A child who was studying in a middle school in Baoan District, Shenzhen, received a text message from the school asking parents to buy "black leaf" black shoes for their children in two weeks, so as to raise their national flag every Monday.

The parents said it was very puzzled, "students should learn mainly, children are so small wear shoes is not appropriate, and will let children more and more attention to wear, affect learning."

The school's teacher said: "from this semester, schools require students to wear gowns and shoes when raising their national flags."

The raising of the national flag must be solemn and solemn. Uniform dress also helps to create a good atmosphere.

However, it is rather "too formal" to make "suits and suits" for middle school students.

In particular, it is not appropriate to ask children to wear leather shoes uniformly. Children are in a critical period of physical development. Wearing hard leather shoes is bound to squeeze their feet, which is not conducive to healthy growth.

What is particularly strange is that the short messages sent to parents by the school explicitly require children to buy "black leaf" black shoes, which is doubtful of the original intention of uniform dress.

If the color of a uniform shoe is a little more reasonable, why do we have to specify the brand of leather shoes?

Can't you wear other brands of leather shoes?

Can XX brand shoes be "special shoes" for raising the national flag?

Absurd!

Although the school is playing the flag of rising the flag, it seems to make people produce a "disguised marketing" business atmosphere.

At the same time, the solemn and solemn atmosphere of raising the national flag is mainly from people's love for their motherland, but not from their dress.

In some poverty-stricken schools, many children wear their patched clothes when they join the flag raising. Some of them even wear old shoes with bare toes. But this does not affect their patriotism. Their expressions and eyes are moving and even respectful.

As a school and educator, when carrying out patriotism education for children, they should focus on the cultivation of their minds, rather than forcing them to wear a brand of leather shoes.

Such a practice will not only fail to achieve the desired results, but may affect the image of schools and educators in children's minds.