BEIJING: A mocking remark made by a Chinese mother to her son's teacher for being "too poor" to buy a bike and car, as well as teaching her son that "reading is useless" has hit social media on mainland But it has gone viral.

Many people have criticized the mother for being materialistic, arrogant and rude after a screenshot of a conversation between a parent and a teacher went viral.

According to news site qq.com, the incident took place in June, when a teacher named Wang was on his bike to work and collided with a student.

After a formal greeting, the two parted ways. However, there was a strange message from the boy's mother when Wang arrived at her office and checked the WeChat group for teachers and parents.

"Teacher Wang, stop riding your bike now. You better get a car," wrote the boy's mother in the chat group, which has a total of 58 members, including parents and teachers. The boy goes by the surname Rongrong.

Thank you, Rongrong's mother, for your concern, Wang replied. The act of riding a bicycle is enjoyable. Also, the distance between my home and school is short.

However, the mother insisted, "If it rains, it will be uncomfortable. Thus, it is better to buy a car.

If it starts raining I will not ride the bike. I will go to school with an umbrella. Anyway, I'm fine to walk," Wang said.
Then the mother explained the real reason she had driven the teacher to work herself: "Since he was born, my son has been driven to a BMW.

Everyone around him drives high-end vehicles. You serve as their guru. You commute by bike. In your view, what would he think?" he asked in his letter.
The puzzled teacher asked, "What would he think of the fact that I ride a bike?

I remind him to study hard every day. What would he think if he saw you riding a bike to work? He will undoubtedly believe that education is useless and that teachers cannot earn a living, the mother warned.

"You put in a lot of effort for the first part of your life, but your standard of living is not as high as that of my son, who has been able to ride in a BMW since birth. He won't put that much effort. In his studies in the future, I wager I put

There is uncertainty about the teacher's possible follow-up comments in response to the mother's final comments, but parents in the group criticized the mother and supported Wang.

One parent suggested to the mother, "Rongrong's mother, since your family is so wealthy and you hate Teacher Wang because you don't have a car, why don't you buy a car for her."

“I think you are concerned about how the teacher’s bicycle will affect your child’s education. Aren’t you willing to put such a small amount out of your pocket,” the parent continued.

The mother's comment was posted online and quickly went viral.
Someone posted on Weibo, "What a weird parent who has such an idea!" Another person said, "I think this mother is poor in the spiritual world.

One Heilongjiang user said, "I'm a teacher, and I've been through this kind of incident before. Some students give less respect to teachers without cars. Raising a teacher's salary is, in my opinion, a pressing matter." 

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