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Community is very, very competitive. when i go to the u.s., for example, or even the uk, i find that people are a lot more relaxed. >> reporter: he's not happy with his s.a.t. writing score, a mere 680. mind you, that's a 94 percentile performance. kristi lu stout, cnn, hong kong. >> sounds to me the fix is in getting people to want to do better in school. how do we fix america's schools? we're posing it to hal sparks, you know him well, something of an expert on china, roland martin, our cnn analyst. hey, roland, kristi lu stout was talking about the things that seemed to set these students a...

>> hong kong and this region, the confucius society is very test oriented. there's a heritage of that. but there are also some other pragmatic reasons why. you pass examinations, you get into better schools and you get into better universities. >> reporter: with such an intense emphasis on getting into that better university, actualering is huge in hong kong. according to a recent survey, more than half of hong kong students get private tutoring. >> the entire hong kong school community is very, very competitive. when i go to the u.s., for example, or even the uk, i find that people are a lot ...

Society is very text oriented. there's a heritage to that. but there are also some other pragmatic views. pass examination, get into better school it's, better universities. >> reporter: with such an intense emphasis on getting into the better university, tutoring is huge in hong kong. according to a recent survey, more than half of hong kong students get private tutoring. >> the entire hong kong school community is very, very competitive. when i go to the u.s., for example, or even the uk, i find people are a lot more relaxed. >> reporter: he is not happy with his s.a.t. writing score. a mere...

Of people are more relaxed. >> he is not happy with his writing score, a mere 680, and that's a 94 percentile performance. >> sounds to me the fix is not getting people to want to do better in school. how do we fix america's schools? and we have the comedian, and an expert on china. and roland martin. christy lou was talking about things that set these students apart. test oriented and culture and a competitive demand, and they find americans and westerners too relaxed. >> we are failing in certain areas of the country and cities, and you talk about the students, but you also talk about who ar...