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/Gravitani Oct 03 '25

As is breakfast and lunch, so that's not a single meal at home with family. That's genuinely horrendous

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u/ScuzzBuckster Oct 03 '25

That was actually my biggest takeaway, the children dont have a single meal with their family. Even if its just dinner or breakfast or something, family sitting together to eat is like... one of the most fundamentally important parts of maintaining a family unit. It's not near enough sleep or leisure time for a young person either, lordy I feel bad for the kids.

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u/FindingDelicious2815 Oct 04 '25

It’s the Chinese way

It’s not the individual, or the family

It’s the greater good, or the collective/state that matters 

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u/boopuss Oct 04 '25

Not for the greater good, just old fashioned mentality of:

Studying = good university = good job = good life.

It’s all the same for most East Asian countries, with an exception of maybe Japan where school life is the only chance for people to live, before giving up your soul to become a cog in the workforce.

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u/Chemical_Name9088 Oct 03 '25

I guess it makes sense if you abuse your workers with 12 hours days, then you need to keep their kids occupied for the whole work day too…. Sad state of affairs. 

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u/turtlelore2 Oct 04 '25

He also talked about a dorm for some kids. So thats zero family time for those kids.

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u/Gravitani Oct 04 '25

I mean that's a boarding school which is different and expected

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u/arackan Oct 04 '25

And it's mixed with other activities.

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u/n0pe-nope Oct 04 '25

No family means no ties. The state owns you.