Ah, memories

[saskganesh]

I doubt that having done 10,000 hours of community service, supposedly for a great number of various minor crimes, makes you more qualified.

well then it time to move up to the big leagues and gain some exposure to the international crime cartels.

[The Brain]

I can see several reasons for saying that the Chinese system is bad, but it being unfair of all things isn't one of them.

[Valmy]

I doubt that having done 10,000 hours of community service, supposedly for a great number of various minor crimes, makes you more qualified.

well then it time to move up to the big leagues and gain some exposure to the international crime cartels.

Yeah are there exams to take to join the Triad?

[Admiral Yi]

Yeah are there exams to take to join the Triad?

Break into a British prison and free the world's greatest kung fu killer.  Duh.

[Monoriu]

If you're the 86 with 10,000 hours of community service and the ability to speak 10 languages you'd be an idiot if you didn't study abroad.

Only if you can afford it

[PDH]

Had a girl in my class last spring who was from Beijing.  Her father had studied in the US, and he wanted her to go to university in the US (but someplace safe...Wyoming).  She did the "English High School" route and then came to get a business degree here...

They were the anti-chinese, I think.

[Monoriu]

Had a girl in my class last spring who was from Beijing.  Her father had studied in the US, and he wanted her to go to university in the US (but someplace safe...Wyoming).  She did the "English High School" route and then came to get a business degree here...

They were the anti-chinese, I think.

We have "international schools" in Hong Kong.  Not 100% sure if we are talking about the same thing, but could be.  The original purpose of these schools is to provide a place for the children of British civil servants and other expats.  So that they don't need to go through the Chinese exam system and they can merge with the British school system back in the UK, should their parents decide to go back. 

But over time, a lot of rich local Chinese see the merits of those schools as well.  They plan to send their children to overseas universities anyway, so there is no point to study for the Chinese exams.  Children studying in these schools generally learn much better English (because so many of the class is British, they have no choice but to speak English at school).  They are also much happier, because the work load is much lighter without the burden of the exam.  The downside is that these schools are very expensive, and very difficult to get in.  I know lots of people who register their kids at such schools before they are even born. 

[PDH]

She was a really nice girl, just finishing her degree in business and wanted to take a history course as an elective.  When she finished the semester, she gave me this bronze frieze thingy showing the first Emperor at the gates of Xian.  She is getting her MBA as some nice school back east starting this fall.

(I suspect her folks had a fair amount of money)