Schools across China are racing to implement the Education Ministry’ s decrees (36) them to relieve the burden from the (37) shoulders of students who have long complained of too much homework, too many (38) class hours and not enough spare time. The stakes are rather high. The headmasters of some schools who ignore the orders are (39) .It is a rare chance for parents, educators and students to ponder what is most important in education.
For a long time, they have been too busy preparing for exams to (40) this question. Examination results have long been viewed as the best indicators of teachers’ performance and students’ (41) . But fewer and fewer people am now taking the (42) of examinations for granted.
More people have been (43) schools to pay more attention to students’ creativity and personal development.
With this new emphasis, (44) , which is only appropriate as the profession of teacher does not automatically make a person morally or intellectually superior than those under their charge.
(45) .
Already some parents have vocally disputed the soundness of the Education Ministry’ s decrees, keeping alive the question: (46) : the State, teachers, parents or the pupils themselves What should the students do
with their newly gained spare time
The decrees may not solve all the problems at once, but by raising such questions, they are surely a start.
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