True Lessons of East Asian Education

Imagine a young man who quits school at the age of 15 because he cannot bear the authoritarian teachers and rote-based learning. Were he born in South Korea today, he would not stand a chance of entering Seoul National University or joining Samsung Electronics upon graduation. Instead, he would likely be shut out of an education system which ruthlessly enforces one-size-fits-all compliance. And that is a problem for South Korea, because the young man in question is Albert Einstein.