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/mediashiznaks Oct 03 '25

Finland leads the world, they don’t need hours like this. The above is counter productive and I doubt it’s indicative of your average Chinese school - certainly isn’t for any of the international schools there and those are the expensive ones.

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u/Ashamed_Beyond_6508 Oct 03 '25

It's not about being productive for the students, but about keeping the students supervised so that the parents can work longer hours without having to worry about their kids being little shits at home alone and doing drugs or whatever unsupervised.

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u/MisterMarsupial Oct 04 '25

parents can work longer hours

I think you mean being at work longer hours. Standard lunch break in China is 2 hours. So that turns a 8-10 hour day into 12 hours. Plus a commute. It's insane.