Education

As some in our country would like the school systems to concentrate solely on "academics", some in Vietnam would like their schools to offer more extra curricular activities. From Thanh Niem News:

The overloaded academic curriculum in Vietnamese schools prevents students from acquiring critical life skills beneficial for balanced personal development, an expert says.

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Update:

Since posting this, I have been thinking about what the "purpose" of education is. Is it merely for passing information, facts, and other's knowledge to students? Is it to lead the students to a point at which they wish to gain knowledge on their own? Is it to provide workers to keep the economy going? Is it to make better citizens?

Update 2:

A lot of people will disagree with me on this, but Eleanor Roosevelt put together an excellent definition of the purpose of education in 1930. go here