Ji-Li Education

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Question 1: What was the name of Ji-Li’s new school?

The name of Ji-Li’s new school is Xin-zha Junior High School.

Short Answer - Question 2: What did Ji-LI’s new school teach the students using the new educational system and how does it represent what the Cultural Revolution was doing? Xin-zha Junior High School taught students English, Politics, Fundamentals of Industry and Agriculture, Math, and other classes instructed by Chairman Mao. Physics, Chemistry, and Biology was taken out. Chairman Mao believed these classes would “combine education with practical experience” as there were lessons on raising pigs, farming, and harvesting. Lessons were assigned to each day and nothing else could be taught. This represents the Revolution as Chairman Mao assigned different things to be …show more content…

An educable child is a child from a “black” or “stained” family who rejects their family to join the Communist party and to follow the Revolution.

Short Answer - Question 6: How did Ji-Li feel about being told to attend the Class Education Exhibition to promote the Cultural Revolution and why?

Ji-Li felt there was a mistake as everyone told to attend the Class Education Exhibition was handpicked. It was according to “academic and political excellence.” She didn’t want to re-live her past of being a perfect student and a part of every exhibition and promotion and then getting demeaned in front of everyone. She did not want people to know her past as this new school represented a new her in a new life. Ji-Li acknowledged the teachers and staff knew her background. After encountering Teacher Zhang, Ji-Li found out she was chosen for her excellence in many things like Mandarin and was thought to be the best one. Ji-Li half-heartedly accepted the opportunity.

Short Answer - Question 7: What did Teacher Zhang say about Ji-Li’s future and how did Ji-Li feel about it? Do you think it foreshadowed anything and if so, what did it

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