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"who could have predicted this"pic.twitter.com/faqkzy5rrA
honestly though he's ticking through problems with the high schools (no one is learning anything, students are smoking in class, whatever) and comparing this to public high schools in a typical American city and im mostly thinking "looks like china has finally made it"
it is disappointing to me that the authors are allegedly economists and discussing the topic of education and have not mentioned Spence even once
more anecdotes. apparently vocational majors are determined by policymakers rather than potential employers. this has led to things like students majoring in abacus use and repairing telephone booths and VCRs
overall im coming away suspecting that chinas vocational schools are indeed completely worthless as educational institutions but nb it probably wouldnt have taken much for me to believe this
I only ask because some of the theses in that book are incongruous with reality in China.
the author seems to have been doing in-person research in chinas development for decades with an emphasis on rural areas and education i dont know what you want from me
are vocational schools specifically a rural thing if not are the problems a rural thing or are the urban ones just as bad
little bit unclear to me part of the problem is that urban/rural can mean what we think of it usually, or it can refer to classification eg there are lots of "rural" schools in cities where your kids go if you're classified as rural sort of like Chinese Jim crow
They are definitely not just a rural thing. People with urban hukou (household registration) can and do also go to vocational schools, though they are less likely to do so.
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