Political socialization – Political socialization of students are done quite explicitly in China whereas in America it is done with more subtlety. For example, there was a mandatory class in China called “Morals” which talked about being loyal to the government. On the contrary, in my US Government class the teacher had a poster with the following quote:
“The duty of the patriot is to protect his country from its government.”
Imagine the public outrage here were there a class called “Morals.”
政治社会化——中国有门“品德”必修课,讲述忠于政府的。而美国政治课,老师拿一张海报写道:“爱国者最大的义务,就是保护自己的国家不受政府的侵犯”。
(注:美国政治家托马斯·潘恩名言)
想象一下,如果这儿有一门“品德课”,公众会怎么愤怒。
