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Chinese university professor complains ‘lower IQ’ daughter is ‘mediocre student’ due to poor primary school results in viral video
- An associate professor at Peking University has complained online that his daughter is at the bottom of her class
- He now says he has given up on his aggressive coaching methods as she has become depressed and anxious about her studies
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Alice Yanin Shanghai
A video of a Peking University professor complaining about his daughter’s poor academic scores has gone viral online, highlighting the anxiety many Chinese parents feel about their children’s education.
Ding Yanqing, an associate professor at the university’s Graduate School of Education, said on social media that his daughter, a pupil at Peking University Primary School, is at the bottom of her class in terms of academic performance.
“I tutored her every day. But she still finds it difficult to study. There is a big gap between her scores and that of the second-last student,” Ding said in a video he released last month on Douyin, which is known as TikTok outside China.
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“I am at a loss: this is destiny. I can’t do anything about it,” Ding said. This video clip has received more than 1.7 million likes on the platform.
My daughter is definitely not a wonder child. Her IQ is far lower than both of us
Ding said every day after he picks up his daughter from school, he takes her to his office to “force her to study or do homework”.
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