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I'm more optimistic. I think it's going to work if simply because the ban on advertisement for tutoring. Advertisement works and it opens up new market segment
by Aperocky 5y ago
I'm more optimistic. I think it's going to work if simply because the ban on advertisement for tutoring.
Advertisement works and it opens up new market segments that previously are not interested in these things, and in a resource constrained environment (as in the admissions are more or less constant), it forces everyone to act. That and the almost complete bulldozing of the current tutoring infrastructure are going to leave that space blank for a good while - hopefully to some better childhoods at least in the near terms.
It's never about changing it for everyone, if it works on enough families, most families, or even some families, that were previously going to impose that insane tutoring on their kids, then it's worked in the right direction.
Personally, I think this obsession is illogical, a better major is a far better indicator of success than the differences in college a few points of Gaokao are going to make.
- markus_zhang 5y agoI really doubt. It's just going to either go underground or use other names as a facade. New players, old story. The competition is still there.
- Aperocky 5y agoWell, depend on how serious the directive is, snitching are going to be very useful. Kids will figure that one out quick.
- markus_zhang 5y agoYeah let's wait and see.
- ChemSpider 5y ago> snitching That is not a good thing to teach kids.
- PicassoCTs 5y agoThat is a major part of political education in some places? https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-launches-hotline-netizens-report-illegal-history-comments-2021-04-11/ https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-launches-hotline-n...
- Aperocky 5y agoEver heard of 'See something, say something?'?
- mensetmanusman 5y agoFriend grew up behind the iron curtain, she said a key to govt power was to make people distrust each other by encouraging snitching.
- markus_zhang 5y agoSecond thought: Maybe it will work out, not because of the policies, but because the current generation that went through those arms race think it's enough and decide not to play the game a second time.
- chii 5y ago> current generation that went through those arms race think it's enough and decide not to play the game a second time. it doesn't work this way, because if an action gives you an advantage over your competition, that action will be taken, and only those who don't take that action suffers. Thus, everyone takes action and leads to this arms race. It is so for advertising for companies. it's the same for private tutoring.
- markus_zhang 5y agoYeah so we are going back to square one.
- bellyfullofbac 5y agoI wonder what the "elite" will do, including the people in high ranking government positions. Although I guess their kids will get jobs through nepotism. Imagine if they sent their kids to study overseas, exposing them to ideas of western liberal democracies (the idealistic ones, not the bastardized implementations)...