Lenora Chu

Little Soldiers

An American Boy, a Chinese School, and the Global Race to Achieve

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Produktbeschreibung

When American journalist Lenora Chu moved from the United States to Shanghai in 2010, Chinese students were outranking Americans in math, reading, and science. She enrolled her little boy in a local Shanghai school, only to become shocked and intrigued by the behavioral changes she observed in her young son. Chu embarked on an investigative mission: What price do the Chinese pay to produce their ?smart? kids? What lessons might the West learn, if any? For five years she followed Chinese students, teachers, and experts, pulling back the curtain on an education system rife with high-stakes testing and crippling competition. Yet as she delved deeper into the lives of her characters, she discovered surprising takeaways, such as the upsides of memorization and the cultural belief in hard work over innate talent. Little Soldiers asks us to reconsider the true purpose of education, as China and the West compete for the political and economic dominance of a new generation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 131mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9780062367860
• ISBN-10: 0062367862
• Artikelnr.: 50561398

Autorenporträt

Lenora Chu is a Chinese American writer whose work explores the intersection of culture, policy, and behavior. Her stories and op-eds have appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, Christian Science Monitor, and on various NPR shows. Raised in Texas, Chu holds degrees from Stanford and Columbia Universities.