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Q: Are Students Brain washed to obey what ever the Consequences?
From a Australian news sight
The fifth-grade primary school student had been ordered to write a 1000-character apology by his teacher for talking in class, China National Radio (CNR) reported on its website.
The educator allegedly told him to jump out of a building after he failed to complete the task, the report quoted relatives and the neighbour as saying.
"Teacher, I can't do it," was found written in one of his textbooks, CNR said. "I flinched several times when I tried to jump from the building."
The child smashed into a parked car beneath the flat where his family live, the West China City News reported.
His furious relatives posted a banner outside the school in the southwestern city of Chengdu, reading: "The teacher forced our kid to jump off the building," pictures showed.
The boy, fifth-grade primary school student, failed to write a 1000-character apology by his teacher for talking in class, China National Radio (CNR) reported on its website (Getty).
The boy, fifth-grade primary school student, failed to write a 1000-character apology by his teacher for talking in class, China National Radio (CNR) reported on its website (Getty).
"The police investigation is still under way," an official of Jinjiang district, where the incident happened, told AFP, declining to comment further.
Strict discipline is an essential part of China's education system and culture, and tradition demands deference to authority, putting children under pressure to obey instructions.
The news provoked sadness and sympathy on Sina Weibo, a Chinese equivalent of Twitter.
"How can a guy like this be a teacher?" wrote one poster. "Who gave him the right to speak in this way? Why does the student have this kind of blind obedience?"
The boy's school said on its verified account yesterday that the child and some of his classmates had been ordered to write reviews of their behaviour after they disturbed a speaking competition.
He died "by accident", it said.
10 years 25 weeks ago in Teaching & Learning - China
I think in some ways they are. In this country there is a tradition of obedience and respect for those seen as in positions of authority, which is fine but people need to be taught also to use their own common sense, and it is this that is entirely lacking. Blind obedience seems to be the way and then we act surprised when everyone acts like part of a flock of sheep. Unfortunately nobody seems to see the obvious problem with this and that is the flock is wholly dependent on the shepherd. At all levels here we see bad shepherds, from the boss of the small business who humiliates their staff just to feed his own warped sense of ego to the people at the top who scam everyone and no-one is brave enough to speak out. This sort of mentality is fostered in schools who train the students to follow just one path, eg. gaokao. Work seems to be the same just do your bit the way you are told, don't think. Herd mentality, the really sad thing is that taken to extremes a boy jumping off a building because some moronic teacher told him to is the result. Is China going to overtake the USA like they would have us believe, while this sort of mentality is ingrained throughout society not a hope in hell.
