Some students, esp. the older ones, refuse to cooperate. Tough kids… We have seen those, at least in the media.

The effort would be mostly on parents to change these kids, as I said to Jack.

Does the school have enough commitment to engage with these kids and contain their influence on the entire school?

If the schools’ academic standing is below average, is the school committed to work hard? By definition, half of all students are going to be below-average.

What I want to see is committed effort by the school. That’s exactly what I see in many China middle/elementary schools (Today I will not talk about China senior middle schools). I think that’s good commitment.

However, the regular China schools don’t produce many successful adults as many U.S. schools do. Paradox!