Schooling in Malaysia

In Malaysia, there's several different cultures and communinities that live together in peace and work together. They are all different religions like Buddhist, Muslim and Hindu. They are relatively peaceful but from what I learned there's an inbalance when it comes to schooling. In Malaysia, there's Malay's, Hindus, and chinese to name a few. The kids start very young learning different languages like Malay Mandarin and English to name a few in the local schools. Kevin and Gabi's little girls is already in preschool at the age of three and learning to read. Wow you say to yourself, I didn't learn until I was five or six. and she's already practicing her letters and learning flashcards with words like girl, orange, queen and umbrella. She's even getting homework too!! It's also interesting to learn that the grading system fir each child is different depending on their race. At the age of 8 or 10(I can't remember exactly) they have to pass their exams that identify their future and possibly their careers! Wow can you imagine that all this is decided for you at this young age. It puts a tremendous amount of pressure on a little kid of that age...especially when you look at the grading scale. It's astonishing to find out that if you're Malay you need 75% to pass and exam and if you're Chinese you need 85%.The pressure that puts on a little kid to do well in enormous and this is an accepted part of the life of a child in Malaysia, everyone is aware of the inequality in the grading system and accpets this. In the US everyone complains about inequality and here it's openly displayed and accepted as part of general societal rules. Wow America...and other Western countries wouldn't stand for that ....:)