I was scrolling through Instagram and saw this video talking about economics, the job market, and how the Dragon Year will affect it. In Chinese culture, we have this thing called zodiac signs, they are these animals that are supposed to represent us and hold meaning in our personality and whatnot. Ridiculous explanations and excuses. Zodiacs for Chinese people are like astrology for women.
Obviously, everyone likes dragons, strong, mighty, powerful, the whole shebang. Whether it's the west, Europe or Asia, it’s all the same. So, this year being the year of the dragon, obviously a lot of people will want to have kids this year. And it has consequences. Since it’s a baby boom, companies love it. Because they sell a ton of baby products. The parents also spend a lot of money and care for these babies too. They pamper them and spend tons of money on them. It sounds great but it isn’t, cuz dun dun dun, they want something in return. Chinese parents are very transactional. They will expect them to get good grades, get good jobs, and make good money. You are a dragon after all, so you better do great.
What they don’t know is that it’s going to be way tougher for them to achieve that. Because you see, if you have a sudden increase in population, some systems just can’t handle that sudden increase.
It all starts with the schools. If a school was made to handle 400 students in a year, and they are divided to 40 students each, then there will be 10 classrooms. Each classroom will require a teacher so that makes 10 teachers each. Perfect. For those born in the dragon year though, it will have a sudden increase. So now all of a sudden you get like… let’s say an increase of 50% (I don’t know the statistics, this is just my own random estimate). So, 50% means 200 more students, which means 5 more classes, which also means 5 more teachers. But the schools can’t actually find suitable teachers so fast. They need training and experience to know what they are doing and teach effectively.
It doesn’t matter how the schools handle it, new hires, more substitutes, and contractors. The point is the quality of their education will drop. Drop in quality, results in drop in grade, results in drop in college admissions, you get the idea.
This gets even worse when they get into the working world.
A sudden increase of people entering the workforce means there's huge competitions, so companies start to get really selective. It also means lower salaries and a much tougher advancement in their careers.
I don’t actually know the entirety of this situation or even the extent of this little problem. Only what I heard over the reel. All I’m saying is, these parents are kind of screwing their life for the long run.
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