WIDE ANGLE | China Prep | PBS

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/china-prep/introduction/810/ Original PBS airdate: Tuesday, August 12 at 9:00 pm (check local listings)

"China Prep" follows five Chinese students through their final high-pressure year at an elite high school in Sichuan Province. Eighteen hundred students vie for spots in Beijing's top two universities. Last year only 59 made it.

Studying seven days a week, the students' lives are regimented almost every minute of the day as they prepare for the end-of-year exam that can determine their fate. For many students from poor or rural backgrounds, a strong performance on the test is the only way to climb the social ladder and excel without connections. Competition is fierce and the majority of high school seniors will be relegated to vocational schools.

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[greenpalaka]

this is all the pain that we held with in our teen years just to be accepted to the elite and to be perfected and most white assed people treat us as a joke...

[TheBoilingWater]

Test

[ntn1987]

Asian education in general is a system of indoctrination, not "education". There is no thinking, debating, analysing or criticising. It blows

[MISTAFUNKYFUNK]

I recall seeing this in 2008 on pbs and it made me realize the realness and rawness of the entire scholastic side of these young childrens lives. The pressures that they expereince are beyind anything we can ever know as americans. Its no wonder they are much more advanced than we are.

[MISTAFUNKYFUNK]

I recall seeing this in 2008 on pbs and it made me realize the realness and rawness of the entire scholastic side of these young childrens lives. The pressures that they expereince are beyind anything we can ever know as americans. Its no wonder they are much more advanced than we are,

[tjemilo92]

anybody who thinks that Chinese billionares aren't all that smart is ignorant, most Chinese go through more schooling, than anyone other than intellectuals in the West, consider Bill Gates, one of the richest men in the world who was a college dropout.

[OntarioBassFishing]

many chinese billionaires aren't all that smart, but they have ben she

[shoppinggirl125]

It's interesting to hear the students' putonghua accent and the teacher's vernacular accent.

[celinecyclone]

my highschool...

[Congo4life]

lol that must suck for the 750 kids who don't get in even though they are pretty smart as well...

[dianapanyaolu]

It's all very nice to talk abou this from your perspective. but it does not represent the truth. the 'real' world is a different place for different people. Man, the only thing you have better than those people are you might be born in a place there is no need for craving success. coz every body could live on government benefits. I don't think there's anything wrong of craving for success. empower yourself, before you craving about 'saving the world'. lol~~~~