By South China Morning Post | Created at 2024-11-11 06:41:32 | Updated at 2024-11-18 03:41:22
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An intern teacher at a Shanghai secondary school has come under fire for asking students to answer a questionnaire that ranks their family’s financial status.
A photo circulating online shows a question that suggests the students at Shanghai Longming Secondary School to assess their family’s social ranks.
The question, which is accompanied with a graphic of a ladder, asks them to choose from one, which stands for “the most indecent and lowest-paid jobs” that their parents have, to 10, which represents “higher-level education and better jobs”.
Social media was baffled by the question.
One online observer asked: “Why does the school need to investigate a student’s family status? To treat them accordingly?”
On November 6, the Minhang district Education Bureau in charge of the school issued a statement which said that the questionnaire was distributed by a university student intern without getting the school’s permission.
