Topic: Ok that didn't work out really well -- Teachers + China + Divorce laws.

[Pugnate]

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Divorcing teachers force school closure

A primary school in China has suspended classes because its teachers are all getting divorced.

Some 40 teachers at the Tongxing Centre Primary School in Dandong have signed divorce papers in a bid to keep their jobs, reports Beijing News

The divorce rush came after it was announced that local authorities were to cut down on the number of teachers at primary and middle schools.

However, teachers who are divorced or widowed with children to support are exempt from the job cuts.

One male teacher said: "Every teacher fears losing his or her job because of the present high-pressure job market, though they dont want to divorce."

[Xessive]

Once again: fooked up.

[scottws]

I do not understand the Chinese economy.

[Ghandi]

Let me sum it up for you: Industry industry industry, pollution pollution pollution, weird sex.

[Ace_O_Spades]

Let me sum it up for you: Industry industry industry, pollution pollution pollution, weird sex.

you forgot totalitarian suppression of individuality and civil liberties.

[Raisa]

you forgot totalitarian suppression of individuality and civil liberties.

bingo.

[Quemaqua]

I do believe Kams and Ghandi said all that needs to be said.

Still, it's this kind of thing that is just really sad.  It makes you feel just so bad for these poor people.

[Pugnate]

 

Ok so you get a lot of weird stories out of China, but you don't have to feel sorry for them. Sure things are a bit different there and a lot of the stranger happenings make the news in America, but that doesn't mean the general population there is unhappy. It is the fastest growing economy in the world, and most people I know there love it in their country.

I am sure they have the same misgivings about North America because of the obscure things that make the headlines.

[Quemaqua]

I think you're actually quite wrong on that one, but whatever.  I've seen a lot of evidence that these things greatly affect the populace of China, and there's plenty to indicate to me that these people could be a hell of a lot happier.