In recent days, social networks have widely shared information about a female student in Hanoi whose pants were cut off by the school’s monitoring students team, on the grounds that she was wearing the wrong dress code.
VietNamnet online newspaper on January 21, had a news article with the title “Hanoi female student had her pants cut off because she did not wear uniform, what does the school say?”
Specifically:
On January 21, 2024, a representative of Phan Huy Chu High School, Quoc Oai district, Hanoi city, confirmed the incident of a 10th grade female student of the school wearing jeans to school, violating the uniform regulations on January 18, and was “dealt with” by cutting off this female student’s pants.
Immediately after this information was posted, it attracted the attention of many people. On social networks, many opinions say that when students go to school, they need to comply with school regulations. But the cutting of female students’ pants by the school red guard team is an act that violates human dignity, human rights, and the law.
Public opinion and observers believe that the story just told is a big, even serious problem. In particular, it is very unfortunate that it happened in the educational environment. The authorities need to take disciplinary measures, not only the members of the “red guard team” but also the teachers in charge.
The reporter of Thoibao.de researched and learned that, currently, in public schools, at all 3 levels of education still exist such as red star team, student self-management teams or red guard teams, etc. The task of the above mentioned teams is to check all activities and habits of students, such as going to school on time, wearing uniforms… related to the implementation of school rules.
However, education experts say that student organizations like those mentioned above have a bit of a “red guard” force like during China’s Cultural Revolution. This is a very dangerous thing.
Accordingly, the existence of these organizations in schools will destroy the personality of students because it let students supervise, monitor and manage other students is more beneficial than harmful.
According to educational experts, students selected for red star teams, self-management teams, etc. are initially often good students, exemplary and obedient. However, just a short time later, many children had inappropriate attitudes and behaviors, showing signs of showing off, being aggressive or hooligans.
Some members are even so aggressive that they give themselves the right to bully others, or force others to pay… in order to ignore violations.
The To Quoc Newspaper of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, on November 26, 2016, issued a warning in the article “Is the authority of the ‘red star’ the ‘seed’ of school violence?” The article reads:
“An elementary student at the school revealed to a reporter that many 1st and 2nd grade students called the ‘red star team’ the ‘terrorist team.’ The reason is, every time the ‘red star team’ appears, every time students in the younger grades ‘live in fear.’ If a lesson is not memorized, a red star will hit it with a ruler. If the hand is not clean, a red star will hit it with a ruler…”
According to experts, members of red guard teams are considered “police officers” and have great power within the school. And in the future, those students can easily become “tools” for the ruling apparatus.
That is why, some parents of students do not agree with maintaining the “red star team” and commented that “it will lead to loss of children’s personality, and at the same time will give students a negative attitude of having power too early.”
A retired teacher in Hanoi, told a reporter from Thoibao.de, on condition of anonymity for safety reasons, his thoughts on this issue:
“Speaking of the Red Star activity, it only has two functions. That is scrutiny and denunciation. This also leads to negative situations appearing power from elementary school level. This is dangerous because it affects the child’s personality and is the product of an unscientific educational mechanism. It needs to be removed immediately.”
At the same time, this teacher added, managing students in school is the responsibility of teachers and adults, not of immature children.
Public opinion sees that the policy of creating a force of “red guards” in schools is aimed at allowing the young generation of school age in Vietnam to be trained and practice living in a restrained environment. tyrannical clamp. So that when they grow up, they will easily accept and quickly integrate into a police-ruled society, like the one that exists in Vietnam today./.
Tra My – Thoibao.de
