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Chapter 2957 Education

There are actually many bad habits in Silicon Valley, and there is a very common patriarchal culture hidden inside.

This is really determined by the objective environment.

In the technology industry, men are the majority, men are good at it, and men dominate.

The technology industry is also recognized as one of the few fields that is unfriendly to women.

This has caused controversy because harassment and discrimination against women in the workplace have been repeatedly exposed in Silicon Valley.

Coupled with the rise of feminist thought in Europe and the United States in recent years, the force of natural resistance has emerged.

There are already many "small gangs" in Silicon Valley, all led by some well-known women in Silicon Valley, who use social platforms and other media to make their voices heard and form their own influence. This is actually very dangerous.

Zhou Buqi has already heard about it.

There was a horrible case at Nvidia, where a male employee was fired by the head of human resources because he said a lot of explicit language that was disrespectful to women and was considered to have "dangerous ideas." It was even more exaggerated at Google, where an engineer wrote on an internal message board, "Women are at a disadvantage in the technology industry because they are naturally inferior to men in technology and engineering." Then, Google discovered this and fired him.

This could lead to a confrontational atmosphere within the industry.

Many men have started to use words like "political persecution" in private. When communicating privately, they need to lower their voices and avoid others. Especially when talking about gender, just like discussing religion, they need to be particularly careful. Many men have begun to call themselves "non-mainstream."

This is actually a code word.

Showing that they are against the mainstream trend of gender equality that is now gradually gaining momentum.

Zhou Buqi is definitely a "non-mainstream" person, and this mess simply adds complexity to the company's management. However, one thing we have to admit is that if there were no oppression and threats brought by the opposition voices of feminism, then in the male-dominated technology industry, there would definitely be a phenomenon of "majority bullying the minority", and workplace harassment would definitely be common.

This kind of thing happens more often in Hollywood.

Not just actresses.

Many female screenwriters, directors, and assistants who want to get ahead and achieve career success often need to sacrifice their looks.

If you don’t have talent, you can make up for it with looks.

Zhou Buqi was particularly cautious in this regard.

Fortunately, he now has aesthetic prejudices.

His sexual interest in white women has greatly decreased, and he has no interest in Hollywood beauties like Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson. If he has this time, he might as well get to know a Korean female trainee and give her some advice on how to be comfortable in life.

But one thing cannot be denied.

The media trend in Silicon Valley has clearly tilted towards women, with reports of workplace harassment against many women becoming increasingly vulgar, and many female engineers have come forward to say that they have been "bullied."

There are even female entrepreneurs.

In order to obtain funds from venture capital, female entrepreneurs have to endure the teasing of some older men.

Nvidia and Google fired their employees, which actually caused the company's interests to suffer. The reason for firing them was that they wanted to protect a greater interest. They are both listed companies. If they fail to handle such matters well, leading to uncontrollable public opinion, the losses caused by the sharp drop in stock prices in the stock market will be immeasurable.

Firing these employees whose language crosses the line is actually the company's self-defense.

Ziweixing International will also be listed soon.

Zhou Buqi felt that a strong self-defense system should be built to set an example and make efforts in terms of "gender equality". At least when the feminist movement strikes in the future, it should not rush to Ziweixing International.

But he hasn't figured out how to build a defense system.

It’s been a busy day.

Zhou Buqi goes home after get off work.

Wen Zhixia also left work with him. "Huh?" Zhou Buqi saw her in the parking lot and slid over to her. "You're leaving get off work so early today?"

Wen Zhixia said: "Nian Nian has piano lessons today, I want to go and accompany her."

"How long?"

In order to avoid being seen, Zhou Buqi followed Teacher Wen and got into her car.

Wen Zhixia said softly, "An hour and a half, we will be home before dark."

Zhou Buqi thought for a moment and said, "I'll go too. As a father, I've never accompanied my daughter to class."

"Don't do that." Wen Zhixia was startled. "The piano teacher is very young. She might recognize you right away."

Zhou Buqi said: "Not really? I'll put on a mask."

Wen Zhixia rolled her eyes at him. "The piano teacher's fee is very expensive, $2400 an hour. The families who ask her to learn piano are either rich or noble. She is very sensitive to the rich. I talked to her a few times, and she knows a lot of rich people."

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "Are you afraid that someone will take a fancy to me?"

"You're crazy!" Wen Zhixia didn't have time to talk nonsense with him, "Hurry up, I have to pick up Nian Nian from school."

Zhou Buqi sighed, "My daughter has a hard time. She has to go to tutoring classes after school."

Wen Zhixia chuckled and said, "This is not a tutoring class, it's an interest class. My baby likes piano. As for Xinxin, I heard from Yaxian that she seems to want to find an extracurricular tutoring class for her. If you feel bad, you can go home and talk to her. Let's see whether happiness or excellence is more important for children."

"I go!"

Zhou Buqi was immediately stunned by this big proposition.

In the domestic education environment, everyone pursues excellence.

The social atmosphere here in the United States is most important for children's childhood happiness.

It was indeed inconvenient for Zhou Buqi to take his daughter to learn piano, so he went home after get off work.

When I returned home, I happened to see Ning Yaxian who was picking up her daughter Xinxin from school.

Yaxian is communicating with Aunt Xue about her child's education.

Just like Wen Zhixia said.

Should I enroll Xinxin in extracurricular tutoring classes?

Ning Yaxian doesn't like the education system in the United States at all. She said unhappily, "The education in the United States is too backward. My children are already in the third grade, and now they can't even do basic addition and subtraction, let alone multiplication and division. They just play every day in school and don't learn any knowledge at all."

  Aunt Xue is also very concerned about this topic. There are many children in the family, and education is the biggest problem!

However, Aunt Xue was a little confused. "Isn't it all about happy education in the United States?"

Ning Yaxian said: "It is the happiness education that lags behind! It is far behind that in China!"

"No way?" Aunt Xue was a little bit unbelievable, "Isn't America's educational strength the best in the world?"

"That's college. The atmosphere in elementary school is really..." Ning Yaxian sighed, and then she got a little angry. "Those elites who dominate the American education structure are so bad. They deliberately divide people into different levels from a young age! Eh? Is the master back?"

Zhou Buqi came to the living room.

Ning Yaxian and Aunt Xue stood up at the same time, walked over together, one on each side, and took off his coats for him.

Aunt Xue was not very opinionated and liked to listen to men, so she couldn't help but say, "You are the head of the family, you have to have a say in the children's education. You can't just focus on work and leave all the household affairs to us women. This is a big deal, you have to make the decision."