At Elite School in China, Day Begins with Eye Exercises, Jumping Jacks
The daily routine at the Beijing Fourth Secondary School includes eye exercises to help students relax and improve their vision.
—Sevans/Education Week
Beijing
Hundreds of teenagers stood quietly in the massive school courtyard on a chilly spring morning, in perfectly straight rows, evenly spaced.
The voice over the loudspeaker bellowed out a command, and all the students brought their hands up to cover their faces. It looked like some form of supplication—or the beginning of a communal game of hide-and-seek.
We waited, and gradually, we could make out the slightest signs of movement: All the boys and girls were slowly squeezing with both hands, massaging...
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