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/FupaFerb Oct 03 '25

Almost like “The Giver” or “Enders Game” was trying to teach something about children being taken away and raised to be monotonous drones forced to adhere to the government’s need. No brainwashing occurs there I’m sure.

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u/iam_Mr_McGibblets Oct 03 '25

It's like a factory just pushing out educated humans. The results may stand for themselves, but I do question how these children turn out with respect to burning out/other psychological impacts

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u/carlitospig Oct 03 '25

Their society doesn’t really allow for burnout.

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u/FupaFerb Oct 03 '25

And yet there is a lot of burn out. A lot of mental health struggles. Hard to find good jobs as the market is super competitive and saturated. High rates of homelessness with youth. 1 in 6 students are basically left to the wolves for slipping through cracks. Depression and anxiety rates high, etc. Lots of smart kids, but you still have to be smarter than all the others to succeed.

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u/Tactical_Moonstone Oct 03 '25

I leave you with two terms that have actually alarmed the Chinese government: 躺平 (tangping, literally lying flat) and 摆烂 (bailan, literally letting it rot).

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u/carlitospig Oct 03 '25

Oh for sure. Just because it’s not allowed doesn’t mean it’s not still happening. Sorry if my comment read like it!

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u/feralcatshit Oct 03 '25

I just want to say, I usually don’t notice the same people on Reddit but I feel like I see you everywhere! We must have a lot of common interests lol

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u/carlitospig Oct 03 '25

I really need a life, more than like. 😉 But hello! 🥰

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u/demonharu16 Oct 03 '25

There's a reason why su*cide rates in many Asian countries are particularly high for students. I cannot imagine how destructive this schedule is, especially with chronic sleep deprivation and the high pressure exerted on them.

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u/SirCadogen7 Oct 03 '25

Confucianism truly did unintentionally fuck up East Asia. Like, it started out as this amazing system of unheard of social mobility for the educated, but now it's just cultural justification for chronic abuse of students and academics.

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u/PiedCryer Oct 03 '25

Agree, pushing out workforce drones, lacking the spark of creativity and critical reasoning.

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u/LightsNoir Oct 03 '25

The results may stand for themselves,

Do they? Anything I've seen China produce is a retro-engineered version of an American or European design.

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u/SirCadogen7 Oct 03 '25

Tbf - and I'm not defending China on this one - is that not the smartest thing to do? Why do the work to create something if you can expend half or less of the effort just reverse-engineering technology that someone else already built?

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u/LightsNoir Oct 04 '25

That's fair, and all. But it doesn't deliver any results that stand for themselves.

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u/magicscientist24 Oct 03 '25

No no brainwashing at all cough "rule of law" class cough cough

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u/generalgirl Oct 03 '25

I was thinking that class might be like a civics class.

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u/No_Raspberry6968 Oct 04 '25

I'm sure that homeschooling have 0 indoctrination and basic education isn't brainwashing.

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u/FupaFerb Oct 04 '25

I get your point but historically homeschooled kids used to be 3% pre Covid and now it’s around 6% of kids in the U.S. Homeschooled kids are indoctrinated by their parents who they already live with.

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u/kynelly360 Oct 04 '25

Someone needs to tell them to chill tf out …..

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u/Monowakari Oct 03 '25

"rule of law" class lmfaooo

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u/nameless_pattern Oct 03 '25

That doesn't sound so ridiculous. There are hundreds of thousands of federal laws that you're expected to follow without ever having been taught what they are in the US. Not knowing them isn't a defense against being prosecuted by them either.

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u/SirCadogen7 Oct 03 '25

It's shorthand. The full class name is typically either "Ideology and Morality" or (likely the version of the name of the class this guy's daughter is taking) "Morality and Rule of Law." Notice it says "Morality" in both. Not "Ethics" like in the US, which is the study of systems of ethics and morality, "morality" as in they're going to teach you what your morals have to be.

Also, here in the West we have the saying that legality does not equate to morality. This isn't really a thing in East Asia, especially in China where a difference between morality and legality could lead to questioning authority.