# data[].attributes.body
When I read this text I couldn't believe how much families have to sacrifice just so their children can go to these schools. I disagree with the extreme emphasis they put on the "gaokao". The text states, "Yang's mother, Lin Jiamin, quit her garment-factory job to support him in his final year of cramming." This piece of evidence clearly supports my claim because it shows some of the huge sacrifices families make to give their kids the chance of a better life.

# data[].attributes.headline
Threats and risks over the teachers heads.

# data[].attributes.subject
Threats and risks over the teachers heads.

# data[].attributes.body
Sure, the risks are high on the students side, but what about the teachers? They had many threats placed above their heads and they probably felt very desperate and weak. Honestly, this is plain horrible. Evidence: "The higher scores earned the teachers and administrators bonuses and pay raises or at least let them keep their jobs."
Explanation: The risks were very high for the teachers, and they faced many threats and risks in taking these jobs.

# data[].attributes.body
Hong-Kong students tend to have much pressure on them and they have lots of pressure and drilling in their minds to do well on the tests they take.
Evidence: "...the general public feels that the extreme standardization and the harsh drilling to do well on those tests makes education uninspiring and even painful."
Explanation: This shows that Hong Kong students are very forced with doing good on education and can feel unsafe in these schools where they feel pained.

# data[].attributes.body
The high-stakes test, gaokao puts a lot of pressure on students and parents who are giving up so much for there children to go and study for this important test to decide their future. The text states " It's a lot of pressure, said Cao, whose family paid more in school fees... My mother constantly reminds me I have to study hard.." The piece of evidence clearly shows how the students feel and what parents are doing just to keep their children in the school. They both are giving big sacrifices.

# data[].attributes.body
Dear Panel,
I believe that there is so much stress and pressure on the kids who are taking the high stakes test.
Evidence "The pressure to start memorizing and regurgitating facts weighs on Chinese students from the moment they enter elementary school."
This evidence proves how the stress on the kids for the high stakes test start way before the test actually happens.

# data[].attributes.body
Dear Panel,
I believe that there was too much stress on parents and students during high stakes like gaokao. I the text it states: " ' My mother constantly reminds me that I have to study hard, because my father is out working construction far from home to pay my school fees.' The room went quiet for a minute. They all knew this was the boys' fate, too, if they failed to do well on the gaokao. 'Dangong' 'Manual Labor'. This piece of evidence shows how stressful it is for parents and students for the outcome of the high stakes test.

# data[].attributes.body
Dear Panel Members,
I think that there are some ramifications on extreme emphasis on the Gaoko tests like
the Student's mental health takes a toll.
My  evidence to support this claim is "Xu holed up in a hotel near the exam site in Lu'an city and didn't emerge for 48 hours. "My parents thought I was a maniac he said."
This supports my thinking that the Gaoko is taking a tool on student's mental health because he went into his hotel room and didn't emerge for 48 hours he was studying for 48 hours this show the extreme pressure students feel to do good on the Gaoko because if they don't study hard enough they will not pass and then they will have to work bad manual labor jobs. i think the deciding factor to get into University shouldn't be just the Gaoko it should be collective test scores so that way we have more doctors,nurses,engineers and more people working important jobs

# data[].attributes.headline
So much stress it all becomes counter-intuitive 

# data[].attributes.subject
So much stress it all becomes counter-intuitive 

# data[].attributes.body
" Dear panel members. I believe the ramifications of extensive emphasis on standardized tests is that students might not do well despite the fact they have studied so long simply because of the stress making the emphasis counter intuitive. A perfect example of this is Cao. He did terribly on the test simply because of the amount of stress he was dealing with. This example comes from the article ' Inside a Chinese Test-Prep Factory' where it states ' Cao, tanked the exam - a panic attack'. This stress came from the constant emphasis on standardized tests and the unescaped need to study, which made him so stressed about the test that he failed. All the time spent studying ended up being a waste of time for him, and all the money they spent on his education also became a waste."

# data[].attributes.body
Yes, students face a lot of pressure but teachers have so much more and sometimes end up going to great heights, ones that could lead to something one will regret. As I read the text I think teachers have more pressure that students and want to keep their job. In the text is says" ...were convicted of changing students test scores to make the district look better. The higher scores earned the teachers and administrators bonuses and pay raises or at least let them keep their jobs." This shows that the teachers will go to great heights just to keep their jobs and earn extra. Though they were convicted of the crime.

# data[].attributes.body
There are so many points to be made, from financial state to consequences to time wasted studying, but I believe the biggest problem here is the fact that so much pressure is on the students taking this one test that will determine their life. Evidence: "For the students at Maotanchang, most of whom come from rural areas, it offers the promise of a life beyond the fields and factories, of families' fortune transformed by hard work and high scores." "But the pressure to start memorizing and regurgitating facts weighs on Chinese students from the moment they enter elementary school."
These pieces of evidence show that everything weighs on this test, so pressure and studying have a large role in their life from a very young age.

# data[].attributes.body
Many kids feel pressure when they take high-stakes tests. But what about teachers??? Many educators felt like they had to achieve because if their students had low scores they'd be fired. I mean, what is up with that?? The text states, "The report system was ready for cheating because of the severe consequences for failure, including firings, demotions and public humiliation." This supports my claim because it emphasizes the pressure teachers were facing every day at work.

# data[].attributes.body
Dear Panel,
There is so much stress and pressure on the teachers and principals to make the district scores look good for education.
Evidence: "Image was more important than truth."
This evidence shows that the teachers and principals were stressed to make the district scores look good.

# data[].attributes.body
Hong Kong makes education very hard and painful for students. To support my thinking in the text it states"..but the general public feels that the extreme standardization and harsh drilling to do well on those tests makes education uninspiring and even painful." This shows that even the public and people that are still neutral feel that the education is harsh. The students and parents think that all of it makes education very hard and painful.

# data[].attributes.body
I believe there was not only stress on students and their parents but for the teachers and principals as well. A piece of evidence to support my thinking is : " ' Image was more important than truth,' the report said. ' . "
This piece of evidence shows how the teachers and principals felt stressed that they should hide and fake the test scores to keep their image instead of telling the truth.

# data[].attributes.body
Dear Panel Members,
I think are some ramifications on extreme emphasis on standardized testing sure students get a lot of pressure but let's talk about their teachers. I disagree with the severity of standardized testing because teachers have it super bad. They also feel so much pressure to make their students do well that sometimes they might even do unlawful things like telling them answers or just editing their answers and changing their scores to make them higher so they aren't shamed by higher positions in the school or even the parents and they might get bonuses/raises if they make students pass. My evidence to support this claim is "The teachers,principals and their bosses were convicted of changing student test scores to make the district look better. The higher scores earned the teachers and administrators bonuses and pay raises or at least let them keep their jobs." I understand that this is illegal but the teachers were maybe at a difficult decision angle whether to get publicly shamed or maybe get caught and go to jail. So while I do think these teachers should be in jail I think there shouldn't be such exaggerated standardized testing because the teachers feel so much pressure as to commit felonies

# data[].attributes.body
Dear Panel,
The pressure on the students to do well on the high stakes test puts a burden on their shoulders.
Evidence: "The general public feels that the extreme standardization and the harsh drilling to do well on those tests makes education uninspiring and even painful."
This evidence proves how there is a lot of pressure on the students taking the high stakes tests.

# data[].attributes.body
Finland offers creative education and low amounts of standardized tests but the amount of pain and dissatisfaction at school and even at home in countries like Hong Kong or Singapore outweighs the benefits of active education. The text states, "...but the general public feels that the extreme standardization and the harsh drilling to do well on those tests makes education uninspiring and even painful." This piece of evidence supports my claim because it explains what students go through when learning.

# data[].attributes.headline
Teachers also are affected by the extensive emphasis on standardized testing.

# data[].attributes.subject
Teachers also are affected by the extensive emphasis on standardized testing.

# data[].attributes.body
"Dear panel members.
The ramifications of putting extensive emphasis on standardized test can affect teachers, too. Former Atlanta teachers were arrested because they were found guilty of faking test scores. They did this because they felt the need to make sure there students did good because if they didn't they could be fired or publicly humiliated. These punishments came from higher ups of the school district who wanted the public image of their schools to look good, not actually caring about the education of the students. This information came from ' Former Atlanta educators found guilty in cheating scandal' where it states ' the system was ready for cheating because of the severe consequences for failure, including firings, demotions, and public humiliations'. "

# data[].attributes.body
"Dear panel members
Countries across the world have different philosophies toward education as whole. Some countries place priority on creative learning to teach children their own skill set that they desire, not the standard math and science. Other countries, however, place math and science at utmost importance. A country that would fall into this standard would be Hong Kong. Hong Kong's education system revolves around standardized tests, an relies on them to evaluate students academic performance in all classes, even classes meant to expand ones creativity. The problem here is that since everything is evaluated by standardized tests, there occurrence causes a lot of stress amongst students,  potentially even teachers. So have come to describe this practice of only standardized tests uninspiring and even painful, I can also image it also affecting a students mental health severely. The source of this information is ' Here's why other counties beat the U.S. in reading and math' where it states 'But the general public feels the the extreme standardization and the harsh drilling to do well on those tests makes education uninspiring and even painful'.".

# data[].attributes.body
Dear panel members,
I think we should take our learning in a more creative matter so the children can have fun and still be learning so that way the kids will not feel it as a burden to go to school but as somwthing fun and that way more students will participate so more students will learn and then they will get better grades and the U.S. might become better at education than it was before.
My evidence to support this claim is "Finnish schools assign less homework and engage children in more creative play, according to the education researchers who have studied the country's success."
This evidence supports my claim because It shows that in Finland they engage children in more creative learning/play and it says that according to the education researchers who were researching Finland's academic success so I think we should engage students in more creative learning to get a better outcome for both the students and the teachers.