Struggle For Smarts? How Eastern And Western Cultures Tackle Learning

Read or listen to the article posted below. After you have read or listened to the article, write a reflection comparing and contrasting how Eastern and Western cultures take on education and learning and your own personal opinion and experiences with education in the United States. Also comment on how your education would be different if you were being educated in an Eastern culture versus the Western culture of the United States. Your refelction should be at least 500 words.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/11/12/164793058/struggle-for-smarts-how-eastern-and-western-cultures-tackle-learning?utm_source=NPR&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=20121112