School breaks silence after intense backlash over asking students if parents’ jobs are ‘noisy, smelly’

A Chinese primary school has finally responded to the fierce backlash triggered a controversial questionnaire. While intended to encourage students to thank their parents for their hard work, the survey sparked outrage over “invasive, insensitive questions” about parental occupations.The school also asked the students to appreciate their parents’ jobs. (Representative image). (Unsplash)What caused the row?The school in China’s central Hubei province, Tianmen, handed out a survey titled “Observation L of Parents’ Occupation” and one of the questions on it asked students if their parents’ jobs were “noisy or smelly”, reported Zonglan news, a state-backed media outlet from Hebei province.Also Read: