From this table we can see that a middle school student in China has as many as 12 different subjects in a week. A child under this schedule will have to go to school every day including a half of Saturdays. The total studying time in a week adds up to as many as 45 hours.Knowledge is important. But this does not mean what you get out of the text books. “Pure” text-book knowledge can be useless without combining it with practice. It becomes worse if it is acquired at the cost of the students’ health and sense of happiness. So what we should do is to reduce the academic burden of the students. Add in more “free time” for them. The students may find studying more interesting and will be more willingly to do it under better health conditions.

From this table we can see that a middle school student in China has as many as 12 different subjects in a week. A child under this schedule will have to go to school every day including a half of Saturdays. The total studying time in a week adds up to as many as 45 hours.Knowledge is important. But this does not mean what you get out of the text books. “Pure” text-book knowledge can be useless without combining it with practice. It becomes worse if it is acquired at the cost of the students’ health and sense of happiness. So what we should do is to reduce the academic burden of the students. Add in more “free time” for them. The students may find studying more interesting and will be more willingly to do it under better health conditions.