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Man in China tutors son for a year, only to have him score 6/100 for maths test
AsiaOne ^ | JUNE 28, 2022 | Claudia Tan

Posted on 06/29/2022 1:30:33 PM PDT by nickcarraway

After receiving his son's mathematics results, a man in Henan, China, burst into tears β€” though not in a good way.

A 12-second video of this man surfaced online last Thursday (June 23) on Weibo, where he can be seen sobbing away while pacing around a room.

He then wipes off his tears with his sleeve, and grabs a towel off the bed to stop more tears from flowing.

It seems that this man found out that his son β€” whom he had been painstakingly tutoring every night for a year β€” had scored a measly six out of 100 for his mathematics exam.

According to the boy's mother, he would usually score either 40 to 50, or even 80 to 90 for his tests. Hence, the boy's mediocre results were a rather big blow to the man, who probably felt his efforts backfired.

Netizens sympathised with the man in the comments, saying that they understood how the man felt.

On the flip side, some also felt that it might have been the man's mistake instead of his son's, that everything he taught his son was wrong.

Last October, another Chinese man also experienced a mental breakdown because of his daughter's ineptitude for mathematics.

The man, who resides in Jiangsu, laid down in the middle of the road and begged police to detain him, as he did not want to return home after his daughter failed to solve a simple equation.

"My daughter subtracted 700 from 800. She said the result is 900," he told a police officer.


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Education; Local News
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1 posted on 06/29/2022 1:30:33 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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He wasn’t teaching new, leftist American woke math, was he?


2 posted on 06/29/2022 1:33:34 PM PDT by PGR88 (<i>)
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To: nickcarraway

I’m sure Joe Biden can relate.


3 posted on 06/29/2022 1:35:29 PM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: nickcarraway

The father learned that he is a crummy tutor. Time to send the kid to a professional.


4 posted on 06/29/2022 1:35:34 PM PDT by KittyKares
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To: nickcarraway

Well, you know what they say about Chinese arithmetic...


5 posted on 06/29/2022 1:35:40 PM PDT by decal (They won't stop, so they'll have to be stopped)
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To: nickcarraway

How much did he pay the people who scored the test?


6 posted on 06/29/2022 1:36:21 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: PGR88

Why, yes he was. What does that have to do with anything? (/sarc)


7 posted on 06/29/2022 1:36:29 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: KittyKares

Would the kid have scored worse, better, or the same without the father’s tutoring?


8 posted on 06/29/2022 1:37:28 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Well, that 60%. It could have been worse. :)
9 posted on 06/29/2022 1:39:49 PM PDT by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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"My daughter subtracted 700 from 800. She said the result is 900," he told a police officer.

Common Core?

10 posted on 06/29/2022 1:41:07 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: gundog

It is actually 6% so it rally can’t not get much worse!!


11 posted on 06/29/2022 1:42:56 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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rally =really SORRY


12 posted on 06/29/2022 1:43:58 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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13 posted on 06/29/2022 1:44:15 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: nickcarraway
Possibilities include:
14 posted on 06/29/2022 1:44:38 PM PDT by DannyTN
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Dad is bad at math and teaching son wrong. (My guess)


15 posted on 06/29/2022 1:45:32 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: KittyKares

We had one daughter that varied a lot depending on her teachers. Some years the teachers were good and she “got it” in math. Other years we had to send her to professional tutors. And even there, they would have to match her up with the right tutor. We taught them at home with some stuff (like memorizing the addition and times tables - which was against the school district rules to be taught!), but as they got older it was too much.

And those years she would be in her math class and explaining it to all of the other kids that didn’t “get it” due to the lousy teacher.

One teacher never even taught!! She would play a video of the lesson and then hand out the worksheet. She would sit at her desk browsing and shopping on the computer! Wouldn’t even help a kid if they asked.

The damage those types of teachers do to our kids, and in effect - our country, is treason.


16 posted on 06/29/2022 1:46:25 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: DannyTN; plain talk; Trump Girl Kit Cat; gundog

Let’s congratulate this father and son for defeating Asian stereotypes.


17 posted on 06/29/2022 1:46:53 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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RE: Man in China tutors son for a year, only to have him score 6/100 for maths test

Well, that’s an argument against hone schooling right there. πŸ€”πŸ˜’


18 posted on 06/29/2022 1:47:00 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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RE: Man in China tutors son for a year, only to have him score 6/100 for maths test

Well, that’s an argument against hone schooling right there. πŸ€”πŸ˜’


19 posted on 06/29/2022 1:47:01 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: nickcarraway

Sum Ting Wong


20 posted on 06/29/2022 1:47:16 PM PDT by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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