In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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In China, teachers allow children to sleep in class for around 20 minutes to help improve their learning.
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Group "brainstorming" makes each individual in the group less creative and doesn't work as efficiently as the same number of people working alone and then later pooling their ideas.
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An Australian study found that homework is of little to no academic value to students in elementary and junior high schools.
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Japanese schools do not have proms.
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Pope Francis has a master’s degree in Chemistry.
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