Bureaucrats should not twist school ethics

A MIDDLE SCHOOL in Yulin, the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, required its students to demonstrate their physical exercises for local inspection officials on Saturday even though it was raining. The officials sheltered under umbrellas as they watched the soggy students. Comments:

Such typical bureaucratism, if allowed to make easy inroads into a middle school such as the one in Yulin, gives a cold and distorted educational idea to students. Thus both the school and the inspection officials should be investigated with regard to their style of working.

Chang'an Pucun, a guest commentator with nen.com.cn, March 17