China (Grand)Parents Gone Too Far

This is beyond understanding, does not make much sense, and forces me to ask “What’s the point?”

GRANDPARENTS are sitting in the same vacation classes with grandchildren in an attempt to help them with advanced math problems.

The trend emerges as some children fail parents’ high expectations in the subject dubbed both “Math Olympiad” and “Math Acrobatics.”

A lot of children become bored and fall asleep in summer classes and this is where grandparents lend a hand.

For example, Ni Yunkai, 11, a Grade Five elementary school student, yawned during a lecture in the advanced math class, while his 68-year-old grandmother Ni Bingru, who sat behind the children, listened and took notes…

The whole piece of news is here.

On that same note, here is a great presentation of Arthur Benjamin on math that really matters.

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