tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611793248153472571.post4608986445567013640..comments2024-03-12T04:28:14.177+03:00Comments on An American in Moscow: Russian School is CoolAmir Sharifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13797129323386861182noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611793248153472571.post-47464408041792980592010-10-03T23:21:27.688+04:002010-10-03T23:21:27.688+04:00Most schools in Moscow are good ones, but not all,...Most schools in Moscow are good ones, but not all, and I would be careful in judging the Russian educational system by these. But it's true that the main activity of teachers is sharing knowledge, and the respect towards teachers is fostered by parents. Sadly enough, the things are not the same in the system of higher education. <br /><br />Tanya (tatianar@)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611793248153472571.post-45607990475770998612010-09-26T11:26:34.084+04:002010-09-26T11:26:34.084+04:00A few points:
I am not defending Soviet education...A few points:<br /><br />I am not defending Soviet education. <br /><br />I am impressed by the quality of my daughter's public school in downtown Moscow precisely because it draws in parents into students' educational life, very similarly to what my daughter's exclusive education did in California.<br /><br />I have been a teacher in the US. I taught math in inner city Dallas. When the top priority is securing students from each other and not students' education, the system is completely broken as it is less educational and more correctional. <br /><br />Unfortunately, Dallas schools are fairly emblematic of most school districts in the US.<br /><br />It is also worth reading Thomas Friedman's posting in New York Times, Titled "We are Number 1(1)." See http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/opinion/12friedman.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rssAmir Sharifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13797129323386861182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611793248153472571.post-40069556071830999102010-09-24T21:56:46.971+04:002010-09-24T21:56:46.971+04:00Quite an unexpected view from a person with an ope...Quite an unexpected view from a person with an open society background (or at least I though it is more open).<br /><br />The main thing russian (actually soviet) public school is blamed for is translation and enforcement of the society "slave" traditions as I call them. No account of individuality, psychological pressing instead of education etc. That's why the family schooling movement in Russia grows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com