Firstly, my response was not a "school" response but mine. Sorry if having a pride in the school you work in and finding people sniping about it who know nothing about our particular school is somehow "indicative of education in China". Actually it couldnt be more different. I've never before worked in any school, China or before , where the school tells parents that tutors after school should not be used and that their children will be at a disadvantage if they do not allow them to be children while they can, that the school will get them there through active learning rather than rote, that if they want their kids to succeed at uni ( ie when they leave home and have to survive without them) they should let their kids come to the prom, school discos, sleepovers, spend time volunteering at the healing home or one of the other school charities. Not work into the night in a frenzy. Our students join the sports teams/eca teams after school run by staff volunteers. Our students go skiing, DoE, scuba diving and safari - doing work for universities in South Africa, MUN and WSC around the world. Our students do well academically ( and sorry but if parents have come out of the local system they need to know they will reach uni in the west as there is no safety net ) but they get offers from these unis because they are not number machines/ work horses but because they are proactive socialised young people. I'm sorry if your experience has been bad in China. I'm sure I'm not going to convince you that not all schools in China are the same. You have obviously had a bad time. I'm just asking that you spend time assessing the schools you know rather than supposing that our school fits your mould. I know I'm not going to convince you though which is a shame. I wont spend any further time doing so. Needless to say our kids are a credit to us and their parents.