Hairstyle is thought to be a personal style choice.

However, some Chinese students are required by their school to have unified (统—的) haircuts, with short hair for male students and shoulder-length hair for female students. Some students don't like such hairstyles and have broken the rules in school.

A complaint letter by a middle school student in Fuzhou, Fujian province as well as the response of the local education bureau (教育局) to the letter has caught public attention. The letter has sparked (引发) public discussion on whether schools should control how students wear their hair.

In the letter, which was published recently on Fuzhou's 12345 website, the student wrote, “I think the so-called 'good purposes' of the school are wrong and I highly question whether this kind requirement really helps students to develop good habits and show good appearances," the student said.

The school told students that it is easy for teenage male students to pay more attention to beautiful female students, so the school wants girls to have simple appearances and develop their talents, the letter said.

"I think these words are a complete lie. How can you expect someone to have a colourful future if he or she does not know how to look attractive? Why does the school need to make all the teenage boys pay no attention to girls? Doesn't the school need more sexual (性别的) education?

"Teenagers should be colourful and different. Isn't it boring when people look back on their teenage years and can only remember ugly haircuts and same uniforms? Why can't the school give students a choice to be themselves? "

The Fuzhou education bureau wrote back to the student and said it proves that the writer is a good student with his own thoughts, courage and truth-seeking spirit. The schools ask students to have unified haircuts and wear uniforms because it is easy for teenagers to pay much attention to their appearances and little attention to their studies, the bureau said. Collectivism (集体主义) is very important for the country's development. Although the city has required students to have unified haircuts, schools can set different hairstyle standards that allow students to show their personal styles.

Debate (讨论) on hairstyle

Student

The purposes of the school are 1. of the students’ wills.

It's 2. for students to follow school’s requirement to develop good habits and show good appearances.

Students’ personal styles are paid little attention to, 3. is the sexual education.

Local education bureau

The local education bureau wrote back and 4. the student's good characters.

It's necessary to develop collectivism by having unified haircuts and wearing uniforms.

Besides, school rules can be 5. by setting different standards to meet students' reasonable needs.

To control the spread of covid-19 (新冠病毒), the Chinese government has closed schools for months. But "study must not stop", says the government. Under its orders, the country's biggest online learning begins.

There are different ways to make the online learning go on smoothly. The online teaching and learning are achieved by using video-meeting apps such as Dingtalk by Alibaba, an online company, and Ke-tang by Tencent, another online company. " " says Yue Qiu, a teacher in Beijing.

If internet is not good all the time, students can download, audio-files and homework. In poor areas, where some families don't have internet, teaching by television makes learning possible. Since February 17th China Education Network, a state-run service, has made classes on TV every weekday from 8 am to 10 pm. All important subjects are covered.

On the other hand, worries are shared by students in the final year of the secondary school. Many parents also feel upset that online learning is not as good as traditional learning. Hou Kaixuan, who is going to take part in the entrance examination to the universities looks forward to the reopening of his school. " " he says. Not all his classmates are like him. Kaixuan has noticed that some of his classmates study just as hard at home as in school.

" " says Mr. Yue, a teacher in Beijing. That is because China's online learning is reducing the distance between teachers and students. Teachers who were not willing to give out their contact details on WeChat, now depend on it to answer students’ questions. If he is right, such a change could be one of the few happy things during this period.

1.What is the article mainly about?

A.Technology. B.Education. C.Literature. D.History.

2.What's the correct order of the missing sentences?

1. I’m simply more active in a traditional classroom

2. Slow internet speeds at home are no excuse for not studying

3. When schools finally reopen, the teacher-student relationship may be different

A.3→1→2 B.2→3→l C.3→2→1 D.2→1→3

3.Which of the following is true?

A.Parents are not satisfied with their kids' online learning at all.

B.Students lose the chance to study because of the poor internet.

C.Teachers find their relationship with students remains the same.

D.Companies like Alibaba offer online service to online education.

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