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Vietnam’s impressive results in the 2012 Program for International Student Assesment (PISA) became a big surprise following their publication last December. Vietnam ranked 17 among the 61 participating countries and its Mathematics score was 511, which is higher than the 494 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries average.This is particularly relevant because Vietnam is one of worst-off countries, socioeconomically speaking, not to say the worst of all participants, but in PISA 2012, it achieved fairly good results.

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A prominent American technology magazine recently made a bold declaration splashed across its glossy covers in newsstands nationwide.  They had discovered the “next Steve Jobs,” a prodigy with the potential to revolutionize how we live our lives by thinking creatively, differently about the world.  Where do you think this wunderkind was discovered?  Who do you picture when you read this headline?Maybe the young CEO of an internet start-up.  Perhaps a bright student from one of the top universities in the world, or even a high school whiz kid at a prestigious secondary ac

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Una prestigiosa revista de tecnología estadounidense hizo recientemente una audaz declaración en su portada, habían descubierto al “próximo Steve Jobs”, un joven prodigio con el potencial de revolucionar nuestras vidas al pensar de una forma más creativa, diferente.  ¿Dónde creen que este joven prodigio fue descubierto? ¿A quién se imaginan cuando leen este titular?Tal vez piensen en el joven director ejecutivo de una empresa pionera de internet.

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La historia de los malvaviscos es bien conocida por educadores y expertos en políticas públicas. Durante los sesenta y setenta, varios de los mejores psicólogos de la época condujeron una serie de experimentos de investigación en los que niños de 4 años se sentaban solos en una habitación cerrada, únicamente con dos malvaviscos y una campana sobre la mesa.

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The tale of the marshmallows is well known to educators and policy wonks. During the 60s and 70s, some of the best psychologists of the time conducted a series of research experiments that involved 4 year olds sitting alone in a closed room with nothing more than two marshmallows and a bell on a table. A researcher entered the room and told the kid that he was going to leave her alone for a while.

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