nbkeng:

My son is in P2 now. Last year, he did not attend the CNY celebration as he was not feeling well. This year, I let him attend. But I was very shocked when he told me one of the teacher told them to knee down (跪) when they bai-nian (拜年) to him. This also happened when the class representatives went up to the stage to bai-nian to the teachers, including the principal.


Can anyone share with me whether this is MBS culture? Thanks!

From what i know this is not the school culture, but it's the old traditional culture from China. I did kneel down and bai nian to my parents when i was young. I think the school is just trying to tell the pupils that it was like that many years ago. In fact, if my child was asked to kneel down to bai nian to his teacher, i think it's ok for me. Who knows my child will do that to me next year.