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In the spirit of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Bringing up Bébé, and The Smartest
Kids in the World, a hard-hitting exploration of China’s widely acclaimed yet insular
education system—held up as a model of excellence—that raises important questions
for the future of American parenting and education.When American mom Lenora Chu
moved to China with her little boy, she faced a tough decision. China produced some
of the world’s top academic achievers, and just down the street from her home in
Shanghai was THE school, as far as elite Chinese were concerned. Should Lenora
entrust her rambunctious young son to the system?So began Rainey’s immersion in
one of the most extreme school systems on the planet. Almost immediately, the
three-year-old began to develop surprising powers of concentration, became
proficient in early math, and learned to obey his teachers’ every command. Yet
Lenora also noticed disturbing new behaviors: Where he used to scribble and explore,
Rainey grew obsessed with staying inside the lines. He became fearful of authority
figures, and also developed a habit of obeisance outside of school. “If you want me to
do it, I’ll do it,” he told a stranger who’d asked whether he liked to sing. What was
happening behind closed classroom doors? Driven by parental anxiety, Lenora
embarked on a journalistic mission to discover: What price do the Chinese pay to
produce their “smart” kids? How hard should the rest of us work to stay ahead of the
global curve? And, ultimately, is China’s school system one the West should emulate?
She pulls the curtain back on a military-like education system, in which even the
youngest kids submit to high-stakes tests, and parents are crippled by the pressure
to compete (and sometimes to pay bribes). Yet, as mother-and-son reach new
milestones, Lenora uncovers surprising nuggets of wisdom, such as the upside of
student shame, how competition can motivate achievement, and why a cultural belief
in hard work over innate talent gives the Chinese an advantage.Lively and intimate,
beautifully written and reported, Little Soldiers challenges our assumptions and asks
us to reconsider the true value and purpose of education.