It must be great to go to a private school — better facilities, better teachers and even better students. Students going to a private school must feel more superior, even if slightly, than their public school school counterparts.

Well not if you live in Taiwan and go to this particular private school…

A 57 year old english teacher is accused of sexually harassing his students. These middle schoolers say that the teacher curses often during class and has a very humiliating way of punishing students. When faced with unruly students, the teacher would grab the boys genitals and/or take a pen to poke the anus (back and forth).

Check out these poor middle schoolers reenact their teacher’s abuse in the video below:

The students have reported their teacher to the principal. The school has now reported the matter to the Ministry of Education and has formed a formal committee to investigate the claims.

I think this homo-pedo needs to be locked up? Immediately?

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China is the current powerhouse in Olympic gymnastics; winning a lot of gold medals over the years. However, its training programme has been harshly criticised for being too strict.

Children in China start to train to become gymnasts from the age of four. Before they are chosen to start training, children are tested to see if their bodies are limber enough to withstand the demands of the sport. Those that are selected, start a lifelong process of becoming the best. The Chinese government has set up a very large training facility where the children live and train. These little children have to balance a gruelling training schedule, tough school routine and also give time to their families. It can sometimes become too much for them to handle.

Spurred by dreams of national glory, many parent are very willing to subject their children to such intense lifestyle.

Some may say that putting young children under such intense training is child abuse. That is debatable, but no one can argue that such training methods haven’t paid off.

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Great news! The Chinese government has issued a ban on animal circuses and certain types of animal abuse at zoos that is in effect immediately.

The ban entails several different stipulations that zoos will need to comply with, and pertains to the 300 state-owned zoos that are part of the China Zoo Association. Firstly, the zoos will be forced to stop pulling the teeth of tiger cubs so that zoo visitors can hold them. Zoos will also have to put a halt to the selling of animal parts in their shops, and the zoo restaurants will have to refrain form serving dishes made using rare animals. On top of this, zoos will need to end the attractions in which live animals are sold to visitors and then thrown to the wild cats, allowing the visitors to watch the cats rip the defenseless animals to shreds. Finally, the zoos will also need to provide the animals with adequate housing, away from disturbance and irritation.

For those of who want a better idea of the animal abuse in China can check out the following video:

This is a big step for China. If the ban is properly enforced; this will make China a better place for animals compared to even many Western countries.

I am quite surprised to hear about this ban. It will definitely affect many zoos and is not an issue most Chinese would care about. Apparently, China’s State Forestry Bureau discovered that more than 50 zoos contained animals that had suffered severely from abuse after a three-month investigation. Well I guess the Chinese government does care about ethical issues and will use its power to make things right.

The great thing about China is when something needs to be done, it gets done. The greatest concern now is that the ban will inevitably push many zoos towards bankruptcy, leaving many animals with possibly nowhere to go.

I guess all this means I won’t be able to taste white tiger meat anymore…

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