<p>Neither do I. I immediately noticed the wrong usage of Third World, posted, and only used Wikipedia to confirm upon being attacked. You should have learned it, along with the NAM, in any respectable modern world history class.</p>
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Singapore was/is a member of NAM, that means it's third world country? So should be Saudi Arabia.
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<p>Yes, it does. That sounds ridiculous to you, because you've got the wrong definition of Third World country. That label is no longer used by reputable historians. Instead, Singapore has been reclassified as a "Little Tiger", and Saudi Arabia is a "developing country".</p>
<p>No matter how you try to deny it, China is not a Third World country.</p>
<p>in china, you could do anything with connections/bribe. in fact, you will need connections/bribe if you want to do anything. this has been changing over the past few years, though.</p>
<p>No, more like ignorance police. A guy calls a black guy the n word and gets flamed for not saying African-American, that's PC police. A guy calls a white guy the n word and gets flamed for mixing up the races and just being retarded, that's ignorance police. "N" traditionally refers to blacks. Same situation here--completely wrong use of "Third World".</p>
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No, more like ignorance police. A guy calls a black guy the n word and gets flamed for not saying African-American, that's PC police. A guy calls a white guy the n word and gets flamed for mixing up the races and just being retarded, that's ignorance police. "N" traditionally refers to blacks. Same situation here--completely wrong use of "Third World".
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I have to disagree. The use, and thus definition, of Third World has changed significantly over the last 15 years. It's possible to simply use to word to describe an low tier developing economy (like China or India).</p>
<p>i guess for some people these may seem insane and surprising but i think for alot of ppl esp. for CC ppl, it's not surprising at all considering that many students around the world undergo this sort of pressure and practice...</p>
<p>"aikomidori:
it happens in most third world countries...</p>
<p>its there in India, China, Japan (esp.) and Korea...</p>
<p>its because of societal pressure to do well in those exams...."</p>
<p>uhhh no offense but...Japan and Korea, third world nations? I'd say easily second tier, and arguably first. China will be the most powerful force in a few decades, I'd predict. India's time is coming as well...</p>
<p>maybe "its there in India, China, Japan, and Korea" is a separate statement and the poster was not saying that these countries are 3rd world nations... >_<</p>
maybe "its there in India, China, Japan, and Korea" is a separate statement and the poster was not saying that these countries are 3rd world nations... >_<
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<p>Maybe. But if that is how aikomidori intended the post to be, then there should have been another sentence between the two to clarify.</p>
<p>Otherwise, it seems like the countries she listed are examples of "Third World" countries.</p>
<p>Good writing has a sense of continuity and flow to it. If one writes B immediately after A, then readers are going to assume that B and A are related.</p>
<p>I think that alot of East Asian countries have the same pressurized testing system. I moved to the US partially because of the dreadful high school entrance exams in Taiwan. Imagine having to take tests for every level of schooling that you'll receive - eek! :(</p>
<p>Seriously, Americans have it easy. </p>
<p>The math question posted a few pages behind reminds me about why I'm thankful to be here.... I'm barely passing math NOW, imagine what my grades will be like in the Chinese educational system... ._.</p>
<p>Wrong, no matter what definition you use. The formal definition is, as I have said multiple times, a country not aligned with either the Western or Communist bloc during the Cold War. China was a major member of the Communist bloc. Thus, it's NOT Third World.</p>
<p>"Third World" in the second sense is used out of ignorance. But even if you subscribe to this colloquial definition, China still doesn't fit. "Third World", colloquially, defines the lowest tier, including countries such as Zimbabwe and Laos, the former which has a female life expectancy of 34 years. Obviously, China is not the lowest tier, and so "Third World" wouldn't fit in that respect.</p>
<p>Trying asking your history teacher if China is "Third World".</p>
<p>The math question posted a few pages behind reminds me about why I'm thankful to be here.... I'm barely passing math NOW, imagine what my grades will be like in the Chinese educational system... ._.
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<p>Haha, but in China grades don't matter :). Where you matriculate depends solely on your perfomance on the test.</p>
<p>For the math exam, you are only given 2 hours (according to the Shanghai one I just saw online). </p>
<p>There are 11 filling the blanks (answer without showing steps)
4 MC
and 6 questions like the sample one for which you have to show steps and reasoning.</p>
<p>Assuming the plan is to finish the 11 FB and 4 MC in the 1st hour, that sample question should take no more than 10 mins if you goal is to finish the paper. Very tough indeed!</p>
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Yes, it does. That sounds ridiculous to you, because you've got the wrong definition of Third World country. That label is no longer used by reputable historians. Instead, Singapore has been reclassified as a "Little Tiger", and Saudi Arabia is a "developing country".
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If you had read "From Third World to First : The Singapore Story"; you would had known that Singapore was called a third world country by PM lee himself because it was not development. </p>
<p>Third world meant poor and/or underdeveloped countries.</p>
<p>Ya I took a Modern Japan class and exams are similar there. Japanese stresssss over exams. They go to school and then go to exam school afterwards. There's a lot on the plate!</p>
<p>Japan is definitely on the highest tier of countries. Easily not 3rd tier...and not 2nd. Japan is an economic and technological powerhouse. The list of GDP by countries goes US, Japan, ect... So Japan is DEF in the top tier.</p>
<p>Congrats, you just validated my point. In your previous post, you said,</p>
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Singapore was/is a member of NAM, that means it's third world country? So should be Saudi Arabia.
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<p>and I said, in response,
<p>No matter how you try to deny it, China is not a Third World country.
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<p>And now you concede that Singapore is Third World. You know why? Because, as I have said numerous times, it wasn't aligned with the West or the Communists during the Cold War.</p>
<p>Do I have to say, "owned", or is it obvious? :)</p>