National education a brainwashing tool
Concerns have been expressed about making moral and national education a compulsory subject for primary students next year. I have some negative views about this topic. Here are my reasons.
First, such a subject is likely to brainwash students about China as it will simply teach them to look on the bright side. Our country may hold a lot of advantages, but we should also know its disadvantages.
Under the present 3+3+4 education system, students must learn to think more broadly and to look at both sides of an issue. If the subject teaches only the benefits that China brings to the world, it will become a tool for brainwashing them.
Second, the new subject will increase the burden of primary school students. They will face lots of pressure trying to cope with the expanded syllabus.
Also, this subject overlaps with Chinese history and liberal studies. But because there are no examinations for it, students will be less interested in it.
