traineeinvestor
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
I'm finding this thread interesting.
I come from a country (NZ) whose middle class is suffering from the same issues as the US described in posts above but I live in a region (Asia) where the middle class is growing rapidly. The differences in attitudes to education between the two countries are dramatic - in HK the competition to get children into good schools is intense. This is not just a few elite schools - it is many schools. Additional classes from a very early age in languages and maths are almost standard (music, art and any form of physical activity less so).
It begs the question of how closely attitudes to education for each generation are linked to future economic fortunes?
I come from a country (NZ) whose middle class is suffering from the same issues as the US described in posts above but I live in a region (Asia) where the middle class is growing rapidly. The differences in attitudes to education between the two countries are dramatic - in HK the competition to get children into good schools is intense. This is not just a few elite schools - it is many schools. Additional classes from a very early age in languages and maths are almost standard (music, art and any form of physical activity less so).
It begs the question of how closely attitudes to education for each generation are linked to future economic fortunes?