Hang a bed curtain on your dorm bed to give yourself a private space. This seems to have become the first thing many college students do when they enter the school.
However, recently, news came from a number of colleges and universities in China: due to the consideration of fire safety hazards and other issues, the school uniformly requires that bed curtains are not allowed to be installed in multi-person dormitories. Some school counselors also said that installing bed curtains hindered normal interpersonal communication and made students apathetic to each other.
However, most students said that there are too many items with fire hazards in the dormitory, so why should the school focus on managing the employment problem and improving the usefulness of the teaching content for bed curtains.
Extreme event: A student died in a bed curtain and was only found 2 days later
At present, the schools that are known to prohibit the installation of bed curtains include: Xinjiang Medical University, Northwest University for Nationalities, Gansu Normal University for Nationalities, Jilin Agricultural University, China University of Petroleum, and Communication University of China.
The school gave various examples of the fact that bed curtains are not allowed.
Elaborately decorated college girls' dormitories and bed curtains seem to have become a must-have
For example, in 2019, a female student at a university forgot to turn off the power after using an "electric splint" in violation of regulations, which ignited the bed curtain and caused a fire.
Another example: after the bed curtain is hung, the student will treat the individual bed as a private environment, and the dormitory administrator will not be allowed to check it, and even if it is allowed, it will increase the workload of the dormitory administrator.
A cosy bed for the girls to dress up themselves
In an extremely special case, in June 2020, a school official said that there had been an incident in the dormitory where a student had fallen ill and died in a bed covered by a bed curtain, and was not discovered by his roommate until two days later.
Widespread demand: Tens of millions of units have been sold on e-commerce platforms
Corresponding to the school ban, on shopping sites such as Taobao, JD.com, and Pinduoduo, the sales of bed curtains are very large, and some single products sell more than 100,000 pieces.
At the same time, these bed curtain products have been basically linked to college students, and the propaganda has written: "durable and used until graduation" and other words.
629,000 pieces of bed curtains were put together
At the same time, merchants seem to be more able to grasp the needs of students, and the following selling points have been highlighted in product promotion:
The blackout is strong, and it can also be more soundproofed and create a sense of privacy
Mosquito repellent, small meaning
Durable, wash-free and dirt-resistant
There are multiple storage pockets inside to keep the bed tidier
Even, some bed curtains also take "fire safety" as one of the selling points.
Student complaints: College students are adults, please give some space
Most of the students were on the opposite side of the school. Students' concern about personal privacy is at an all-time high, and many students believe that the key is that schools should do a good job of employment and teaching.
There are also some "old students" who believe that no one hung bed curtains in the university more than ten or twenty years ago, and the dormitory atmosphere at that time was very good.
The voice of the representative of the parents said that the accident of hanging the bed curtain will make parents complain about the management of the school.
Do you think it is reasonable to prohibit students from using bed curtains in the dormitory, and which side would you support?