‘BMW since birth’: Chinese mother mocks ‘poor’ bike-riding teacher on Weibo for making ‘study look useless’, demands he buy a car


A leaked conversation of a parent trashing a teacher for riding a bike and saying her son will think studying is useless for becoming rich goes viral. Comments by the mother like: ‘my son has had a BMW to sit in since his birth’, criticised as snobbish, rude and out of touch with reality. — SCMP

A mother in China who mocked her son’s teacher for being “too poor” to afford a car because he rides a bike and for making her son think “studying is useless” has outraged mainland social media.

A screenshot of the conversation between the parent and teacher has gone viral, with many criticising the mother for being materialistic, snobbish and rude.

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