron， Worldcom 醜聞. 總裁進監獄坐牢. 商業雇主要求雇員上 business ethics classes (商業道德班).
in fact, the mass media is a kind of enterprise itself! many people know that many things cannot be revealed there may be some "journalist-fighter", but facts cannot be broadcasted
some people can get to have a more clear and realistic picture but the mass media manipulate and fool the general public so sucessfully e.g. there're always people go for a strike against the WTO, while many many people don't understanding what's going on...
aiya, please read the "COMPASSINATE REVOLUTION" la i recommend it with no reserve! (there are on-line versions for acrobat reader)
i fully support memorizing things which worths memorizing especially for small kids, for they have amazing memorizing power there are surely lots of goodies from the profound Chinese culture
of course, memorization WITHOUT comprehension is not so good however, it's acceptable for kids to have memorization come first
there are too many useless but pretending to be useful activities in the lattest trend in education, which would only worsen the over-whelming individuality, and waste too much precious learning time of kids
it's very stupid for hk to adopt thematic learning as what the US does, because of the too high students to teachers ratio, and relatively insufficient parental support for never-ending OT. some parents may like to support thier children but they have only low level education...
<pre> 我認為這個教授在對目前教育系統的 lack of academic well-roundedness, 嘗試勸誘一個變化 (trying to induce a change). 海外大學有 College of Arts and Sciences. 要求理科學生讀人文學課程. 變化必須有一個起點.
"manipulated by capitalists " >>>>> Unethical people don't win all the time. 腐敗和醜聞遲早出現, 看看Enron， Worldcom 醜聞. 總裁進監獄坐牢. 商業雇主要求雇員上 business ethics classes (商業道德班).
亞洲學校慣了促進 rote memorization. 不是最好的方法。但是習慣了 - easier to start. </pre>
