CEO courses for 3-year-old kids: grooming future elites or glorified babysitting?

[Shotgunner51]

CEO courses for 3-year-old kids: grooming future elites or glorified babysitting?
By Ma Chi (chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2016-08-19 11:14

A boy competes in a golf match for children in Zhengzhou, Henan province, on April 19, 2014. [Photo/CFP]

"Hand us a kid, we give you back a future leader,"
said a poster outside an education training agency in Guangzhou, Guangdong province.​

According to a staff member of the agency, it offers classes that develop "CEO characteristics" in children aged 3 to 12 years old. The cost is staggeringly high at 50,000 yuan ($7,500) a year for one or two sessions weekly.

In a golf training club in the city's Tianhe district, a five-day training course for children is recruiting students during the summer vacation. A coach surnamed Deng told a Xinhua reporter that the course teaches basic knowledge and movements, as well as the etiquette of golf, "aiming to cultivate the physical and mental endurance of children."

Jockey club
http://learning.sohu.com/20160821/n465243042.shtml


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[ahojunk]

This is just my 2-cents.

Over in Oz, we prefer to let our kids develop their talents naturally. In primary school, both my kids were asked to skip grades. After discussing with my wife, we decided (actually my wife decided, lol) not to allow that because we feel that although the kids may be good academically but they still need time to develop emotionally.

So, I am surprised at the workload of Chinese kids. They are overloaded with school, homework, music (piano or violin), sports, etc. And now, we have this CEO training, I think China is going a little overboard!

IMO, too much focus on education is not good, we need to allow the kids some time to develop other skills, or develop naturally. Let them find and develop their own interests and passions naturally.

 

[AndrewJin]

This is just my 2-cents.

Over in Oz, we prefer to let our kids develop their talents naturally. In primary school, both my kids were asked to skip grades. After discussing with my wife, we decided (actually my wife decided, lol) not to allow that because we feel that although the kids may be good academically but they still need time to develop emotionally.

So, I am surprised at the workload of Chinese kids. They are overloaded with school, homework, music (piano or violin), sports, etc. And now, we have this CEO training, I think China is going a little overboard!

IMO, too much focus on education is not good, we need to allow the kids some time to develop other skills, or develop naturally. Let them find and develop their own interests and passions naturally.

That's why the next generation of Aussie kids can only export beef and ore!

As far as I know, the elite schools and random public schools are too different in the west.
Here in China, no public school is bad.

 

[ahojunk]

That's why the next generation of Aussie kids can only export beef and ore!
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For the sake of freedom of speech and for the record, I am ignoring your silly rant!

 

[AndrewJin]

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For the sake of freedom of speech and for the record, I am ignoring your silly rant!

Don't get me wrong, I respect beef exporting country.
Australia should surpass india to be the number one beef exporter.
I love beef rice noodle for breakfast!

A feast of Aussie beef!

Homemade beef hot pot by my dad

Traditional Tibetan beef hot pot in Shangri-la County

Chongqing style spicy hot pot with Aussie beef

 

[Sky lord]

Any course that promises to develop "CEO characteristics " in a three year old in 5 days is obviously a scam!

 

[Brainsucker]

Don't get me wrong, I respect beef exporting country.
Australia should surpass india to be the number one beef exporter.
I love beef rice noodle for breakfast!

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A feast of Aussie beef!
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Homemade beef hot pot by my dad
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Traditional Tibetan beef hot pot in Shangri-la County
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Chongqing style spicy hot pot with Aussie beef
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Andrew!!!!!!!! You make me hungry!!!!!!

 

[AndrewJin]

Andrew!!!!!!!! You make me hungry!!!!!!

Actually I'm also making myself hungry....

 

[Brainsucker]

This is just my 2-cents.

Over in Oz, we prefer to let our kids develop their talents naturally. In primary school, both my kids were asked to skip grades. After discussing with my wife, we decided (actually my wife decided, lol) not to allow that because we feel that although the kids may be good academically but they still need time to develop emotionally.

So, I am surprised at the workload of Chinese kids. They are overloaded with school, homework, music (piano or violin), sports, etc. And now, we have this CEO training, I think China is going a little overboard!

IMO, too much focus on education is not good, we need to allow the kids some time to develop other skills, or develop naturally. Let them find and develop their own interests and passions naturally.

Well, I think that China is a bid overboard too with the education. But I can't blame them. The competition there is very fierce. Remember, they have 1 billion and more people. Compared to Aussie and Indonesia, that's... overwhelming. That's why I can understand why they force their children like that.

Well, I myself don't like that personally too, just like you I want my children to develop more naturally, too.

 

[Shotgunner51]

This is just my 2-cents.

Over in Oz, we prefer to let our kids develop their talents naturally. In primary school, both my kids were asked to skip grades. After discussing with my wife, we decided (actually my wife decided, lol) not to allow that because we feel that although the kids may be good academically but they still need time to develop emotionally.

So, I am surprised at the workload of Chinese kids. They are overloaded with school, homework, music (piano or violin), sports, etc. And now, we have this CEO training, I think China is going a little overboard!

IMO, too much focus on education is not good, we need to allow the kids some time to develop other skills, or develop naturally. Let them find and develop their own interests and passions naturally.

Yes I do agree with you! You heard of the term "Tiger Mom"? That's the issue here, it's not the kids, it's the parents that drive this trend of over-providing, over-educating, over-loading, over-everything. From child play center, piano, dancing, sports, Maths Olympiad, .... the moms seem to have an never ending list of things for kids. This "CEO course" is just glorified babysitting, just another way to rob parents, but the problem is, those "Tiger Parents" love to be robbed.

 

[AndrewJin]

Yes I do agree with you! You heard of the term "Tiger Mom"? That's the issue here, it's not the kids, it's the parents that drive this trend of over-providing, over-educating, over-loading, over-everything. From child play center, piano, dancing, sports, Maths Olympiad, .... the moms seem to have an never ending list of things for kids. This "CEO course" is just glorified babysitting, just another way to rob parents, but the problem is, those "Tiger Parents" love to be robbed.

Now, kids are jumping into the winter sports in Wuhan!

 

[Brainsucker]

Now, kids are jumping into the winter sports in Wuhan!
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Hey Andrew, can you give me your dad's beef hot pot recipe?

Sorry mod for a bit of OOT I won't do this again in the future

 

[AndrewJin]

Hey Andrew, can you give me your dad's beef hot pot recipe?

He is good at cooking and never using secret or strange ingredients.

 

[Echo_419]

Don't get me wrong, I respect beef exporting country.
Australia should surpass india to be the number one beef exporter.
I love beef rice noodle for breakfast!

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A feast of Aussie beef!
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Homemade beef hot pot by my dad
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Traditional Tibetan beef hot pot in Shangri-la County
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Chongqing style spicy hot pot with Aussie beef
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India will continue to be No 1 beef exporter for decades to come

 

[AndrewJin]

India will continue to be No 1 beef exporter for decades to come

Beef or cow?