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Class A had an arithmetic lesson. Luo Zonghan attended and taught the types of numbers, an outline of addition, and Arabic numerals. For history and general knowledge, Mao Zedong attended and taught the general trends of successive dynasties and events from ancient times. Four students had not brought their abacuses, so they were temporarily borrowed from the elementary school. Due to martial law, class was dismissed half an hour early. The administrators were Li Duanlun and Xiao Zhenyuan.

It has been three days of experimentation. I feel that the Chinese language lessons seem too extensive and too deep. If too extensive, the volume should be reduced; if too deep, it should be switched to a more colloquial style (something between vernacular and classical Chinese). The volume of general knowledge also seems excessive (referring to the written text). Less written text should be used; the lecture notes should be in plain vernacular, expressed simply in a few sentences. Initially, they should not be distributed; instead, focus solely on spirited oral lectures. At the end, taking the lecture notes and briefly reading through them once is sufficient. Today, this method was adopted for the history lesson, and it felt much livelier.

Today’s arithmetic lesson, however, was too shallow. Students who had studied division were asked to raise their hands, and more than ten did so. In this case, the content should be gradually deepened.