The death of an 8-year-old boy has torn apart the tranquility of Qingdao City. On April 24, 2024, the Qingdao Intermediate People's Court heard the shocking "martial arts instructor beating to death case". The events were brutal and merciless, pointing to the deterioration of an education system.
According to details disclosed by the prosecution, the tragedy occurred during "daily training" at a martial arts gym. Four officers who claimed to be "coaches" beat an 8-year-old boy who was attending a class for 20 minutes.
The most outrageous thing is that these abusers also say threatening language to their children, "If you do this again, your mother will not come to pick you up for a year". This is undoubtedly a merciless injury to a child's mind and family affection.
Eventually, the boy collapsed under the brutal violence, and his spine and neck were broken in the beating. This life, which was supposed to play and grow happily on campus, passed away miserably.
In the aftermath of the tragedy, the child's mother almost had a nervous breakdown and often fell into a cloud of depression. She stayed in the cold morgue day and night, waiting for her son to rest in peace. As a father, he only pleaded for severe punishment for the perpetrators, and was unwilling to accept any civil compensation.
This distressing case has aroused widespread concern in the whole society. Netizens expressed shock and anger, and some even cried: "Poor child!" Indeed, the life of an 8-year-old is withered like this, which is really reluctant.
However, what is even more worrying is the nihilism and depravity of education reflected in this tragedy. As a treasure of Chinese culture, the fundamental pursuit and value of martial arts is self-cultivation and physical fitness.
We can't help but ask, what motives and purposes do they have to be so ruthless to an eight-year-old child? Are they ignorant or imprisoned in bigotry? Or have they been nurtured by some kind of distorted education?
In a civilized society, the primary purpose of education is to disseminate knowledge, enlighten wisdom, and guide students to grow up healthily. Teachers should be the guides of students, using love and wisdom to open the door to their understanding of the world. But in this case, we see a distortion of authority, a lack of reason, and violent arrogance.
What is even more worrying is that in this country of oriental civilization with "the dignity of teachers", there is still such an absurd and terrible "black nest of education". As a way of self-cultivation, martial arts are even more desecrated and defiled.
It is impossible to guess the motives of the perpetrators, but the consequences of such acts are appalling. A life withers, a family is shattered, a society is disappointed and angry about education.
There is no doubt that this should not be just a simple criminal case, but should be seen as a painful lesson for the entire education system.
What we need to reflect on is not only the criminal motives and legal responsibilities of those who commit violence, but more importantly, how to prevent such tragedies from happening again.
Treating students with violence and abuse is undoubtedly the greatest desecration of the entire educational cause. We should regain the original intention of education and let love and kindness re-illuminate the campus.
Only by sweeping away the most vicious of these evils, and only by putting an end to the occurrence of all violent education at the ideological and institutional levels,
Only in this way can the sunshine and warmth shine back into the campus, and the light of life can accompany it for a long time, and no more life will wither.
In the face of this harrowing tragedy, we should learn from it to correct the misalignment of educational orientation, to get rid of the paranoia of violence in our hearts, so that love and reason can re-dominate the school.
We earnestly hope that the tragedy will not be repeated, and the sun of life will never fall into darkness, but rise in the spring breeze to illuminate the life path of every student!