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Ding: If we are happy going to school, who would want to be rebellious?

Schools, as imagined, are places to nurture the growth of young people. Students can feel a sense of security and safety in school. In reality, quite the opposite, education and examination systems have turned schools into means and tools for maintaining the so-called "normal order" in society. While reading this campus-theme novel story by 柏菲思, we should have plenty to ponder.

You have to abide by the rules of this school, because this is an important tool for the smooth operation of an organization. Just as you live in other groups, there must be rules for each other...” (P.43)

How can students be willing to participate in a rigid curriculum and environment? Let's take a look at the situation of the teacher.

"Teachers' responsibilities and identity have brought them huge pressure; trivial administrative work; courses that are hard to be caught up in progress; parental and social monitoring… all become a burden on shoulders." (p.104)

Teachers are under huge pressures in teaching, is it almost impossible to realize the educational ideals?

The story "孤島教室" takes place on an isolated island (the two teachers and students were on a sightseeing boat of an exchange group visiting Japan, and stranded on a deserted island due to shipwreck ). They gained the most valuable teaching and learning experience outside the campus, symbolising breaking out of the framework of the system.

This is a campus story that reflects the reality, like complaints on the education system and reflections on the relationship between teachers and students. Why does it feel the same when we are in school as if we were on an isolated island?