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Can’t imagine how awful it would be to go through the shitty Chinese education system only to not get a job. How quickly will the education ethos crumble if the
by jncfhnb 3y ago
Can’t imagine how awful it would be to go through the shitty Chinese education system only to not get a job. How quickly will the education ethos crumble if the narrative ceases to work?
- 2-718-281-828 3y agowell, if you happen to be in the us then i suggest you just leave your bubble and ask two youngsters and one of them will be able to answer the question.
- jncfhnb 3y agoTwo youngsters will be able to speak to the future state of Chinese education ethos?
- 2-718-281-828 3y ago> Can’t imagine how awful it would be to go through the shitty Chinese education system only to not get a job
- jncfhnb 3y agoThat is, notably, not a question, but a statement of empathy.
- hotdogscout 3y agoWW3 would make that irrelevant.
- sigstoat 3y agogoing to be a rather unenthusiastic army if it is stocked with folks who thought they were getting cushy office jobs.
- jncfhnb 3y agoI really don’t see China being dumb enough to risk Russia level sanctions. They will not send troops unless sufficient coercion and circumstance make western involvement unthinkable.
- Tade0 3y agoThey have very little experience in that and, what's more important, their armed forces exist mostly to keep their own population in line, as evidenced with the events at Tiananmen square.
- jncfhnb 3y agoPretty sure the purpose of their army is to be an army, like pretty much every army.
- mensetmanusman 3y agoThey spend similar %GDP as the US does on military on their own internal security. Huge money sink.
- UncleOxidant 3y agoAlready happening: https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-lying-flat-took-chinas-overworked-millennials-by-storm https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-lying-flat-took-chinas-ove...
- toomuchtodo 3y agoAlso: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/26/the-rise-of-bai-lan-why-chinas-frustrated-youth-are-ready-to-let-it-rot https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/26/the-rise-of-ba... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/20/the-last-generation-young-chinese-people-vow-not-to-have-children https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/20/the-last-gener...
- mindcandy 3y agoAs an expert in Chinese culture after watching a single YouTube video... "Lying Flat" apparently is making a comeback. But, it is an old idea in China. A big theme is that skill and effort are not rewarded. Connections are. So, young people see most other people meagerly getting by after busting their ass from the moment they could walk and talk. But, they also see children of well-connected Party members living in luxury and excess as spoiled brats since birth. Another theme is that while it is hard to make good money, isn't hard to live very, very cheap in major Chinese cities if you cut down to bare minimalism. So, a lot of young people are apparently saving up for mini-retirements where they just drop out for a 2-3 years at a time, because why not?
- phyrex 3y agoDo you have any direct experience with the Chinese education system? Aside from the gaokao, which seems unnecessarily brutal to me, I have a fairly good impression of it.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoYou start working hard for your degree at a young age. My wife began intensive drawing lessons in 4th grade, which culminated in admission to a high tier art university (CAFA) later on (she had to pass an art exam in addition to getting a decent score on the gaokao...). I don't know if it is wrong, I definitely see advantages in pushing kids to be there best, but obviously not all of them are going to come out on top (given a limited top).
- lordnacho 3y agoI'd like to hear more?