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Yea and China is definitely not the leading country in academia in basically every field
(hexbear.net)
China’s education system also suppresses innovation while rewarding imitation. Although some Chinese schools conduct innovative experimental education, they remain few and have little impact.From childhood to adulthood, Chinese students are subjected to rote learning—memorizing and obeying rather than questioning or thinking independently. Thus, while Chinese students and researchers excel at replication and refinement of existing work, they are poor at true creativity.
In Puerto Rico (so mix of US education and latam) we had both, usually with more dedicated teachers doing open ended questions and those who were too overworked or didn't care just used multiple choice and memorization.