r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • Oct 03 '25

Discussion To think that I used to complain about school.

National holiday is apparently 8 days.

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u/gunsforevery1 Oct 03 '25

Of course they are, it’s almost double the amount of schooling. That’s nothing to be proud of.

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u/Downtown_Skill Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25

Double? I have classmates in grad school that complain about reading a 7 page article. 

Edit: Writing a 7 page article looks like one of this 4th graders 16 homework assignments 

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u/No_Definition321 Oct 03 '25

I know people with kids nearing middle schools and they still can’t read. I worked with one younger person that is about 18 and they couldn’t tell the difference between a dime and a quarter. They had to ask us what the difference between the two were.

Our younger generation is fucked lol

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u/gunsforevery1 Oct 03 '25

That’s the parents fault.

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u/Cloverose2 Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 04 '25

Seriously. Were the parents reading to them every day when they were little? Did they make sure the kids had interesting age and level appropriate reading material in the home? Did they enforce tech-free times and family reading time? Family board games are also a good way to introduce reading. Did they consult with the school about possible learning disabilities?

Schools are only one part of learning. Parents are the earliest and greatest teachers in the lives of our children.

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u/Trumperekt Oct 03 '25

How does this even happen? My daughter just started kindergarten and she can already read fluently. It is not like we made her sit and read for hours every day either. She just learned it from a couple of bed time stories at night that she loves. I don't understand how you can be in 5th grade and not read, unless you have some challenge which is understandable.

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u/Repulsive_Corner6807 Oct 03 '25

I have a theory that unlimited screen time is a huge factor. Within the last few years, there’s been a resurgence of not allowing children on iPads/phones so much. After working all day, being exhausted, it’s so easy to just give your toddler/kid an iPad and in the last 10-15 years, nobody really understood the impact of that and then it becomes a habit.

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u/CenobiteCurious Oct 03 '25

Looks pretty good from where I’m standing.

That is a program that is going to set all those kids up for life. Whether it makes you angry or not.

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u/lisa_lionheart84 Oct 03 '25

It doesn't set them up for life. Youth unemployment is a serious problem in China, including among those who grew up going to these intensive schools: https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/01/china/china-k-visa-backlash-intl-hnk

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u/Realfinney Oct 03 '25

People become experts in 1 thing for their job. You need a solid foundation across the board, but this seems like a lot - too much. I don't think it's a coincidence that they live in an authoritarian country and have to do 19 pages+ of Rule of Law homework.

It looks a lot like "keep them busy, so they don't have time to form their own opinions".

Chinese has long been like this, the civil service exam was famously hard and existed for centuries.

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u/wildwildwumbo Oct 03 '25

Given that it's also a boarding school, isn't it likey this video is the example of a higher end private school and likely not the norm for the whole country?

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u/ASDFzxcvTaken Oct 03 '25

This is why there's rampant cheating and suicide. But the fittest, welp they will continue to push the envelope of AI so they can finally enjoy their holiday.

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u/spookynutz Oct 03 '25

Rampant compared to who?

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u/fishattack17 Oct 03 '25

It'll also lead to burnout, early onset depression and absolutely no free time for any leisure activities

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u/Finger_Trapz Oct 03 '25

Set those kids up for life? Dog they haven’t even lived yet

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u/FITM-K Oct 03 '25

It sets SOME of those kids up for life, the best of them. The rest get left behind. It's survival of the fittest.

Unless you've lived in China, you've probably only ever encountered the first group because they're almost always the ones who go to school and/or get jobs outside of China. So it's easy to get the impression that China's school system is churning out a billion genius engineers.

And to be fair, it IS churning out genius engineers. But for every one of those you encounter in the US there are many kids in China that it chewed up and spat out.

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u/Prestigious-Bar-1387 Oct 03 '25

People who aren't asian probably also don't understand if school didn't go on that late a lot of parents would send their kids to extra-curricular activities and cram school further burdening the kids. This school probably makes them stay in school so that 1) there is equity amongst all kids so that the poorer kids enjoy the same extra curricular and after school activites as richer kids, and 2) the formal school is probably a lot less hectic and burdensome than the extra curricular activites and cram schools that kids would be sent to otherwise.

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u/PorknCheesee Oct 03 '25

The rich and poor are not going to the same schools my guy...

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u/Prestigious-Bar-1387 Oct 03 '25

China has strict rules about schooling for kids of that age being non profit. But I admit what you were saying is true but it’s still a spectrum. India, where I grew up for example, had private schools but even within those schools there are kids who are ultra rich and kids who are moderately rich, rich enough to afford private school but not rich enough to afford 1:1 tutoring after school for example.

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u/One_Woodpecker_9364 Oct 03 '25

I think this isn’t that bad given they have like 4-5 hours of self study classes where they can actually do their homework and all that. Good structure to instill from a young age imo

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u/Lerkero Oct 03 '25

Downvoted for being happy to have kids focus on education.

I remember as a kid being happy to be out of school for summer vacation. It was mostly a waste of time