Don't fill kids' heads with nonsense

IN A TRAINING CLASS FOR GIRLS IN WENZHOU, East China's Zhejiang province, the teacher reportedly told the girls, "When your husband beats you on the left face, give him your right face. When he insults you, accept the insults. Whatever he does, you can never divorce." And, "If you change your boyfriend, you will suffer from ulcers on all four limbs - In the end you have to saw them off." Beijing News comments:

This is not the first "training class" of its kind. There were reports of one that was similarly absurd in Fushun, Northeast China's Liaoning province.

It is hard to imagine such ridiculous things exist in 2018. Worse, reports show that most of the "trainees" at the "training class" are between five and 18 years old; most are still in their secondary even primary schools. What they should learn are the values of the modern world, namely equality and mutual courtesy, not some zombified thinking that dates back 3,000 years.