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Honestly, I don't know how Chinese, South Korean, Japanese, (etc.) kids do it. They're under such immense pressure to succeed.

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[-] synapse1278@lemmy.world 72 points 1 year ago

A colleague from South Korea explain to me that his daughter, 11yo, back in korea had school from 8:00 until 15:00, then had extra math class from 15:00 until 20:00 -every day- then spend 3 hours on homework. As a west-european, this sounds to me like child abuse, but ok.

[-] Streptember@kbin.social 54 points 1 year ago

It is.

Lack of sleep and leisure time will do more damage in the long run than the short term benefits of 16+ hours of learning a day will ever do good.

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