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Re:China bans for-profit school tutoring in sweeping overhaul by chii on Sunday July 25, 2021 @12:04AM (#27946609)
> Extra time spent to study for a particular test is.

if those studying made the intelligence of said person higher, then it's not a waste. It might be inefficient (because there may be faster ways to raise intelligence than these sorts of studying), but it's strictly better than not studying.

Otherwise, by the same argument, people going to the gym and "wasting" their time doing body building or training when they're not professional athletes are wasting their time.

Re:China bans for-profit school tutoring in sweeping overhaul by Aperocky on Sunday July 25, 2021 @12:18AM (#27946677)
Except bodybuilding produce meaningful results, and if everyone go to gym the whole society would become healthier.

Everyone can cram the test and that's not going to create more college admissions. Nor does it 'raise intelligence', it just flat out don't.

Re:China bans for-profit school tutoring in sweeping overhaul by chii on Sunday July 25, 2021 @02:44AM (#27947272)
> if everyone go to gym the whole society would become healthier.

going to the gym for exercise vs bodybuilding is different. I'm specifically talking about people doing bodybuilding or training for specific purpose without being a professional athlete, rather than regular exercise.

You're just asserting that one thing has benefits, while denying another thing has any benefits. All i'm saying is that your cultural bias is clouding your judgement because studying for tests is the same as bodybuilding - the person chose to do it, therefore it has benefits for themselves. And how do you know studying for tests don't raise intelligence? you at least get more knowledge.