A round of applause from a school building to a whole dormitory: a student in the middle school of Xiaura seeks two nights off.

Late school self-study at 1st High School in Fujian, late on the night of 23 September, was interrupted by a round of applause. The video published on the account number “Faceday” of the events in the Chinese community, according to platform X, and a follow-up report from "Looking at China" on September 29, was initially rounded up by some seniors and seniors, knocking on the rails and shouting “Go home”, and then the sound spread to seniors and other floors and dormitories. Participants sing national anthem, bang on the face, and some walk out of the classroom, collectively expressing the same demand: cancel the evening study before the mid-fall holiday and allow students to return home early.

This is not a complex political proposition, but rather a question of who in a school has the right to decide on student time. Students are not asking for privileges, but for advice on the retention arrangements for the approaching holiday; When students scattered across different floors responded by giving a round of applause to each other, a decision that was usually seen as an internal management decision of the school was suddenly a public argument in the schools of thousands of people.

The first night of the night, from the classroom to the dorm, the applause was a piece.

The report cites participants who stated that on the evening of 23 September, the applause and the shout were extended from the lower school building to more grades; Upon return to the dormitories, some students continued to hit the face and railings, and the activities continued until about 11 p.m. late in the night. The collective applause and singing in the video is the expression that can be achieved without the need for amplification, and also makes it clear to students on different floors that they are not alone against the retention arrangements.

“A thousand students protested, shouting buildings in the school dormitories, demanding to go home, singing the national anthem and demonstrating in the middle. “) — The participants quoted in Look at China on 29 September.

The next day, students walked out of the classroom and the school responded with disciplinary measures

On the morning of 24 September, after the second class, the students again left the classroom. Reports indicate that some students were taken away by grade managers and security officers, and others were once surrounded by a promise from school staff to speak to their superiors. The students then point to the school ' s authorities to warn the leaders by means of records, disciplinary measures, and to place managers on the floor to limit regroupment. The large-scale event did not recur that night and the scheduled late self-study programme was reportedly continued.

The key nodes in two days can be seen in a string:

• 23rd evening: clapping, knocking on the rail, shouting “Go home”, responding to each other in different grades;
• time frame for dormitories: Group shouting and pelt-bowling continue to be consistent school expressions;

24 a.m.: Students leave the classroom to contact school administrators;

• Night of 24: Participation was reduced after the disciplinary warning and floor management measures.

The centre of the debate should not be replaced by four words of disciplinary action

An arrangement affecting the student's vacation and return home could have been explained and adjusted through the grade, class, student representatives and home school channels. The report presented another process: the demands first appeared in a collective voice, followed by the management ' s use of disciplinary language. For school authorities, how to respond to this specific time frame is more an indication of whether the manager heard the student than simply restoring the campus to quiet.

Haura I is a 100-year-old school of history. Local media also provided information this year on the organization of football, sports and student development at the school. The campus should train students to work with their teams, and there should be space for students to learn how to express their differences, negotiate and take responsibility for living together. Students are to be commended for their teaming up in the playground, and for having asked for rest in the dormitories, and for being considered a public opinion that can be responded to.

Same holiday, other campuses are discussing their time

The article " See China " also combes the student movement around vacation and school management at Sichuan and Shanxi Kangji High School, among others. They have different histories and cannot replace the specific records in Haurai. However, the repeated claims of “leave home” “without temporarily increasing the time spent in school” from these events show that students' reactions to the curriculum are not confined to the examination results.

As of 29 September, it was publicly reported that the students of Xiaura had not been able to obtain the cancellation of the arrangements for late self-study. Two nights later, the school building was calmed down and the school management decision was maintained; But the clapping of September 23 has left a question worth thinking for all schools: how is the education management going to listen when students express their need for rest in their collective voice?