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RE: The Difference Between Teachers in China and the West
They don't know any better. They are doing what their parents did to them. If you can't get into a good university, then you should pretty much give up on life.
That's how they see it. Once they realize that it isn't insanely hard to be successful without a university education, then the parents will relax. For the time being, it's a dog eat dog world to them.
I deal with the aftermath in corporate culture, lots of highly educated individuals, who haven't really experienced life.
Earn $, buy a car, property, get married, have a kid, take care of parents, and continue to repeat the cycle with their own children.
Once and awhile I do come across someone who can think for themselves and charts a different course in life, they often don't stay in China for long though.