An antidote to money-oriented education

The writer, Wang Li, is committed to rediscovering the education of the good old days in the 1920s or 1930s and her book, Looking for the Lost Education Tradition, deserves serious consideration, not just by the government, but also by parents.

What makes her study so significant is her own experiences as a primary and middle school teacher, and thus her personal knowledge of where the problems lie in our education system.

In one of the pieces, a primary school in Huai'an adopted a detailed code of conduct for students to learn about leading a decent and healthy life. In another remote village, students were taught how to get along with others.