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Is this another American thing?

I don't know anyone who ever dreams about school (non-US obviously)

European. I dream about having to go back to high-school to finish some course, or take an exam covering something I know nothing about. It often occurs to me that I have an university degree, so it doesn’t make any sense, but it usually drags on for a little more before I finally wake up.

I finished high-school 25 years ago.

I'm from Europe, out of school for two decades, and still dream about it. A lot of math exams, but anything, really.

S. Korean here. Dreamed about failing college entrance exam last night.

Funnily enough, I thought this was a Korean thing...

I had a coworker from Vietnam tell me he still has nightmares about the university entrance exams. He has a PhD. Said it wasn't as stressful in comparison.

Australia here. I'm in my late 70's but still have dreams where I'm stressed about a coming exam, although in the dream I'm well aware that I'm no longer working and am long since retired.

Do you have any Chinese (i.e. went through mainland china middle school entrance exams / high school entrance exams / college entrance exams) friends who will share their dreams with you?

Chinese here. Dream of high school constantly - most recently last night.

Show me a Chinese kid, especially immigrant to Western countries, that don't have anxiety about school and I'll show you a unicorn.

My Chinese friends tell me when they were kids, all students' grades were made public, so everyone knew exactly how each student was performing. Also, a student's grades were a direct reflection of the family. So, if a student was doing poorly, everyone knew about it, people generally looked down on the parents, like the poor performance was all their fault. I've heard stories about managers at work talking to employees about their child's performance in 3rd grade.

My friends are all in their 50s, and they all tell me they still have nightmares about school back in China. Not sure if school in China is still like that, though.

I'm from the colonies, now in Canada, and I get these dreams once in a while.

I was very sleep-deprived at university and once fell asleep after pulling an all-nighter for a Saturday morning exam, only to wake up on Sunday evening, with another exam looming Monday morning. Another time I overslept and was 2 hours late for a 3-hour exam. So, my dreams actually have roots in reality.

UK here - took me quite a few paragraphs to remember that in the US "school" can also mean university. I was wondering when the article would actually get on to the subject of school.

Or from India if you have prepped and sat for the IITs

(UK) I've had dreams about university/school and I very rarely dream

India. Normal engineering degree. Still get dreams (age 42)

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