Why Chinese children are smarter

Now that I'm the father of a Chinese child, I'm allowed to say that I think it's clear they are very, very bright children. Mine is obviously brilliant, needless to say...

Perhaps this photo gives a clue as to why. This is from a baby ABC book that we bought at a children's bookstore here.



No fooling with "queen" or "quack" over here -- straight to "quadrangle"! In the "exercises" section in the back of the book, the babies practice the pythagorean theorem...