Live Stream: Overly Pampered Education Creates Three Superstars in One Family

Chen Chu paused slightly as he looked at the group of parents in front of him, whose eyes were filled with fanaticism and who seemed to want to devour him whole.

He sighed inwardly with utter helplessness. Sure enough, in this extremely competitive society, no matter how many grand principles about "mental health" and "respect for personality" are laid out beforehand, no matter how willing parents seem to be to reflect, as soon as the topic shifts slightly, the final focus is always on that most bloody and painful term: grades.

Academic performance is like a get-out-of-jail-free card hanging over the heads of Chinese parents. With it, any psychological trauma or parent-child relationship issues can seemingly be temporarily set aside.

Chen Chu put down his teacup, tapped his fingers lightly on the table, and fell into a brief moment of thought.

He knew that if he couldn't clarify this issue today, these parents would go back and exploit their children even more, because they would think they had found the ultimate shortcut to "improving scores".

A moment later, Chen Chu raised his head and looked at everyone with an extremely serious and sincere expression.

"Dear parents," Chen Chu's voice was steady and powerful, carrying a clear-headed attempt to pull them back from their frenzy to reality, "I understand your anxiety. Grades are something that is highly quantifiable, and of course there are ways to improve them. For example, spending a lot of money to send them to the best tutoring classes, hiring top tutors for one-on-one tutoring, or parents sacrificing all their spare time to implement extremely strict strategies of accompanying their children to study and doing endless practice problems... These extremely brutal methods, as long as the child is not driven crazy, will definitely show an increase in scores in the short term."

Chen Chu keenly noticed the flashes of approval in some parents' eyes, and he immediately changed his tone, becoming extremely serious: "However, I sincerely hope that everyone will not make education too utilitarian!"

"We should take a long-term view and try our best to cultivate children's character in a balanced way."

Chen Chu explained with great patience, "If possible, as parents, we should guide our children to find their true interests and motivations, rather than using our power to force them to follow a narrow, exam-oriented path that we've set for them!"

Looking at the group of parents consumed by anxiety, Chen Chu tried to break down their stubborn prejudices: "Everyone must accept a cruel but true reality: not every child possesses extremely high intelligence and exceptional learning abilities! Nor is every child suited to persevere on the crowded, single-plank bridge of exam-oriented education!"

"Not getting good grades absolutely does not mean they are not good kids, much less that they are useless!"

Chen Chu's gaze swept over Zhou Liying, and he emphasized, "They may have exceptional practical skills, or they may be extremely talented in art. They can absolutely achieve their own success in a vast array of other fields! I sincerely hope that everyone can remain rational and not focus too much on that extremely low score, and not let it negate a living, breathing person!"

This rational and humanistic appeal made some of the parents in the classroom fall into deep thought.

However, this theory clearly failed to sway Zhou Liying's pragmatic and stubborn parents.

"Teacher Chen, please stop saying all this useless, repetitive stuff!"

Zhou Liying rolled her eyes in extreme annoyance and interrupted Chen Chu rudely, "Of course I know all those grand principles you're talking about! I also know that not every child can do well in school, but is this the reality of society? Without good grades, what can you do in the future? Wait for a table?"

"I'm here today to find practical ways to improve grades! If you really have any effective secrets to boosting scores, why are you keeping it a secret? Why not just tell everyone? Your own son has improved so much; if you have a good way to help your child progress, why are you keeping it a secret from us?!"

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Meanwhile, the official live stream room of "Effective Parenting" which had been closely monitoring the situation saw another explosive surge in comments.

Netizens were extremely displeased with Zhou Liying's arrogant and demanding attitude, as if someone owed her millions, and immediately launched a full-scale attack.

[Holy crap! Is this woman out of her mind? Why does she act so self-righteous and arrogant when she asks someone a question, as if they owe her something?!]

[Speechless! How well does she think she's doing in this society? All she talks about are grades, grades, but why haven't I seen her get into Tsinghua or Peking University? With that sarcastic and mean-spirited attitude, I doubt she'll do very well in the workplace!]

While some netizens were criticizing Zhou Liying, others, who were extremely critical, turned their attention to Chen Chu, who seemed to be dodging the issue.

[What's wrong with Chen Gou today? His fighting spirit has dropped! Why doesn't he just start attacking that idiot Zhou Liying? Didn't he usually point his finger at her and curse her out? Now that he's famous, he's starting to care about his reputation, huh?]

[Exactly, Chen Gou is being incredibly stingy today. People ask you how to improve their scores; if you have a truly effective method, why not just share it directly to benefit everyone? Why beat around the bush? Are you really planning to keep the secret to yourself and publish it as a book?]

[Can the keyboard warrior upstairs stop spouting nonsense? Didn't they just say it? It's about 'guiding'! That's the core method! You bunch of people who only know how to take, do you really think others are saints? Why should their accumulated experience be fed to you for free? Even if Chen Gou really does keep it to sell for money, it's still the fruit of his labor, okay?]

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A noisy classroom.

Hearing Zhou Liying's utilitarian questioning, which even implied that he was "keeping secrets," Chen Chu took a deep breath, and the anger he had been suppressing finally broke down completely.

This woman spoke as if she held some kind of magic pill in her hand, guaranteeing her child's admission to Tsinghua University just by taking one!

Grades are an extremely cruel thing. They're like money in the adult world.

For those who are extremely talented, or those who work hard and use the right methods, their grades can indeed be improved if they want to.

But for children who are naturally insensitive to certain subjects or whose interest in learning has been completely destroyed by heavy pressure, no means no. It's extremely cruel. Even if you push them to their limits, they still won't get the score you want!

Looking at Zhou Liying's extremely ugly face, Chen Chu decided to stop indulging her.

He slammed down his teacup, the bottom striking the table with a crisp, authoritative sound.

"This parent, you keep demanding that your child improve and get good grades."

Chen Chu's gaze sharpened, like two knives piercing Zhou Liying. "Then I'd like to ask you a serious question: you demand progress from your child, but what about yourself? Have you made any progress?!"

Zhou Liying was stunned, staring blankly at Chen Chu.

Chen Chu gave her no chance to catch her breath, bombarding her with questions relentlessly: "You've been working since you graduated from school for so many years, has your salary doubled?!"

Has your position received a significant promotion?

Has your bank account seen a dramatic increase in savings, representing a leap in your social class?

Even if things don't go perfectly, in this highly competitive society, you should at least have successfully achieved your goals of buying a car and a big house, right?!

These realistic and painful questions were like resounding slaps to the faces of Zhou Liying and many middle-class parents present.

Zhou Liying was completely stunned by Chen Chu's sudden probing question.

She opened her mouth, but her previously arrogant demeanor instantly vanished. Her face turned pale and then red, and for a moment she was too embarrassed to speak.

Chen Chu stood up, his imposing gaze sweeping over the entire room, his voice deafening.

"You always hold whips and coldly force an unarmed child to run forward for their life!"

Chen Chu continued, "But why don't you look at yourselves?! We're all made of flesh and blood. You've all struggled and fought your way up in society. Don't you know how painful and difficult it is to achieve 'progress'?!"

"You know how tiring it is, but don't the children get tired too?!"

Chen Chu sternly questioned Zhou Liying, "You keep asking others how to improve their grades, but let me ask you, what earth-shattering achievements have you made in this cruel society?! What gives you the right to impose such harsh standards, which you yourself cannot meet, on a child whose mind is not yet fully mature?!"

Chen Chu's words were extremely insightful, tearing away the hypocritical facade of all "tiger parents."

The classroom fell into an extremely silent atmosphere.

Many parents who had just been echoing Zhou Liying now lowered their heads in shame, not daring to meet Chen Chu's extremely sharp gaze.

Zhou Liying was humiliated to the extreme when Chen Chu ruthlessly exposed her secrets in front of so many people. But she still stubbornly clung to her pride, muttering under her breath in a final attempt to save face.

"Mr. Chen, your statement is far too extreme..."

Zhou Liying's eyes darted away, as she subtly tried to justify herself, "We adults are adults, and children are children. If a child's grades are extremely poor now and she can't get into a good university, the harm and extremely negative impact on her future will be just too great..."