I'm not sure if this is a reason to nominate...: Cram School

The sentiment expressed in the current trope picture is correct. However, the source of the picture is wrong, i.e. it's not a Cram School.

Quoting a line of the lead that I personally penned:

"[T]here are no cram schools in the usual sense in Mainland China. As high school funding in China is directly proportional to college admission rates and the prestige of the colleges the students get into, high schools have the incentive to be the cram school too— your average Chinese high school student has a 14-hour school day, using much of the time for teacher-supervised self-study. Private schools only exist to provide prep for the Chinese equivalent of ronins only."

If you look at the name of the picture file: gaokao_6449.jpg, you can see it's a pic showing preparation for the Chinese college entrance exam gaokao. As a result, it's more than likely that it's taken in a traditional high school. As a result, I wonder if it should be replaced with a picture showing an actual cram school...

Hence:

Motion to pull current image

Reason: Not An Example; photo not taken in a Cram School but in a normal High School.

edited 25th Jun '11 9:58:34 AM by SamCurt

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Fight smart, not fair.

Put it simply, the imaginary is correct, the source of the picture is not (as it's not taken in a cram school).

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In short, s/he's saying it's Not An Example.

The words above are to be read as if they are narrated by Morgan Freeman.

Bumped as a non-crowner vote has been made based on guidelines.

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I GIS'd "Japanese cram school" and got a couple of possible options, each at around 350 px.

The second one is better, as it's clear it's not a "normal" school. The first one is not very different from a traditional school.

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Bump.

First key to interpreting a work: Things mean things.

The second pic is fine with me, but I'd be alright with no pic if the majority votes that way.

Bump.

First key to interpreting a work: Things mean things.

Clock is ticking...either of those pics work, or do we just want to not worry about a pic?

Put up the second pic I guess... We should close this.

The words above are to be read as if they are narrated by Morgan Freeman.

The current image is fine. In fact, it makes the point and its funny. It makes no difference whatsoever what the source is. The vast majority of readers are not going to research the name of the file.

Here, I'll change the file name to something numeric.

Goal: Clear, Concise and Witty