Elementary Composition – Day

Did you realize that our country students are really smart?>
The newspaper said that Korea;s junior high school students are ranked among the best in the world in mathematic, a U.S. reports showed on Friday. According to the report compiled by the U.S. Department of Education, Korea students aged 14 received an average of 589 on a 1000 point scale in mathematics in 2003, second only to Singaporean students whose score was 605. The U.S. report was based on a survey presented by the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study which analyzed and compared  acadimic performances by junior highschool students in 45 counrties including 30 members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. I was thought that Korean students are smart, but I thought it was just my own thought. So I was really surprised by this news.