I was living adull and boring life under the new circumstances. I needed aharbour of my own to hide from the outside world. I was very upset,very depressed and felt anguished to work as a teacher in themiddle school.
The teacher ofa middle school was the worst job in China. No one wanted to be ateacher of a middle school. The students of middle school werehonoured as Red Guards. They were expected to be a group of smalltigers. These Red Guards inspired by Mao Zedong thought wouldoppose all old things. Old things like feudalism, capitalism andrevisionism. They would rise to rebel against teachers and againstteachers’ dignity.
They refusedto study and said, “The more knowledge you have, the morereactionary you will be.”
They wouldargue with teachers on many occasions. The teachers had to
