Dropping teacher height policy in China should be no tall order

It's a good thing my great-grandmother in the United States never tried to get a job as a schoolteacher in Shaanxi province. She was too short - just 137 centimeters.

Under the rules of the Shaanxi Education Department, which were in effect until recently, a female applicant must be 150 cm tall to be accepted as a teacher. A male must be 155 cm.

Under the policy, it wouldn't matter that the applicant was an intellectual giant: No genetics, no job.