Topic: hadleyj09 's blog Impatience In Chinese Culture

Having lived in China for a long long time, and with my kids having the privilege in going to a Chinese local school, mind you it is free, like really free, it is NORMAL for teachers to hit kids now and then. You might wonder, how is that possible? The teacher can even hit the kids in front of their parents. And the answer is because it is normal because Chinese parents hit their kids as well in front of everybody, anybody, so it is a norm. My kids get away with it because they know that one parent is a foreigner so they know to stay away from trouble, but my kids have already been hit my a pencil or ruler now and then. Just imagine how other kids gets treated. They normally hit because the kids did something bad. But sometimes just not having finished homework a kid would get hit and their bags thrown out the window. This is real stuff Im telling you guys, first hand experience of my kids. So they are scarred for life, and does give them the perspective that it is a lot better abroad. The education system is changing, I've seen principals trying out new things, but you can't change something overnight like parents not hitting their kids. It will take a long long time.