At the Second General Meeting of the Xiangtan Education Promotion Association[1]

(December 19, 1920)

What now hinders the running of normal schools is not only a question of methods, but also the question of not understanding the importance of running normal schools.

If Xiangtan is to achieve universal education, following the current methods of training teachers, even after another thousand years, there will still be no hope. It is advisable to first agitate and propagandize about this situation, so as to build public opinion.

[1] This is part of a speech delivered by Mao Zedong at the Second General Meeting of the Xiangtan Education Promotion Association.