Good wishes for CPC

Comments on "Party congress attracts global eyes" (China Daily web, October 14)

Let us focus on the 17th National Congress of the CPC, and wish it a success.

Dong

on China Daily website

As we focus on the 17th Party Congress of the CPC, we are looking forward to major decisions and policies which can benefit the majority of the people. We hope the congress goes very well.

John

on China Daily website

Choice important

Comments on Li Xing's column "Students need more choices" (China Daily, October 11)

As a teacher, I believe choice is very important. There is nothing so soul-destroying as learning a subject you do not want to learn or teaching a subject students have no interest in.

I'm sure you are all aware of the saying; "You can lead a horse to the trough ..."

Bohanka

on China Daily website

I cannot agree with the viewpoint ofthe author more. We should change the education of college system.

Star

on China Daily website

In Britain, you choose your university course before you have finished the exams course, A-levels, that you need to pass in order to go to university.

However, the emphasis has always been on a balance between interest and ability so that the course selected is, more often than not, one you are happy with by and large.

Chinese students do not get enough opportunities for choosing courses at an early enough age. When I was at school, as a 13- year-old, I had to choose whether to study French or German as a foreign language.

The education process in Britain is of making informed decisions, in comparison in China where far too often, the student is not the one who makes the decision but has to suffer the consequences.

Russ

on China Daily website

(China Daily 10/16/2007 page10)