Hu Xinhong
Recently, a primary school in Leshan, Sichuan organized a spring outing and picnic. The students went out with pots and pans, and the relevant video triggered a heated discussion.
According to the principal of the school, spring picnic is a must-have item they prepare for children every spring and has been implemented for many years.
Laughing heartily with friends in the bright spring light is an infinitely beautiful memory that spring outings have left for many people who have come here.
Watching the scene in the video of groups of smiling children carrying backpacks walking out of school for a picnic triggered a wave of "memory killings". Netizens recalled their own spring outing experiences that year: "I remember that I had such a spring outing when I was a child. Qiu You, I miss you so much! I can’t go back to my youth!” “Seeing this scene feels like I’m on a time machine, returning to the simplest and happiest childhood...”
One piece and one piece of relaxation, the way of civility and martial arts.
The meaning of spring outing is not only relaxation, but also the various "stories" that occur during collective activities.
Even if you just bring your own food for a trip, there will be laughter, chasing and play along the way, and "spring outing + picnic" requires division of labor and cooperation to achieve the most basic goal.
Prepare various ingredients and tools, collect firewood, build a stove, and cook together... Maybe the taste of the food is not flattering, but it tastes particularly delicious.
After a picnic, it is not only the best labor education, but also the most vivid collectivism education. The skills the children learn and the friendships they form during the activity will become the most precious memories in their hearts.
Regrettably, in recent years, it has become the norm for many primary and secondary schools to cancel off-campus activities, and some schools even require students to stay in the classroom during recess.
Especially after the occurrence of some casualties, many schools have removed spring outings from their extracurricular activities and social practice plans.
Primary schools organized students to have picnics outside the school with pots and pans, triggering not only a wave of "memory killings" but also a strong appeal from the public to save spring outings for their children.
Of course, the helplessness of some schools is also very real. Appeals alone cannot dispel the many concerns of schools, and it is difficult to change the situation where spring outings in some schools have been reduced or even cancelled.
Moreover, looking at it from a higher level, spring outing is not an isolated incident, it is the epitome of all educational activities involving safety.
"The sky is unpredictable, and people are prone to misfortune and fortune." School is a place for students to study and live. Lively children gather together, and collisions and collisions are inevitable.
Safety accidents involving students can be divided into two categories: one is caused by improper school education management, and the other is accidents that still occur despite the school fulfilling its relevant education management responsibilities.
Regarding the former, the determination of responsibility is naturally quite clear, and there is generally no objection.
The key is the latter, and schools often have to bear responsibility and even be held accountable roughly.
As a result, finding ways to avoid risks has naturally become the first choice of school administrators. Under the mentality of "more things are worse than less things", minimizing outdoor or even on-campus activities has become a helpless choice, and children have no choice but to be kept in captivity.
Why did the school fall into the embarrassing situation of assuming "unlimited liability"?
There are many reasons, and the lack of relevant laws and regulations is one of them.
At present, the legal protection of the legitimate rights and interests of school students is scattered in the General Principles of Civil Law, the Protection of Minors Law, the Compulsory Education Law, the Teachers Law and other laws and regulations. However, the legal protection of the legitimate rights and interests of school students is not specific enough. Some have certain gaps.
If there is no clear definition of liability and handling standards for personal injury cases among school students, schools will inevitably be entangled in "unclear explanations and unclear reasons" when accidents occur.
Only by providing effective protection through legislation and systems can we truly eliminate the worries of schools, lift the shackles of administrators, and free children from the fate of being kept in captivity.
Spring is here again, and I believe many schools have put organizing spring outings on their agenda. Don’t let the children “stuck in spring” anymore.
(Source: Beijing Youth Daily)