I see your point regarding the Chinese Public School system but i find it hard to believe that Li Yang's methods do anything to truly alleviate this.

Furthermore, 'de-programming', 'brainwashing' or 'reverse brainwashing' should not be the aim of any educational program. It seems to me (and as you've stated) that Li Yang offers a polar extreme to what is generally offered in the public schools. However, there is a large amount of middle ground that goes untouched to the detriment of the students.

Teachers should always consider students as individuals with various personalities, learning styles, backgrounds, etc. To try and change students to fit with a particular idea of what an ideal student should be just won't work. Whether it is the quiet and unassuming ideal student of the public schools or the 'brave and brazen' students that Crazy English wants to produce it doesn't matter, both methods are flawed by the way that they assume that one size will fit all. You can see the results for this kind of approach when you step out onto the street in China.

Most modern educators across Western Europe & North America work along very different lines. There is the assumption that students learn at different paces, learn better using certain instructions/activities and have a variety of personalities. Instead of trying to change the student, the educator should change and vary their approach in order to meet the needs of students. This is where concepts like 'leave no student behind' come from and this encourages educators to focus on things like tiered learning/instruction, learning style varieties, co-teaching, etc. etc. It's a far more holistic approach to education and in my opinion more successful and satisfying for all those involved.