防学生作弊新招 头戴报纸
School teachers in China have apparently come up with an ingenious way to stop their students from cheating in exams.
中国学校的老师们似乎想出了一个防止学生作弊的妙招。
Pupils from a middle school in east China's Anhui Province were told to wear newspapers around their heads so that they couldn't look around, reported People's Daily Online.
According to the report, the picture was taken and uploaded to the Internet by a teacher supervising the exam.
The newspapers had been cut open in the middle so the pupils could put them on their heads.
The picture has sparked a debate among Chinese social media users.
Some praised the teachers' creativity, such as 'xian mu zi xi' who said on Weibo 'it really works'.
However, many others suggested that it would harm students' dignity.
'Zhao Jiaxuan' wrote under the same post on Weibo: 'It's no longer a matter of preventing cheating in exams, it's serious distrust of students. It could bring great psychological damage to students.'
'Time machine -2009' agreed: 'If the teacher supervised the exam carefully standing in the front of the classroom, it would be easy to catch cheaters. There is no need to do this at all.'
'Chun feng yi da' said: 'I feel sad about the Chinese education.'
On the other hand, some people pointed out that the newspapers would actually make it easier for the students to cheat.
Weibo user 'Xi Ruogu' said: 'It would be easier to copy from notes as (the teacher's view) was blocked.'
'Yan Guiling' joked: 'What if the answers were on the newspaper?'