'Probred chicken' specialized school 17
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In the summer of 1988, when I was admitted directly to high school in the old Ha Tay, a friend of my father suggested that I take the exam to major in Foreign Languages.
By chance, I overheard my parents’ story: – `I’ve been to several places but no one has given me a loan. Q (my mother’s friend, who also lends her money at interest) also said no. The old debt hasn’t been paid off yet.
After taking the exam, receiving the admission notice, both my parents and I didn’t believe it and hid it from everyone until the day of admission.
The opinions that have been floating around recently about specialized schools, in my opinion, are normal because every system has its advantages and disadvantages.
Specialized schools are not a model unique to Vietnam.
In Europe, many people are familiar with schools called Grammar or Gymnasium, which Vietnamese people in England, Germany, Austria, Switzerland or the Netherlands still loosely call specialized schools.
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From a pedagogical perspective, dividing learners according to ability and level to teach has been proven to be an effective model when public investment is low and classes are large.
Usually children of the same age have the same level of learning, but there are always some children who learn much slower or faster than the majority.
All of the above mentioned specialized schools or selective schools are public schools, invested according to the principle of ensuring social justice.
Private schools are operated according to market mechanisms.
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Associating selective schools with the image of children who only know how to study like robots and `bred chickens` is, in my opinion, quite a misleading view.
The fact that many parents force their children to study extra day and night to get into the major, have relationships, bribe in one way or another to get into the prestigious major, often causes the children to sit in the wrong place, lose their childhood and
Vietnam has proud names coming from the specialized school system, which is a testament to the plus points of the model.
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