The hours of a Chinese boarding school

The speakers over the track are blaring Britney's "Stronger". The kids are rushing out to line up with their classes, and they'll be starting their afternoon exercise in a moment or two. Even though they have a phys-ed class every day, they also have an organized exercise time where they run laps with their class around the track. The kids also do daily "eye exercises" in the middle of the afternoon, and the school has a built-in nap time after lunch for about an hour

Like any boarding school, these kids have school days that FAR exceed the regular North American public school day. Starting at 6am with morning reading, they are kept busy until nearly 9pm. A 15 hour school day is pretty long. Just thinking about it is making me yawn right now.

I scanned a copy of the daily student schedule so you guys could all see what the kids do every day. You might need to prepare yourself to be shocked.

From the BoHai Sea...

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