Through yesterday's program, we happen to know that it is very common now in China that parents have their children's DNA tested, so as to know what are their abilities where they can focus in educating that then allowing their kids to learn this & that!! And eventually, they will become a genus at that ability!!
For example, while each strand represents something, they are able to know if you are good at music notes, or have sense in rhythm. If you have these strands and have a high rate in it, then you may become a genus in music!! With these results, the parents will focus on bringing the kids to music training schools, hoping that they will have a success in music in the future.
This association was run by the government where 1 test will cost 4100rmb. Which will be around 1-1.5 month salary in china. But still, lots of middles class parents done this test for their children. There is no such test in Japan, how about in your country? Do you think this will be a good thing and a short cut to success for your children? Indeed it is very efficient, like I still sometimes doubt on my ability... if I'm able to know what I'm good at, maybe I can be more successful and have more confidence in myself. But at the same time, because I have been through so many things, trying this & that to ensure myself, the path is what that helped to make me 'Me'...
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Reminds me of a recent debate with friends—when kids do something well, should we praise them for being smart, or praise them for working hard to be smart? Two of us who are Chinese—from Taiwan & Hong Kong—thought that we are more confident as adults because in our cultures, we have always been taught to study hard, try hard, and if we do, we'll do well. Versus in American culture, there seems to be more emphasis on whether you were born smart or not. So if you didn't do well in something at first, kids (and parents) quickly assume they just weren't born with the right talent for that thing. So while it's not based on DNA testing, people here do believe that some things are just "in your DNA" and some are not. While that's scientifically true, I actually feel sad to hear that China has taken it to such extremes. What happened to the good old Chinese ethic of just practicing more and trying harder? After all, genius is only 2% inspiration (or DNA, in this case!), and 98% is perspiration (good old hard work).
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