QUOTE(sylar111 @ Oct 10 2008, 05:54 PM)
I would imagine that the close minded definition that you actually mentioned do not actually exist in the modern society. I mean if you are close minded as such, i really cannot see how you can survive at least at the professional level. To me, if a person do not accept an idea no matter how much proof has been shown to him or her without even questioning why that idea is wrong or right this person is hopeless. I mean I do agree that beliefs play a big part in accepting an idea but at least that person should find out the relevancy of that idea and can decide to reject it based on their belief but to reject an idea outright is just unacceptable.
Yeah, perhaps I should research more.

Dude, you need to get out more often. Go on and chase the chinese ed women, you may be lucky for sometime, but eventually you'll meet their close minded parents, and oh boy, are you in for a world of headaches

G`luck on that
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Well, I guess I am biased towards Asian Girls because contrary to what the earlier poster has said, I find Asians in general more sophisticated then non Asians. Even their education promotes sophistication. I guess you are English Ed, but if you do know Chinese education, you will find that they promote literature much more then English education. For us, it is more on cause and effect, but their education promotes deeper thinking towards life overall. I mean that guy is just totally degrading Chinese Ed people just based on a few. I find Chinese Ed people more cultured then English Ed. Chinese Ed ppl tend to be more determined. And it is totally wrong to say that they are not as educated as English Ed. I mean there is a reason why malay parents wants to sent their children to Chinese schools rite?
Promote sophistication?

You REALLY REALLY need to get out more often and see the world man. Just look at how the typical english ed girl dresses and how a typical chinese ed girl dresses, and you'll see the difference in sophistication. Check out the fashion sense in Sungei Wang vs The Curve as a simple example

Unless your definition of sophistication is lala mui style.... then... I have nothing to say.
As for education, again you're dead wrong. I'm not chinese educated, but my cousins were, and from what I know from them, the education is heavily based on memorisation, and its has a very close minded approach. A leads to B, why? because teacher says so. Don't agree? want to voice your opinion? Cannot, you're not "qualified". This is very typical of the chinese social structure. I'm not sure how you can say chinese education promotes literature more than english education, its bloody ingrained in the education. I enjoy the literature discussions english ed people can have, I can pass a book to an english ed friend, and then have a discussion about the theme, the character building, the setting, the possible meanings, etc. I do that with a chinese ed (who can read english), and the discussion is often crappy.
You want more examples? Look into RWI, and notice those people who often post stupid things with broken english? Guess what sort of education they had? Yeap, chinese ed.
It is important for to know the different levels of chinese education and how people group them. For instance, my cousins may have went to a SRJK ©, and a national school after that, they are actually considered english ed due to their upbringing. There are lots of people like that, so you may have confused some english ed people as chinese ed. Its not so much about where they got the education, but the education which influenced their mindset. Some people are 50-50, some people are 70-30, some people are 90-10. This topic focuses on people who are much heavier on either end of the scale.