Quote Originally Posted by scotcher
Quote Originally Posted by Rtyom
Quote Originally Posted by scotcher
Quote Originally Posted by Rtyom

As far as things are concerned, this is a big topic to discuss. I think that this is the problem of Western education. The perosnality of a student is more valuable there than at our place. And, as a consequence, they also grant more freedom to students, and the latter improvise making numerous mistakes.
Wow, that's quite a sweeping statement! On what data do you base this? And what is this "western education" of which you speak anyway?
By "Western" education I meant American style. My data are based on a small research in America. It was sort of comparative between Russian and American styles. I have no personal experience but I derived big knowledge of it from this detailed scholarly analysis.
Right, fair enough, but you were replying to something Tatu said concerning an English university, not an American one, generalising them both as "western", which is absurd. "The West" is not some social gestalt, it is a vague geoplitical grouping of many different countries and cultures. It makes no more sense to talk about "western education" than about "western food".
Well I do have personal experience in this. The Russian kids I work with are nothing like other kids. It is clear that their Russian schooling was based on actual learning the old way. The West, and I mean all of it, is clearly more affected by the Politically Correct policies born of the hippy 60s generation.