Shanghaiist: Students from hell abuse elderly teacher

initial_p

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:52:11 +0700

That's why those little shits have been sent to the "Vocatioanl School", what's more, the art vocational schools are the worst in Chinese education. They could not qualify to high education colleges, they could not do anything. Shame!

dr. fix

Thu, 31 May 2007 14:15:52 +0700

You're not trying to stifle unintelligent debate with your Catherine Tate canard, are you Kenneth? But I do say, she is such a card, that delightful little she-devil!

Kenneth T

Thu, 31 May 2007 09:32:17 +0700

On another note, has anyone watched Lauren the rebellious schoolgirl played by Catherine Tate? She's a rrriot! And I love her! Hahah!

Trev

Thu, 31 May 2007 04:52:54 +0700

I extrapolate all my knowledge from my experiences. It's funny to see that my opiniosn cause you such grief. And "of course, this happens everywhere", coming from a presumably young (not that that matters) an inexperience person is just hypocrisy. But I won't get into it. You do display your insecurity and childish competetiveness. You won, you're cool, you're great.

dr. fix

Thu, 31 May 2007 00:56:43 +0700

Mona, you have to understand that Trev is totally arrogant and believes that he can somehow extrapolate all knowledge from his obviously limited experience (and years, apparently). So please don't be so silly as to ask him is he is "sure." Of course, this happens elsewhere. However, different countries, regions, cities, boroughs, etc. have different mechanisms for dealing with bad behavior, and obviously, this teacher did not feel that he had much recourse or ability to control these kids within the school system. That is, the school's disciplinary apparatus is obviously not working or the teacher doesn't know how to apply it. Thus, netizens are forced to resort to vigilante enforcement via the internet. There is in fact a great deal of such injustice in China (e.g. farmers losing their land to corrupt officials, which has happened many times; theft of IP is another huge example), but there is simply no systemic or meaningful recourse for many individuals -- particularly if your poor, migrant, minority, or lack guangxi -- who are wronged under China's ham-handed system.

Trev

Wed, 30 May 2007 19:37:54 +0700

If I think about any country showing kids acting like that, then I just don't think anyone would bother in this way. If in the US, UK, Europe, then kids acting this way is not even particularly rare! People would be p*ssed off with it, and feel that the kids are sh*ts - but you hear about gangs of kids shooting each other in the west, so behaving like this would not prompt a search. In Asian countries, e.g. Korea, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam etc., I don't think that people would act as they have done here.

Mona

Wed, 30 May 2007 19:06:05 +0700

Trev: Interesting observation, but are you sure it doesn't happen elsewhere?

Trev

Wed, 30 May 2007 18:34:38 +0700

The BRILLIANT thing, xoxo, is that there was such disgust that people searched for and found the offenders. That wouldn't happen in many other countries.

xoxo

Wed, 30 May 2007 15:14:08 +0700

yeah what is wrong with our society and those darn kids!! pussy.

SocialB

Wed, 30 May 2007 07:54:38 +0700

Gross, gross, gross - spoilt little s**ts. I never had students like that - what is with those kids and what disciplinary action is being taken?