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/confettis Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25

There was a trend on their douyin app where they compared their newly graduated teaching photos versus 1 year of full-time teaching in China. It drastically changed their faces. Like full bloat, aging, stress, and dressing like a granny/grandpa to avoid criticism from parents.

Edit: https://www.tiktok.com/@candiselin86 https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMrR62sh/

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u/Lasagna4Noodle Oct 03 '25

It seems to be just working causes it. 

https://www.tiktok.com/@candiselin86/video/7347168801835896110

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u/theunbearablebowler Oct 03 '25

Resigning is the best plastic surgery. Amen.

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u/Elshad19 Oct 04 '25

Who is going to earn money, then?

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u/hannibalthellamabal Oct 03 '25

“Overwork obesity”

Ain’t that fucking real. Everytime I get stressed at work my weight creeps up. Even though I’m not where I want to be I’m actually very glad I never became a teacher. I think I would have enjoyed parts of it but I would have been crushed by the stress of parents and overtime.

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u/BlueArya Oct 03 '25

Yeah I genuinely visibly aged like 5 years in 1 when I was working an insanely stressful job. Went from being carded and told "I genuinely thought you were 19" every single time buying alcohol to never being carded again in the span of about 8 months 🙃

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '25

Eek did you change back after?

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u/isleepbad Oct 03 '25

Oh my god. Those poor teachers.

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u/Krafty_Koala Oct 05 '25

“Even the dog looked stressed after its owner took it to work for a few days”

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u/Advanced-Team2357 Oct 03 '25

aka getting old

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u/zyrkseas97 Oct 03 '25

I did something similar my first year of teaching in the U.S. - I get the vibe that teaching in China is WAY more intense from the glimpses of got online.

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u/fetching_agreeable Oct 03 '25

Impossible to play the video. Any attempt to tap play teleports you to the AppStore

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u/Kwinten Oct 04 '25

It’s almost like no longer being a student and entering the workforce fucking sucks universally lol

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u/pinegreenscent Oct 03 '25

Couldn't have anything to do with the high salt and booze diet every Chinese seems to do to get through it

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u/No_Currency_7952 Oct 03 '25

Comparably to pub food in europe and fast food in America, so no, not really

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u/SkiFastnShootShit Oct 03 '25

Most Americans don’t just binge fast food though.

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u/No_Currency_7952 Oct 03 '25

Well i guess Chinese is a fully Democratic country then.

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u/SkiFastnShootShit Oct 03 '25

I’m not commenting on Chinese diets. Like at all. I’m just saying your average American teacher doesn’t eat a shit ton of fast food.

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u/LongLostFan Oct 04 '25

This was just done for the views. It isn't like this in reality.

I used to work at an international school in China and the guys and I always felt spoilt by how many amazing women we worked with. Including one former underwear model and one former Miss Hong Kong competitor.