[morganb]

Having lived in Asia for the last 10 years and just moved back to Australia the local Principal of my children’s school asked me if I could locate a sister school in China for them to interact with. Broaden horizons by understanding another’s culture and also 2 way language improvement.
The Principal of the Chinese school I met today was not interested as he has so much pressure from the parents to only be focused on getting the highest marks possible so the Children can advance to the right middle school and all efforts must be made for obtaining these high marks.
Can I ask for your thoughts on this? I believe education is much more than marks and believe this sort of program is excellent for children’s development. Note the Chinese school also studies English.
Having been out of the education system for so long maybe I am far out of touch and would like to get people inputs.