bjre Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 This is translated from a composition of a Chinese elementary school kid, who said he learn for the safety of the world. Wednesday, November 7, sunny weather Time flies, just get to the semi-final examination. I have now started intensive review. I must begin work hard now. Because if I do not work hard, my scores on my report card will not increase, then I will be scolded by the parents, and I will lose confidence, and then I will not be able to learn well, so that I will not be able to graduate, hence I will not be able to find a good job, and earn a lot of money, so I will have no money to pay tax, so the government will have no money to pay teachers, so the teachers will have no good mood for teaching, this will affect the future of our motherland, so that China will have difficult to rise and degenerate into a barbaric nation. When that happen, the United States will be suspicious of weapons of mass destruction in China, The United States will launch a war to China, the third world war will break out, then one of the parties will lack the strength and have to use nuclear weapons, the result will destroy the natural environment so that it will break a big hole in the atmosphere, this will make the Earth's temperature rising, polar ice will melt, melting glaciers, the Earth's water level will rise, all humanity will be drowned. The conclusion is, for the safety of lives and property of all mankind, I want to work hard on the review in the rest of the few days and pass the exams, not let the tragedy happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWWTT Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 How old is the child/student? WWWTT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjre Posted November 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 (edited) How old is the child/student? WWWTT The original post is here: if you can understand Chinese. I guess the kid should be 12 or younger because he/she mentioned graduate, so he/she should be grade 5 or 6. Edited November 18, 2012 by bjre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 We need this sort of patriotism in Canada! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 so the government will have no money to pay teachers, so the teachers will have no good mood for teaching Too late, obviously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWWTT Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 if you can understand Chinese. I guess the kid should be 12 or younger because he/she mentioned graduate, so he/she should be grade 5 or 6. Sorry bjre,but there is only a few traditional and simplified characters I understand. I currently only understand the phonetic script of "pinyin". I am sure this child's parents are proud oh him/her WWWTT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWWTT Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 so the government will have no money to pay teachers, so the teachers will have no good mood for teaching Too late, obviously. This could be a problem with the translation. There are many Chinese words,idioms and proverbs that have no English counterpart. WWWTT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 Pretty grotesque commentary on the state of the world and how it's nightmarish weight is bearing down on kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 This could be a problem with the translation. There are many Chinese words,idioms and proverbs that have no English counterpart. WWWTT Understood, but I'm not talking about the grammar. I'm talking about the USA dropping nukes on them bit, and then that causes climate change. If that's what their teachers are feeding them, they need new teachers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest American Woman Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 Understood, but I'm not talking about the grammar. I'm talking about the USA dropping nukes on them bit, and then that causes climate change.If that's what their teachers are feeding them, they need new teachers. It is a pretty bizarre composition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 Should China's rulers be proud or ashamed by it? I wonder how it makes our's feel, smug maybe? I can't help but feel that the kid who wrote it really needs to get a life but he just can't see his way clear to one yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimG Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 (edited) How old is the child/student?The English grammar, word choice and phrasing is that of the translator. You cannot infer any educational level by looking at the English translation.Frankly this quote sounds like something taught to the student to repeat - perhaps given a punishment to an unruly student - much like teachers here (used to?) tell students to write out lines when they misbehave. Edited November 18, 2012 by TimG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bush_cheney2004 Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 Ironically, if the same kid in the United States decides to do his/her homework instead of playing video games, China's economy also suffers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonam Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 (edited) The original post is here: What do the teacher's comments in red at the bottom of the page say? Edited November 18, 2012 by Bonam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hardner Posted November 18, 2012 Report Share Posted November 18, 2012 Without contextual framing, the meaning of this is anyone's guess, really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWWTT Posted November 19, 2012 Report Share Posted November 19, 2012 I'm talking about the USA dropping nukes on them bit, and then that causes climate change. If that's what their teachers are feeding them, they need new teachers. This is only one letter out of literally tens if not hundreds of millions. I wouldn't call this letter a "barometer" of Chinese youth WWWTT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 19, 2012 Report Share Posted November 19, 2012 Ah. I see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjre Posted November 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 What do the teacher's comments in red at the bottom of the page say? Nothing important, even so, it is hard to translate. Can be like the following: The teacher is smiling ( maybe because find the kid can think of teacher, or satisfied seeing the kid make some kind of progress that can write a longer compesition at last) Or the teacher is amused or laughing ( maybe because of the funny content) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjre Posted November 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 This is only one letter out of literally tens if not hundreds of millions. I wouldn't call this letter a "barometer" of Chinese youth WWWTT At least we can see that even kids knows that US is one of the important reason that the world is not peace, even conflicts are typically made in name of peace. And millions of people 's right and freedom of living are typically be taken away in name of "human rights" and "freedom". And one can be arrested and facing public intoxication charges for telling children that Santa Claus doesn’t exist in a nation that is said to have freedom speech. Obviously, the lies in west "free" world is much more than in China. It is good to know there are some people who understand some truth even when the kid is just a non-talent, maybe need-to-help kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
login Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 We need this sort of patriotism in Canada! Its coming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 So is Jesus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyly Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 one kids homework assignment which reflects his view/understanding of world is hardly something to be concerned about...now when adults like shady/merlin/mr canada come up with far more twisted/distorted views we should be questioning our educational system... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guyser Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 And one can be arrested and facing public intoxication charges for telling children that Santa Claus doesn’t exist in a nation that is said to have freedom speech. Obviously, the lies in west "free" world is much more than in China. Do you read what you post? Was he arrested for public intoxication of for telling kids Santa aint real? For the record, it is the former, but somehow you want to tie these two together for some unknonw irrational reason. It is good to know there are some people who understand some truth even when the kid is just a non-talent, maybe need-to-help kid. Thats true, but dont include yourself in that group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudson Jones Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 So is Jesus. Hah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudson Jones Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 The melting of the glaciers and the rising of the sea levels are already happening. We don't need a nuclear war for that to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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