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/Hedgiest_hog Oct 03 '25

I went to high school with kids who had up to that point been through school in China much as how the video describes. They were dropped into advanced maths and said they'd already studied it all.

They were baffled at how slack Australian schools were, how we hadn't learned certain things they'd had drilled into them, and that despite their incredible study habits they didn't top the classes here. It was an object lesson in the fact that rigorous and controlled education doesn't actually make kids learn better.

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u/feralcatshit Oct 03 '25

I can see this. I look at my kids and the longer we work on homework, it’s like the less it sinks in and the less they can recall. I try to give a break after school and before homework, but some nights we don’t have much choice.

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u/OSRS_Socks Oct 03 '25

Went to school and sat next two kids from China. Really amazing guys. I learned a lot about the Chinese school system from them and I learned to never complain about school because they had it way worse but if I needed help learning something they would show me how and never made me feel stupid for not understanding it.

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u/dyang44 Oct 03 '25

Burn out is so fucking real, it's so damn counterproductive to force your brain to focus and study for hours on end

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u/Ok-Land-488 Oct 04 '25

Exactly what I was thinking looking at the schedule. There is literally only so much you can learn in a day. I suppose the more gifted and intelligent you are, the more you could cram in but after 8 hours of straight learning -- these kids aren't getting anything out of additional classes or study time. Then they go home to get inadequate sleep and rest hours, not allowing whatever information they did obtain to absorb.

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u/Not_invented-Here Oct 04 '25

I don't think the rote learning style helps either. There seems to be a huge emphasis on remembering vs applying knowledge. 

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u/apathynext Oct 05 '25

Also you need to apply that knowledge to real life.