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From balancing your course load to forging relationships with classmates to extracurricular involvement, these are the tried and true methods to nail your career as a student.

China Has More PhDs Than Donkeys. The Joke Is Hiding a Harder Truth.
The Number That Started the Joke In 2025, China had close to 1.48 million people with a doctoral degree. In the same year, the national donkey inventory was expected to fall below 1.2 million. Put those numbers together and you get a viral line: China has more PhDs than donkeys. If Afanti were alive today, he might ride an old PhD instead of a donkey.
By Jinabout a month ago in Education
The AI College Boom Is Outrunning the Teachers Who Have to Make It Work
In September 2026, the busiest thing on Chinese campuses was not opening ceremonies. It was plaque unveilings. Northwestern Polytechnical University launched a School of Flexible Electronics. Xiamen University unveiled a School of Intelligent Manufacturing. Nanjing Medical University’s Changzhou campus launched six innovation platforms at once. Earlier, Huazhong University of Science and Technology applied to add four majors, including Embodied Intelligence and Brain-Computer Science and Technology. Communication University of China sought to add Game Science and Technology, Esports, and other programs. Harbin Institute of Technology, Beihang University, and seven other schools introduced embodied intelligence majors. Anhui Normal University, a teacher-training school, launched three new engineering colleges aimed at artificial intelligence.
By Jinabout a month ago in Education
They Didn’t Get Into Peking University. Now They Work There.
“Our students didn’t get into Peking University or Tsinghua. But they can go work at Peking University and Tsinghua.” That sentence comes from a teacher at a vocational school in Henan. On the world skills stage, Henan Chemical Technician College presented its electron microscope technology program. It is small. It is also the only one of its kind in China. The school says students are often booked by employers in their sophomore year. Over 101 graduates have entered Peking University.
By Jinabout a month ago in Education
The Rosenthal Effect: How a Teacher's Belief Becomes a Student's Reality
Imagine being told, in confidence, that a few children in your class are about to bloom. A test has identified them. You're asked to keep the names to yourself.
By Lucy Guoabout a month ago in Education
Who Really Runs China’s Schools? The 2,898 People Who Never Taught
Who really runs China’s grassroots schools? The 2,898 people in charge In 2019, Beijing Normal University surveyed 2,898 education bureau directors across 26 provinces. Cheng Jianping, then a national political advisor and party secretary of the university, found the results alarming. Many grassroots education leaders had been appointed or transferred from outside education. They lacked the professional capacity to guide reform. A book by Cong Chunxia of the National Academy of Education Administration added detail: only 39.3 percent of directors had previously served as principals or deputy bureau directors. 60.7 percent came from township governments, county party committees, or county government offices. Among sitting directors, 43 percent had no education work experience.
By Jinabout a month ago in Education
My Daughter’s Classroom Was 20 Degrees. The Teacher Told Her to Wear More.
The Vent When my daughter came out of the school gate, she had her zipper pulled up to her chin. She pushed her hand into my pocket. Her fingertips were cold. The afternoon sun had gone weak, and the maple leaves along the fence had begun to curl at the edges.
By Jinabout a month ago in Education
From School to Penitentiary
Everyone starts out the same way. Every child that is born matters because life is precious. It’s called the sanctity of all life.
By Elizabeth Woodsabout a month ago in Education
How to Handle Constant Backtalk
Dealing with backtalk from children can be really exhausting for parents. It can seem like every small thing you ask them to do turns into a bigger argument. They might answer back with a sarcastic remark, yell at you, roll their eyes, make a rude comment, or simply refuse to do what you are asking. This kind of behaviour can feel very disrespectful, but often it is a sign that your child is testing boundaries, feeling frustrated or overwhelmed, or trying to gain a little more control.
By Alicia Hawkerabout a month ago in Education
How to Help Your Child Enjoy Reading
Most children don’t enjoy reading from the very beginning. Sometimes a child will engage with books from an early age, but for others it might not be something that they naturally want to do. For many children, especially those who are just starting to learn to read, it can feel difficult, boring or simply tiring.
By Alicia Hawkerabout a month ago in Education
How to Help a Child Who Says “I’m Bad at Maths”
Most children lose confidence in their mathematical ability at some stage. This can happen well before they reach a point where they are genuinely unable to improve in mathematics. A difficult worksheet or a few incorrect answers can make a child feel that they are not as capable as their classmates. Before long, they may convince themselves that they are “bad at maths” and that they “can’t do” a particular task.
By Alicia Hawkerabout a month ago in Education
How to Build Your Child’s Confidence With Schoolwork
Confidence can have a big impact on how children approach schoolwork. Children who believe they can succeed are more likely to keep trying, ask for help and recover from mistakes. Children with low confidence, however, may say “I can’t do this” before they have even tried to solve a problem or complete a task.
By Alicia Hawkerabout a month ago in Education
We’re Raising the First Generation That Can’t Read Past 400 Words
The vanishing reader: why Gen Z’s test scores are falling In 2025, the OECD released its latest PISA results. Reading, mathematics, and science scores among 15-year-olds in most Western nations fell again. The decline started around 2012. After the pandemic, it sped up. Reading took the hardest hit. PISA tracks a group it calls rushed readers. These students skim questions, do not finish texts, and guess. In 2018, 6.6 percent of students fell into that group. By 2025, 11.4 percent. The number nearly doubled.
By Jinabout a month ago in Education