07/22/24 - I’m pretty sure you can’t use other people’s license to deduct points anymore, right?
“Check out something crazy. You guys know what “fruit wine” is? It’s 8 parts beer, 2 parts wine, plus passion fruit, lemon, and rose.”
Comments say, “???”
“Where is this??”
“I thought she was mixing some soup base XD”
“This reminds me of mixing up slop for our pigs when I was little.”
“Advice for all normal families: take your kids on a cheap summer vacation.
Summer break is a much more tiring time than during the school term for parents. Even though you can get away from tutors, you still can’t get away from summer camp, study camp, and all kinds of vacation programs.
Based on the “Chinese Tourism Development Report” published by the Chinese Tourism Bureau, the amount of tutoring agencies has exceeded 30,000 in 2021. The amount of potential customers is well over 200 million people.
A lot of parents voluntarily involute into study camps, sending their children to various expensive excursions, mountain climbing, diving, and visiting various tourist spots.
But if all you’re doing is following the trends and proving that “you’ve been here”, that type of travel will do nothing but make your kids exhausted and your wallet empty. It won’t achieve what you expect.
Adults remember how endless the ocean was. Kids just remember digging in the sand. Actually, every kid probably has their own interests, hobbies, and growing rhythms. Parents should respect their kids, explore their kids’ interests, and make choices based on what their kids actually need.
A kid’s world view is often not dependent on how many ancient ruins they’ve visited, and rather based on whether they can find joy in every day things, and maintain curiosity about everything around them.
As parents, we should be directing our kids to pay attention to what’s going on around them, and discover the beauty and joy of love.
There are lots of ways to take your kids to see the world, like inside books, visiting nature, exploring alleyways. These can all expand your kids’ worlds. And there are a lot of resources around you to enrich your kids’ inner life.
Take your kids to museums, libraries, science expos, etc. “The best university in the world are museum. The best friend in the world is the library.” Museums hold countless historical relics and works of art. It can open a door to the past and future for your kids. Libraries are a great place to teach kids to think independently and get in the habit of reading. Science expos is a magical palace that encourages your children to explore the unknown and experience the charisma of technology.
Set up a stall by the roadside with your kid so they can experience the hardship of life. The experience of owning a stall not only exercises your kids’ courage and communication skills, it can also show them the hardships of life.
Take your kids to nearby parks, national parks, and explore the most beautiful classroom in the world—nature. The flowers and grass, bugs and birds, waves of wheat and thick forests are all the best textbooks a kid can own. This will trigger kids’ curiosity and enrich their lives.
Watch high quality cartoons and documentaries with your kids. For example, “Travelling with a Book”, “The Hexi Corridor”, “The Miracle of the Universe”, “Forbidden Palace 100” “History of China”, “Dynasties”, etc, etc. Even without stepping foot out the door, kids can experience fun images and stories through the camera, and it can still increase their knowledge and world view.
Experience different lives so you can work towards the one you want.”
Comments say, “In normal families, adults have to go the fuck to work! If kids are at home, they have to pay for a babysitter!! Wake up, bro!”
“I suggest normal families just don’t have kids.”
“But sometimes, taking your kids out to see beautiful scenery really does educate them. Even when adults see some scenery, we’d be shocked by the magic of nature and regret that we didn’t come earlier. All I can say is that sometimes, you do need to take your kids travelling. Don’t write off travelling with kids as entirely a bad thing.”
Netizens complain about a “scan to wash your feet” station at a beach, where you get 60 seconds of water for 5 RMB. A cubic metre of tap water is normally only 4 RMB! What do you think?
Comments say, “You could just not pay. It’s not mandatory or anything. If you just wait 5 minutes, your feet will dry and the sand will naturally fall off and you won’t need to wash at all.”
“Just buy a big bottle of CRB water [cheapest bottled water]. It’s only 3 RMB a bottle.”
“But these prices really are crazy. It does feel like they’re just fleecing tourists.”
“When do people slowly begin to realise that this whole world is full of people playing pretend?
Actually, by the time you reach middle-age, even if no one ever teaches you, you’d have a deep and precise understanding of the Playing Pretend Theory. Because all of your classmates will have become core parts of various industries.
The famous doctor that someone can’t get in an appointment with no matter how much they try, is probably the medical school student to slept through every class behind you. The elite lawyer that you introduce to people over dinner might’ve been the law school student who skipped class all the time and almost failed several times.
And these are the successful ones. When you return to your small home town, the last place in your class might have become a teacher himself.
No one can look down on each other, and no industry is safe. Everyone’s classmates are more or less the same. We all say to ourselves, “It’s good enough—not like I’m making a nuke or anything.””
Comments say, “I’m attending the best medical school in my whole province, but honestly speaking, I would trust my health to less than 20% of my classmates. And there are at least another 20% of my classmates who shouldn’t even have a driving license, much less a medical license. But 99% of these people will graduate, and 90% of them will become doctors, and they’ll put on a white lab coat and sit in an office and treat god knows who.”
“The moment I read this blog and the comment section, I’ve come to realise this reality.”
“I went to a major expo the other day and sent this picture to my friend, and none of them realise what was wrong about it.”
#Various commentary on the Renmin University of China giving the harshest punishment to failure to maintain teaching ethics. [A couple of days ago, a student posted a video online accusing a professor of sexually assault her.] “On the evening of the 22nd, Renmin University of China issued a notice claiming that the accusations were confirmed. They have determined that Professor Wang has severely violated party regulations and teaching ethics, and has decided to expel Professor Wang from the party, revoke his professor title, cancel his postgrad advisor position, and revoke his labour contract with the Remin University of China in a teaching position. At the same time, they have reported to the higher ups at the Department of Education to revoke his teaching license, and reported relevant clues to relevant departments.
Many media sources and reported that this incident showed the zero tolerance policy universities have towards unethical teaching behaviour, and such harsh punishments show how determined they are to end sexual harassment. Qinghua University’s legal professor also claims that, “This is the harshest punishment I’ve ever seen. I hope this incident can be a catalyst to change universities’, or even all of society’s attitude towards sexual harassment, and create a system of normalising anti-harassment policies.”
Comments say, “The principal did this without any legal basis at all?”
“I guess they couldn’t settle on a price. Poor professor.”
“I don’t see a stamp on that.” [referring to the screenshot of the announcement that the university made.]
A video of what the Australian representatives’ rooms in the Olympic Village looks like:
Comments say, “I see a lot of people on the internet saying that Paris isn’t hot at all and AC isn’t even necessary. Can OP let us know if Paris is hot or not?”
“Wait a fucking moment. Let’s leave AC aside for a moment, they’re making four people share one bathroom??”
“Can we do a comparison between all the different countries’ ACs?”
“My company wants to deduct points on my driver’s license?? What the fuck?
My boss was driving his own company car, and he wants to use my driver’s license points for his infractions? He was going on and on about how he got his license in Shenzhen and I got mine in Shanghai, like what, how is that a reason for me to help you? How do such disgusting bosses even exist?? Who has such a big face? How do I refuse him on Tuesday?”
Comments say, ““Oh, boss, sorry, I didn’t know you needed my points, so I’ve sold them to a scalper for 1000 RMB per point. If you need it, I’ll make sure to save it up for you next year. Just give me however much you want per point.” Or tell him you’ve already helped your family with points and ran out. In fact, if he could help you with some of his points, that’d be great.”
“Just say no. It’s not easy getting a driver’s license.”
“I’m pretty sure you can’t use other people’s license to deduct points anymore, right? It used to be okay.”
#45-year-old geriatric mom tries her hardest to fit with other parents. “I was born in 1979. I’m 45-years-old this year. I’ve reached an age where I can naturally not participate in any public speaking or trivia at work. But due to various reasons, I didn’t have my son until I was 38-years-old. All my peers’ kids are preparing for their high school entrance exam, or even Gaokao, and mine is still practicing his dance for his kindergarten graduation ceremony.
As a diehard introvert, I’ve never thought about “mommy circles”. My ideal life is avoiding all unnecessary social contact and hiding in my room. But ideals are only ideals. Last year, for a home visit, my son’s homeroom teacher told me that he never plays with other kids in kindergarten. The other kids will group together and play games, and he’ll just watch from the side. He suggested that we take my son on playdates with his classmates on the weekends to direct him to socialise more. I signed to myself. Didn’t think introversion was heritable.
After the teacher left, I started reflecting to myself. Honestly, I’m very intimidated by expanding my social circle into the parents at kindergarten. A part of it is my natural aversion to socialisation as an introvert, and another part of it is my vague insecurity about being a geriatric mom.”
Comments say, “What’s there to be insecure about being an older mom? What about all those moms having their second kids at 35+? Women shine differently at different ages.”
“Oh my god, you’re 45, not 65.”
#Renmin University doctorate responds to the aftermath of reporting her professor. “I don’t know if you guys notice, but this Renmin University doctorate case got settled super quickly.
From when discussion first started to the school investigation and issuing a notice to punishment and getting the cops involved, it all happened in the blink of an eye, with no dallying at all.
The most key reason for that is this doctorate had incredibly abundant evidence. In the video where she reported Wang Guiyuan, she listed three major parts and many details. Not only is there a succinct summary of events, there are also voice recordings. That, and the fact that she was willing to put her face and name to this accusation meant it was a nail in Wang Guiyuan’s coffin. There’s no turning around.
Faced with such a complete chain of evidence, Renmin University didn’t dare to hesitate even a little. If this was any other school, like a certain media school’s Zhang Wei case [where a girl thought a guy was taking upskirt shots of her on the subway and called the cops on him and it turned out he was innocent], or the rat head as duck neck case [where a student found a rat head in his cafeteria lunch and the school insisted it was a duck neck], their first reaction might’ve been, “Okay, okay, all the gossip can wait a moment. We need to establish a committee to look into this, hold a meeting, see what bullshit we can come up with.”
But Renmin University didn’t do that.
I’ve also seen a lot of people say that, “News Media is one of the best majors at Renmin University. How come they look so unprofessional in this case?”
Well, see for yourself. The most professional thing to do in this case is just get straight to the point, investigate the culprit and punish him overnight.
And also, about Wang Guiyuan.
I looked into him and found out, this guy is a real Academic Tycoon.
Wang Guiyuan’s teachers were Lu Zongda, Zhou Zumo, Wang Ning. Aside from being a doctorate advisor, he’s also the editor to a lot of academic magazines. He’s even the chief editor for the Renmin University Copied Materials.
An unspoken rule is that in China’s humanities domain, if you’re the editor in chief of an academic magazine, you hold the power and resources.
So Wang Guiyuan said in the recording, “I’ll throw a couple of papers your way.” That is, if she had obeyed him, he could effortlessly let her graduate.
Whether in STEM or humanities, there is a certain master and apprentice relationship going on. Whether it’s publishing papers, or doing research, or finding a job, having a good professor helping you out makes everything go easier.
And that’s the root of the problem.
As soon as this master and apprentice system has formed, it’s going to form its own set of rules. If something goes wrong, the master is going to protect the apprentice, and you can never get the guy responsible. So if you’ve read this far, you can answer the question, “Why didn’t this doctorate student speak up two years earlier?”
And because who your professor is matters so much, once a forest gets big enough, there’ll be all kinds of birds in it. Some people have a hold of some resources in these circles, and he’ll use his resources to put pressure on his underlings to achieve what he wants.
Wang Guiyuan’s got to be 65-years-old this year, right? And this all happened 2 years ago.
So if we push the timeline forward, what was he doing at 55-years-old? Or 45? Or 35? Were there more victims covered up by time? No one can say for sure.
So the problem we need to think about in this case is, how do we systematically stop sexual harassment in schools?
School sexual harassment is a very cheap thing to do, and very expensive to prosecute. All the case we’ve seen are teachers victimising students, and the students don’t dare to resist or speak up because of their identity, their futures, and their sense of shame. And that’s encouraged more unethical behaviour from teachers.
Fundamentally speaking, we need to let potential criminals know what the consequences to their actions are if we want to stop these actions.
Renmin University is a great case of this.
Clearly define what counts as sexual harassment.
Don’t hold so many meetings talking about stuff, and determine quickly whether this case fits the definition of sexual harassment.
Have a process for how to report on and process cases about sexual harassment and be able to give a specific time to when investigations will be completed.
Protect the victim’s privacy, or set up an anonymous way to report (something that isn’t just decorative).
And if sexual harassment is confirmed, then compile evidence and send it off to relevant authorities. Not only will he be expelled, laid off, he’ll also go to jail.
I think when a student is the victim, so long as the school itself isn’t biased or trying to cover things up, it’s relatively easy to process.
Finally, I gotta thank this Renmin University doctorate for putting her name on her accusation. I imagine that when she was sorting through the evidence, she must’ve felt terrible. But she was super brave and calm and produced chain of evidence.
The skies won’t be eternally sunny and blue. Even the brightest sunlight can be covered up by storm clouds. When the storm clouds descend on us like a siege, we cannot drive it away on our own, nor can we stop the oncoming rain. But inside the solid framework of laws, we can provide a corner where people can take shelter, ready for any weary souls.
I hope we can all take shelter from the thunderstorms and welcome the sunshine afterwards.”
[First comment is from OP]: “I might have written too much. My traffic got limited.”
“Diplomas can select out the dumb, but it can’t select out the immoral. They’ll only be good once they’re hanging from a wall.” [That is, exist only in photographs. Once they’re dead.]
“This girl is so brave! I hope she can graduate on time and have a great life from here on out!”
#Tang Shangjun responds on whether he’ll attend university if he is accepted. [Man who has participated in the Gaokao some 16 times.] “On the 22nd of July, Tang Shangjun posted a video showing that he has been accepted by Huanan Teaching University. Tang Shangjun claims that he got over 600 points this year, and came 1000 places lower than he placed last year. This year, his goal universities are Beijing Teaching University, Huadong Teaching University, Huanan Teaching University. He claims that if he’s assigned to a major he doesn’t like, he might give up on this opportunity.
This year will be Tang Shangjun’s 16th Gaokao. He was previously accepted by the Chinese University of Politics and Law, Chongqing University, Xiamen University, Shanghao Jiaotong University, etc, but has given up on attending multiple times because of his “Qinghua dream” or because he didn’t like the major he got into.”
Comments say, “Stop promoting him. I don’t think he’ll go attend. At his age, even if he graduated, he wouldn’t be able to find any jobs. Civil servants, hiring companies, and teachers basically all have a 35-year-old age limit. He’ll just keep taking the exam next year too. If he gets a good result, he can make a good five figures a year.”
“I never want to see news about him again. I don’t give a shit where he goes. Who the fuck is he to get on the trending topics every single year?”
“Wait, if he’s been taking the exam 15 years and not going to universities, didn’t he waste 15 people’s opportunity to go to a good university?”
I think "square meter" is supposed to be "cubic meter"