Both parents and teachers demand that children "define a direction for themselves" as though they were adults and go on to follow a narrow path prescribed for them in advance. Their lives are centered on schools, and school is centered on subjects tested in the entrance exams. There are almost no electives or extracurricular activities.
父母和學校都把小孩子當做成人般地要求他們「定性」，並且早早地就給他們預訂了一條窄路：生活當然是以學校為重心，學校又以升學要考試的科目為重心，幾乎沒有選修、也沒有課外活動。