Chinese students are now oppressed by totalitarian education
As a Chinese student, I have a good say. In China, junior high school students, high school students and graduate students are most oppressed. The purpose of students’ learning has changed from pursuing their dreams to pursuing fame and fortune. In my school, a student jumped off the building on Mondays last year, and the next...
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