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I’m starting to like this Mao guy (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 years ago by RobnHood@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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[-] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Is this really a thing is China? Holy shit, I knew our education sucked but I wasn't aware how much better it was elsewhere (probably because of said education system failing me)

[-] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 41 points 2 years ago

This is a very Mao thing, he hated people being too obsessed with reading and quoting rather than understanding and exploring. I don't think it's especially representative of modern China though, which has moved back towards the bourgeois memorization fetishism

[-] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 23 points 2 years ago

sicko-wistful

[-] Fishroot@hexbear.net 28 points 2 years ago

Nowadays, no. GaoKao is basically all memorizing except for essays part of the exam. Even then, you have memorization to do to for the essays (structure, arguement, etc.)