“Ebil redfash China forcing us to learn stuff!”

  • blakeus12 [they/them, he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    to be fair that amount of school is objectively bad. the validity of said claim is questionable and if it is true it is a legitimate problem that needs to be addressed

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      1 year ago

      It definitely checks out with what my Chinese friends experienced growing up. The expectations put on children there are pretty brutal.

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      1 year ago

      I don’t necessarily have a problem with it, if it really is broken up by periods of exercise and napping. The devil is in the details, of course, but I spent an awful lot of my childhood goofing off and not doing anything constructive. When I somehow got into a fairly demanding university track (scholarship, my family wasn’t rich), I really struggled, and wished I’d been inculcated in better study habits much earlier.

      • blakeus12 [they/them, he/him]@hexbear.net
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        1 year ago

        this isn’t healthy for kids, slacking is bad for them of course but forcing them to 12 hours of school is plain ridiculous. they need time to themselves. even if it is broken up it’s too much for any child. this isn’t like, ebil see see pee or whatever but if this is true it needs to be changed

    • The_Walkening [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      I feel like this might be doing the same math as CEO’s do when they say they’re working 60 hours weeks - that’s not to say that kids aren’t studying a lot, but I mean the total amount they’re actually at a desk getting instruction has to be lower than that.