‘Parents have homework again’: father in China expelled from chat group by teacher for saying assignment for child means work for him, prompting official probe
- A father kicked out of a chat group for parents and teachers after commenting on being given ‘homework’ goes viral in China
- The incident has triggered an online debate about parents and homework as well as prompting local education authorities to launch an investigation
A Chinese father kicked out of a school chat group for complaining about a homework assignment has become the centre of national debate in China and prompted a local education authority to investigate the teacher involved.
The man, whose name was not disclosed in media reports, is the father of a Primary Three student at Shangyin Elementary School in Qinyang, Henan province in central China.
On the evening of March 17, his child’s form teacher said in a chat group on the social media app WeChat that all students should watch an education programme in the coming Saturday morning.
The teacher requested the students file a report of around 300 Chinese characters on the programme after watching it, the Hebei Youth Daily reported.
While several parents asked questions about the assignment, the father commented in the group: “Parents have got homework again.”
Within 20 minutes, he realised he had been removed from the chat group.