Education

Hubei Province has 61 million people; approaching twice the size of Texas’ population. It is the 16th largest Chinese province. From a literacy standpoint, Hubei Province has 99% of its students complete the 9 year compulsory education (which includes pre-k and kindergarten) and 99% of those who enter junior middle school. Three and a half million students are enrolled in 9-year compulsory (average class size 17:1), 3.5 million enrolled in middle schools. One million students are enrolled in vocational high school, which is twice the rate of Texas career & technical education course enrollment. Hubei Province has the largest college-going population with 1.1 million students, about one-quarter the Texas population/college enrollment ratio.

(Austin Chamber of Commerce. The Numbers on Hubei Province Education.. 6 Jan. 2011 http://collegereadyaustin.com/news/2010/12/06/the-numbers-on-hubei-province-education/.)

When Chinese people talked about Hubei, the first things appear in their heads that the education. Hubei student are nearly the hardest student in China. The education here is very rigorous and challenged. Students have to study very hard so that they can keeping education, and go to famous universities. All students dreams are just studing. Their parents and teachers try their best to teach more and more knowledge, so you will find some students are still studing in weekend and break days. Although Hubei's students own more knowledge than other provinces students, they are really very tired in this edcation system. Chinese society push them to achieve and improve, they loss their childhood but to be robots. Why this happan? Hubei is not rich enough, some children who live in villages just have this one way to change their future and fate.

excessive pressure