{"id":247327,"date":"2026-05-16T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/16\/china-school-slammed-for-invading-privacy-with-pupil-survey-asking-if-parents-work-is-smelly-or-noisy\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T08:21:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T12:21:16","slug":"china-school-slammed-for-invading-privacy-with-pupil-survey-asking-if-parents-work-is-smelly-or-noisy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/16\/china-school-slammed-for-invading-privacy-with-pupil-survey-asking-if-parents-work-is-smelly-or-noisy\/","title":{"rendered":"China school slammed for invading privacy with pupil survey asking if parents\u2019 work is \u2018smelly\u2019 or \u2018noisy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/people-culture\/trending-china\/article\/3353412\/china-school-slammed-invading-privacy-pupil-survey-asking-if-parents-work-smelly-or-noisy\">China school slammed for invading privacy with pupil survey asking if parents\u2019 work is \u2018smelly\u2019 or \u2018noisy\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/people-culture\/trending-china\/article\/3353412\/china-school-slammed-invading-privacy-pupil-survey-asking-if-parents-work-smelly-or-noisy\">https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/people-culture\/trending-china\/article\/3353412\/china-school-slammed-invading-privacy-pupil-survey-asking-if-parents-work-smelly-or-noisy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-16 04:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.scmp.com\">www.scmp.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">A primary school in China sparked controversy for letting its pupils fill in a detailed questionnaire about their parents\u2019 work.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The survey, titled Observation List of Parents\u2019 Occupation, was distributed to pupils at the beginning of May at Huatai Primary School in Tianmen, central Hubei province, Zonglan News reported.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The questions regarding their parents\u2019 work coincided with the May Day holiday which is celebrated in mainland China as Workers\u2019 Day. The school said that it aimed to boost children\u2019s gratitude for their parents.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The questions came in five categories: work environment, work time, work content, work challenges and work achievement.<\/p>\n<p>The questionnaire for pupils, above, asked detailed questions about the nature of their parents\u2019 employment. Photo: QQ.com<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Detailed questions included \u201cwhat is your parent\u2019s work environment? Is it hot? Noisy? 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