One thing that really caught my attention in this chapter was that I have to be careful with the statistics that are given in the readings. For example, The "Great Leap Forward" talks about how there were significant increases in the number of students enrolled in schools. I took it for granted that it was a positive thing until it stated that this only masked a serious problem with the quality of education.
Because China is such a populous and vast country, it had many problems with not only making primary schooling available to everyone, but with allocating its resources efficiently. Although China was able to implement certain policies and laws regarding education, there were many tradeoffs involved because China had to prioritize what policies were more important than others. Its "geographical vastness, its immense school-age population, its limited financial and educational resources, and its uneven pace of national development" were just some of the other major problems that China faced during this time.
I am studying China for news each week, and it has been very interesting for me to keep up with its economy, politics, and other general news. I am also interviewing a student from China for my educational autobiography. I look forward to learning more about through the news, through interviewing for my educational autobiography, and through the speaker on Monday.
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