Are Hungarian schools different from American schools?
Yes. American schools value critical thinking, problem solving, and creativity. Hungarian schools teach rote knowledge. American schools value “self esteem” and other individualistic traits. Hungarian schools value competency and more group-oriented characteristics. American schools have trouble teaching actual content, and they make up for this by imposing batteries of minimum achievement tests. Hungarian schools have trouble teaching things that apply to real life, and they do not attempt to compensate. In an American school, each student has an individual schedule, and they travel around to different teachers’ classrooms each hour. In a Hungarian schools, each class learns together in its own room, and the teachers come and go according to the class’s schedule. Go back to the question.
