Interesting article, thanks for that Ricter!
Finally a researched report giving real facts based evidence; this is probably the only thing of value on this thread, including my own dumbed down posts. Sadly this will probably fall on to deaf ears as the other posters on this thread have no brain to think with.
On a side note, I have noticed that Asians and Middle Eastern parents are much more strict and disciplined on their kids. Their kids do end up doing much better on standardized exams and can be considered more "smart", however this comes at the cost of their creativity. I read that Chinese people come to Anerica to "learn" creativity, and if you think about it we do have many new innovators here that create a worldwide trend. Think Facebook, Amazon (which Alibaba takes the same sort of idea), iPhone, etc. I myself had a lot of pressure to do well and I'm grateful because I learned a hard working ethic and motivation to succeed, but this took a toll on me psychologically until I got away. Many Asian kids with pressure on them lack confidence in themselves until they can get away, at least in my experience, but they go on to do great things.
