School Puts Children in Danger to Boost Their Bravery
When it comes to children and school, safety always comes first… unless of course you live in China. Then safety comes right after a clean window.
One elementary school in Beijin, China requires its children to clean the windows as routine task once a week.
Every Wednesday, students climb out the classroom window, standing on a 10 centimeter (less than 4 inches) wide platform and clean the windows without any safety protection. Some windows are as high as 3 stories.
The school officials say this is their way of shaping their students will and bravery.
(Haoo)
By Mui Mui on 11-11-2007
Comment by Tourex
November 11th, 2007 at 10:30 pm
Imagined if a student fell,and injured,or die,would the school be held responsibility?Common sense in China,obviously doesn’t insist.To be fair,the teachers and the principle should also join with the dangerous task!
Comment by Timmy
November 12th, 2007 at 1:16 am
Principle?
Oh… principal.
Comment by anonymous
November 12th, 2007 at 4:00 am
insist?
oh… exist
Comment by Mark
November 12th, 2007 at 4:04 am
held responsibility?
Oh… responsible
Comment by Anon
November 12th, 2007 at 4:05 am
held responsibility?
oh.. held responsible
Comment by SadistiX
November 12th, 2007 at 4:07 am
well, if they died, it’ll do a bit to reduce their huge population size =P
Comment by treb
November 12th, 2007 at 4:08 am
fair play to em, a tad different from the cotton wrapped, molly coddled kids of western nanny state cultures with mental health and saftey procedures
Comment by Andrew
November 12th, 2007 at 4:09 am
Typo correction gets old pretty fast.
Comment by duh
November 12th, 2007 at 4:12 am
Imagined ?
oh… Imagine ..
duh! you must be chinese!
Comment by Michael Moore
November 12th, 2007 at 4:19 am
This is bad and kids lives should never be put in danger. But at least they are doing something other than mollycoddling them. At the moment the schools systems in place don’t teach our kids competition, fear, or even loosing. There’s nothing to strive for. To me this principal is a little off the rails but no more than our system which allows anyone who participates in a game gets a prize.
Comment by Ky
November 12th, 2007 at 4:20 am
Never seen someone get as owned spelling-wise as the OP here…
Comment by wow
November 12th, 2007 at 4:21 am
So what happends if a student actually falls and dies? what will the school tell the parents? i’m sorry for your son/daughter’s unfortunate death, but at least they died in a brave way?
Comment by BJ
November 12th, 2007 at 4:38 am
Tho what will happen if a student acthually falth and dieth? Nya nya nya. Why do some people always have to state the obvious?
Comment by Seth
November 12th, 2007 at 6:06 am
LOL!!! “at least they died a brave way”
Comment by Seth
November 12th, 2007 at 6:13 am
Teachers do the dangerous tasks? LOL! if this is what chinese children have to do in order to prove their bravery. I believe teachers and principals have done alot worst, or have already passed their bravery test!
AHHHH thank god i was born in America!!! Hooray U.S.A!!!!
and i won’t bother to Otaku’s replies, their just worthless asian fetish ppl that should give out their American citizenship to move to China or Japan see how they make it out there. Hahaha!
Comment by O
November 12th, 2007 at 6:20 am
I love it how you keep generating names and pretending to be different people just to correct someone’s literature. Why not use your brain and make a constructive criticism?
I love it, how people that want to defend the “other party” or is against someone’s opinion become the comment’s spell checker because they don’t have the guts to argue back or have nothing constructive to say besides insulting others grammar.
Comment by skyyy
November 12th, 2007 at 9:47 am
clean window on 3 stories high building = china way of keepin the population down XD
Comment by Bob
November 12th, 2007 at 11:09 am
china
oh…China’s
Comment by Robbie
November 12th, 2007 at 11:51 am
Sure beats lying in front of tanks though.
Comment by you are an idiot
November 12th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
what is the point of being a grammar nazi? Is your life that empty?
Comment by bsdfh
November 12th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
i’d rather live and go to school in china than get an education in the USA. i’m scared that the obese people there will crush me!
Comment by Seth
November 12th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
get as owned
oh… defeated
Comment by thinpiglin
November 12th, 2007 at 3:20 pm
That’s in Smallville dude, they all super human beings.
Comment by darkwing duck
November 12th, 2007 at 6:19 pm
I thought eating the school food was dangerous.
This is nut’s what this little kid are doing dam no net’s or ropes.
Comment by Nobody
November 12th, 2007 at 6:31 pm
CHINKS GO SPRAT!
Comment by wa
November 12th, 2007 at 8:12 pm
you go!
Comment by alyssa anselmi
November 13th, 2007 at 9:15 am
well its not that bad i mean….they have like 389572987568789 people if 1 dies its not that bad XD
Comment by ThankfulR
November 16th, 2007 at 12:23 am
As usual, good, intresting and really useful post for all readers and specially for me, thanks!
Good luck to you!
Comment by snipe
November 16th, 2007 at 4:14 am
In the US they would look like a shooting gallery to american students. Washing does windows is STILL safer than attending high school in the US.
Comment by Rodsomething
November 17th, 2007 at 12:05 am
lol, yeah, life doesn’t matter. Like so what if a few hundred people died from 9-11, its only .001% of 7 billion people. Beside, they were going to die anyways.
Comment by Sm4ll
November 17th, 2007 at 7:59 am
At least their doing something else rather than studying maths. T_T
Comment by WildKid
November 28th, 2007 at 10:20 am
Really good and really interesting post. I expect (and other readers maybe
) new useful posts from you!
Good luck and successes in blogging!
Comment by nov0607
December 26th, 2007 at 10:21 am
um…. I am Chinese too… we used to do that all the time when we were little … I remember one time we needed to reach a top pane in the hall where the window goes up two floors, we just piled (vertically) 4 tables and 1 chair, then had one guy climb up while three other kids held the furnitures.
really, ask anybody who’s been to a Chinese school and they will tell you this is what have been done in at least the past 40 years… no big deal
although… with schools being built higher and higher… maybe we should reconsider….
Comment by liquidhope
January 2nd, 2008 at 10:58 pm
.. u r talkin about chinese ppl, comon.. dont u kno kids get beat up in schools by teachers? and u r askin them to care about students? they alrdy care more than their enuf share!
Comment by pebbles
January 3rd, 2008 at 1:24 am
yea, I grew up in China too and serving one’s cleaning duties was a natural routine. Cleaning the windows was actually pretty fun for me, and no one ever got hurt (my school had 3 floors). Looking back, it probably wasn’t the safest thing to do, but I think there can be some benefits (which may or may not necessarily outweigh the risks). One it encourages students to look out for one another, encourages independence, and encourages the ability to consider multiple risks/solutions when facing a problem.
In response to the people who are criticizing Chinese teachers’ disciplinary actions, I don’t think people really understand what it’s like to be in school in China. Yea it’s a lot harder than the European and American kids have it – there’s more pressure, more work, and the teachers are definitely stricter – but no one ever saw it as hellish. Back when I was little, it was still okay for teachers to hit your palm with a ruler if you did something wrong (apparently with all the Western influences it doesn’t happen much anymore). What a lot of western audiences/readers need to understand is the social context. In China, stern teachers are considered more caring and personally invested in their students’ performance. They’re like secondary parents who scold their students like their own children; and since their students also see them as such, these punishments are not seen as inappropriate. Think about it, if your mum gets mad at you and slaps your hand, are you going to interpret that as cruelty, or as a gesture of frustration out of her high expectations?
Comment by drawkward
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:26 pm
I like how the comment at the top of the screen poses the question of what if…. a kid fell. would the school be held responsible?? of course not there is no such thing as liable in China. they dont even have street lights in most intersections and those that do are meaningless. Also i like the comment “at least they arent studying maths” Obviously. Chinese dont need to study math. give me a break.
Comment by thatsme
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Look, all of you have never been to china. Go there and see for yourself. Not everything is bad.
Besides, look at the amount of student and teacher death reports in USA as compared to China. You can just get a gun in USA and go into the classroom and just go around shooting people. Oblivious idiots….
Comment by Sun Tzu
February 23rd, 2008 at 1:25 pm
I lived in Ningbo for about 5 months and have just returned from a few weeks in China for the new year a few days ago.
Not everything is bad… but you and I both know… the truth. I wont say it here cause i am not for bashing any country really but… save it.
Comment by George
February 24th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
And here you need a helmet before the teacher lets you go to the bathroom.. there’s plenty of insanity right here needs fixing!!
Comment by Emily
February 24th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
Why yes, yes it is. XD
Comment by DesperateAmericanMan
March 4th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
lol. Oh yea, right. Your American government just murders its people instead by sending them to other countries like Iraq so they can invade and murder innocent people in return .etc.
But yes, of course. America is the land of the free, a land of peace… lol!
If America would leave the rest of the world alone and stopped being such a war monger then we would actually have more peace.
Comment by MorganLighter
March 8th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Isn’t it just wonderful that everyone read and commented on the story. I’m so proud of all of you. Yes, that was sarcastic.
I am not sure whether or not anyone would ‘get the ax’ should a student fall and be injured or worse. The proletariat makes the rules regarding everything – this was most likely not introduced by the school.
So, only the brave die – leaving a classroom filled with only cowards?
Comment by Buela Green
January 13th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
How is it that the children in that country can be so abused? Isn’t that catagorized with child abuse in the United States? Or is this attempted murder? I could go on, and on, but what is the value of a child’s life any where?
I hope that child will be able to overcome this psychological, emotional devastating attack. It will certainly take me some time to try and not think of it so much. I have sympathy for his parents. This is a repulsive act, yet, highly provoking violence.
Comment by SpellMoon
January 14th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
really thats a huge danger risk.
i live in america and teachers wont even let you lean back on your chair for fear, that you will fall down, hit ur head on a desk and get a concussion in the process.
Isnt school suppose to be training children for life? Since when does life inculd having to go out a window threw dangerous hights?
i think this is just a way that the skools are using children for their own personal gain.
Comment by True
February 21st, 2009 at 8:38 pm
It is true…I have done that before when I was in elementry school.
But after that nobody dared to ask students to even stand on the edge of windows. Elementry school teachers in China are really low-educated and not responsable. They waste time and scold children for releasing their temper.They harass kids sometimes, especially male teachers
Comment by dw
April 23rd, 2009 at 9:26 am
frankly speaking, I’ve done that several times in my primary school. but not every week.
Comment by Milli
September 4th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
awwwww that's really meaaaaaaan… at leasts our teachers don't beat the sh– out of us!!! the school system is actually really good!
Comment by Milli
September 4th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
HOLY CRAP!
TO CHINA, AND AWAY!
Comment by two-faced joel
September 18th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
but im afraid of higts