That settled it. English was now no different from history or biology. They all carried the same weight, and no one could claim that one was more important or more noble than another.
English teachers today no longer had the confidence to say they could hijack other classes.
Perhaps in the future, even history teachers would have to say to English teachers:
"Hey, English teacher, I'm borrowing your class for a moment later. I'll tell the children about the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, and teach them about the grand history of Huaxia!"
Many people still couldn't accept it for the moment because the idea that English came first was too deeply entrenched. That was normal.
After all, education had once placed such great importance on English.
It was like English had always been the principal wife, only to suddenly be demoted to a concubine. The contrast was simply too great, and people needed time to adjust.
Now that English had been dragged down from its altar in Huaxia's education system, another subject naturally had to take its place.
That subject was national martial arts!
National martial arts had replaced English and become one of the three newest core subjects alongside Chinese and mathematics.
Furthermore, the Ministry of Education had stipulated that every student must have at least six national martial arts classes each week. National martial arts classes could not be replaced in any form.
National martial arts carried the same weight as Chinese and mathematics.
In other words, whenever it was time for national martial arts class, no teacher of another subject could occupy it, no matter how convincing their excuse was. That was how domineering the policy was.
As for examinations, fairness had to be taken into consideration. Third-year high school students, third-year junior high