Report from Michelle’s class today:
It’s not the language barrier. Today’s class was all in Chinese and Michelle still has to be the first to answer every question. (Correctly.) I was afraid she was responding faster than the other kids in her last class because it was in English and she had the natural language advantage. This time, that couldn’t be the case.
She just enjoys showing off her knowledge. Good for her. Really the only thing I remember that I enjoyed in school was beating the other kids at answering questions.
Nowadays I gather they’re supposed to cooperate, collaborate and act like a colony of mindless ants.