Gubei had 10 (yes 10)students in this years CIE IGCSE exams who received Top in Yhe World scores,

I cannot speak to the quality of SUIS, but the school's response is indicative of education in China.

If you walk by High Schools in small cities and towns throughout China you will see Chinese characters and numbers, sometimes even photos inscribed on the exterior walls.

These are the names of students and exam results on the GaoKao, not only for the current year, but for decades of prior years, names of 'students' who now are in their 40s.

The belief that exam results are the 'fruit' of academic effort is ingrained in Chinese culture. Almost all teaching activities are directed to adding new names to the school's street-front wall of fame.

I've taught at several '3本' colleges, the lowest level universities, or a portion of a good university where the students who have 'bombed' the GaoKao attend, paying 3 times the normal tuition, too often for teachers and facilities that are inferior to those offered the 'good' students. These 3ben students arrive with little or no self-confidence in their ability to learn and frequently display diminished self-worth.

Teaching in such a college is a palliative effort, restoring the student's self-esteem and instilling in them a value for life-time learning where standardized tests are meaningless.