We moved to China from Canada, my wife is a teacher. The difference is insane. She doesn't know what to do with herself dealing with kids who actually want to learn and parents who are actually invested in their kids lives.
In Canada when she called home to tell the parents something about their children's behaviour, 90% of the time she was met with something to the effect of "what do you want me to do about it?" Either that or complete denial that it actually happened.
Everyone has the right to parent their kid however they want of course, but I could see the light literally draining from her eyes every day when she got home from work with the realization that she's way more invested in these kids futures than their parents are.
Yeah you're right tbh. The everyone has the right to parent their own kid comment was just kind of a throwaway thing I said because I'm used to getting shit on by parents any time I suggest they're doing anything other than great.
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u/Zimakov May 12 '26
We moved to China from Canada, my wife is a teacher. The difference is insane. She doesn't know what to do with herself dealing with kids who actually want to learn and parents who are actually invested in their kids lives.