From WSJopinion: As a Chinese doctoral student raising a young son in the U.S., I am mystified by how American elementary schools coddle students, writes Habi Zhang
Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Bill McGurn, Kyle Peterson and Jillian Melchior. Images: Getty Images Composite: Mark KellyAs a Chinese doctoral student raising a young son in the U.S., I am mystified by how American elementary schools coddle students. In China, schools are run like boot camps.
I recently registered my son in the third grade at a New Jersey public school. Hattie had recently finished two years of elementary school in Chengdu, China, where he trotted off to school each day with a backpack stuffed with thick textbooks and materials for practices and quizzes. Here he leaves for school with little in his backpack other than a required “healthy snack.”
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