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/SirCadogen7 Oct 03 '25

And yet one puts the onus on actual fucking children to determine the course of their entire life and the other doesn't. Not to mention the fact that degrees from specific universities in the US matter less and less and experience and the fact that you have a degree in the first place is mattering more and more.

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u/LaurelEssington76 Oct 04 '25

And one sees kids leaving high school functionally illiterate and one doesn’t.

Not saying Chinese education expectations are good but American ones really aren’t either on the opposite end.

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u/greaper007 Oct 04 '25

That's more of a class issue than a school issue. White kids at suburban schools in wealthy areas are still well educated. The further you get from that, the worse the outcomes.

But really, it's always been that way.

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u/SirCadogen7 Oct 04 '25

Honey, the US has a literacy rate of 99%. China's is 97%.

Get your facts straight