When I was a child, we students played outdoor games after school and often went to the outskirts to catch fish and insects for fun. Every summer vacation, my parents sent me to my grandparents in the countryside. It was a great relief from my school studies.

A very small percentage of students of my time suffered from myopia, though unfortunately I developed shortsightedness after I entered senior high school.

Schools and education authorities should take resolute measures to increase outdoor activities for youngsters. Summer and winter vacations are especially important for students to get a respite from their hard work of several months.

I hope there is a law to ban all academic work for students during vacations. The idea may sound too radical. But I believe in the old saying: Overcorrecting is necessary in righting a wrong. It is necessary for any corrective measure in today's China.

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