The Smartest Kids in the World (43 page)

world-class,
207
–18

Education Department, U.S.,
256
n,
262
n,
285
n

eighth grade,
74
,
77
,
120
,
172

Eldridge, Roger G., Jr.,
92

elementary schools,
4
,
73
,
100
,
109
,
135
,
231
,
277
n

in Finland vs. U.S.,
140

teachers in,
62
–63,
88
,
91
,
268
n

tracking in,
138
,
139

Elina (Finnish exchange student),
ix
,
99
–101,
275
n

empathy,
120
,
162
,
165

endurance,
111

English,
37
,
40
,
106
,
115
,
138
,
143
,
157
,
169
,
172
,
180
,
189

equity,
140
,
143
,
146
,
160
,
164
,
174
,
183

Eric (American exchange student),
x
,
8
,
77
,
178
–81

adaptation style of,
66

boredom of,
76

in Busan,
46
–58,
46
,
64
,
65
–66,
72
,
73
,
75
–76,
104
–6,
114
–16,
118
,
120
–21,
178
–79,
191
,
214

celebrity status of,
50
,
51
,
104

curiosity of,
66

first class day of,
51
–56,
64
,
75
–76

first visit to Namsan of,
49
–51

homecoming of,
180
–81,
187
–88,
194

in International Bacclaureate Diploma Programme,
47
,
49
,
54

isolation and loneliness of,
66

math skills of,
72
,
73
,
75
–76

at Minnetonka High School,
47
,
51
–52

sexuality of,
49
,
66

Estonia,
71
,
159
,
198

ethnicity,
2
,
113
,
161
,
168

evolution,
40
,
265
n

exchange students,
38
–39,
278
n

author’s survey of,
see
AFS, student experience survey

homecoming of,
180
–99

see also
Eric; Kim; Tom

exercise,
118

expectations,
36
,
64
,
66
,
76
,
105
,
162

for African-Americans,
159

in Poland,
132
,
137
,
147

in U.S.,
100
–101,
142
,
159
,
190
,
218

extracurricular activities:

parental involvement and,
107
–10,
213
,
275
n
–76
n

see also
sports

Facebook,
44
,
54
,
58
,
144

failure,
72
,
117
,
118
,
128
,
136
,
174
,
186
,
192
,
199
,
213

Fairfax, Va.,
198

families,
141

Chinese,
58

dysfunctional,
36

host,
46
–49,
102
–3,
106
,
128

Korean,
60
,
64
–65,
141
,
285
n

low-income,
159
,
160

see also
parents, parenting

Farmer, Scott,
ix
,
34
–35,
36

feedback loop,
118

Ferguson, Ronald,
210
,
289
n

Finland,
2
,
6
–9,
22
–25,
39
–45,
47
,
73
,
141
,
151
–58,
151
,
193
,
199
,
222

afterschool lessons in,
65

author’s visit to,
25
,
119
,
154
–55,
158
–68,
191
,
277
n

Education Ministry in,
15

education philosophy and reform in,
88
–90,
273
n

education spending in,
65
,
139
,
140

end-of-school tests in,
185
,
263
n,
287
n
–88
n

foreigners in,
161
–64,
167

history of,
82
,
88
–90,
139
,
273
n

homogeneity of,
158
,
161

Kim in,
see
Kim, in Finland

Kim’s fundraising for exchange year in,
26
,
41
–45,
152

Kim’s selection of,
39
–41

Korea compared with,
65
,
155
,
175
,
266
n,
268
n,
277
n

local autonomy in,
90
,
273
n

New Hampshire compared with,
40
,
265
n

performance-level changes in,
3

PISA in,
15
–18,
22
,
23
,
24
,
65
,
70
,
122
,
161
,
198
,
256
n

Poland compared with,
127
,
133
,
139
,
147

poverty in,
71
,
193
,
257
n

school inspectors in,
88
,
90

special education in,
164
,
284
n
–85
n

sports in,
119
,
278
n

stoner kids in,
83
–84,
193

teachers in,
see
teachers, Finnish

teacher training in,
84
–88,
93
,
95
,
96
–97,
268
n,
271
n,
273
n

tracking in,
139
–40

trust in,
24
,
92
,
97
,
273
n

unions in,
84
,
85
,
90
,
166
,
271
n

U.S. compared with,
see
United States, Finland compared with

utopia model of,
24
,
81
–103,
270
n
–75
n

vocational schools in,
167
,
270
n
–71
n

Finnish language,
82
–83,
84
,
87
,
103
,
168

Finnish literature,
82
,
86

food,
102
,
144

free or low-cost lunch,
256
n
–57
n

in Korea,
53
–54,
56
,
65
–66

football,
41
,
87
,
93
,
142
,
143
,
145
,
191
,
212

foreign languages, learning of,
77
–78

fourth graders,
73
,
77
,
164
–65,
217

France,
4
,
39
,
114
,
122
,
160
,
231
,
265
n,
275
n

performance-level changes in,
3

freedom,
113
,
117
,
133
,
145
,
153
,
183
,
193

in Finland,
97
–98,
102

parental restrictions on,
227
–28,
227

Gates Foundation,
210
,
220
,
266
n,
289
n

Gazeta Wyborcza,
133
–34

GDP,
24
,
60
,
257
n

geometry,
70
,
74
–77,
143
,
183

Germany,
13
–14,
47
,
124
–25,
222
,
266
n,
274
n

performance-level changes in,
3

PISA test and,
15
,
109
,
160
,
255
n,
275
n

teachers in,
157

tracking in,
138
–39

Gettysburg, Pa.,
68
–69,
72
,
138
,
187

Gettysburg College,
141

Gettysburg High School,
138
,
140
–44,
147
,
189
,
214
,
282
n

ghetto effect,
138

“gifted,” use of term,
138

gifted and talented programs,
138
,
217

Gintis, Herbert,
278
n

Gist, Deborah,
ix
,
90
–92,
218

Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment,
266
n

Globally Challenged
(report),
262
n

Gniezno,
134

Gove, Michael,
18

Grapes of Wrath, The
(Steinbeck),
26

Great Depression,
26
,
27
,
34

Greece,
16

grit,
154

see also
persistence

hagwons (Korean private tutoring academies),
56
,
57
,
60
,
62
,
65
,
66
,
105
,
168
–78,
169
,
185

Andrew Kim and,
168
–71,
169

Jenny in,
172
–74

opposition to,
174
–76

study police and,
176
–78

Halinen, Irmeli,
273
n

Hamburg, University of,
13
–14

Handke, Mirosław,
x
,
130
–34,
137
,
147

Hanushek, Eric,
3
,
255
n

Heckman, James,
278
n
–79
n

Helsingin Sanomat,
167
–68

Helsinki,
15
,
44
,
151
,
153
,
161
,
167

Highest (hagwon),
174

high schools,
14
,
168
,
182
,
189
–90,
260
n

dropping out of,
5
,
7
,
24
,
30
,
61
,
142
,
181
,
267
n,
270
n
–71
n

in Finland,
81
–84,
97
–98,
117
,
167
,
191
,
214
,
270
n
–71
n

graduation rate from,
5
,
7
,
36
,
49
,
136
,
257
n

graduation tests and,
33
,
34
,
54
–55,
96
,
117
,
119
,
146
,
155
–58,
185
–86,
263
n,
283
n,
287
n
–88
n

in Korea,
49
–57,
59
,
60
–61,
63
,
66
,
178
–79,
189
,
191
,
214

in Minnesota,
47
,
51
–52,
53
,
60
–61,
188

Polish,
129
,
131
,
135
,
136
,
144
–46,
191
,
214

virtual,
154
–55,
183
–85

Hispanics,
113
,
132
,
159
–60,
218

history class,
47
,
100
,
184

homework,
39
,
102
,
106
,
114
,
117
,
196
,
197