Is the school insensitive when it lets students take off their warm clothes in the cold?

Many readers commented on the incident where students of Bui Thi Xuan Primary School (Lien Chieu District, Da Nang City) had to take off their warm coats and sit in the middle of the yard in 20 degree weather to attend a thematic activity.

The disturbing image is of teachers wearing warm clothes while students shiver from the cold. The seminar took place from 7:30 to about 10:00 - Photo: cut from clip

It is worth mentioning that the school’s live stream of this thematic activity lasted from 7:30 a.m. to about 10 a.m. on the early morning of December 16. Students took off their warm coats throughout the program. Many people were even more upset when teachers sitting in the delegate seats wore warm coats, some even wore scarves, while students shivered from the cold.

Principal accepts responsibility for negligence

On December 17, Ms. T. (a parent of a child studying at Bui Thi Xuan Primary School) said that on the evening of December 16, the school principal informed the parents about the incident. The school accepted responsibility for the negligence, but did not send any apology to the parents and students.

Ms. Nguyen Tran Le Hong Trinh, the school principal, also confirmed that she took responsibility for the organization error with the parents. Ms. Trinh also said that due to the cold weather, the program was shortened from the planned 2 hours to about 1 hour.

Previously, in her explanation to the Department of Education and Training of Lien Chieu district, Ms. Trinh said that because the program of the seminar "I love my homeland's sea and islands" included a school-wide performance, students needed to wear uniforms to perform in unison, creating uniformity and solemnity.

The morning of the performance was cold, but the school yard was packed with more than 1,725 ​​students, who were participating in activities so their body temperatures rose. Many students took off their jackets and held them in their hands because they couldn’t stand the heat.

Realizing that the air was not too cold, the school board asked the teachers to check each student carefully before deciding to let them take off their coats to perform in unison. The performance lasted 5-7 minutes.

Many children shivered from the cold - Photo: cut from clip

Is the school insensitive?

Under Tuoi Tre Online 's post about the incident, many readers left comments with two opposing opinions.

Reader TH shared: "Maybe taking off warm clothes is to look nice and formal during the performance, but if teachers are tactful and care about their students, they will take a few minutes after the performance to let them go back to class and put on their warm clothes and continue the program. Because when the body warms up, sitting in the middle of the yard for an hour will still be cold. Teachers are too insensitive."

Account ttha****@gmail.com commented: "Nothing serious. But what's offensive is that students take off their warm clothes, while teachers are "covered" tightly. Perhaps parents are upset because of this image. The school board and teachers should be more tactful...".

Clintonphong account shared: "It's 20 degrees Celsius and elementary school students are forced to take off their warm clothes. What a heartless decision to the health of children, chasing after achievements and justifying their decisions...".

In addition, Dr. Long Ly's account said that parents being upset when their children took off their warm clothes to participate in such activities was being too protective of their children. Some opinions said that parents should not be too strict because this was just a mistake. If teachers are heavily criticized for just one mistake, it will lose the humanity in education, because if you do something, you will inevitably make mistakes.

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