Gutek Ch.16

Though China’s educational system is different from the United States I find that it has many things similar to our system that exist many years ago. One thing I noticed was that women were not educated until Christian missionaries stepped in. This was something that happened in America, and I believe that it is unfair to have such double standards when it comes to educating youth. Another similarity that I noticed was the type of education that is provided for children. In China, the children in urban areas seem to get more privileges in school because they have better resources, whereas the children in the rural areas do not receive quality education. In the American education system things are not exactly the same but there are many inequalities that exist. After reading the education in the People’s Republic of China I realized that educational inequalities not only exist in America but everywhere else in the world. I believe that something needs to be done to fix these equalities especially when it comes to equalizing education no matter where the child lives.