Monday, July 31, 2006

Hard-working Students in China

Students in Hong Kong are some of the hardest-working in the world. But I just found that students in China work even harder. During the earlier trip to Hubei, I learned that many students have no summer vacations.

Normally the high school students there have a summer break from mid July to end of August, similar to secondary schools in Hong Kong. But for students admitted into some of the high schools (equivalent to grade 10-12, or form 4-6 in Hong Kong), they are required to attend classes throughout summer. During the regular school term, there are no classes on weekends. However, during summer, such restrictions do not apply; so the students have to attend classes even on weekends. Classes start in the morning, continue after lunch, and go on even after dinner – for seven days a week. And this happens under 35 degree Celsius weather, in class rooms with no air-conditioning.

Even the headmaster of the school we visited said he pitied the students, who “get so tired”! No kidding.

3 comments:

YEAH said...

I have to admitted that HK students are not so hard-working as we are~~~~

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