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here’s what I’m up against in China
This article basically says that China’s kids work really hard and do good on tests. No surprise since they get the shit beaten out of them by their parents and teachers if they don’t. The article is crap anyway because only a tiny percentage of China’s students get to go to top notch schools when compared to america. The real story about education in China is how expensive it is and the incredible sacrifices people make to send their kids to school. But it did get me thinking about the future of China’s youth
I like to think that China right now is like america in the 50’s, People are still suffereing from the shock of extreme poverty and the cultural revolution, like america was still suffereing from te shock of the great depression and WWII in the 50s.
i suspect in the next 15 to 20 years you are gonna see a lot of social unrest, as the next gneration grows up without th memory of very harsh times. Is this a valid comparison to make or is china and america too different? China is less individualistic than america and people are more connected to their families. But look at america during the fifties, it was an incredibly uniform culture, (for white people), and I don’t think most of them expected or would have predicted the unrest in the fifties and sixties.
Much of the unrest was driven by politcal issues like civil rights and Viet Nam, what could drive dissatisfaction in China. Democracy immeidiatly jumps to mind as the major issue. I don’t think future Chinese citizens will be so happy to sit back and let the Communist party rule everything, espiecially with looming unemployment and lack of healthcare and education for a large part of the population is likely to make many people dissatisfied withthe goverment. it’ll be intersting to watch and see who is right.